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Interesting to read from someone else who's not a mmorpg fan. For me it's not so much the games themselves I dislike, but rather the subscription fees and being
forced to cooperate with others to be able to finish the harder quests.
Anyway, be careful with hype. It can quickly burn up your enthusiasm for a game.
Interesting to read from someone else who's not a mmorpg fan. For me it's not so much the games themselves I dislike, but rather the subscription fees and being
forced to cooperate with others to be able to finish the harder quests.
Anyway, be careful with hype. It can quickly burn up your enthusiasm for a game.
It sounds as if you enjoy the process leading up to playing a game. Which I can relate.
I love to figure out all the mechanics, the behind the scenes, and strategies. Oh goodness, the strategies. So much so that by the time the game hits the ground running, I feel like I have already "done" my part and can shelf the game. It is weird, I learn the ins and outs only to not use them a few weeks later. I am on of those players that I can recite to you the best weapon and armor fit for what particular class and the skills necessary for proficiency, etc., etc. I jump in all eager, but somewhere down the line I find myself fulfilled. This happens a LOT with MMOs. It does happen with other games, but MMOs are notorious. Once I already have all my strategies planned, my skill progression laid out, item grinding areas determined, and I am all revved up, I find myself suddenly...uninterested anymore. I believe it is caused by having such a tailored path laid out for myself, I feel like I have already "played" it out in my mind, and now I do no need to play it out in my head.
I say all this as I stare at my printed off skill paths for my EVE Online character, running a few background programs that monitor things even when I am offline, and have the forums bookmarked. Haha. I keep telling myself this will be the game that I stick with, but it has only been two weeks, so fingers crossed.
I love to figure out all the mechanics, the behind the scenes, and strategies. Oh goodness, the strategies. So much so that by the time the game hits the ground running, I feel like I have already "done" my part and can shelf the game. It is weird, I learn the ins and outs only to not use them a few weeks later. I am on of those players that I can recite to you the best weapon and armor fit for what particular class and the skills necessary for proficiency, etc., etc. I jump in all eager, but somewhere down the line I find myself fulfilled. This happens a LOT with MMOs. It does happen with other games, but MMOs are notorious. Once I already have all my strategies planned, my skill progression laid out, item grinding areas determined, and I am all revved up, I find myself suddenly...uninterested anymore. I believe it is caused by having such a tailored path laid out for myself, I feel like I have already "played" it out in my mind, and now I do no need to play it out in my head.
I say all this as I stare at my printed off skill paths for my EVE Online character, running a few background programs that monitor things even when I am offline, and have the forums bookmarked. Haha. I keep telling myself this will be the game that I stick with, but it has only been two weeks, so fingers crossed.
*I feel like I have already "played" it out in my mind, and now I do not need to play it physically.*
That is what that last bit should have read :D
That is what that last bit should have read :D
The Secret World is the only MMO I've played since FFXI.
So far - I want to like it, more than I actually like it. I am digging the world, the concepts, the environments...
... yet, pretty much all I've found to do so far is fetch quests and fight quests. Fighting usually means I take out my sledgehammer and go 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, heal time yet? no okay, 1, 1, 1, 3, done. As much as I like the setting, FFXI was probably better in terms of actual gameplay.
I just don't know if I have it in me to play a lot of this sort of thing, but I'll continue to mess with it for a while, probably, in hopes that it improves or I find something fun about it.
So far - I want to like it, more than I actually like it. I am digging the world, the concepts, the environments...
... yet, pretty much all I've found to do so far is fetch quests and fight quests. Fighting usually means I take out my sledgehammer and go 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, heal time yet? no okay, 1, 1, 1, 3, done. As much as I like the setting, FFXI was probably better in terms of actual gameplay.
I just don't know if I have it in me to play a lot of this sort of thing, but I'll continue to mess with it for a while, probably, in hopes that it improves or I find something fun about it.
I wouldn't get my hopes up too high but I have to admit that concept wise it sounds amazing! Here's hoping that they succeed in the execution.
