Author Topic: Titan: Blizzard's next MMO (Read 1670 times)

Tatsujin · « **on:** June 30, 2011, 10:27:21 AM »

Alright, I've been seeing at least a topic or two every week on Titan and Blizzard talking about it, so I've decided to gather couple of them and post them here to keep track of it and keep you guys on the buzz.

Blizzard’s Titan is “casual” MMO, says Sterne Agee analyst.

Blizzard: Titan to be “next big thing from us” after Diablo III.

Blizzard confirms Titan codename for next MMO.

newy · « **Reply #1 on:** June 30, 2011, 11:32:48 AM »

I follow the hype when the official name of Titan is revealed...

Meandola · « **Reply #2 on:** June 30, 2011, 01:42:53 PM »

Quote from: newy on June 30, 2011, 11:32:48 AM

I follow the hype when the official name of Titan is revealed...

Pretty much this, sure it's great they're working on a completely new franchise and that it's gonna be an MMO, but until they show us more of it I'm not gonna bother actively following it

Muk666 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 30, 2011, 01:51:07 PM »

bet it will be even more casual then wow with an auto pilot function built in when you get bored of leveling and want a break

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #4 on:** June 30, 2011, 02:28:25 PM »

Probably would of been better when we actually know some information. As of right now, this is what we know...

It's an MMO made by Blizzard
It's more casual than WoW...

Honestly speaking, I want to see what concept they go with (see if they continue with Warcraft or they make a Starcraft MMO or it's a completely new IP). In the end, I will have to judge this game against SWTOR (if that ever comes out).

logos · « **Reply #5 on:** June 30, 2011, 07:39:03 PM »

wait...people care about games before they're released?!

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #6 on:** June 30, 2011, 08:04:55 PM »

Quote from: logos on June 30, 2011, 07:39:03 PM

wait...people care about games before they're released?!

Even worse! People care about a game that they know nothing about! (Even the name is not known but people still care!)

My best bet would be a Starcraft MMO. Not as many class or race choices... but I don't see that happening (or do I?

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Meandola · « **Reply #7 on:** June 30, 2011, 08:20:02 PM »

Pretty sure it's been confirmed to be a new franchise all together TMR, so no starcraft MMO

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #8 on:** June 30, 2011, 09:55:04 PM »

Quote from: Meandola on June 30, 2011, 08:20:02 PM

Pretty sure it's been confirmed to be a new franchise all together TMR, so no starcraft MMO

Oh really? /sigh

If it's a brand new franchise, I wonder how it WILL hold up to a game like SW:TOR with it's 30+ years of lore. Now the big question is whether this is fantasy based or sci-fi based (or in the middle ground).

What if it was like World of Nerdcraft. You basically play as a nerd and level up your nerd into a super nerd. Your "armor" will be how nerdy or nerdish your clothes are. Your weapons start off like a calculator and progress to super computers. Raids will be just "internet raids" that anon does themselves. You level up by either scoring with the opposite sex (or by pissing it off, this is a light side/dark side options kind of game).

Wait a minute... isn't that like real life for nerds? XD

Meandola · « **Reply #9 on:** July 01, 2011, 08:47:10 PM »

^you mean something like this

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #10 on:** July 01, 2011, 09:32:50 PM »

Quote from: Meandola on July 01, 2011, 08:47:10 PM

^you mean something like this

A game about playing yourself playing a game. OMG, are we down two levels? Or three?

I just wish they would tell us already. I've had my fun with Warcraft 3 months after every expansion... I just need a new MMO.

mgz · « **Reply #11 on:** July 02, 2011, 09:47:07 AM »

Quote from: TMRNetShark on June 30, 2011, 09:55:04 PM

Quote from: Meandola on June 30, 2011, 08:20:02 PM
Pretty sure it's been confirmed to be a new franchise all together TMR, so no starcraft MMO

Oh really? /sigh

If it's a brand new franchise, I wonder how it WILL hold up to a game like SW:TOR with it's 30+ years of lore. Now the big question is whether this is fantasy based or sci-fi based (or in the middle ground).

What if it was like World of Nerdcraft. You basically play as a nerd and level up your nerd into a super nerd. Your "armor" will be how nerdy or nerdish your clothes are. Your weapons start off like a calculator and progress to super computers. Raids will be just "internet raids" that anon does themselves. You level up by either scoring with the opposite sex (or by pissing it off, this is a light side/dark side options kind of game).

Wait a minute... isn't that like real life for nerds? XD

you mean like every other game out there that does better then all the starwars games ?

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #12 on:** July 02, 2011, 02:10:46 PM »

Quote from: mgz on July 02, 2011, 09:47:07 AM

you mean like every other game out there that does better then all the starwars games ?

Excuse me? I would beg to differ. Then again, I won't even bother trying to ask why you are under that wildly untrue impression or or even care why...

mgz · « **Reply #13 on:** July 02, 2011, 06:24:53 PM »

Quote from: TMRNetShark on July 02, 2011, 02:10:46 PM

Quote from: mgz on July 02, 2011, 09:47:07 AM
you mean like every other game out there that does better then all the starwars games ?

Excuse me? I would beg to differ. Then again, I won't even bother trying to ask why you are under that wildly untrue impression or or even care why...

im just saying there are tons of games that do better then starwars games, 95% of them dont need a movie from 30+ years ago for a story basis to succeed. If you want to go find sales of every starwars game out there and every game in similar categories that was on sale at the same time that did better you would find it to be quite the large list.

Or hell even looking at all of the blizzard franchises, they dont need 30 years of lore and story to sell like crack and be good.
Especially since tor isnt out yet and games in the MMO genres tend to rely on longevity/sub count as oppose to initial sales.

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #14 on:** July 02, 2011, 07:17:19 PM »

Quote from: mgz on July 02, 2011, 06:24:53 PM

Quote from: TMRNetShark on July 02, 2011, 02:10:46 PM
Quote from: mgz on July 02, 2011, 09:47:07 AM
you mean like every other game out there that does better then all the starwars games ?

Excuse me? I would beg to differ. Then again, I won't even bother trying to ask why you are under that wildly untrue impression or or even care why...
im just saying there are tons of games that do better then starwars games, 95% of them dont need a movie from 30+ years ago for a story basis to succeed. If you want to go find sales of every starwars game out there and every game in similar categories that was on sale at the same time that did better you would find it to be quite the large list.

Or hell even looking at all of the blizzard franchises, they dont need 30 years of lore and story to sell like crack and be good.
Especially since tor isnt out yet and games in the MMO genres tend to rely on longevity/sub count as oppose to initial sales.

Hahahahahaha, omg I can't stop laughing but it hurts so good.

This is coming from someone who hates all those games that sell better than Star Wars. Guess what? There are a ton of Star Wars fans out there. People like that Universe... but you think sales numbers correlates to good games. I beg to differ. Halo 2 had like 8 million some on sales, right? Yet everyone bitched about the story and how it wasn't on earth whatsoever... but only sold so well because it was Xbox Live enabled. Let's look at CoD... the storyline kept on getting shorter and shorter. Let's look at Blizz's games... oh, same monsters with different skins (*cough*BC*couch*)... just because a game sells well DOES NOT make it a great game.

But let's get back to the topic at hand. Longevity in an MMO... You know how Blizzard keeps you addicted to WoW? It's very easy and plainly simple. Instead of getting your armor at the end of a raid or instance... they give you badges that you have to collect (by redoing said raids/instances) until you have enough to claim your reward/piece of armor. That's just doing the same thing over and over again... how is that fun or even remotely game like (sounds like work to me)? Yeah, I enjoyed leveling in WoW, I even enjoyed raids. But after accomplishing everything that was needed to be done... there was no point to play the game anymore. With a Star Wars MMO, I will at least CARE about the world that is going on around me instead of some cliche fantasy setting (which is just WoW). So you argue "Well you can re-roll why you wait for raids"... re-roll and level the exact same areas I just spent 4-6 weeks leveling in? At least with TOR they have story added in there and every class has different quests (which actually is more exciting while waiting for weekly raids). You might say "Yeah? What happens when you played all the classes' stories?" Guess what, there are 8 more classes that Bioware plan to release after launch in either expansion pack(s) or major updates.

MMOs for me (Rift, WoW, AoC, Aion, Runes of Magic) have gotten stale for me. Same thing(s) you have to do over and over again until you hit level cap... then you do endgame content which is more of the same as in leveling (except you don't level). It's all really boring (and Eve Online is a brutal universe to play in). 30+ years of lore may not mean much to you. But when you have watched the movies, read a lot of the books (havn't gotten to all of them yet), watched the animated series, read some of the GREAT graphic novels/comic books, and play some of the best games (Rogue Squadron, Galactic Battlegrounds, KotOR 1&2... hell I even loved Star Wars Episode III The Game. Just because other games sell better, once again, does not make it a better game. It only means people flock to the games that other people buy. The reason I'm excited for TOR and why I'm going to compare it to Titan... is because it's Star Wars.

mgz · « **Reply #15 on:** July 02, 2011, 07:55:10 PM »

my statement was that other games DO BETTER not are better.

I could have the best game in the world for story and gameplay but it doesnt matter for shit if tetris sells 100 million more copies

Point being that 30 years of story doesnt make it a good game, neither does sales. In fact 30 years of story just means you have to follow that story or you piss off the dedicated retards. So what your left with is a stale story you already know. Now isnt that fun ?

zat0x91 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 02, 2011, 08:08:32 PM »

Just lore alone will not make a game good.

dcudney · « **Reply #17 on:** July 03, 2011, 01:09:37 PM »

The last mmo starwars game was trash, same will be true of the next one.

Titan has far too little info to start talking aboot it, not surprising this threads gonna trail off into a conversation about something totally different.

Try it again in say oh a year

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #18 on:** July 03, 2011, 01:55:41 PM »

Quote from: dcudney on July 03, 2011, 01:09:37 PM

The last mmo starwars game was trash, same will be true of the next one.

Titan has far too little info to start talking aboot it, not surprising this threads gonna trail off into a conversation about something totally different.

Try it again in say oh a year

Lol, I agree... wait a year for this thread.

And trash MMOs selling a million copies? I totally saw that one coming (*coughWoWcough*)

Havoc10K · « **Reply #19 on:** July 05, 2011, 07:27:23 PM »

If blizzard wants to try a new thing be my guest, but why involve Activision ?
Blizzard i powerful enough to publish things on their own, they make their own engines and lore, they hire a shitload of people to make a mushroom in-game speak.

Since Activision is, in some magical or psychic, way, involved, I doubt this MMO, no matter how casual, will not just simply suck. The only thing Activision could not damage with their shitty hands was AMR, and ONLY because McGee simply shooed them away.

I will pretty much dismiss anything related to this project until hard evidence is revealed.

Maybe it is about time Blizzard let go of their pretty old, and lets face it, pretty battered up, concept for games like Diablo, Warcraft and Starcraft. We all know that SC2 needs to be finished since it was started, and it will take another year to finish the expansion for the Wings of Liberty, and another 3 years for Second installment of SC2. Diablo 3 will be the last of Diablo series, I mean, come on, how much they can milk up the old man from the Horadrim clans who is hell knows how old now.

And warcraft is ... well it's very old and needs retirement, it was changed beyond repair.

So that is it, Blizzard needs new toy, and I sure as hell hope the Murlocks are in it