01-10-2004, 05:17 PM
I personally dislike almost every MMORPG out there. They are all seen as cash cows by their companies. All the new ones coming out are just EQ clones (a game I despise) because they have seen the money that SOE has made off of it and want a piece themselves. So there is little to no innovation in the genre.
The social environment is definitely a bonus, but it depends on who you are. Some people made cities and ran governments in some of the games. Others like to rampantly PK. You get all of the good and the bad thrown in to one giant world where everyone gets to interact. People who have played just Diablo without actually playing a MMORPG don't know what it truly is like (but an idea is easily gained ;-) ).
That being said, I don't enjoy paying $9.95 a month so that some company can force me to play a game their way. I enjoy games like D2 and UO because character templates are varied and there aren't 1-2 uber classes that no one else can compete with. Games like EQ have a bunch of classes, yet half are gimped beyond usability beyond the late teens early 20's and out of the remaining ones there are a handful of uber ones that can do it all and a few that can do most. I like being able to see the entire game\world with any character I work on, not just the ones that are the dev's personal favorites or the ones that are the most popular.
That being said, saying that you won't pay $9.95 a month for a game is ridiculous. Unless you have played it already and didn't like it, how can you say it isn't worth $9.95 a month? I have paid $9.95 a month and I can tell you most of the games aren't worth it from experience ;-)
The social environment is definitely a bonus, but it depends on who you are. Some people made cities and ran governments in some of the games. Others like to rampantly PK. You get all of the good and the bad thrown in to one giant world where everyone gets to interact. People who have played just Diablo without actually playing a MMORPG don't know what it truly is like (but an idea is easily gained ;-) ).
That being said, I don't enjoy paying $9.95 a month so that some company can force me to play a game their way. I enjoy games like D2 and UO because character templates are varied and there aren't 1-2 uber classes that no one else can compete with. Games like EQ have a bunch of classes, yet half are gimped beyond usability beyond the late teens early 20's and out of the remaining ones there are a handful of uber ones that can do it all and a few that can do most. I like being able to see the entire game\world with any character I work on, not just the ones that are the dev's personal favorites or the ones that are the most popular.
That being said, saying that you won't pay $9.95 a month for a game is ridiculous. Unless you have played it already and didn't like it, how can you say it isn't worth $9.95 a month? I have paid $9.95 a month and I can tell you most of the games aren't worth it from experience ;-)