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Re: Is Aion worth it? said by Nightfall:If you are a fan of the superhero games, you will love this game. I'm not too much of a superheroes type of guy so I'm not particularly interested in playing COL. However, some of the gaming boards have real hatred for the guy at the helm of COL, Bill Roper (?). I guess Bill is the genius behind Hellgate, which I never played myself but have read some hard core hate coming from folks who did play it. With all this hate, even if I was a superheroes fan, I'd probably by weary about buying it.
I played 2 of the earliest closed betas in Aion but stopped playing until launch because I don't want to burn out on the questing before the game goes live--I don't care for questing, I'm pretty much a PvP gamer. I have a Aion pre-order and plan on keeping it and playing the first month for sure but after Warhammer, I'm cautious.
I would suggest pre-ordering at Amazon and checking out the next beta weekend. If it's not your thing, just cancel the pre-order.... |
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| said by badtrip:said by Nightfall:If you are a fan of the superhero games, you will love this game. I'm not too much of a superheroes type of guy so I'm not particularly interested in playing COL. However, some of the gaming boards have real hatred for the guy at the helm of COL, Bill Roper (?). I guess Bill is the genius behind Hellgate, which I never played myself but have read some hard core hate coming from folks who did play it. With all this hate, even if I was a superheroes fan, I'd probably by weary about buying it. I played 2 of the earliest closed betas in Aion but stopped playing until launch because I don't want to burn out on the questing before the game goes live--I don't care for questing, I'm pretty much a PvP gamer. I have a Aion pre-order and plan on keeping it and playing the first month for sure but after Warhammer, I'm cautious. I would suggest pre-ordering at Amazon and checking out the next beta weekend. If it's not your thing, just cancel the pre-order.... Yea, Bill Roper is getting a lot of flack because of the Hellgate London fiasco. What people don't like to acknowledge is that he was at the helm at Blizzard for such hits like Starcraft, Diablo, and Warcraft.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Roper···ducer%29
He was also named to IGN's top game creators of all time list.
»games.ign.com/top-100-game-creators/41.html
Point is that one game has shattered his great track record. People just like to look at Hellgate London and smash the guy.
There are some people that are wary of the game, and if you are not a fan of superhero video games, then this game probably wouldn't float your boat. At the same time though, as I said before, if you like superhero gaming then this game is the best out there. I really enjoy the beta right now.
Thanks for your input on Aion. I just preordered through Amazon. I am going to play the beta next weekend. If it sells itself to me, I will keep it. If not, I will cancel.
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Yea, Bill Roper is getting a lot of flack because of the Hellgate London fiasco. What people don't like to acknowledge is that he was at the helm at Blizzard for such hits like Starcraft, Diablo, and Warcraft.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Roper···ducer%29
This just shows how fickle the gaming community can be. He has one unfortunate landslide on his mountain of pure awesome and the interwebs try to crucify the guy.
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Albany, CA | said by beatsnpieces:This just shows how fickle the gaming community can be. He has one unfortunate landslide on his mountain of pure awesome and the interwebs try to crucify the guy. I was aware that the guy responsible for Hellgate is the same guy at least partially responsible for the aforementioned Blizz hits.
The vitriol thats being spewed about Bill is more about the subscription plan Hellgate had than the game itself from what I've read. Some of the posters, especially on Blues News, think Bill is little more than a common criminal.
»bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?a···d=100746 |
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| said by badtrip:said by beatsnpieces:This just shows how fickle the gaming community can be. He has one unfortunate landslide on his mountain of pure awesome and the interwebs try to crucify the guy. I was aware that the guy responsible for Hellgate is the same guy at least partially responsible for the aforementioned Blizz hits. The vitriol thats being spewed about Bill is more about the subscription plan Hellgate had than the game itself from what I've read. Some of the posters, especially on Blues News, think Bill is little more than a common criminal. » bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?a···d=100746 Yup, I agree. People who bought a lifetime subscription at the beginning got just enough to break even when they closed down. However, you can't blame the entire situation on Roper.
»www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.off···=3169356
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