| SWG wasn't technically ruined by SoE, but all the changes to WoWify it was demanded by LA, after the NGE totally crashed, SoE has I believe been given full creative control of the game. Also the only negative I have about SWG developement is really the NGE, I have no problem witht he CU's, the first CU ditched the whole everyone needs composite crap, though I did wish they kept different damage types and how different armor worked better against certain types of damage, but it was a small price to pay.
Matrix Online, a game that was ****ty from it's inception was adctually saved by SoE buying it, though they bought it mostly for the rights that cam with it. the CU that was done to MxO was actually started before SoE took over, the fact they decided to finish it is a testament to how they are willing to keep a game barely paying for itself going. that and the CU for MxO was sorely needed, the combat in MxO was unbalanced and plain bad. and unlike the NGE the MxO CU was good.
EQ2 this game was good on release and SoE only imrproved it over time.
the only reason I stopped playing EQ2 was because Banguard Came along
Vanguard, without SoE we wouldn't have VG now, that would have sucked, for all it's faults, VG is simply the best and most advanced MMORPG out there today. personally I haven't had much problems witht he game, but it is unstable for some people, mostly because of system config incompatibilities. With SoE backign VG now finally has the chance to truly shine. It's got a dev team, a solid future and an excellent roadmap allready set up. SoE allready knows they screwed up with the NGE and have publically admitted this and promised to keep VG on the road it was meant to be, and kept Brad on as an advisor.
SoE is not the the big evil of MMORPG's they scrwed up one time, witht he SWG NGE, some people even liked that,but most didn't. They know this, they had admitted this was a huge failure, and SoE themselves haven't evenpushed the blame on LA, even though it seems that's where the blame lies.
Stargate worlds couldn't find a better home than SoE IMHO, Turbine can barely keep their own games going(Actually they can't), NCSoft.. yay, more mass produced puke usign the same engine and everyone of the same level lookign the same,. Blizzard couldn't care less, and frankly, ugh...
Personally I have no love for sony, pushing BD, overpiced game machines and no games, and blatantly lying to their customers over and over(oh well, I'm happy with my 360). But SoE is probably the only branch of the sony empire I don't hate or have a grudge against. Well I do have a grudge for SWG, but my playtime in SWG was so low by the time the NGE came around anyway, had it been different maybe it could have revitalized it, but oh well. |