Doom and Gloom

There seems to be a flood of posts about Auto Assault shutting down. This was a game that called itself an MMO but really was not that good or very MMOish. I am not suprised by the flood of posts about it, what I am suprised by is the doom and gloom of some of them. All the chicken littles are making a fuss because this is like the 3rd game that made release that is shutting down. (Amazingly enough Vanguard is not one of them) These people could not have actually played the thing. They moan how it is another example of why Sci Fi games are doomed to fail, never mind Eve Online, which managed to overcome the huge hurdle that helped kill Auto Assault. Your avatar is your ride. in Eve you are your ship essentially. In AA it was your car. People like a body, preferably not made of metal.

But the real reason AA failed, it was just not a good game. Several huge mechanical flaws blew it out of the water for me durring the open beta that told me I would not play it. Biggest was the blowing up buildings and then watching them respawn. I understand the need for it in an MMO but it was just so much harder to buy than respawning monsters and buildings or objects you can’t destroy.

Another big failure of the game was the boilerplating of the fantasy model on the cars. Healer,Tank, Rogue and Mage re-envisioned as cars. BORING on top of bad.

So to all those other bloggers out there that don’t read mine :) STFU, it got what it deserved.