Alganon's State of the Game address
by Rubi Bayer 
Nov 25th 2009 at 7:00PM
Filed under: Fantasy, Launches, New titles, Alganon
The first piece of information is good news: they are set for the December 1st launch with no delays in sight. The Alganon team has been working hard lately, taking the servers down more frequently to patch and update, which should help to minimize problems at launch. The address did mention the postponement of the original launch date, citing a desire for the most polished game possible -- reasoning that we can certainly support.
The address sent out a big thank you to the Alganon community and beta testers, expressing appreciation for their enthusiasm in expressing feedback, opinions and suggestions, both in game and on the forums. Alganon didn't hesitate to tackle the tougher questions either, specifically those dealing with a rocky ride for beta testers, and the oft-asked question "Why does this game look so much like WoW?"
The full address can be viewed at the official site, and we wish Alganon the best of luck on next week's launch.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
spimmy said on 11:03PM 11-25-2009
o.O you seen the ui there useing it looks like a reskin of the default ui of wow
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Hardy said on 1:40AM 11-26-2009
And WoW is a reskin of the Everquest UI, so what? What works, works.
Dread said on 7:20AM 11-26-2009
If it was just a WoW UI reskin the point would be moot.
Unfortunately the whole game is a brick by brick copy of WoW, not a clone, a near exact copy....well...except for the bits they stole directly from Eve that is.
Worse still, they managed to make it a characterless bland copy complete devoid of life and or emotion.
Wjowski said on 12:00PM 11-26-2009
Everquest's current GUI wasn't put in until well after WoW's release. And it's previous GUIs looked nothing like WoW's.
Nice to see the fandumb's still talking out of it's ass though.
Holgar said on 12:15PM 11-26-2009
@Hardy this has been done to death already. Wow did not CARBON COPY any previous games UI or icons. They made a UI that was similar to other mmps AND RPGS but different (and in most peoples opinions better).
torak said on 1:55AM 11-26-2009
Yipes, I musta missed this launch announcement...this thing is ready to go?
NDA was lifted I'm assuming? I need to read up on this one. I haven't seen any feedback at all on this.
Talk about getting lost in the crowd. Is there anything that makes this game stand out from its peers?
You know what wouldn't kill a small dev house like this one? If they abosutely HAVE to make a game that looks styled after WoW, at least make it a SciFi game. That would probably go over pretty well. Do something like Rifts, Robotech or Serenity or dozens of other ideas...make something up for Petes sake...use some imagination...
Blah blah blah....
It's recycled fantasy that's done over and over that is murdering this genre. "Cool another nondescript fantasy MMO that more then likely won't work right at launch!"
That's why this genre is the laughing stock of the gamer community.
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count0break said on 2:33AM 11-26-2009
I think the Dev comments concerning the uncanny resemblance of Alganon to WoW was rather poorly handled. Anyone that has played that game for more than ten minutes knows that it isn't just a visual similarity. Anyone who thinks differently is kidding themselves.
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BubblePriest said on 7:07AM 11-26-2009
Well the bottom line is it's a game that has a lot of similarity to WoW but a significantly older player population and a small, fairly close-knit community. If you hate WoW, you're going to hate this game. If you like WoW but can't stand the people who play WoW, then it's worth looking at.
Of course, the problem with WoW is that half the decent people there are playing because that's what their friends play. So Alganon isn't going to pick up those people, even if they are attracted to the idea of it. It's never going to be huge, but there may be a niche market for it. Time will tell.
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Holgar said on 12:21PM 11-26-2009
I spent a while in the Alganon beta and I got to say whatever incredible origionality David Allen may have had with horisons died with that game.
The blunt truth of it is Alganon is a third rate WoW clone with an Eve style secondary progression system tacked on.
Now I know that the "OMG GAME X IZ A WOW CLONE" is overused but in this case it is TOTALLY accurate.
The UI is blatently copied from WoW. There are lots of things like weapon skills and talent points that you can argue, "Well WoW didn't invent that," or "Other games have that too" if you really want.
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Wjowski said on 1:17PM 11-27-2009
Jesus. It looks like they outright stole Blizzard's art assets.
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