Publicly declaring your game to be similar to WoW is either an awesome marketing move that will snatch disgruntled or bored WoW players name make them play your game, or a really stupid thing to do. Only time will tell. Warcry have an interview with Matt Mihaly from Iron Realms Entertainment, the team behind Earth Eternal to discuss one of the more promising MMOs on the horizon.
WarCry Network: People see dozens of new MMOs announced each year with ambitious goals and feature lists. What makes Earth Eternal different and why do you think it will succeed?
Matt Mihaly: I think there are two main things that differentiate Earth Eternal from most of those dozens of MMOs:
1. Earth Eternal will actually be released. We're fully funded well past our target release date.
2. We haven't announced ambitious goals and feature lists. We've announced less sexy, but far more realistic ones. See #1.
Read more here.
http://www.warcry.com/news/view/68395-E ... att-Mihaly