Other MMO* like DDO?

[griffin_230]

I liked AoC, mainly because it seemed to be in keeping with the spirit of the original Conan books, atmospheric with loads of gore and grittiness and not just big breasted women, though I guess that could be a bonus too. The combat is not bad, but it's best to be in a group. You can expect a lot of deaths if you try to solo stuff, especially if you're just below the level of the quest/zone.

Think you need a decent PC for this game. The graphics in high settings are excellent and the musical score is probably the best I've come across for any MMO.

DCUO was a surprise. I'm not really a fan of the DC universe, but the game is good. The combat is actually very fast paced and dynamic. A lot of stuff can be happening at once and you need to have good reflexes/twitch skills. You can download it for free on the PC, but I installed it on the PS3 and the controller seems to work well for the combat. Sometimes, you don't lock onto the target you want or the camera is facing the wrong one, but it's a **** impressive MMO for a console game.

[donfilibuster]

holy ****, seems like the same developers to me! Look at the button bar layout, the bending down tie your shoelaces animation. Insane

nah, i don't think minimap and hotbars are original to DDO, probably was meant to be familiar to MMO players.
Just go to image search on google and the first WoW screenshot should have lots of hotbars and round minimap and chat boxes and even a blue xp bar across the screen.
Even more so now that DDO added a picture to the vitals bars.

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

nah, i don't think minimap and hotbars are original to DDO, probably was meant to be familiar to MMO players.

Minimap and hotbars are certainly not a DDO original, but they, as well as some of the animations look strikingly similar to DDO imo.

[donfilibuster]

Speaking of being original, TERA claims "TERA is the first true action MMORPG.", call it "action based combat system" and action combat.