It's real simple. Movies are built to hold you captive for 2 to 3 hours tops. Video games are built to hold you captive for days, months, years, etc depending on the type of game and development cycle i.e. MMO content patches and such.
For this reason, I prefer video games over movies, even though I enjoy both. I spend more of my free time in video games then I do watching movies or t.v. Thereby, video games win the contest.
I think OP might be stating that his attention for MMO's is getting to the point where it is rivaling the attention of a feature length film.
I totally agree with this because, I also, am experiencing the same feeling as I spend hours downloading a game just to turn around and uninstall it after two hours due to the cookie cutter design.
The problem is there are no new revolutionary ideas in the world of online gaming right now.
This is exactly what I am saying. I spent hours downloading the trial to Age of Conan, and when it was done and I was playing Tortage I said to myself, do I really want to spend my time going down this road again?
I leveled in WAR to 30s, and in Aion to the 30s and had to give up both for the same reason. There is nothing new going on. I check the site all the time to see if there is but there is nothing. It's like I'm searching for something that I know doesn't exist but a small part of me convinces me to do it anyway.
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This is exactly what I am saying. I spent hours downloading the trial to Age of Conan, and when it was done and I was playing Tortage I said to myself, do I really want to spend my time going down this road again?
I leveled in WAR to 30s, and in Aion to the 30s and had to give up both for the same reason. There is nothing new going on. I check the site all the time to see if there is but there is nothing. It's like I'm searching for something that I know doesn't exist but a small part of me convinces me to do it anyway.