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Rift Trailer Promises "Polished at Launch" MMORPG

by Brian Leahy, Dec 03, 2010 2:00pm PST

Related Topics – Rift, Little League World Series Baseball 2010, Trailer, PC

This new trailer for Trion Worlds' upcoming "complete" MMORPG Rift, which the developers promise will be "polished at launch" and "advance the genre the day it ships," is full of bold claims.

The trailer opens with some testimonials from members various guilds that have been playing the game talking about how awesome it is, which is followed up by some voiceover detailing what you can expect from Rift.

Time will tell if the game will be a hit, but it looks like it has a good foundation. If you're more curious, you can read my preview from when I saw a build back in October.

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By: boneyd79 x Show Full Post

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One word: "hubris"

Dec 06, 2010 6:10pm PST

One word: "hubris" : boneyd79

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By: darkfox321 x Show Full Post

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Wow someone finally gets it! I wonder if it took a full room of "experts" and "analysts" to figure it out. Failure @ launch= downhill

Dec 03, 2010 2:03pm PST

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  I eagerly await the first day server crashes and everyone just being shocked, SHOCKED that this would hap... : Lionhart32935
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  What's better, making really bold claims and hoping they work out, or keeping your mouth shut, launching ... : radioactivez0r
  - There's a real big difference between hyping your product and claiming that it's the best thing since sli... : StealthHawk
  - Just marketing 101. You'd expect the company to claim their making the best game ever. Why else make th... : daggot

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I remember some guys in high school playing a pen and paper RPG called Rifts (I think that's what it was called). I wonder if this is based on that? I remember looking through the book and it has some cool stuff in there.

Dec 03, 2010 5:59pm PST

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The big problem is that promises like this create heigh expectations, if there is just one little hickup or issue during launch - may it be server queues, account creation or simply not enough mid and end content - people will go into internet forum rage mode.

Dec 06, 2010 4:06am PST

The big problem is that promises like this create heigh expectations, if there is just one little hickup ... : Lukiopimp

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By: Defacil x Show Full Post

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It still plays like WoW though. Wait for attack, push attack button, and depend on the dice.

All that rift stuff just sounds like a funky way of saying "respawning enemies."

Dec 03, 2010 3:01pm PST

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It still plays like WoW though. Wait for attack, push attack button, and depend on the dice. All th... : Defacil
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Why does every MMO claim they're doing something new and revolutionary? I see nothing new here. It looks like they took some of the story from Horizons, mixed it with the classless skill system of Asheron's Call, and gave it better graphics.

Dec 05, 2010 6:03pm PST

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Why does every MMO claim they're doing something new and revolutionary? I see nothing new here. It look... : Teufelaffe
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- exactly my thoughts. : fw_rams

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Looks interesting, but WOW broke the mmo model. Not game will ever be considered successful again, and prying away millions of n00b gamers from WOW to try another mmo is almost impossible. When they quit WOW they will never pick up another mmo, they'll just go back to solitaire and Farmville.

Dec 04, 2010 11:44am PST

Looks interesting, but WOW broke the mmo model. Not game will ever be considered successful again, and p... : Inarion

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By: Confrustrating x Show Full Post

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Then Cataclysm comes out and suddenly everyone forgets about every other MMO.

Dec 03, 2010 9:38pm PST

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Then Cataclysm comes out and suddenly everyone forgets about every other MMO. : Confrustrating
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- i don't like and play wow. cataclysm will not change that. anarchy online ftw :D : fw_rams

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The Beta is pretty awesome so far. I saw a few people talking in general chat about not enough spawns and 2 hours later they are shutting down the servers to do a small update and fix it so we have more respawns.

Dec 03, 2010 6:50pm PST

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- I am enjoying it as well. Aaah, to have the inside hookups. : Thornfist

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By: Miller_TYM x Show Full Post

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Well... the bad:

Still looks like any other MMO mechanics, with nicer graphics.

The good:

It looks way better than that Star Wars game coming out.

Dec 03, 2010 7:23pm PST

Well... the bad: Still looks like any other MMO mechanics, with nicer graphics. The good: It loo... : Miller_TYM

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Is it just me, or did that feel like an infomercial, not a game trailer?

Dec 03, 2010 4:12pm PST

Is it just me, or did that feel like an infomercial, not a game trailer? : MinisterPhobia

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Rift was the only game at E3 that caused me to stop and want to play it.

These rifts open up spawning random bad guys on random parts of the world, you kill stuff. But I didn't really get what the bigger picture was. Are there quests other than just finding rifts and killing things?

After the live demo I left their booth feeling, meh.

It is a pretty game though.

Dec 03, 2010 3:24pm PST

Rift was the only game at E3 that caused me to stop and want to play it. These rifts open up spawning ... : fmellish

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By: Onward, to futility! x Show Full Post

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This seems fairly interesting!

I'm a little puzzled that I have never heard of it before though... obviously I need to pay better attention.

Dec 03, 2010 3:14pm PST

This seems fairly interesting! I'm a little puzzled that I have never heard of it before though... obv... : Onward, to futility!

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It's this kind of hype and promises which kills this type of game, good or not. It's a near impossible thing to live up to hype in the MMO world these days. Warhammer comes to mind.

Dec 03, 2010 3:03pm PST

It's this kind of hype and promises which kills this type of game, good or not. It's a near impossible th... : Deepjay1

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Looks awesome. The hub bub is that it's the real spiritual successor to EQII/Vanguard type of gameplay but without the problems that plagued both of those titles.

Dec 03, 2010 2:51pm PST

Looks awesome. The hub bub is that it's the real spiritual successor to EQII/Vanguard type of gameplay bu... : Visceral Monkey

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The animation in the video made me giglgle. It's sooooo bad.

Dec 03, 2010 2:45pm PST

The animation in the video made me giglgle. It's sooooo bad. : lcizzle

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