Saying goodbye to mmorpgs. Just uninstalled my last ones.

Has anyone else been a huge fan of MMORPGs, over the years, and decided to walk from them? Realized you were done with them for good?

I've been playing MMORPGs since Everquest: Ruins of Kunark. They've been a big part of my gaming life. So much so that part of what got me into the IT field (starting back in high school) was learning about what would make EQ run better on the family computer and then my own PCs as I built and rebuilt them. I've played them off and on since then but it's only been this year that I really started experiencing serious burn out. I've had it before and I would stop playin for a while but this time it's different. Usually when I lost interest in one game I move on to another or go back to an older game or just stop playing for a while. I've done that a few times this year but things simply weren't enjoyable. I'd play for a few days before I got tired. I realize it was the style of gameplay that I no longer cared for. I still enjoyed the lore and would even love if a single player game set in many of the worlds these games have but the actual MMORPG gameplay either it be Everquest 1 or 2, World of Warcraft, Rift, Age of Conan or even DC Universe Online was simply no longer fun. Not only that but in the end I came to the conclusion I was simply tired of the genre itself. I no longer found it enjoyable.

It was made very clear to me yesterday. I updated Everquest 2 because I had free time due to the Sony hack (SOE was hacked as well). I spent a few hours in the game and felt nothing. Wasn't even frustrated, just blah. I figured enough was enough. I usually kept several installed on my PC just in case I want to play them again but I felt I needed to make a clean break. So I uninstalled the remaining games I had on my computer.

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer
Dungeons and Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited
Rift
Everquest 2: Sentinel's Fate
Guild Wars

For the first time I feel like I'm honestly done with MMORPGs. Not tired or need a break or a different game provides a new setting but done completely with them. I don't care if I never play another one again. It's kinda sad in a way though but time to move on. Just curious if anyone else had to go through this or is currently going through this? If so were you glad you made the leap? Do you regret at times?

You say that now, but once an MMO addict, always an MMO addict.

I've actually done this recently and I've tryed to get back into a good MMORPG, but just couldn't do it.

You say that now, but once an MMO addict, always an MMO addict.

Steameffekt

I'm not super hard core about playing MMOs. Usually when I play a game like WoW, ill play it for a month and then come back to it maybe a year.

You say that now, but once an MMO addict, always an MMO addict.

Steameffekt

I have yet to find an MMO that holds my attention over 70 hours. But Heroes of Newerth held my attention for over 1000 hours, go figure.

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You say that now, but once an MMO addict, always an MMO addict.

Elann2008

Nope, I don't have the same problems. Got tired of WoW after 2 months in Cataclysm, promised I'll never play again, got another two months, played only 3 hours, then after almost two months I got sick of all the mediocre games we get (in general, not just PC) and the mediocre overhyped games we're going to get and I got 6 months of WoW, started going for Loremaster (again) and I've never had so much fun with a "lengthy" game. Games nowadays are too bad not play games I enjoy but take most of the time I would spend on other useless games that only make me waste money instead of getting some enjoyment out of them.

You say that now, but once an MMO addict, always an MMO addict.

Steameffekt

Isn't this more suited as a blog?Ownsin

You say that now, but once an MMO addict, always an MMO addict.

Steameffekt

Granted something could bring me back in the future but it would have to be something that does not play like any MMORPG on the market. Not talking about features but the core gameplay has to be different and non-mmorpg. No classes, button based abilities, slow leveling, time sinks, etc. I don't see that happening so I think I should be fine and not relapse. haha Having slept after uninstalling the games I feel pretty good and don't regret my actions at all.

once you try an mmo thats where you'll go

I'm also done with mmorpg's, i think that was in 2007.

I had a couple of reasons: university asked some of my time so i needed to make some free time + back then i decided to cut back on gaming and practice guitar for 4 hours a day (I am so f***ing glad i did that) because i always wanted to become a good musician.

So i did those things, became a very good metal guitarist and started my own band with a grade-school friend
Now, most of my time I'm composing music, rehearsing, gigging, doing research for the university and doing crazy stuff with my friends.

I still love gaming but my opinion has changed about it, I think its a big waste of time because when you game you don't gain anything in life, its fun and thats about it, you are not developing skills or learning a lot of new sh*t.

So now i have around 1-2 hours a day I can game, and when i game i make sure its a really good game, with a very good story and atmo (think witcher 2 or fallout) because i try to enjoy games as I enjoy other works of art.

Ps: This is just my personal opinion.

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You say that now, but once an MMO addict, always an MMO addict.

gigatrainer

Then you have a stronger willpower than most. I've found that it's pretty much true. If the person played MMOs at one point, they'll go back to them again. I have quite a few friends that "quit" WoW, Rift and all of those other abominations, only to go back to them within a year.

The only type of MMORPG that interests me is the twitch combat kind, with pvp focus and sandbox elements. Sadly, few ever existed. I'm currently playing Darkfall Online, and really only looking forward to Planetside 2. I'm hoping for more games that fit my playstyle in the future.

Anything with tab-targetting and rigid class systems, no twitch, no territory control through pvp systems, and all I can say is "blah". There just aren't enough MMORPGs that are based around twitch skills and a competitive pvp environment.

I hear ya man, been playing since UO and this post-WoW MMO era has destroyed a genre I loved. I am holding out hope for Guild Wars 2, it seems it is trying to break the mold some.

Isn't this more suited as a blog?Ownsin

Doesn't matter, you'll just fill the void with more games anyway.

Has anyone else been a huge fan of MMORPGs, over the years, and decided to walk from them? Realized you were done with them for good?

I've been playing MMORPGs since Everquest: Ruins of Kunark. They've been a big part of my gaming life. So much so that part of what got me into the IT field (starting back in high school) was learning about what would make EQ run better on the family computer and then my own PCs as I built and rebuilt them. I've played them off and on since then but it's only been this year that I really started experiencing serious burn out. I've had it before and I would stop playin for a while but this time it's different. Usually when I lost interest in one game I move on to another or go back to an older game or just stop playing for a while. I've done that a few times this year but things simply weren't enjoyable. I'd play for a few days before I got tired. I realize it was the style of gameplay that I no longer cared for. I still enjoyed the lore and would even love if a single player game set in many of the worlds these games have but the actual MMORPG gameplay either it be Everquest 1 or 2, World of Warcraft, Rift, Age of Conan or even DC Universe Online was simply no longer fun. Not only that but in the end I came to the conclusion I was simply tired of the genre itself. I no longer found it enjoyable.

It was made very clear to me yesterday. I updated Everquest 2 because I had free time due to the Sony hack (SOE was hacked as well). I spent a few hours in the game and felt nothing. Wasn't even frustrated, just blah. I figured enough was enough. I usually kept several installed on my PC just in case I want to play them again but I felt I needed to make a clean break. So I uninstalled the remaining games I had on my computer.

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer
Dungeons and Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited
Rift
Everquest 2: Sentinel's Fate
Guild Wars

For the first time I feel like I'm honestly done with MMORPGs. Not tired or need a break or a different game provides a new setting but done completely with them. I don't care if I never play another one again. It's kinda sad in a way though but time to move on. Just curious if anyone else had to go through this or is currently going through this? If so were you glad you made the leap? Do you regret at times?

NeoStar9

Can I have your stuff?

Surely The Old Republic will draw you back, no?

Doesn't matter, you'll just fill the void with more games anyway.

MythPro1

Surely The Old Republic will draw you back, no?

Starshine_M2A2

I have yet to find an MMO that holds my attention over 70 hours. But Heroes of Newerth held my attention for over 1000 hours, go figure.

Whiteblade999

I am assuming you do not count Guild Wars as an MMO?

You'll go back once GW2 is released OP.

You'll go back once GW2 is released OP.

Jebus213

I am very excited for GW2! I have not played much of 1 (thinking about buying it, or NWN1/2, or Titan Quest), but 2 appears to be a much more actiony/interactive experience, and the world is beautiful! The game looks pretty amazing.

Played original everquest for five years..It was great a challenge i mean a real challenge..Tried eq2 after that and it never fealt like old eq..Dumbed down game..Than wow came out i gave beta a go but couldnt get into it..From that time on ive tried all mmorpgs to get that old edge mmorpg feel..Nothing compared..What did everquest have that i couldnt get with other mmorpgs..Style a challenge, maybe it was the long quests to hang out with guildies an make ton of friends..Its some thing ive yet to find in any mmorpg since..Still have like 10 friends who call me on the phone from time to time..Its amazing the connection ive made back than..Ran my old guilds on the veeshan server..Playing a cleric was a real challenge..So ya ive yet to find a mmorpg to fill this void..Though my friends and i are gearing up for star wars like many of yall on here..Hope i can get that old everquest feel to it..At least partially..Only time will tell with this new mmorpg..How ever if this fails i still have cornipricus im waiting for also ...

I am not done with mmos, but I am done with Themeparks in their current state after playing the utterly disappointing Cataclysm. Guild Wars 2 looks fresh however.

Bring on Guild Wars 2 and ArcheAge8)

It's pointless OP. I know. I tried so many times, to stop Lineage 2. I just couldn't. L2 was the reason of my lack of social life. My best record was 6 months. Then I reinstalled and started again. They are like drugs I'm telling ya, you can't stop!

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I have yet to find an MMO that holds my attention over 70 hours. But Heroes of Newerth held my attention for over 1000 hours, go figure.

NaveedLife

I am assuming you do not count Guild Wars as an MMO?

Nope. Its closer to Neverwinter Nights or Diablo then World of Warcraft.

I've never played a MMO more than a week. Thank god for free trails.

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[QUOTE="Whiteblade999"]

I have yet to find an MMO that holds my attention over 70 hours. But Heroes of Newerth held my attention for over 1000 hours, go figure.

Whiteblade999

I am assuming you do not count Guild Wars as an MMO?

Nope. Its closer to Neverwinter Nights or Diablo then World of Warcraft.

Im not sure how guild wars compares to nwn or diablo..Saw a neat video on you tube a long time ago..Guild vs guild thing any how thats what i got out of the video..Its more pve than any thing i gathered out of it..Explain to me how guild wars is like nwn and diablo from a guy who never tried it..

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[QUOTE="NaveedLife"]

I am assuming you do not count Guild Wars as an MMO?

Gladestone1

Nope. Its closer to Neverwinter Nights or Diablo then World of Warcraft.

Im not sure how guild wars compares to nwn or diablo..Saw a neat video on you tube a long time ago..Guild vs guild thing any how thats what i got out of the video..Its more pve than any thing i gathered out of it..Explain to me how guild wars is like nwn and diablo from a guy who never tried it..

MMOs by nature are massive and feature interaction with a large world that has quite a few players. Guild Wars is almost completely instanced except for towns. The towns act as lobbies or chatrooms for Diablo. The instanced gameplay is a seperate world for each group which is like Neverwinter Nights or Diablo.

Also I wrote a blog post on the game if you want to get a general idea on it.

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[QUOTE="Whiteblade999"]

Nope. Its closer to Neverwinter Nights or Diablo then World of Warcraft.

Whiteblade999

Im not sure how guild wars compares to nwn or diablo..Saw a neat video on you tube a long time ago..Guild vs guild thing any how thats what i got out of the video..Its more pve than any thing i gathered out of it..Explain to me how guild wars is like nwn and diablo from a guy who never tried it..

MMOs by nature are massive and feature interaction with a large world that has quite a few players. Guild Wars is almost completely instanced except for towns. The towns act as lobbies or chatrooms for Diablo. The instanced gameplay is a seperate world for each group which is like Neverwinter Nights or Diablo.

Also I wrote a blog post on the game if you want to get a general idea on it.

And GW doesnt require you to play with tons of people to do certain things and to have a healer, dps, and so on does it? its more like diablo in that sense, which I like. Me and my buddy JUST bought it. I am DLing it through steam as we speak, so I hope I have not wasted 30 bucks lol.

You say that now, but once an MMO addict, always an MMO addict.

Steameffekt

I have grown tired of MMO's as well, the primary goal of most of the everquest/asherons call clones like wow, war, lotr, is about pressing your buttons while drinking coffee - well thats okay for some, I prefer more gameplay however.

Darkfall online is also one of my favourite mmo's atm. - but there arent really enough players in the game to make it fun to me.

so atm. im not playing any MMO's I did not even try to play rift or aion, cuz they looked so generic, that I actually laughed when I wathched some vids' I mean wtf?

Bioware's starwars game however, the gameplay looks kinda like all the other theme park mmo's, BUT and its a pretty big BUT, the STORY of starwars old republic is probably why im going to enjoy that mmo - im hoping I will enjoy it :)

Well I am done with WoW it's been 10 months now and am not interested at all in going back. BUT, Guildwars 2 has me salivating and I have my eye on TOR so to say goodbye to a genre just because you tired of them right now is just plain silly, you never know what these new games will bring.

Are you sure :P

Look at all these action/twitched based mmos :D

^^

Ooo it's like being in a candy shop and not being able to choose between a Bueno, Yorkie or Crunch :P.

ImagesNoodleFighter

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The one right after Planetside 2 is Vindictous. The last one is Continent of the Ninth, which doesn't look like it has an english version.

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It's vindictus, Continent of the ninth, Core Blaze, and Blade n Soul, these are all action MMOs. They all contain gameplay styles very similar to console games like Devil May Cry/Bayonetta, God of War, and Demon souls.

Well FireFall I see it as a MMOFPS/TPS/RPG FireFall does have a story/campaign for players to follow with their friends. It's pretty massive with dynamic events like giant monsters and AI Armies attacking and trying to take over NPC cities.

Running around with a million random ppl online (MMOS) never appealed to me. If i'm gonna play a rpg with others , i'd rather play a game like NWN, which is more similar to a p&p d&d style setup. A small party of friends going out adventuring.

I'm still waiting for some worthwhile MMO's. Good ones are hard to find. Great ones are even harder to come across.

Forged by Chaos looks interesting though, and it runs on the CryEngine:

I'm still waiting for some worthwhile MMO's. Good ones are hard to find. Great ones are even harder to come across.

Forged by Chaos looks interesting though, and it runs on the CryEngine:

SkyWard20

Cool but that reminds me I haven't seen anything new about this game is it still being developed?

Those screens remind me of Warhammer...The environments even scream Warhammer 40k Dawn of War 2..