I'm skeptical of any massive conglomerate corporation getting into video games. Because ultimately they are going to approach the game-making business not as creatives making art, but as a business making a product to sell, which always ends with the worst excesses of "game design by committee".

I'm skeptical of anything the OP says given they routinely complain about the lack of "insider information" on this forum.

Well he's right (kinda), this forum is so shit that no one of any importance in the game business would ever post here.

Not sure if I can believe that. Let's start with the basics:

What game are you talking about? And what is gw2?

I presume "NewWorld" is some game development studio or publisher that is collaborating with Amazon, who is trying to get into the gaming area as well? Or something like that.

The game he's talking about is NewWorld, Amazon's upcoming MMO.

GW2 is Guild Wars 2, NCSoft's popular MMORPG.

Most likely Guild Wars 2. Have not played either but opposed to GW2 New World looks bland and boring (simply going by screenshots and seeing a few clips).

NewWorld devs are Typical what exactly? Aww. I was hoping it was Garden Warfare 2. The world needs more Plants vs Zombies. Although preferably in single player format.

And why should we want them to? I'm here to talk to other gamers and nerds, not to look at "important" people taking a leak.

I have a deja vu, as if this discussion has taken place before.

Did this guy, or someone else, already start another thread on this very same topic a few weeks ago? It was also a question related to some new online MMO and the OP thinking everyone is fully on the map with all the acronyms he is using.

No, I have never played Guild Wars 2, or even Guild Wars 1.

EDIT: Ha! I knew it!

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/new_world_sucks/page1

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/new_world_sucks/post6

But it always fails. They could make a lot with a few of us more insightful gamers (me esp.) Typical devs getting contracts by marketing and then inevitably it's failures . So that's why you auto-downvote me.



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well , it is pretty much what I expected from them

did amazon produce anything good other than kindle reader?
they are sales people

I just want one investment bank to care and not be full of drones... is it so much to ask? v_v Polish poster post against leaks........[x]

That's totally not a viewpoint influenced by recent events....xD

Is that popular?

My impression was that it had flopped pretty hard when it first released, because it was much worse than both Guild Wars 1 and also World of Warcraft.

Did they ever add real Dungeons to GW2 (like the Underworld and Fissure of Woe from GW1, for examples), instead of the crappy mini-dungeons which was the only endgame content that initially released with GW2?

gw2 has nice parts for sure. But it was squandered and they went off on weird tropical tangents etc. They also like reddit, rewarded simp players while alienating casuals. There was never any listening. I really think they were reddit types etc.