So about 3 years ago I disovered a little game at the local store called Guild Wars, I saw it was an online only game but decided wth why not give it a try? 2 Years later after completing GW, GW Factions, GW Nightfall & GW eye of the north, several times, I decided enough was enough and whent back to good old regular gaming(non mmo). I decided to start out with the biggest games at the time, Mass Effect, review after review praised the game for its, well awesomeness so I decided to buy it and give it a go. Now im not saying the game was bad or anything, on the contrary it was a pretty fun, but I still had this empty feeling in me. Game after game I bought I still couldnt get myself to fully enjoy it, sure they were all fun for a while but a week later all the fun had gone and it would just be another game for the closet.

I had given up all hope, games just seemed so empty, they had stopped providing me with the thrill I wanted, so I did what any GW player would call sacrilege. I bought me a copy of World of warcraft. And bloody hell was that worth the money, all the fun of playinh games just came flooding back, chatting and laughing with your party as you ventured through instance after instance. Laughing at the people who swear and throw tantrums, and then ofcourse mocking them. Feeling like a total fool whenever you made the slightest mistake, because that is what mmo's require from you, perfection and nothing less. Time an attack wrong your dead, run too soon your dead, too early your dead too, get lost your dead. Its so unforgiving but yet so addictive.

After that I realised the one truth of mmo games...they ruin you. Sure you still enjoy regular games, the multiplayer online is still fun, but its not the same. There will always be something missing, you will always have that empty feeling inside yourself that you know can only be satisfied by one thing. That is most likely the reason they charge monthly fee's for most mmo games out now, if they didnt it might very well spell the end of the world.

Well thats my 2c.