The sport of WAR's RvR
Filed under: Fantasy, Game mechanics, PvP, Warhammer Online, Opinion
As a game that has promoted its PvP aspects so much, Warhammer Online's Realm vs Realm feature has become a big hit among players. In a recent article over at Eurogamer, they analyze the sport aspect of WAR's RvR system, and what makes it different from the PvP in other MMOs.
This article touches on many key points, including collision detection, control point logistics and more. However, this article is not simply another praise-fest. On the subject of what Mythic got right or wrong in RvR: "Right: always ensuring you've got something fast, satisfying and combat-centric to achieve, with none of the waiting around and grinding of... well, I won't bring up That Other Game here. Wrong: guarding capture points for a set number of seconds, or running a flag to specific spots to score points is so inescapably gamey, so artificial."
This article touches on many key points, including collision detection, control point logistics and more. However, this article is not simply another praise-fest. On the subject of what Mythic got right or wrong in RvR: "Right: always ensuring you've got something fast, satisfying and combat-centric to achieve, with none of the waiting around and grinding of... well, I won't bring up That Other Game here. Wrong: guarding capture points for a set number of seconds, or running a flag to specific spots to score points is so inescapably gamey, so artificial."
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Admiral Awesome said on 8:14PM 10-11-2008
they fault the GAME for being a game?
i think WAR should be more like the real thing if your 3 feet high goblin gets attacked by a lion i think there should be an peripheral you attack to your genitalia to make it feel like a lion is gnawing of your junk please eurogamer make such a device and try it our remember lions would tear it right off so make it realistic.
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Abriael said on 9:02PM 10-11-2008
Maybe it's "gamey" because it's a "game"?
The goons at eurogamer really can't find something intelligent to say on this game...
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Nadril said on 1:11AM 10-12-2008
"Players have nonetheless complained that there's some imbalance, with some forming unspoken gentlemen's agreements that anyone higher than the Scenario's recommended doesn't step into it,"
Where do they come up with this stuff? I've never heard this before.
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Abriael said on 3:17AM 10-12-2008
probably in their trollish dreams...
Chris Chester said on 1:44AM 10-12-2008
You've already got Dwarves wandering around Ulthuan in helicopter backpacks, I think any sense of realism was checked at the login screen.
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