mmorpg.com rates the game higher than rifts

[BigCountry]

thing is millions of people knew exactly what it was, knew they wouldnt like it for very long, but bought it anyway.

talk about feeding the machine

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Rift, like a motion picture, was designed and marketed to be a fast sell, not really played or supported long term.

It worked.

[Andar]

I find Rift to be a fine alternative to WoW for many reasons and quite enjoy Rift. I prefer more challenging games though, especially those that give greater scope to player creativity.

There is much potential here. I believe the ratings captured that feeling and the attendant hopes amongst us Xsyon Citizens.

All who bear hope for the future here will be voting with their continued participation at a minimum.

[Maligno]

Xsyon will probably hold a high rating even after release. It's new and not a cookie cutter game. It will end up winning people over from other games who are just sick of the same old junk.

Rift was great for the first few CB. New and fun world to explore until the 4th or 5th beta. I then got incredibly bored of the game and it made me sleepy when I played it. It brings nothing new to the MMO Genre. I will give it credit that they have done a great job polishing the game, but once again nothing new.

[kaisergod]

That rating on MMORPG.com is in fact the RATING, not the HYPE meter. It was a bit of a screw up on the site due to the delayed launch of Xsyon. They thought it was still March 1 instead of the new date of the 15th. Also keep in mind that on that site youre going to get groups of people who will just vote a game 1s acros sthe board becaus eit "isnt WoW" or whateve rtheir favorite game is, and others who are fans of Xsyon and just go throwing 10s on the ratings in all categories simply to bump the rating up, not becaus ethey honestly think it is a 10 in that category.

As of now its sitting at an 8.4 though, which IMO is a pretty fair rating of the game and actually exactly the same as what my overall rating was after calculating the different categories. In comparison, Rift is sitting at 8.7 now, but being the new flavor of the month game thats kind of expected. Give it a month or 2 and we will likely see that rating drop to more like 7-7.5 as people start realising its just more of the same every MMO offers just under a different name and grow bored.

Just be glad Xsyons rating isnt like Earthrise though, which is another (supposedly) sandbox game that just launched too. Havent tried the game myself but damn theyre getting naile dpretty hard with low ratings and bad reviews. Reviewers on MMORPG.com gave it a 5.5 and current user rating is 4.6. Ouch. Even WAR, which by now has lost 80-90% of their subs from launch is holding a 7.7 user rating and theres tons of people out there who just plain hate that game.

[baka77]

It's funny how those ratings go...

Rift is being given high marks because it's extremely well polished & stable. Trion has made a gorgeous, albeit very derivative game.

Xsyon, on the other hand, is being given marks for potential. No one in their right mind would think to equate this game's state to that of Rift. And yet, I think most people find Xsyon's premise & promises much more appealing.

It's hard to sort through ratings when they're being given for entirely different reasons.

[blackice]

There was also a great review on the site. Double thumbs up and the review said to buy it for sure. Great to see that. Going to see alot more players on after release once they start checking it out.

[blackice]

I also think its freaking awsome that an indie dev thats doing something way different got to as high as it is.

[Jasdemi]

Holy shit, guys. You can't take this rating seriously. There are only 80 votes in total for Xsyon. Extremely inaccurate.