WoW And EVE CCGs Debut This Week 44
Both World of Warcraft and EVE Online will be debuting collectible card games based on their online worlds this week at Gen Con. From the EVE announcement: "CCP will have a 128-person tournament at Gen Con in Hall G of the Indianapolis Convention Center on Saturday, August 12th with cash prizes totaling $10,000. The tournament will be open to everyone and since EVE: The Second Genesis will be launched at the show, those competing will have as equal a chance of winning as possible. The tournament will be a Swiss double elimination tournament with cash prizes for the top 32 players, with additional prizes for random players between rounds. A double elimination tournament is a competition where participants are eliminated from the tournament upon having lost two matches. All players will receive a starter deck free of charge when they come to the EVE booth for a demonstration."
Thank God! (Score:5, Funny)
Who will buy this? (Score:3, Insightful)
Seems to me that if you really like these games, you'd rather be playing the real thing than the card game. And if you don't, these wouldn't appeal at all.
Are you going to buy one of these? Why?
Re:Who will buy this? (Score:2, Funny)
2. Make spin off products like roleplaying games, board games, CCGs, T-Shirts (Blizzard is guilty on all accounts)
3. ?????
4. MORE PROFIT!
(Note, should steps 3 or 4 fail to occur, it is suggested that you discontinue that product line.)
Re:Who will buy this? (Score:3, Insightful)
If the game's actually good (the WoW one actually sounds this way), then I'll give it a shot. At least the whole "raid" dungeon decks will be interesting, with the co-op focus.
If the game's horrible, then the only people who'll be buying it will be the obsessive collectors who gotta have the "phattest" cosmetic character upgrades in game.
Of course, a CCG being crap doesn't necessarily mean people will not buy it. See: Yu-Gi-Oh.
Re:Who will buy this? (Score:2)
Well... it's something to show off to your buddies when you're in high school.
See EQ2 for reference (Score:2)
Afaik, the only thing you can't buy for hard cash so far (from Sony itself, not EBay) is top level accounts. Everything else is available, from extra item slots to equipment.
So yes, I'd say there's a market for it. And yes, it pisses players off (i.e. me) to the extent that they drop the game altogether.
Re:Who will buy this? (Score:1)
Based on WoW, you say? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Based on WoW, you say? (Score:2)
More to the point, are there Lagforge, Vendor Lag, Loot Lag and Quest Lag cards which limit particular activites your opponent can take. Additionally, there should be cards for "ML unexpectedly disconnects", "Ninja Looter", "Leeroy Jenkins", "Train Borelgore to IF" (or Terimus to SW) and finally "Deeprun Tram Cyber"
Re:Based on WoW, you say? (Score:2)
Re:WoW Board Game (Score:2)
Re:WoW Board Game (Score:2, Informative)
If you want a Starcraft-like franchise, try Warhammer 40,000 from Games Workshop. Blizzard originally wanted Warcraft and Starcraft to be set in the GW universes, but GW stupidly denied them the licence, so they made up their own similar settings. Dawn of War is a pretty cool RTS game set in the WH40K universe. Try the demo sometime.
See also this comment [slashdot.org].
Wow... (Score:1)
Card game for WoW players (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Card game for WoW players (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Card game for WoW players (Score:2)
You made it too easy.
Re:Card game for WoW players (Score:2)
If you still don't get it, just watch the first sceen of 40 Year Old Virgin [imdb.com].
1 word. (Score:1)
1 word answer (Score:2)
EvE (Score:4, Funny)
The game gets markedly less interesting with less people. If you have only one guy to play against, for example, there are only 4 cards you can actually use.
Re:EvE (Score:1, Offtopic)
Re:EvE (Score:1)
Its all about cross branding (or is that now crotch-branding?)
(now for the O/T part)
I think that the common trial of life most youngsters face these days is avoiding or getting over addictive compulsive habbits (gaming/drugs/other), and actually doing something productive with their lives.
Re:EvE (Score:1)
Obligatory PA link (Score:5, Funny)
Hail Satan
Difference between the two... (Score:2)
Re:Difference between the two... (Score:2)
Re:Difference between the two... (Score:2)
I actually had one guy decline a group invite because he was holding our for someone who would make him look good.
In the vernacular, lolololol!
Only because it'll turn a profit (Score:1)
I would dare to make a forecast by saying that this CCG, if anything like the MMO, will have absolutely no replay value. I admit, I pick up my Magic: The Ga
Re:Only because it'll turn a profit (Score:2)
That's the minimum that every single single serious WoW player will buy.
What's your definition of serious - cos I have no plans on buying the cards - when would I get the time to play, I'm too busy raiding?
Re:Only because it'll turn a profit (Score:1)
The reason that these players would buy these packs, but not necessarily actively seek one, is for the same reason you're still carrying around that little pet rabbit or cockroach or kitten or cockatiel or whatever in your backpacks... The same reason that yo
Tim knew it! (Score:1)
Re:Tim knew it! (Score:2)
The WoW CCG includes ultra-rare purple decks... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The WoW CCG includes ultra-rare purple decks... (Score:2)
Re:The WoW CCG includes ultra-rare purple decks... (Score:2)
The lowdown. (Score:1)
EVE: http://boardgamegeek.com/game/24085 [boardgamegeek.com]
WOW: http://boardgamegeek.com/game/19643 [boardgamegeek.com]
Eve Lag Alert (Score:1)