The storyline. The day the storyline will stop evolving (because it will probably stop before the game shuts down), I'll probably stop too.
how many of you love MXO
4 posts · 2007-08-04 18:51:00 to 2007-08-06 09:37:00
stewartdaniels1986 wrote:
I'm here because this is the only way I can be in the Matrix. I don't really care about Matrix-gaming per se, (never played EtM or PoN) but I knew I had to be a part of MxO from the first second I heard about it. Unfortunately, because of circumstances out of all of our control, MxO has been relegated to the role of a side-project that will last only as long as the gifted skeleton crew of Devs we have can keep it going. The potential was there, but the (un?)finished product falls short of expectations on nearly every account.
The thing that separates MxO from all other Matrix games is the storyline. The opportunity to take part in shaping the future of the Matrix universe was like a siren call luring in all true Matrix fans with a computer and an internet connection. Unfortunately, because Monolith underestimated the cost of living up to the game's promise to it's buyers, the storyline we have now is essentially the same as the movies, just much slower and not as cool-looking. We may be characters in the world, but we do not exist in the storyline.
As far as the community goes, the above assessment is dead-on, I'd just say the proportions are a bit off. I love my friends, but there are also people here I'd rather lose a toe than associate with. On the upside, even the truly inbred morons are funny.
Overall, I think the game is made much worse by it's potential. What we have is not that bad, and our Dev "team" is really doing a whole lot with not very much, but everyone knows how much more it could be. That fantasy of the MxO that should have been haunts me, and leaves me wishing for a magical solution - something along the lines of TW finally convincing SOE to give up the rights and putting a brand new MxO into production.
I'll be here until the end, or until the next game that promises the chance to shape the future of the Matrix universe rolls around.
P.S. If any billionaires are reading this and can get SOE to give up MxO, I have a complete design document for MxO2 ready to roll. PM me!
Jiinx wrote:QFPT. I can't completely agree with the above, but it's passionate and well-written and captures some of my sentiments, so I'll quote for partial truth.oobmapss wrote:are you here because you love the community and the game ( and are secretly hoping it will get real funding)
or are you here because its the only matrix game out there.
honest answers please
Well here you are wanting honest answers, so I'm going to take the second one on that.
Considering I have been playing this game since beta under a different name and faction (who i won't name for fear of reprisal from said community and eventually banned for having an opinion thats not the mobs), I find the answer simple because, I find at times the community can be very fickle and on occasion sycophantic/biased towards certain Factions and or play times.
However this is just an opinion, my opinion and this is just a game. Opinions can change if given the right evidence to prove otherwise.
Regards
Jiinx
Eh, I wasn't going to bother quoting, but that post happens to apply to me on several levels.
So to be honest, I'm here solely because it's the only online Matrix experience available, and for literally no other reason. Every day I long for some other definitive incarnation of MxO to pop up so I can get away from this painfully inadequate version of what should be the most mindbending online experience in which a human being could possibly engage, and write the current incarnation off as a bad dream. Until then, I'm stuck here, dealing with it.
The community has its globally positive aspects and contributions, but is mostly comprised of sycophantic individuals who consider dev derriere a delicacy, "vets" convinced their meaningless seniority trumps everyone else's opinions and/or criticisms, seriously misinformed RPers who base their RP on a bastardized if not utterly nonsensical version of the Matrix mythology, and "gamers" who in all candor could care less about MxO short of its inclusion in the station pass. Or a variety of combinations of the lot. None of which I have an iota of respect for when it comes to the Matrix.
The most glaring and annoying issue, of course, is the illusion of interactivity with, and thus investment in, the story. Not that I have any interest in the ridiculous story we've been forced to accept and been deluded into believing we helped shape, but stop trying to shove this "official continuation" crap down my throat, it simply doesn't wash anymore. MxO's so-called continuation of the Matrix storyline is an unbridled joke. It's the Alien 3, Alien 4, Predator 2, and AVP of the franchise all rolled into one, an insult to the mythology. Fortunately, numbers don't lie, as it appears the average Matrix enthusiast could care less about MxO and considers it nothing more than some obscure game.
Ironically, the game aspect of MxO has gotten an undeserved bad rap in my opinion; despite all of its problems, it was really never all that bad, even in the early days. Then again, I'm not here for the game aspect of it.
Someone here once mentioned that whenever they get disenchanted with MxO or find their interest waning, they just rewatch the film(s) and the problem tends to disappear. I find this to be the exact opposite of what happens when I rewatch the films; it simply increases my level of disgust with MxO.
I'm here because this is the only way I can be in the Matrix. I don't really care about Matrix-gaming per se, (never played EtM or PoN) but I knew I had to be a part of MxO from the first second I heard about it. Unfortunately, because of circumstances out of all of our control, MxO has been relegated to the role of a side-project that will last only as long as the gifted skeleton crew of Devs we have can keep it going. The potential was there, but the (un?)finished product falls short of expectations on nearly every account.
The thing that separates MxO from all other Matrix games is the storyline. The opportunity to take part in shaping the future of the Matrix universe was like a siren call luring in all true Matrix fans with a computer and an internet connection. Unfortunately, because Monolith underestimated the cost of living up to the game's promise to it's buyers, the storyline we have now is essentially the same as the movies, just much slower and not as cool-looking. We may be characters in the world, but we do not exist in the storyline.
As far as the community goes, the above assessment is dead-on, I'd just say the proportions are a bit off. I love my friends, but there are also people here I'd rather lose a toe than associate with. On the upside, even the truly inbred morons are funny.
Overall, I think the game is made much worse by it's potential. What we have is not that bad, and our Dev "team" is really doing a whole lot with not very much, but everyone knows how much more it could be. That fantasy of the MxO that should have been haunts me, and leaves me wishing for a magical solution - something along the lines of TW finally convincing SOE to give up the rights and putting a brand new MxO into production.
I'll be here until the end, or until the next game that promises the chance to shape the future of the Matrix universe rolls around.
P.S. If any billionaires are reading this and can get SOE to give up MxO, I have a complete design document for MxO2 ready to roll. PM me!
<div></div>Hmmm well of course I love it...wouldn't keep renewing my subscription otherwise!! The community is the best I have seen, have met some fantastic people and the game just generally rocks!!!
Although I am debating wether or not to renew my sub in Sept *scratches head* But I am sure I will be persauded into it
