MMORPGs (Had to be done...)
#1
Posted 10 June 2004 - 08:47 AM
Not just the legitimate pay ones, but the free ones as well?
I used to play the one game, Runescape, but after a while the players became mostly 10-12 year olds and all they do is ask for free stuff or say that they're poor. I tried playing it again recently, but they're still there!
Now I play Final Fantasy XI, and by my post count here alone, you can tell I've been playing that one a lot.
Does anyone else play these? Or am I alone? Someone here has to have been stuck on 'Evercrack' for some time? (eww)
#3
Posted 10 June 2004 - 11:14 AM
JM's official press secretary, scientific advisor, diplomat and apparent antagonist?
#4
Posted 10 June 2004 - 12:53 PM
That isn't to say its a horrible game. I logged 55 full days into Everquest, levelling up to a 56 Bard. A lot of that time was spent generally having fun. Some of it, probably a little too much, was spent being aggravated, bored, or annoyed as I travelled long distances looking for my corpse, sat around asking to join people's groups, waited for someone to ressurect me from the dead, tried to buy and sell items to and from other players, waited for everyone to show up for a raid, etc.
The thing you need to understand about Everquest is that, in the end, its a game about patience and efficiency. It is not really a game about danger or excitment. You spend a lot of time waiting: waiting to join a group, waiting to be ressurected, waiting for someone to teleport you somewhere, waiting for your xp bar to fill up so you can gain level X, waiting for a creature to spawn, etc. The perfect group isn't the group that fights the hardest monsters; its the group that gets the most xp. That usually means you fight one monster at a time, you never take on more than you can handle, and you make sure no one ever dies. Furthermore, theres usually one thing you are responsible as a member of a group, whether it be fighting, healing, buffing, and doing direct damage, so fights get very repetitive. If I'm the highest level fighter, my job is to take hits. If I'm the wizard, my job is to cast 1-2 damage spells and then meditate. If Im the cleric, my job is to heal. If Im the bard, my job is to sing certain songs, and so on.
If fights start to get interesting, if you start having to improvise tactics, if you barely survive a fight... well, that means you're doing something wrong. Because if there's one thing a whole lot less fun than doing the same thing over and over again, its dying. Not only do you lose xp when you die, but it also takes up a lot of time (travelling to find your corpse, getting a cleric to resurect you so you can regain xp, etc). If enough people die in a group, they might just give up and leave.
#5
Posted 10 June 2004 - 01:54 PM
If fights start to get interesting, if you start having to improvise tactics, if you barely survive a fight... well, that means you're doing something wrong. Because if there's one thing a whole lot less fun than doing the same thing over and over again, its dying. Not only do you lose xp when you die, but it also takes up a lot of time (travelling to find your corpse, getting a cleric to resurect you so you can regain xp, etc). If enough people die in a group, they might just give up and leave.
That sounds a lot like FFXI, but I never found myself to get impatient with that game at all, or angry or anything like that. Yes, it does take a long time to gain levels, and deaths aren't nearly as annoying as Everquest sounds... do you HAVE to be resurrected in Everquest? There's no homepoint you can go back to or anything? Everquest doesn't sound all that interesting... then again... I never was all that interested in that title.
And yes, it does cost a lot, but that filters out all the annoying morons who stalk and bother you constantly. If they have to pay a lot for it, why would they bother? The lack of annoying kids and equally annoying teenagers is very nice. I'm not saying you don't run into them, because you do, but in much less numbers... I think the payment acts as a filter to keep out non serious-players. Unless they're dumbasses with a lot of money, now that's another story. lol
#6
Posted 10 June 2004 - 05:32 PM
I got one acronym for you, WoW
http://www.blizzard.com/wow/
I've never played or even considered buying a mmorpgh before, but this game looks awesome. Take a look at it LTTS
#7
Posted 11 June 2004 - 09:22 AM
I got one acronym for you, WoW
http://www.blizzard.com/wow/
I've never played or even considered buying a mmorpgh before, but this game looks awesome. Take a look at it LTTS
I looked at it, the people in it look like crap.
Anything else, El Sarcasmo?
This post has been edited by looktothesky: 11 June 2004 - 09:23 AM
#8
Posted 11 June 2004 - 12:25 PM
I don't mean to critisize Everquest too much. It can definetly be fun sometimes, even if it is repetitive. The best part of it is probably the feeling of accomplishment you get, whether it be from gaining a new level, getting a cool piece of equipment, or just being part of a really good group.
So what does Final Fantasy XI have going for it?
#9
Posted 11 June 2004 - 04:14 PM
Anything else, El Sarcasmo?
You really think they look bad? I thought the characters were pretty damn good. Blizzard is always on the leading edge of gaming technology, I'm certain that this game is the most advanced RPG out there.
#11
Posted 12 June 2004 - 12:03 AM
JM's official press secretary, scientific advisor, diplomat and apparent antagonist?
#12
Posted 12 June 2004 - 11:18 AM
Well, in FFXI when you die you don't lose any of your items, you keep all of them. BUT, when you die you lose 10% of your total EXP (ie. the Experience you need to get to the next level) which can range from 10 xp in the beginning to about 100xp when you're a good 1/4 through the game.
I never really find myself waiting for anything, like you said about Everquest, and if I do have to wait for something to happen, I usually waste time in-game, like levelling up my other jobs, raising money on auction, etc.
I can't really explain what FFXI has going fo it, because I've never really played Everquest so I can't compare...lol
Yea, I do. I think the characters look a little deformed. Sadly I thought that way in WarCraft 3 too. The character design just rubbed me the wrong way. I'm sure its an awesome game, but like the new GC Zelda series, the graphics turn me off.
#13
Posted 12 June 2004 - 06:56 PM
Graphics are the very last thing I look at in a game. HOWEVER, I want a link to a game site that has better graphics than blizzard's WoW.
#14
Posted 13 June 2004 - 01:39 AM
JM's official press secretary, scientific advisor, diplomat and apparent antagonist?
#15
Posted 13 June 2004 - 09:02 AM
Graphics are the very last thing I look at in a game. HOWEVER, I want a link to a game site that has better graphics than blizzard's WoW.
Well why don't you look for it? lol
Yea, I did mean the Wind Waker. The new Zelda though, looks really awesome. I hope that trailer wasn't a teaser...