Not really no... I switch between Call of Duty multiplayer and various MMO's without much trouble. Luckily, I don't seem to lose my WWII FPS edge too much...
Originally posted by BronxChulo Anyway does anyone else find it hard to go back to playing non-MMO's after playing a MMO for so long. For me after playing MMO's I'm finding it very hard to be entertained by non-MMO's. I miss the fact of being online and playing with tons of other players and talking with them everyday. You build so many friends while playing MMO's that when you stop playing them you miss those friends and everything else that evolved around them and the game. I have been trying to play other games that aren't MMO's but it's just not the same and I get bored with the game so fast and just stop playing it.
Anyone else feel this way or do I just need some help?
You forgot about something.... many players play both MMORPGs and non-mmorpgs, at the same time. Play a stand alone game for 1 hour, then a mmorpg for 2 hours. Or play Counter-Strike one day, then a mmorpg the next day, etc....
The only issue I have is fitting in my other genre: fps. In some cases I will play FPSs a whole week and then go back to my MMO. WW2O is a mix of both MMO and FPS so it sedates my cravings. I also once cut FPSs and MMOs from my life a whole 2 weeks while I beat GTA:SA.
"Whoever controls the media controls the mind..-'Jim Morrison"
"When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out." ~Abbie Hoffman
Not really. I've always been a fan of RPG's. Phantasy Star, Final Fantasy, Baulders Gate being some of my favorite Non-MMO RPG favorites. Though I have played alot of MMO's. I usually find the time I spend with single player RPG's to be more rewarding. MMO's are probably my 2nd favorite form of gaming entertainment behind RPG's.
In War - Victory. In Peace - Vigilance. In Death - Sacrifice.
I think it's pretty easy to go back to regular games after playing MMO's. While I wouldn't mind seeing some graphical upgrades to single player RPGs, and maybe a smidge bigger worlds to run around in, I still love playing them (got Kingdom Hearts for Christmas).
I found one of my biggest frustrations with MMOs is that they don't end. After getting to level 42 in FFXI, I felt like I hadn't really gotten anywhere in the game still. And I'm not too big on getting the coolest loot out there, because even once I have it, the game still doesn't make me feel like I've gotten anywhere.
While I do find MMO's hard to stop playing, as I played FFXI for about 3 months after I got bored with it, I dont' mind taking a break from them for awhile. The communities do make MMOs a lot of fun, especially for people like myself who have no idea where I can go to meet anime/video game enthusiasts. And if you can find some people to roleplay with, like I'm able to do in EQ2, it'd bring an additional fun to the game. So I think both SP games and MMOs have a lot of good things, I think their merits are very different.
After reading a permadeath thread, I'm somewhat interested in the chaos that might bring to the MMO genre too.
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Not really no... I switch between Call of Duty multiplayer and various MMO's without much trouble. Luckily, I don't seem to lose my WWII FPS edge too much...
You forgot about something.... many players play both MMORPGs and non-mmorpgs, at the same time. Play a stand alone game for 1 hour, then a mmorpg for 2 hours. Or play Counter-Strike one day, then a mmorpg the next day, etc....
So there is nothing to find "hard going back to".
After playing MMOs, I personally think it's not hard at all to come back and play the non-mmo games. Sometimes I play UT2k4 online.
The only issue I have is fitting in my other genre: fps. In some cases I will play FPSs a whole week and then go back to my MMO. WW2O is a mix of both MMO and FPS so it sedates my cravings. I also once cut FPSs and MMOs from my life a whole 2 weeks while I beat GTA:SA.
"Whoever controls the media controls the mind..-'Jim Morrison"
"When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out." ~Abbie Hoffman
Not really. I've always been a fan of RPG's. Phantasy Star, Final Fantasy, Baulders Gate being some of my favorite Non-MMO RPG favorites. Though I have played alot of MMO's. I usually find the time I spend with single player RPG's to be more rewarding. MMO's are probably my 2nd favorite form of gaming entertainment behind RPG's.
In War - Victory.
In Peace - Vigilance.
In Death - Sacrifice.
I think it's pretty easy to go back to regular games after playing MMO's. While I wouldn't mind seeing some graphical upgrades to single player RPGs, and maybe a smidge bigger worlds to run around in, I still love playing them (got Kingdom Hearts for Christmas).
I found one of my biggest frustrations with MMOs is that they don't end. After getting to level 42 in FFXI, I felt like I hadn't really gotten anywhere in the game still. And I'm not too big on getting the coolest loot out there, because even once I have it, the game still doesn't make me feel like I've gotten anywhere.
While I do find MMO's hard to stop playing, as I played FFXI for about 3 months after I got bored with it, I dont' mind taking a break from them for awhile. The communities do make MMOs a lot of fun, especially for people like myself who have no idea where I can go to meet anime/video game enthusiasts. And if you can find some people to roleplay with, like I'm able to do in EQ2, it'd bring an additional fun to the game. So I think both SP games and MMOs have a lot of good things, I think their merits are very different.
After reading a permadeath thread, I'm somewhat interested in the chaos that might bring to the MMO genre too.