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Diablo 3 is an mmorpg ?

spizzspizz Member UncommonPosts: 1,971

Just wonder if I did miss something, since this game is listed on this webpage in the mmmorpg games forum. I did read it would support only 4 players in multiplayer, did this change ?

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  • Method01Method01 Member UncommonPosts: 128

    No it's not an mmorpg, though ppl would like to think of it as it is. Its a singleplayer game with multiplayer included. 

    Just because it got an auctionhouse doesn't make it an mmorpg. Still a great game though! :p

  • kirak2009kirak2009 Member UncommonPosts: 543

    nope it's an co-op action rpg still with mmo elements such as AH etc..

     

    they gave it a spot here because there was alot of chatter about it near as i can figure, popular with the mmo community, and it's fun

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  • ThorHalThorHal Member Posts: 89

    Massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world.

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    taken from wiki, fits D3, don't see any problem with it being here.

  • VesaviusVesavius Member RarePosts: 7,908

    Originally posted by spizz

    Just wonder if I did miss something, since this game is listed on this webpage in the mmmorpg games forum. I did read it would support only 4 players in multiplayer, did this change ?

     

    No it obviously is not, but there is a clear cross over audience.

    People and their obssession with labels..

     

  • leroysgleroysg Member UncommonPosts: 97

    Originally posted by spizz

    Just wonder if I did miss something, since this game is listed on this webpage in the mmmorpg games forum. I did read it would support only 4 players in multiplayer, did this change ?

    good question indeed... today's mmorpg.com no longer used to be the one we knew past 5 years ago.

    they are blinded by greed so plenty of paid advertisement be it the game are truly a mmo or not. 

  • Method01Method01 Member UncommonPosts: 128

    If you can't sit in chairs, its not an mmorpg!

  • kirak2009kirak2009 Member UncommonPosts: 543

    Originally posted by Vesavius

    Originally posted by spizz

    Just wonder if I did miss something, since this game is listed on this webpage in the mmmorpg games forum. I did read it would support only 4 players in multiplayer, did this change ?

     

    No it obviously is not, but there is a clear cross over audience.

    People and their obssession with labels..

     

     i hear that

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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,069

    No, it is a MMO of sorts, and they've stretched the definition recently to include titles that are likely to generate hits including all the recent MOBA's.

    Probably should more rightly be called MMO.com instead these days. image

    But in their defense the definition of what is a MMORPG has become so broad and indistinct these days as these titles have 'evolved' over the years the term is almost meaningless.

    I expect one day we'll see online sports or poker games on the site eventually. image

     

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  • JimmydeanJimmydean Member UncommonPosts: 1,290

    Originally posted by ThorHal

    Massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world.

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    taken from wiki, fits D3, don't see any problem with it being here.

    4 is a very large number?

  • BadaboomBadaboom Member UncommonPosts: 2,380
    It is an opg.
  • 9ineven9ineven Member UncommonPosts: 168

    A thread about this, again.

  • DAS1337DAS1337 Member UncommonPosts: 2,610

    Originally posted by spizz

    Just wonder if I did miss something, since this game is listed on this webpage in the mmmorpg games forum. I did read it would support only 4 players in multiplayer, did this change ?

    You are several months late with this thread...

     

    For having so many posts, I'm actually quite shocked that the uproar over including it on this site slipped past you...

  • RelytDnegelRelytDnegel Member UncommonPosts: 261

    It's on here because after being put to a vote most people sided for having it included. It's not an MMORPG but if people want to discuss it and get info on the game then why not have really. Doesn't harm anyone as you may have been lead to believe when it was first listed from all the hater threads!

  • ZzadZzad Member UncommonPosts: 1,401

    Short answer:  NO.

  • just1opinionjust1opinion Member UncommonPosts: 4,641

     

    I always thought that games like the Diablos and say, GW1 were referred to as either ARPGs or CORPGs. Is that right?

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  • fivorothfivoroth Member UncommonPosts: 3,916

    @OP, really. You have 1.7k posts and you're posting this thread? RealLLY??? We have talked about this a gazillion times! There are 50 threads on this.

    But no Diablo 3 is not an MMORPG. Don't listen to those who tell you otherwise. Some people look at MMORPGs this way:

    Massive - many people

    Multiplayer - self-explanatory

    Online -self-explanatory

    RPG - self-explanatory

    This is completely wrong because by this definition every online RPG is a MMORPG. Also the first M in MMO stands for Massively not massive which is another thing which a lot of people have trouble accommodating in their very "advanced" brain.

     


    Originally posted by just1opinion

     

    I always thought that games like the Diablos and say, GW1 were referred to as either ARPGs or CORPGs. Is that right?


    Yes, they are online RPGs. GW1 is an online RPG. Diablo is an Online RPG. Anything that doesn't have a persistant world is not an MMORPG. You need to have the ability to have a lot of players in one place. IF you use those other "definitions" of MMOs, suddenly every multiplayer RPG turns into a MMORPG. E.g. is Dungeon Defenders a MMORPG?

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  • KinchyleKinchyle Member Posts: 309

    Originally posted by Zzad

    Short answer:  NO.

    I would agree...but why?

     

    This site, in the last couple of years, has been notorious for adding ANY game that has multi player innit. Look at the front page. I don't think you can say D3 isn't one after seeing some that are listed here.

     

    But on a strictly "what I remember MMO to mean"? Not one...but so aren't MANY others on here.

  • IrusIrus Member Posts: 774

    No, Diablo III is not an MMORPG. Granted, sometimes I feel WoW/clones aren't, either.

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