Another for-sure WoW killer

[Bagar-]

WoW ripoffs and cheap fantasy MMOs are nothing new, but I haven't seen anything this blatant and worthless in... ever.

The game is called Alganon. Their website is http://alganon.com


WoW players will see the similarities immediately:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqmxBlFdOsY










Some comparisons:







Most MMO's are going to have relatively similar a relatively similar UI layout and functionality, but that shit goes beyond 'same basic features' and right into 'exactly the fucking same thing'

That being said, there are also apparently a lot of zones with extraordinarily similar names to WoW zones and major lore characters (Kargath vs. Kargath, Blackrock vs. Blackrock, Asheroth vs. Azeroth, Algalon vs. Alganon) which admittedly in a fantasy-based MMO is going to happen, so I'm not as baffled about that aspect.

I'm sure there's more fun stuff to pick on (apparently the combat system is pretty much exactly the same as well) but I've got to run. Hope you guys found this to be as hilariously misguided as I did, because if they think Blizzard is going to let them actually make money off of this game, they're going from crazy to delusional.

At least the graphics are better than WoW's though!

[Kwonryu DragonFist]

LOL Sweet models! Check out the faces!

[Aslanna]

It looks like EQ!

Anyway, a lot of those things don't look 'exact' at least to me. Plus there's more to a game than the interface. I mean there's only so many ways you can display coinage, hitpoints and inventory. Without really knowing more I'm going to say I doubt there's anything Blizzard could do to stop them.

New forum, please!


(Edit! I think it will fail horribly though due to their subscription model. It may (or may not!) be a WoW clone but I don't think they can get away with charging WoW prices these days. Free with microtransactions seems to be the way of the future although I'm not sure that's a good thing or not.)

[Fairweather Pure]

Haha, amazing!

[Winnow]

Is it free like WoW should be? Because nothing with the super simple graphics like WoW has should cost money to play! If WoW was released today it would be an embarrassment.

[Sylvus]

Just because you can't masturbate to it, doesn't mean the graphics are bad!

[Winnow]

Just because you can't masturbate to it, doesn't mean the graphics are bad!

oooooh noooo, that's not it at all! Weren't you around during the C-64 sprite days?

[Xouqoa]

Just because you can't masturbate to it, doesn't mean the graphics are bad!

Bazinga.

[Dregor Thule]

I hear the next WoW expansion will introduce a new hero class: Large-Breasted Japanese School Girl with a Daddy Complex. I'm sure they'll have Winnow's 15$ then.

[Winnow]

Perhaps, if they upgrade the entire game to the Cry-3 engine and get rid of the warped cartoony graphics so I could actually tell it was a school girl and not look like a distorted tranny as it would appear with the current engine/style!

[Morgrym]

File Planet is giving away Beta Keys to this currently. I downloaded it but have yet to give it a spin.