Hey! Saw a post about Project Gorgon on MMORPG and decided to come on over and look around.
I love what you've written about the state of the MMO industry and what you are trying to accomplish with P:G. My first "MMO" experience was with Gemstone, and old mud from Simutronics. Amazing what they accomplished with just text. Then of course, DAOC came around, and Asheron's Call, and EQ, and WoW, so on so forth. Those were fun and exciting times. But once WoW became the 8ft gorilla - all attempts at uniqueness seemed to fade. It was full-out clone time. And then the cash shop nonsense. I do believe alot of developers will look back and realize that F2P with a cash-shop is actually not the best long-term financial arrangement.
But anyway, I am rambling. Downloading the game now! More thoughts later.
I love what you've written about the state of the MMO industry and what you are trying to accomplish with P:G. My first "MMO" experience was with Gemstone, and old mud from Simutronics. Amazing what they accomplished with just text. Then of course, DAOC came around, and Asheron's Call, and EQ, and WoW, so on so forth. Those were fun and exciting times. But once WoW became the 8ft gorilla - all attempts at uniqueness seemed to fade. It was full-out clone time. And then the cash shop nonsense. I do believe alot of developers will look back and realize that F2P with a cash-shop is actually not the best long-term financial arrangement.
But anyway, I am rambling. Downloading the game now! More thoughts later.