Zac Cannon III

DevOps Papa, SysAdmin Greybeard, and Web 1.0 refugee writing from the cloud.

Tag: games

World of Warcraft:Forever

I'm a big fan of World of Warcraft. I was there in 2004 when it launched and played the game seriously doing end-game raiding up until Wrath of the Lich King, or about five years. I loved it!

After the release of Cataclysm, I became a casual player, but I still purchased all the expansions and played for several months after each expansion. I jumped at World of Warcraft Classic when it came out and played that for a year. Loved it! The nostalgia was great with that.

And now we have World of Warcraft Forever. It ticks all the boxes and more. I can't wait. I can definitely see myself pre-ordering and pre-paying for a 1-year subscription, something I have done since 2009.

Games

All the games

I was reading how last year over 20,000 games were released on Steam and only about 600 have concurrent players. I think the issue with this is we all have a huge backlog of games from the pandemic. For this reason, I see no need to buy any games. I now considered myself a game collector and not a game player so much. I was also reading how the growth of the gaming industry during the pandemic is now leading to devastating cutsbacks and layoffs. And now you have AI on top of that, all contributing to the layoffs and downsizing of game studios. I was also told that the vibe coding of "cozy games" that are popping up all around the web for free and without ads is causing yet another pain point for Indi developers'. Why spend money on a game when you can write code to your specifications for $20 a month?

Games

Stars Reach

Stars Reach is available on Steam in early access. I usually don't do preorders or play early access games, but I was really looking forward to Stars Reach. Unfortunately, this early access launch is not good. I don't personally think this is ready for early access. Not in the current state, so many issues. I think this is an early alpha at best; it's barely playable currently.

Stars Reach, MMORPG, Games

Massively multiplayer online games played

How many MMO's have you played? According to the timeline here are the ones I played in chronological order, followed by my personal ratings.

The only new upcoming MMOs I am looking forward to are Guild Wars 3 and Stars Reach.

  1. 1996 - Dark Sun Online - 2/5
  2. 1997 - Ultima Online - 4/5
  3. 1999 - EverQuest - 5/5
  4. 2001 - Dark Age of Camelot - 4/5
  5. 2003 - EVE Online - 3/5
  6. 2003 - Planetside - 4/5
  7. 2003 - Star Wars Galaxies - 5/5
  8. 2003 - Lineage II - 2/5
  9. 2004 - City of Heroes - 3/5
  10. 2004 - World of Warcraft - 5/5
  11. 2004 - EverQuest 2 - 4/5
  12. 2005 - Guild Wars - 4/5
  13. 2006 - Dungeons & Dragons Online - 3/5
  14. 2007 - Vanguard - 3/5
  15. 2007 - Lord of the Rings Online - 4/5
  16. 2008 - Age of Conan - 2/5
  17. 2008 - Warhammer Online - 3/5
  18. 2009 - Aion - 2/5
  19. 2010 - Star Trek Online - 3/5
  20. 2010 - Final Fantasy XIV - 5/5
  21. 2011 - RIFT - 3/5
  22. 2011 - Allods Online - 2/5
  23. 2011 - Star Wars: The Old Republic - 5/5
  24. 2012 - TERA - 3/5
  25. 2012 - The Secret World - 3/5
  26. 2012 - Guild Wars 2 - 5/5
  27. 2012 - PlanetSide 2 - 4/5
  28. 2013 - Neverwinter - 3/5
  29. 2014 - The Elder Scrolls Online - 5/5
  30. 2014 - WildStat - 4/5
  31. 2016 - Black Desert - 3/5
  32. 2017 - Albion Online - 2/5
  33. 2019 - World of Warcraft Classic - 5/5
  34. 2021 - New World - 4/5
  35. 2022 - Diablo Immortal - 3/5
  36. 2023 - Diablo IV - 4/5
  37. 2026 - Project Gorgon - 4/5
  38. 2026 - EverQuest Legends - 4/5

MMO, Games