RIFT is the most overrated MMO by far. I cant understand how people who played many online games may like it. Copypasted gameplay, dull world, extremely boring quests and so on. The only thing i found good in it was polish (yes, graphics didnt impress me at all).
Maybe when it goes F2P it could be worth playing, but for now its not even close to WoW and LoTRO league
RIFT is the most overrated MMO by far. I cant understand how people who played many online games may like it. Copypasted gameplay, dull world, extremely boring quests and so on. The only thing i found good in it was polish (yes, graphics didnt impress me at all).
Maybe when it goes F2P it could be worth playing, but for now its not even close to WoW and LoTRO league
The fact that many people have different opinions of many different things would be my guess as to why people like it.
Consequences? Please....EQ2's system is overly complicated when you start...then...it gets routine as you figure out the 3 buttons you need to spam......repeatedly. To give it credit, EQ2 does have some useful and fun crafting paths. WoW's system? Gimme a break....have been playing it since vanilla Open Beta....and..well...while it's an "easy" system....it's basically useless. You can make very few useful items (imho), and what you can make barely keeps up with your level. I like in Rift that you can actually make all the items you need and learn more items that you can use as you level up. Yes...the items you can get from instances/questing are better (usually, and yes I agree they should be), but it's nice to have a system that let's you make useful, relevant items. Oh yeah...back to consequences....why do you need "consequences" if you fail to make an item? There are enough consequences out there while questinng
Is it overly complicated or is it routine? By the laws of logic It can't be both.
only slightly OT here, but...what? the computer youre running right now has overly complicated routines running it right now. complexity and routine do not cancel each other out.
some people's jobs are incredibly complex and yet they do the same thing every single day. math formulas can also be incredibly complex and yet a routine part of a theoretical mathematician's toolbox. highly ritualistic religious ceremonies can be so complex as to cause the average observer to become lost in them. yet for the performers of these rites they are a daily routine.
the list of routine complexity could go on for quite a while here.
"There are at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite, the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing play." Finite and Infinite Games, James Carse
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RIFT is the most overrated MMO by far. I cant understand how people who played many online games may like it. Copypasted gameplay, dull world, extremely boring quests and so on. The only thing i found good in it was polish (yes, graphics didnt impress me at all).
Maybe when it goes F2P it could be worth playing, but for now its not even close to WoW and LoTRO league
The fact that many people have different opinions of many different things would be my guess as to why people like it.
He who keeps his cool best wins.
only slightly OT here, but...what? the computer youre running right now has overly complicated routines running it right now. complexity and routine do not cancel each other out.
some people's jobs are incredibly complex and yet they do the same thing every single day. math formulas can also be incredibly complex and yet a routine part of a theoretical mathematician's toolbox. highly ritualistic religious ceremonies can be so complex as to cause the average observer to become lost in them. yet for the performers of these rites they are a daily routine.
the list of routine complexity could go on for quite a while here.
"There are at least two kinds of games.
One could be called finite, the other infinite.
A finite game is played for the purpose of winning,
an infinite game for the purpose of continuing play."
Finite and Infinite Games, James Carse