D&D Online No Challenge to WoW's Supremacy

Well, the most anticipated fantasy MMORPG since WoW has been out for almost a month now...and it looks like the status quo will remain the same.

Turbine launched Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach late last month to generally positive reviews, but so far, the numbers don't look good. As this article from Canadian Press states, D&D Online simply doesn't seem to have the same drawing power as Blizzard's juggernaut. With it's stripped-down version of an MMORPG environment & emphasis on instanced quests & dungeons, Turbine's game seems to have little to offer the seasoned WoW veteran that they haven't already got in spades.

The game is a solid effort, and does hold some interests for D&D purists, as it does a fair job of capturing the feel of the old pen & paper game, but for younger players raised on the new generation of online games, there's simply not enough to draw them away from the much richer, more varied & populated world of Azeroth. Looks like WoW is going to be the big fish in the pond for some time yet to come...