Subscription fees add "pressure" on consumers, states Guild Wars 2 Dev

GamerZines writes:

During a recent interview with GamerZines, Jeff Grubb, Guild Wars 2 designer and author of Ghosts of Ascalon, has explained that he feels subscription models add too much "pressure" on players to ensure they're getting their money's worth.

[Chris399]

And the difference between GW2 and these other MMOs that we see posting their "visions", is that there is no vision, its all there - REAL AND PLAYABLE.

In a world of hyperbole and bullshit, I find the development of GW 2 utterly refreshing.

[Baka-akaB]

right now i'm only interested in mmos that try the two following :

- breaking from the boring mold of predictable 1 to 6 keyboard buttons with the situational crap on the rest on the bar , and an awful emphasis on grinding in both pve and pvp ...

- providing an actual plot and storyline . Make you feel like you matter and aint just a nobody with no impact . You dont have to be king of the world , but at least when some major catastrophe and quest infold , the game should reflect that .

Gw1 already had a very dynamic battles system wich made even playing an elementalist enjoyable and far from the same routine crap .

And gw2 is definitively trying to make you part of a story , starting from the creation screen

[Saryk]

He is right, most people who play a P2P MMO are easily addicted because they want to get their monies worth. Which compared to a lot of other entertainment they are, but most want to get that extra. I didn’t like GW no matter how I tried, I will check out GW2 and hopefully it will peak my interest.

[pr0digyZA]

Sounds like they are people for the people, definately picking this up.

[CombatEvolving]

OH LAWD! Even an MMO doesn't have a sub, yet CoD wanted one.

[TitanUp]

im looking forward to this than i am ff14,love mmo games and when they are done right can play them for hours.

[Ares84PS3]

Isn't it enough that I have to buy the game for $65 plus pay $50/month for cable internet??? Let alone the price of the console, the expensive TV to experience the fullest of the game.

I will never pay for an MMO. Hell, I don't even want to play an MMO. The RPG style most MMO's have aren't me cup of tea anyways. MMO's usually eat your life away and demand too much of your time.

[divideby0]

Nah.. no pressure on me.

I dont do pay to play games.
If you want me to try your PTP game, you have to give me the game for free. I aint spending 60 bucks for a game upfront and than have to pay 15 bucks per month. f that.
Or I will buy the game and I want 6 months play time free.

or the game is a no buy for me

I bought the GuildWars triology last year new for 15 bucks. best gaming deal for me ever. GW is great, no monthly fee and cant wait for GW2.
I just wish GW was going on the PS3...whoa would that be a killer

[Chris399]

They said back in February and at this Gamescom, that they were "looking into" console development. NCSoft still has that deal with Sony from 2007 for MMOs and we have yet to see anything come of that, so it's not impossible - actually quite probable - that GW 2 might hit the PS3.

[Bigpappy]

Every word he said. But I would add 360 to that support list. We don't want to cheat the developer out of all that potential cash because of fanboyism, do we?

[Sidewinder-]

i never even got around to trying guild wars. PC wasn't good enough at the time so it just got overlooked. was it any good?

[Chris399]

Most story driven MMO I've seen; possibly because a lot of it was instanced, but GW 2 is full open-world with the same level of cinematic flair.

You can get the whole package for pennies now, and it's still quite pretty even by today's standards.