One more post observation on CU2(!)

I just realised this morning, that the other thing I hated about the new
setup is the way the mouse defaults to hidden. On my machine ALT doesn't
even show it up. This train of thought got me noticing....

i. No mouse by default....
ii. Most actions can now be done with one button. I think the most
complex actions like combat need at the most 3 buttons (1 to attack, 1 for
special attack, 1 for special attack selection). With the old version,
combat would have required mapping to many buttons.
iii. Skills trees simplified to the nth degree, even including
pretty pictures of cast members....
iv. Areas that are roped off by invisible barriers...

Call me Mr cynical but this to me has the smelly whiff of 'console' written
all over it....

I wonder if SOE's plans weren't to improve the game per-se, but instead to
target a completely different market such as consoles..... Maybe WOW is to
complex to port to a console in it's present form so SOE figure that if they
break into the console market and make a bigger buck there?...

Who knows....

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:24:32 GMT, David Casey
<sgtcasey.RemoveThis@IH8SPAMcomcast.net> wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:25:33 GMT, ROBERT POLLARD wrote:
>
>> Call me Mr cynical but this to me has the smelly whiff of 'console' written
>> all over it....
>
>I agree 100%, it does seem like SOE is getting the game all ready for the
>8-year old kids to play using their PS2 or Xbox.
>
>Maybe Rastus or Crispy can talk their mom into buying them a PS2 or Xbox
>since they've been banned from playing games on the family PC anymore.
>Yeah!
>
>Too bad they couldn't have just made them their own servers. *sigh*
>
>It could always be worse!
>
>Dave

I would think the better bet would be the new 360??