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Warhammer Online - Analyzing the Response
Random Battle — ... to lukewarm-at-best, and everything in between. I don’t see anyone saying that it sucks, but there’s an unsettlingly large quantity of the “It’s okay, nothing special” sentiment floating around — especially when you get into the nitty gritty analysis of the individual features. ...

WAR Isn't Fun
Heartless_ Gamer — ... This brings me to a post at Virgin Worlds where Brent asserts that WAR just isn’t fun. Sadly, Brent uses Dr. Bartle’s quote to defend his position. That doesn’t add up, as WAR has to be fun by Bartle's assertion. Brent's view shows the effect that Bartle’s ill-fated quote has had on those looking for evidence to indict WAR as a failure. ...

WAR's Mr. Scrooge - 8.20.2008
Bloghammer Online — For those of you that may not know, Brent is an "internet famous" blogger and podcaster from over at VirginWorlds.Com. The blog is great and the podcast collective is amazing (hehehe mostly 'cause I used to be a part of it :p ). Yesterday, he made a post-NDA WAR blog post that got some attention from places like Waaagh! and Ten Ton Hammer. The post wasn't in the most positive of attitudes. You could maybe even go as far as saying it was a "flame"! Yes, the "F word" of the internet. For example, Brent says that WAR "might ...

What's the difference?
Tobold's MMORPG Blog — ... must be the same as UK football, and alone on the field he finds nothing to contradict that notion: The ball and goal have a different shape, but it is obviously a game with two teams trying to get the ball through the goal on the other side. He kicks the ball around for some time and feels totally comfortable. Then he goes back out, gives a press conference and says: "I played American football, it was called soccer". Sounds crazy? Well, several otherwise intelligent MMO players just fell into the same trap when comparing Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning with World of ...

Evolution isn’t as easy as it seems in Spore.
The Ramblings of JoBildo — ... Look I get it. Lots of people might be taking Brent’s post too defensively. But I get it. Guy wants to see something totally new and genre bending. I can dig that. ...

Jumping Sharks, a Colloquialism Examination
Heartless_ Gamer — ... Warhammer Online: The MMO that jumps the shark, from Brent of Virgin Worlds, would be the opposite; a how-not-to-use the jumping the shark colloquialism. ...

The Crucible Called WAR
Mobhunter.com — ... and Brent, who see WAR as offering the same old DIKU gameplay, and (they feel) in most ways not as well as WoW. They are both, however, excited about SOE’s next batch of games which they feel are bringing some innovation to the MMOG space: FreeRealms, the Agency, and DC Universe Online (and I’m looking forward to all these games too). ...

Couple words for Brent
/random — ... I realize I’m not going to change Brent’s mind. I’m not really interested in changing his mind. I think Brent has seen games, MMO’s, that have changed the way he thinks about MMO’s, and he can’t stand the thought of playing a “first generation” MMO any more. ...

WAAAGH - The Warhammer Online Podcast #2
The Ancient Gaming Noob — ... was the strange temporal asymptote phenomena that seemed to stand between them and MOG show #100. The closer they got to it, the further away that show seemed to be. So I was glad to see that Gary and Ryan are back with a new podcast called: WAAGH - The Warhammer Online Podcast! Episode #2 is worth a special mention because it features Brent from VirginWorlds talking with Gary and Ryan about his “It isn’t fun” post about Warhammer Online, shark jumping as a ...

WAR - The Other Stuff I Saw
The Ancient Gaming Noob — ... Helper! Things I Didn’t Do I did not do any PvP, RvR, or anything else I did not mention.  I’ll save all that for when the game goes live.  I chose to use the preview weekend to explore somewhat mundane things.  I’ve already pre-ordered the collectors edition and entered the keys.  I am committed.  I’m gonna play.  There is no point in trying to rush through everything in just a weekend. Conclusion Was it fun? Well, you know, I wasn’t beside myself to stay logged ...

Apparently…
The Common Sense Gamer — …Brent isn’t the only one that hates MMOs D out. /runs and hides

Something To It…
Random Ogre Thoughts — ... is doing an “I told you so” indirectly, because it was more Brent telling us so… which he does link to. I do admit, he did post shortly after that he did feel that WAR wasn’t the next MMO messiah but I can’t find that so no linking to it. ...