Going to get right to the point of this... While In an attempt to be unbiased here I have found myself unable to do so too well...
The Americas & European games have been lacking quite a lot in community and overall feeling of a thriving world with realistic conflicts... While a few games are quite amazing(EvE... ummm CoX is getting there slowly... maybe with the invention system... EQ2 is good... and FFXI... oh wait, FFXI thats an asian MMO...) mostly they seem to lack soul... though well written and often having better lore and character customization... They lack the feeling that you have any impact at all... I wish i could order my thoughts better here unfortunately they also seem to include horrible horrible lonely grinds(WoW...)
Asian games, amazing PvP and the communities are USUALLY very well developed and helpful. I've played quite a few and have found even with the slightly longer grind when I'm actually playing WITH people and have meaningful PvP in between I'm enjoying myself much more than almost any game I've played(RO, Lineage 2) and the asian mmos that include interesting quests while they may lack a bit of freedom((FFXI) the lore when there is lore/story far surpasses even lore of games such as WoW and EQ. even the movement style doesn't seem to bother me as it seems more natural to use a mouse to move and a keyboard to type and use skills... because quite frankly, I find it annoying to have to stop moving to type...
So... in conclusion I have to admit each sides has their ups and downs however I'm not going to go into graphics and UI... even though they vary from game to game as I really couldn't care less about graphics for the most part as I still find myself playing the original legend of zelda for the nintendo on my Wii and the old school castlevania games on my old school consoles... but, thats besides the fact.
precisely my point.
When i play western games, GW, WoW i don't feel that i am actually playing with 'people' it just feels like a huge single player game.
I noticed one small flaw in your post. You state Diablo and WoW clones. This is a little redundant considering WoW is a Diablo clone. That is all I have to say other than, good post.
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