What are you playing and why?

Kopogero

I'm really into tetris right now. The nostalgia is beautiful and it has some really good background music going. I have to make quick decisions and trying to chase better score is like competing with myself. I choose tetris right now because it has no difference for me than any other game I would be playing out there. I highly doubt anything else will offer significantly more entertainment than a classic masterpiece as this game.

My eyes also are already far less tired because I'm not staring a PC screen. I can play it whenever, wherever and I don't depend on X and Y person to enjoy it. What I truly find so amazing about this game is how intelligence Is the key. It makes me think thus it's good for my mind. It's far more complex than go from X to Y quest to follow on a map.

Finally, it's not much different to some of the most popular games out there right now. After all Hearthstone is what a card game right? I recently noticed some popular youtubers choose that game apparently to get more views. If the majority of the world is enjoying playing Minecraft, MOBA's and Hearthstone then I can surely enjoy playing tetris. If I ever get bored from it I'll find another classic masterpiece. At least I'm playing games that at one time they were the most innovative and creative things than what I've experienced in the last decade.

Anyways, back on topic. What are you playing and why? I'm curious to see how is the MMORPG community handling the current state of this genre.

 

Mavolence

EVE Online, Its the only sandbox game left thats regularly updated and not ruined by each patch completely. It still has decent graphics and it's stable. Enough of a population to actually make the sandbox content work with enough players creating the content . It's pretty much my only choice though there is nothing else on the market whatsoever that satiates my wants in an mmorpg.

SpottyGekko

I'm currently well underway with an extended binge of War Thunder. Easy to get into, hard to master. I can't imagine anything further away from the standard MMORPG.

 

I will probably sign-up for a few months of ESO soon, haven't been there in a while, still much to do.

 

The only other MMO-ish game that I'm looking forward to is Star Citizen, but that's so far in the future as to be almost irrelevant in this discussion.

Rydeson

Any more I just log on for a few minutes here and there on some F2P games..  Nothing on the market has my eye these days, at least when it comes to mmorpg's..  I've been spending more time playing on console.. I wanted to check out Elite Dangerous, just not sure I want to spend the money for a game that may not give me the same level of fun as the original Elite did back in the 80's.. 

Muke

EVE, mostly adult people without nerds polluting channels with garbage about the next raid or some dragon or orc that is 'sooooo kewl'.

Bascola

 

FFXI Online

Because it is the best MMORPG out there and i am still not done with everything it offers. The devs put out updates every month that are bigger than yearly updates of other games. This game keeps on giving.

 

Elite: Dangerous

Because it is an amazing looking space simulation that relaxes me. Nothing out there like it.

 

DOTA 2, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone...

Because they are easy to just pick up and play a match when you have little time.

haplo602

Rift online - because my main box is down and I am lazy to order a new HDD and reinstall the Steam library to get CS:Source back ... Rift is the same brain-dead no-effort relaxing gaming :-))

Cramit845

H1Z1 - First Zombie genre game and enjoying it immensely.  So far it is one of the few games that grouping is actually a very good idea and rewarded, so it has my full attention.  Still a solo component which can be fun but since grouping games is what I enjoy these days, it's really the only option unless I wanna go back to P99.

 

As for a "standard"  MMO experience, nothing is grabbing me.  MOBA's/card games are not interesting at all, FPS without open worlds are lackluster and the same no matter where you go and pretty much what would be considered the "standard" stable of MMO's are all solo, quest hub pieces of junk.  Nothing truly entertaining unless you enjoy grinding quests/factions.  Still waiting on Albion Online, Camelot Unchained and EQ:N, but a bit jaded, so waiting to see what happens with all of them.

Electro057

I just finished The Wolf Among Us and Broken Age, and I'm currently working on I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream!

I just re-beat Neverwinter Nights 1, and now I'm working on 2 again. I'm also working on Shadow of the Collosus and Okami, I play those at night before bed on my PS2.

I play WoW, GW2, and FFXIV which I believe are all amazing titles.

Sephastus

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

 

In the World of BAMs, they are definitely kings. But it is not BECAUSE it is a BAM game that I play it... it is because once you get through the steep learning curve, it is by far one of the more "rewarding" games out there. Meaning, I get a good sense of accomplishment... which is what I think everyone wants to feel when playing a game.

 

MMORPG wise... I still have some accounts open... but haven't played any in a month or 2. Sad state of affairs for MMORPGs...

Phaserlight

I was about to respond to this thread in earnest, but after reading the original poster's content I don't think I'd be able to take myself seriously. The awesomeness is just too, awesome. Then again, I've often been told not to believe everything I think.

I'm designing a mission tree with the help of the player contribution corps in vendetta online, because I have 11 years of experience there, it's a great community, and I enjoy expressing myself while also improving the experience for those who come after. I also have fun with all the different challenges designing an extensive tree uncovers. Some of the quality assurance work has also given me a chance to listen to an interesting lecture series while playtesting; Robert Sapolsky on Human Behavioral Biology.

Mendel

I recently got started in EQ2, for a very simple reason -- I don't know if it (or EQ1) will have a future, and I wanted to have some first-hand exposure to this game, should my fears be realized.  That, and my annual All-Access status hasn't expired (yet) and the conditions of that license haven't been changed with the new ownership.  I'm burned out on EQ1 (again) and don't know if I will renew my All-Access status when it is due in April.

immodium

Originally posted by Loktofeit

It's that time again, I guess. I look forward Kopo's monthly posts about why mmos are bad or why he's better than them. The transparent aloofness and pretense is so refreshing!

 

lol.

I'm surprised he hasn't stated how much of his hard earned cash Tetris has cost him.

OT: I'm playing hardcore Minesweeper

ET3D

Originally posted by Muke
EVE, mostly adult people without nerds

I Don't know. To me adult people playing a Sci-Fi MMO smells heavily of "nerd".

 

Anyway, on the subject at hand, I don't play much, but the games I'm in the middle of are Knights of the Old Republic and The Blackwell Epiphany, both of which I play on my Android tablet.

Electro057

Originally posted by Mendel
I recently got started in EQ2, for a very simple reason -- I don't know if it (or EQ1) will have a future, and I wanted to have some first-hand exposure to this game, should my fears be realized.  That, and my annual All-Access status hasn't expired (yet) and the conditions of that license haven't been changed with the new ownership.  I'm burned out on EQ1 (again) and don't know if I will renew my All-Access status when it is due in April.

I feel like you're shouldering in so that you can complain when it gets cancelled.....Hmmnnn....

But if you want the best for your buck I'd recommend doing the Agnostics.

Nerblas

Playing 7 days to die... I feel like i'm on a movie series, including the drama of inter-player relatioships.

 

Building, raiding, surviving has never been so much fun for me.

 

Originally posted by Muke
EVE, mostly adult people without nerds polluting channels with garbage about the next raid or some dragon or orc that is 'sooooo kewl'.

Yea... That sounds a really adult statement...

Raquis

a little bit of borderlands pre-sequell

a little bit of arche age and ill play a little bit of dark souls 2

i have a lot of games on my pc,ill probably load ESO again when its free on the 17th

most games out there are crap

13 days and counting for

BLOODBORNE then ill be happy again.

Axehilt

Originally posted by Muke
EVE, mostly adult people without nerds polluting channels with garbage about the next raid or some dragon or orc that is 'sooooo kewl'.

How very adult of you, to indirectly insult the players of non-EVE games! 

Warlyx

FFXIV , i need to finish final coil , but other than that meh...

and jump from other mmorpgs around , but all feel boring and been there done that.

Axehilt

Heroes & Generals.  A WW2 strategy/FPS game.  Generals move armies around a gigantic map of Europe, and when armies meet the enemy, a 18vs18 FPS match is created.  Only the units which were brought there are part of the fight, so if one general moves a Light Tank unit into the battle there are exactly 20 light tank spawns to be had in the match (and when they're gone they're gone.)  Factions have limited production of each type of unit (though infantry is effectively limitless), and generals have limited warfunds with which to purchase and reinforce these units (and you mainly get warfunds from your units killing things.)  This results in a game with a lot of strategy on the strategic layer (sending units into bad battles can result in them being crippled or eliminated, and yourself without enough warfunds to replace them, and with certain units (light tanks especially) you might not even be able to replace them for a day because your faction was already pegged on light tank reinforcement orders.

It also means every single kill matters on the FPS side of things.  We had this match the other day where it was almost unwinnable with our 35 infantry-only spawns against their 300+ with full tank support.  But even though we ended up losing, we killed so many tanks that I think we cost them more than 3x the resources than our cheap infantry unit cost us in the strategic game.  So it was really a strong victory in the strategic sense.  Then again sometimes those battles are winnable.  Over the weekend we had a single paratrooper unit (64 respawns divided among the 18 players) facing 3000+ enemy spawns and managed to win by capturing the points faster than they could react (typically paratroopers are just super expensive (8x) infantry, so they get crushed without ground vehicle support, but their one advantage is they get to parachute in each spawn for really good mobility.)

Heroes of the Storm.  I needed a second game with hero in the title. Well, and also it's fun. Finally reached 100 Abathur games.  Ended up way above the average Abathur win rate (he's basically one of the worst) but below where I'd liked to have ended up.

Darkest Dungeon. Bought last night. Fun RPG where my characters get stressed and rage at each other.

Crusader Kings 2. Still playing occasionally. Replaced Civ4 as my strategy game a while back (Civ5 and CivBE didn't really last long.)

Uziduke

Eve = meaningful PvP

Hearthstone: I love cards games, and now I don't have to deal with smelly nerds at the local game shop.

Nosgoth: Very fun 3rd person TDM game right now.

HoTS: Medic Uthor skin, all that is needed to be said.

grimal

GW2.  I am playing until ESO goes B2P.  I may play both simultaneously.

I recently took a break from SWTOR and because money is somewhat tight, I was looking at either TSW or GW2.  TSW still doesn't do well on my video card, so I opted for GW2 instead.  I'm having a really good time.

SomeOldBloke

Nothing, my gaming PC is in a box somewhere in the Atlantic in a large shipping container... hopefully still on a ship and not swimming with the fishes.

Sovrath

Been playing Dragonage inquisition. Also doing quite a bit of modding in the Creation Kit for Skyrim.

As for online games, I'm doing a bit of Aion and as of this weekend, Final Fantasy 14. Both of these for the art design, trying to minimize the quests if I can help it.

 

 

 

apocoluster

At first I was just doing a digital pilgrimage to the Spock memorial, but then I hit the foundry and did a mission. Then another Ya'll have fun ill be playing STO for a bit

rojoArcueid

On PC im playing mostly ESO, will play simultaneously with GW2 soon.

Will play again Infinite Crisis on and off when it comes to steam. 

Sometimes play Neverwinter for a short while.

 

My PSN PS+ ended 2 days ago so im waiting to renew it. I didnt like the free games of this month on PSN so depending on whats coming next month ill renew it then or wait more.