Just another rant

When I go to look at another MMO, my first thought is "Wow, this is mediocre and generic in both look and style" yet everyone playing said-games simply thinks there is nothing better out there. For some reason I am failing to see why games like EQ, WoW, and (dare I say it) Runescape of all games, manage to recieve updates, new installments AND expansions to an ever growing community of small children and adults alike, yet the amount of initial work is simply horrible, in comparison to MxO. These games look like they came from a disney coloring book in terms of texture and colour, have maps that are as average as the Legend of Zelda, and have the normal click-click-kill fighting style, yet companies like SOE continue to fund advancements in content like they are the freaking holy grail of gaming history! It's *CENSORED* rediculous. Ths isn' an "I'm leaving" thread, but it's still more like I'm tired of this. What the hell does this community have to do to be seen? This game, the Matrix Online, is a game that has held on by the proverbial thread for 3 years now (more?), and still manages to rake in some new blood every once in a blue moon, but without some decent company indorsement (expantion, more devs, hell a banner on station.sony.com instead of a barely noticable link), eventually it and all of the work put into it, goes into the gaming archive for good (or until someone manages to dig it up and mod his way into pulling it up as illegal freeware).

Rarebit, 9mmfu, Walrus, Brewko, and the rest of the MxO crew; you all do a great job, and I commend the comittment you put into this story and community, regardless of the crap we tend to give you about it. This isn't against you, but against your employers, who seem to ignore inovation and hard work while paying more attention to the tell-tale $0.50-to-make games out there.

For what it's worth, I do find the marketing of MXO atrocious. Don't get me wrong, I'm loving this game... but I knew of MXO purely for its negative rep, rather than its obvious accomplishments. I finally subbed because I wanted to make up my own mind about the MMO, and actually have been pleasantly surprised that despite [Vista] glitches, repetition and other small - minor - issues here and there, this is a game to be proud of.

Hell, I'm a long-term SWG/CoX gamer, so I know all about "wasted potential". LOL!

I think MXO could do with a lot more positive spin out there. I just don't know whether the franchise has enough life in it to warrant it. Unlike Star Wars for example, I've not heard of any future Matrix media in the works. This is a problem when there is a game based on a series of movies (and limited comic run) which has run its course. What else besides MXO is there which continues to be present in the consumer's retail consciousness?

At the end of the day: it's not the game which is flawed - it's the silence of marketing which needs a redpill.

All in my opinion, of course.

RedPillUK wrote:

At the end of the day: it's not the game which is flawed - it's the silence of marketing which needs a redpill.

<3   Bravo!

With you permission, I'd very much like to use that line somewhere on MxOSpace, and in the letter I send out with phree trial keys. (or at least a variation of it)

Skull made a good point, they do listen to the community and the latest updates did bring nice content to the game. BUT, we need more people. Seriously it's straight-up depressingly quiet sometimes.
Marketing-wise MxO is at the bottom of the ladder.

Agreed. I originall knew of MXO purely by the bad rep.  But recently I decided to give it a shot and make my own mind up (following watching the trilogy in a marathon session) rather than listening to the criticisms second- or third-hand. And I have to say, the poor reputation is thoroughly undeserved. Yes it could do with some serious content injection, and marketing needs to be resuscitated , but as a game... MXO is fantastic. Nowhere else can I fight with a myriad of guns, knives, kung-fu/karate/akido/good old fashioned brawling in a contemporary setting... in bullet-time... in an ever-evolving story.

I've played a few MMOs in my time (SWG/CoX/POTBS) but in a time-for-time comparison, I'm having more fun here. If potential players knew of the pros of this game, rather than listening to the negative comments (aided by the marketing stasis) more would come.

In essence, MXO needs to stop being the mistreated Cinderella of SOE's gaming repertoire, and start getting ready for the Ball.