Adrenaline Rush: The Ultimate Fun Factor ?

Sid_Vicious

Originally posted by NineDots

There are many different fun factors which are more or less appealing to different people.

For example, the possibility to explore new places, to create / build something, or to become rich and/or powerful, even if that is virtual. I believe those are common fun factors that can be found in MMORPG. But, after some time, they will go away, because you would have explored all the places, you would have build everything possible, or you are rich/powerful at least to some extent.

So for me, there is another fun factor that seems very powerful because it will usually last longer or even not go away at all, and this is the adrenaline rush you get from full loot PvP games, because each time you encounter enemies, you risk something, and you can also win something, and each time the encounter and fight is quite unique as well.

So, would adrenaline rush be the ultimate fun factor of MMORPG?

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NineDotsPuzzle

 

PS: I play Darkfall Online: The place where I get my daily dose of adrenaline !

See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3fxH2kmd_Y

Never come across any other game that comes even remotely close to as much of an adrenaline that I get every time that I play this game . ... even though I've played it for almost 2 years! Still makes my heart jump, almost once a day at least . .. lol hopefully people do not get heart-attacks from it lol

NineDots

Originally posted by Sid_Vicious

Originally posted by NineDots

There are many different fun factors which are more or less appealing to different people.

For example, the possibility to explore new places, to create / build something, or to become rich and/or powerful, even if that is virtual. I believe those are common fun factors that can be found in MMORPG. But, after some time, they will go away, because you would have explored all the places, you would have build everything possible, or you are rich/powerful at least to some extent.

So for me, there is another fun factor that seems very powerful because it will usually last longer or even not go away at all, and this is the adrenaline rush you get from full loot PvP games, because each time you encounter enemies, you risk something, and you can also win something, and each time the encounter and fight is quite unique as well.

So, would adrenaline rush be the ultimate fun factor of MMORPG?

--

NineDotsPuzzle

 

PS: I play Darkfall Online: The place where I get my daily dose of adrenaline !

See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3fxH2kmd_Y

Never come across any other game that comes even remotely close to as much of an adrenaline that I get every time that I play this game . ... even though I've played it for almost 2 years! Still makes my heart jump, almost once a day at least . .. lol hopefully people do not get heart-attacks from it lol

If that happens, meaning someone dies from an heart attack playing Darkfall, I wonder if that would be a positive or negative thing for the game...