Blizzard’s Chris Metzen was on hand at [hide]GDC Online[/hide] to discuss [hide]user-created content[/hide] for World of Warcraft and how the system just wouldn’t fly in WoW’s architecture. The logistics of player-created content in a game with millions upon millions of players would, most likely, be too overwhelming for a system and game that thrives on polish and quality control. Don’t expect to see user-generated content in WoW any time soon.
While I am a fan of this type of content, I don’t believe it really has a place in WoW. Azeroth is a much more story-driven, linear experience than most people want to discuss, and Blizzard likes to hold our hands through it all to make sure we’re doing things according to plan. I don’t think that’s a bad thing, just one approach to an MMO’s leveling and group content. In games like City of Heroes, the player-created content that was available made sense in terms of logistics and volume. For WoW, I can’t even fathom how hard it would be to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Filed under: [hide]News items[/hide], [hide]Cataclysm[/hide][hide]Metzen talks user-created content at GDC panel[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]
Blizzard’s Chris Metzen was on hand at [hide]GDC Online[/hide] to discuss [hide]user-created content[/hide] for World of Warcraft and how the system just wouldn’t fly in WoW’s architecture. The logistics of player-created content in a game with millions upon millions of players would, most likely, be too overwhelming for a system and game that thrives on polish and quality control. Don’t expect to see user-generated content in WoW any time soon.
While I am a fan of this type of content, I don’t believe it really has a place in WoW. Azeroth is a much more story-driven, linear experience than most people want to discuss, and Blizzard likes to hold our hands through it all to make sure we’re doing things according to plan. I don’t think that’s a bad thing, just one approach to an MMO’s leveling and group content. In games like City of Heroes, the player-created content that was available made sense in terms of logistics and volume. For WoW, I can’t even fathom how hard it would be to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Filed under: [hide]News items[/hide], [hide]Cataclysm[/hide][hide]Metzen talks user-created content at GDC panel[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]
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