Games where nothing compares

nowarranty

Do you have a game that you played, loved, and now nothing satisfies you? For me it was EQOA. Maybe it was because I was young, maybe because it was my first MMO, but I don't think I've ever had so much fun. I've tried a bunch of games now, including EQ2, LOTRO, WoW, GW and more, but none of them last very long for me. Maybe I just need a niche game like EQOA was.



Do any of you have this problem? What game was it for you? Any game you could recommend to me?

MMOhopper

For me it was FFXI.  Great game i just quit for stupid reasons such as going broke.  Wish i didn't. Also guildwars which i eventually gave up because of lack of PvE, but now adays realize i shouldn't of because its a great game for casual play which is what i need now, but i deleted my char  and forgot my password .

crazyiven

Earth and Beyond was fun as hell, then moved to eve was fun as hell, now there is nothing .

b0rderline99

runescape classic (back before it was huge)

loved the skill system and the variety of things to do

now everytihng feels like a combat level dependant grind fest

tapeworm00

Everyone who gets into these silly discussion about innovation obviously have one. Mine, of course, is City of Heroes

johnmatthais

for me it was the WoW beta...not the full release (well maybe the first few months)...during the beta there were lots of raids and they were awesome...then i moved to gw, had some fun with it (wasn't too happy about some things, such as weapons being based on class type not stats or lvl...only my bro plays it now...and he bought the expansions, too) and now i can't seem to find anything i can really stay w/, so i went with some of the lesser mmos and have been enjoying games such as cl, phylon and arindal...i'm also waitin on the SotNW download to finish so i can try it out...i even went back to WoW for the past 3 months and got BC but cancelled it because of everywhere (except the outlands) being deserted, even on the supposedly full servers...nothing really compares anymore (lol, i also remember waiting 2 days for the WoW OB to download from fileplanet)

Royspi

Ultima Online. But i think its just cause it was my first MMO and I played it for 4 years on the pay-for-servers. Flipping tramel...

Perception

Not an MMO, but Baldur's Gate 2.  I hesitate to go into too much detail, for fear of gushing, but just as the OP's title says, nothing else compares.  I still pray for the day when a game company bucks the trend of 3d, and brings out a true BG3, in its 2d, isometric glory, with emphasis on depth, complexity, and compelling storyline instead of bump mapping, dynamic shadows, and whatever other graphics buzz word is the flavor of the day.

turnipz

Not really an mmo but "hell unleashed" for diablo 2, it was basically a hard mod for diablo 2.  Played it on hardcore and it was the shizznat, nothing in the market today compares.  It was like a horror game where your afraid of what lurks behind every corner.

JaggaSpikes

yes. it's in my head. nothing compares to imagination. smoothing loose ends since dawn of time.

devilbane

For me it is still the original EverQuest, just after the Kunark expansion... it was the first expansion, and the game was still... well... SCARY.



Think about this... you are in a group, and in the wilderness, trusting the Cleric with your life... and a Dragon roams through...

Now these days all you would worry about is "Can we kill it fast and get loot???"

Back then though... if you died, your corpse fell right where you were standing. There were no maps. There was no way to get your gear back without running back to your body. There was no magic tether to run to the limit of... if that dragon saw you, it would chase you until you either made it to a zone line and left, killed it, or it killed you... and if it killed you, then YOU had a huge problem now... getting back to your corpse!



Then, there was the night itself... when it got dark outside, you literally could not see! Even with a torch, you could be almost on top of a monster before you even knew it was there! It made you a little jumpy, a little cautious... it made the game... more real! Made it MATTER if you made it through an area undetected...



In old EQ, your group... your FRIENDS... made the game. When you made good friends, there was nothing to compare it with! You really had to trust your group, and you too had to put your best effort forth, to pull your own weight! And as such, you mattered to your group as much as they mattered to you!



When I compare these memories, and feelings about the game, with the more recent ones I have been playing... as you said Nowarranty, there is really nothing to compare.





@ Perception:

I agree with you about the focus on 3D... give me story, gameplay, and substance over graphics ANY day.

flakes

I still enjoy the mmorpg's i play but till this day nothing came close to DAOC for me in the sence of funfactor.Only thing that also gave me that "complete" feeling was eve online.

GreenChaos

The one MUD I played.  The intensity of the pvp was just so beyond any MMO I will every play. 



Imagine this:  You are out own you own.  Three guys come to gank you.  One of blinds you.  You are actually blinded and don't see anything.  So you have to run away by traversing a map by memory.  And when you first flee you don’t know which direction you went. 



And the reason you’re try so hard to get away is because there is full looting and eventual perma death.



So you keep running and blindness wears off.  So you use an expensive potion of recall to go to a temple.  And guess what.  The 3 guys are waiting for you.  There is no safe rooms, there is nowhere to hide. 



Now Imagine all of this and getting away.  Resting up – going to find them.  And with the help of your summon spell – taking them out one by one.

Gammit100

For me, it's the Baldur's Gate series (for single player games), and Planetside for MMOs.  Nothing like fighting 130 vs 130 vs 130 instead of 60 vs 60.

Cabe2323

Asheron's Call 1.  Even though it wasn't my first MMO game, it is the one I think the most fondly of.

Scriar

Its a single player game. But Tactics orge: Let us cling together is the best game i have played. Has a good story, good gameplay, multiple story arcs. And is one of the only games i can keep going back to and completing without getting fed up.



Theres alot of games i have played that i really enjoy though and can keep going back to.



Like elder scrolls 3, unreal tournament, CnC, AOE etc



Im also seem to be strangely addicted to wow, i havn't figured out why yet, suppose i high hopes that they will make it reach its full potential rather than carry on going downwards. Atm though i am just waiting for Pirates of the burning sea, Darkfall, or  age of conan. I dont really have high hopes for warhammer looks exactly like wow.



The only reason i would buy it since that paul bennet i think his name is, is insane makes the game sound 100x better than it will probably be lol

DragenSoul

Face of Mankind





I played in the open beta. There was to much freedom in that game. And no one to hold my hand as I played. The game is full FFA PvP MMOFPS with no levels. Its futuristic and you can play 8 factions. I was in Brotherhood of the shadows. Which is like a terroristic/mafia/gang faction. I was a full out ganker. I only ganked because that was the only way I knew how to make money. But in the game players could be cops,Oh the fun of attacking people in brooklyn and manhatten, then about 6 LED or more(Cop faction, Law Enforcement Department) Would come charing at me and I would try and take them all down, I could only kill about 3 of them before I died. Nearly everyone in the game used ventrilo so they would all be co-ordinated I was one of the best gankers in the game. I would be put on Kill on Site orders by the high command. I permanently killed a few officers(They had to make new characters ) I kill the LED's leading  commander. I had Tons and Tons for armor and ammo. Then....The game went retail. It now there's not more than 50 people playing I read.





Because of that game. I cant really play MMORPG's.

Suvroc

For me it was the original pre-CU SWG.

Greatest community I've ever experienced, even the people you hated the most!