MMORPG vs. Single Player Oblivion - Differences

I've just started playing Oblivion and I'm really enjoying it but I have a quick question/observation that I was wondering if people could kind of shed some light on...As much fun as Oblivion is, I can't help but think it would be REALLY cool if it was a MMORPG like World of Warcraft...what are the advantages of developing a single player game in our current online gaming world? WHat are the major gameplay differences between single and online? I've played too few of both to know, so I'm wondering if others can shed some light here. My guess is single player games can have MUCH better story experiences and more detailed worlds etc...I just love the comraderie of the MMORPG experience and kind of miss it with Oblivion...

thanks

Oblivion as an MMO would be awful.. I'm thankful that Bethesda still remember about great single player experiances. 

1. mmorpgs are alot mor repetetive, click and wait combat usually

2. Mmmorpg communication has to be done very carefully, no npcs yelling, hello alex how was your day, coz not everyone is called alex

3. mmorpgs have monster killing areas unlike rpgs that dot monsters around this is done for player levels

4. mmorpgs are filled with helping charecters

5. mmorpgs dont have great hraphics

6. therfes more i cant be botherd to mention

I think Oblivion would be horrible if it was an MMORPG.  You would not be able to do things like dark brotherhood quests because of over population.  Making the game more like Guild Wars would help (individual instances inside the server for your group), but Guild Wars isn't even classified as a MMORPG.  Things like sneak would be non-existant, and lock-picking would be pointless since there would be too many people running in and out of every door anyway.

Just leave Oblivion the way it is, unless you're talking mods.  Mods ftw (except the online mod). 

I've just started playing Oblivion and I'm really enjoying it but I have a quick question/observation that I was wondering if people could kind of shed some light on...As much fun as Oblivion is, I can't help but think it would be REALLY cool if it was a MMORPG like World of Warcraft...what are the advantages of developing a single player game in our current online gaming world? WHat are the major gameplay differences between single and online? I've played too few of both to know, so I'm wondering if others can shed some light here. My guess is single player games can have MUCH better story experiences and more detailed worlds etc...I just love the comraderie of the MMORPG experience and kind of miss it with Oblivion...

thanks

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.the single player RPGs are just richer, better gameplay experiences than the online rpgs..ymbleming

That's not true at all. Oblivion has X amount of hours, but I'm sure I could easily put triple the amount of time in an MMORPG. I have around 30 days of gameplay clocked in to WoW, so there goes the richer argument. As for a better gameplay experience, Oblivion is limited to single player, but you can have a lot of people playing together in an MMORPG (that means lots of noobs though :|). They're different genres with different experiences, but none is by any means better than the other.