The devs have done a lot with EQ2 since release, there have been four expansions and three adventure packs (mini expansions). The games performance has been improved, and a lot of content added. The thing EQ2 has over WoW is that there is a lot of middle level content, especially 40 – 60.

I probably wouldnt unmake Vanguard since it doesn’t really affect anything, and it’s a good (recent) object lesson in how to screw up a game by releasing before it’s ready. My follow up to this post on what game I’d unmake is Star Wars Galaxies. I reckon that is more deserving. 8-o

I mention this because I think EQ2 was an attempt to recognize and correct some of the problems associated with the original EQ. I never played EQ the original game, but I did try EQ2. I have to say, however, that EQ2 seemed like a “poor relation” of WoW in terms of fun and game design.

The irony is that Blizzard’s “update” of EQ is much superior to EQ’s own update to itself, in my opinion. As for unmaking MMOs, I would rather see some of the spectacular failures in MMOdom be “unmade” (Vanguard, anyone?), because they broadcast the erroneous message to developers and investors that MMOs are a bad risk, when, in fact, MMOs are a good risk — provided they are made well. But maybe that’s the purpose of all MMOs, both the failures and the successes, to show the business world what works and what doesn’t.

I am hopeful, for example, that Guild Wars 2 will incorporate good features from WoW and the original Guild Wars and create a hybrid game that is better than either of the originals.