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This is not an MMO.
Mrbloodworth
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Sorry, but its not.
If this is an MMO, then Diablo is also.
Not sure why its here.
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PSU is a MORPG, but certainly I agree it's not really a MMORPG (the missing second M being "massive"). But really who cares?
I think the reason that you see PSU listed here is that it was designed from the ground up with online in mind. You have several elements not common in strait action RPGs. For example, one of the more fun things to do in the game is decorate your apartment and buy new cloths. These are totally pointless activities from a stats/ levelling perspective as cloths only change your appearance (not your stats) and no-one will ever see your apartment save for friends you make in game (unless you open a store). The game also has a real crafting system (a step up from the "socketing" system you see in most action RPGs) and the ability to add a store to your apartment so that you can sell items offline. Any online game will have some degree of economy (just hawking your wares over the in game channels if nothing else), however PSU is set up to support it.
None of those things really puts that second M for "massive" in. The only places that are remotley massive are the cities and they are basically shopping malls and hubs for your setting up your instanced missions. But there is more to PSU than the online components of Diablo or Champions of Norrath. Certainly PSU fits the theme of this site as well as WWII Online, Guld Wars, or DDO.
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I would say its pretty massive, so is Guild Wars. But everything is in scale. Massive to some is small to others.
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According to the website, the cities can only handle about
As for the rest, a lobby does not a MMO make.100 or so player each.... I dont think that fits anyones book for "massive".
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How are you?" -Me
If you see the 3-factions-battles in DAoC or Planetside, you may change your mind.
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who cares? alot of ppl honestly.
if they buy psu (or the older pos for that matter) expecting an mmo experience, theyre not going to be happy. you cant party with more than 5 other ppl, theres no guild/clan functions, you can solo the entire game, etc etc etc
not saying its not a good game, i in fact like it alot as im an old skool PS fan, but its not an mmorpg.
Party of six -> WoW has a 5er-parties f.e.
Guilds -> Guild wars / Diablo 2 both have clans/guilds while not being an MMOG exactly.
Soloing -> many MMOGs have it. From DAoC to Planetside (k, FPS) to City of Heroes...whatever.
For me the "massive"- aspect begins, when a party stands before a huge enemywhatever, and theres a chance, that suddenly another group joins, and one more, and another, again... so somewhere in the game world you gathered 80 man, who just crossed your way and are willing to help.
Mmh... with this argument even WoW is not a real MMOG.
character data is stored on the server, not your local computer.
Anyways, I think we can all agree that PSU is NOT a full-fledged
MMORPG. It has been advertised from the beginning as being
focused on a single-player experience, which it delivers magnificently
with addictive gameplay and a nice long, humerous and engaging story
with respectable animation in the cutscenes.
The online experience is incomplete. The interface and layouts of
the cities are ingenious, and gameplay itself is quite enjoyable, but
the gameplay is severely void of content. I've read that there's
most likely going to be an expansion, and looking at how much effort
was put into the online play structure (the depth of races and the
character creation screen are quality work) as well as the existence of
'Extra Mode,' and then seeing complete lack of effort put into online
content, this would lead me to believe that an expansion is almost
inevitable and, unlike the original game, will focus almost entirely on
online content rather than single player content. The guardian
receptionists always say, "I'm sorry, but we currently have no missions
available for you at this time," further suggesting content will be
released in the future.
Closing comment? Enjoy the
single-player story and gameplay, level up a character online if you
really love paying money to grind kills, but ultimately wait for the
expansion that'll get released probably the middle of next year before
judging its MMORPG capabilities.
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If you see the 3-factions-battles in DAoC or Planetside, you may change your mind.
DAoC is a piece of crap but boy do I miss playing PlanetSide on a saturday night
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GW is also not an MMO, thats a quote from the developers themselves.
This game and GW should be removed from this site.
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"Anyone posting on this forum is not an average user, and there for any opinions about the game are going to be overly critical compared to an average users opinions." - Me
"No, your wrong.." - Random user #123
"Hello person posting on a site specifically for MMO's in a thread on a sub forum specifically for a particular game talking about meta features and making comparisons to other titles in the genre, and their meta features.
How are you?" -Me
Yes, and while we are at it, remove DDO since it uses the same basic structure as GW and PSU (city hubs pluss instances). And get rid of WW II Online, Second Life, and Planetside, since they aren't RPGs in the traditional sense. I mean this is MMORPG.com, not MMO.com.
Oh, wait....that would be dumb since peaple actually use all of those boards. I guess we will just have to let the admins of this site do their jobs and cover games that they think are of interest to this community instead of trying to dictate what everyone that comes here has the right to discuss.
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Nicely siad. I, for one, agree with you. Let the admins do their job... if people want a site that only has games that they think are worthy then they should host their own.
Try playing past level 20 and say you can solo the whole game. The exp per level in the online mode is much more than in offline mode, offline mode is cake, its nothing compared to the online mode. First of all the missions have level requirements, so you just cant jump into the highest one and leech off of people. Secondly, the monster AI in this game is far better then other mmos, they're fast, they hit hard, and you can get knocked around quite easily. If you try to solo all the monsters come after you and it ends up hurting if you're fighting stuff that actually gives you a good amount of experience. Lastly, most games do stuff in 4-6 person parties anyway, whats the difference.
Besides the MMO experience now a days sucks, camping, griefing, lag, guild/clan drama, boring auto attack with f1-f10 button mashing and/or macros to run your character completely. They're all just a big time sink. Ill take my action online game over that crap any day of the week. If I wanted mmo drama Id watch desperate housewives with my girlfriend.
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MMORPG.com probably has the most influence in defining what a MMORPG is and isnt out of any company or person in the world. Cant we trust them to decide where to draw the line? There really isnt an obvious distinction between MMORPGs and other games, and there will always be games that are in those grey areas. If MMORPG.com puts em up here
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ok back to the topic...for me the only MMORPG game i've eva played is Guild Wars/Factions...so i was hoping that this game was free...but its not...luckly its has offline mode...
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