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Are you one of the people who are still trying to recapture the glory of your first ever MMO experience?
I started back in the days of the first home PC's the 8086 and moved on
from there as they got more powerful. My first experience to
the MMO's of today were text based MUDs and I have seen the dramatic
changes to both the internet market and the gaming industry as a whole.
I read a lot of different boards about people bashing game XYZ becuase of ABC reason. I'm just wondering how many out there are hopping from one MMO to the next trying to recapture the old glory from days gone by. When games had communities, a 'chinese farmer' was someone who grew rice or farmed animals in China and netiquette was a respected term.
I started back in the days of the first home PC's the 8086 and moved on
from there as they got more powerful. My first experience to
the MMO's of today were text based MUDs and I have seen the dramatic
changes to both the internet market and the gaming industry as a whole.
I read a lot of different boards about people bashing game XYZ becuase of ABC reason. I'm just wondering how many out there are hopping from one MMO to the next trying to recapture the old glory from days gone by. When games had communities, a 'chinese farmer' was someone who grew rice or farmed animals in China and netiquette was a respected term.
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MMORPG is mainstream now
You might get your wish with the new Marvel MMO, developed by none other than Cryptic Studios.
As far as the original topic is concerned, I'm definitely trying to recapture the glory of my first MMO experience. It's definitely the best gaming experience I've ever had to date, so I'm eagerly trying to find another game to rekindle that feeling.
Many people who have been playing MMOs for a longer period of time tend to game hop as DemonIIXII said, and I think it's just a way for those people to try to satisfy their hunger for a similar experience. I hope I'll be able to fill that void someday. But for now, all I can do is jump from one game to the next.
You might get your wish with the new Marvel MMO, developed by none other than Cryptic Studios.
By the time that's out my computer will be obsolete
I'm pushing it now with these 2005 games. Maybe if I get an X-box that'll change but I'm going for a Wii now.
I played AO for 4 years. I left AO sometimes to try the new 'hot' game, like Shadowbane, SWG... both were terrible to me. I left for WoW, it was good for a while, but then I started to not like it because I realized everything was a grind. Tried EQ2 after that, played it for over a month and quit, just not my kind of game.
So, I guess ya I've tried to find a similar experience I had in AO, all of them not really coming close. But I think one thing mainly has to do with this, at least for me. It was my first MMO, I didn't know what to expect. All the ones after that, I knew what to expect.. or at least I had an idea. So I don't think I'll ever endup playing another MMO for 4 years again, just because... I know what they are now. And too me, nothing out there right now is as open, and well thought-out as AO.
I just play UO if I want to bring them back. [on free shards of course.]
Mustache is a cat
That has to go to the vet
Do your taxes now
I'm always looking forward to new experiences. I've realized that I have extremely memorable moments in many of the online games I've played over the last 10+ years, even up to this year.
Why try to recapture when you can constantly capture?
Je mettrai l'amour sur dos de moi.
If all turns out fine
IF
Vanguard seems to aim for Ye'OLD STYLE MMO
"Before this battle is over all the world will know that few...stood against many." - King Leonidas
Same here.
I've been jumping between MMO's as crazy after that went to the grave.