General Discussion

So many people like to speculate which soon to be released MMO will be the death knell for WoW.  It's been going on for a couple years now and many games have come and gone and still WoW remains on top.  Games will continue to be released in the future.  Will AoC be a WoW killer, will WAR?  Most likely neither of them will be.

So instead of asking which game that is currently in development might do it, let me ask something a little different.  What kind of game would it take to kill WoW?  Or better yet, is there a formula that could be more popular than the WoW formula.  Perhaps there is none.  Perhaps WoW is the most successful formula there is and therefore, we are destined to see WoWish type games made again and again and again.

I personally don't care if WoW lives or dies.  I don't care if it continues to rule or eventually gets dethroned.  I guess I'm just asking a familiar question with a slightly different spin because I'm a glutton for punishment.

So...what WOULD be a WoW killer?

Someones mom who who says no?

This is both new and interesting...

As long as this kind of threads come up 5 times a day, wow wont die.

To even consider being a WOW killer you would first need to be a franchise Game , so only a few come to mine

A Elder Scrolls MMO

A Might & Magic MMO "The RPG M&M not the Strategy one

A Wizardry MMO

& bear in mind these would have to be extremely well made to have any chance ..

A StarWars KOTOR Online done EXTREMELY well.

A Diablo MMO.

A Starcraft MMO.

That's pretty much it.

Originally posted by Lukain

To even consider being a WOW killer you would first need to be a franchise Game , so only a few come to mine

 

A Elder Scrolls MMO

A Might & Magic MMO "The RPG M&M not the Strategy one

A Wizardry MMO

 

& bear in mind these would have to be extremely well made to have any chance ..

 

 

None of those stand a chance. In fact, a new IP probably works better then using old M&M and Wizardry IP's. I can see The Elder Scrolls doing well as an IP but by no means does it have the recognition to be a WoW killer.


I have said it before and I'll say it again. If there is one IP that has the potential to kick WoW of its throne, it's Final Fantasy. Grand Theft Auto might also do very well, but it won't be accepted oversea.

The only thing that is going to kill WOW is WOW itself...

time

i am the WoW killer i uninstalled it and will never play that trash game ever again so to me it is dead

R I P! WOW

only time a game will die is when people say it's over for them, it's just like when crack heads stop sucking on that pipe no one made them stop only you  have the power to end it !!!

Time is the only thing that kills MMORPGs. Close to 6 years ago people were asking the same thing about EQ1...what will kill Everquest...the answer, nothing.