Reason for NOT playing MMORPGs?

seridan · June 2012

It's a strange question for an MMORPG forum, most, if not all, around here play MMORPGs, but you might have friends or family members that actually hate them for one reason or another. So what reasons people give for NOT playing MMORPGs?

PsYcHoGBR · June 2012

Addictive

costly

time consuming

I hear it all but compared to a night down the pub playing an mmo is cheaper ^^

fivoroth · June 2012

Originally posted by psychobgr
Addictive

costly

time consuming

I hear it all but compared to a night down the pub playing an mmo is cheaper ^^

But the difference is I won't stop going out to the pub But yeah for me it was never the sub. 9 quid a month is nothing.

My reasons for not playing them is that I am kinda sick of RPGs in general. I am kinda sick of the whole leveling thing and gearing up your character. This has also killed a lot of other RPGs for me.

They are also very time consuming. I can no longer spent so much time playing a game. I often play between 5-10 hours a week which is not enough for an MMO.

They are pointless and they leave this feeling of crap in my mouth. They are way tooo grindy. There too many time sinks to keep you subbed that it sucks all the fun out of the game.

Once I've plaed several now they all look identical to me.

Lack of story.

Lack of meaningful character customisation.

GTwander · June 2012

Most people I know that won't play them do it because they associate them with the worst kind of nerds possible.

In a sense, they are kinda right, but they are the kind of dudes that drink mountain dew and yell, and like to wrestle and swear it's not gay.

LadyAlibi · June 2012

I know a couple of people, including my boyfriend, who won't play because it's not a productive use of time. That's not specific to MMO games, though. They won't play any video games. And, according to them, nobody else should either, because there are better things they could be doing.

I don't feel the need to be productive all the time. Sometimes I like to have fun. Sometimes I like to zone out for a while... But some people have to fill every single second with something meaningful. (I do get the whole mortality argument, but, seriously, you're going to die no matter what, so why not be happy? Heh.)

Grixxitt · June 2012

Time commitment.

I had to give up my favorite MMOs for about a year after my child was born because I couldn't go afk for extended periods of time in a FFA loot game at the drop of a hat.

In the past I've had to seriously cut back because of work as well.

Z3R01 · June 2012

Subscription fee, Money grubbing cash shops, Crap gameplay compared to sp games.

Time investment required, Community that turns a game into some Epeen gear show off and a part time job...

Mephster · June 2012

Boring game design. Go fetch this, go kill that, rinse and repeat until level 60.... been there done that.

MMOGamer71 · June 2012

Originally posted by seridan
It's a strange question for an MMORPG forum, most, if not all, around here play MMORPGs, but you might have friends or family members that actually hate them for one reason or another. So what reasons people give for NOT playing MMORPGs?

1) Not interested in computers

2) Not interested in gaming

3) Have other hobbies

4) Work

5) Family

6) To expensive

SEANMCAD · June 2012

Originally posted by psychobgr
Addictive

costly

time consuming

I hear it all but compared to a night down the pub playing an mmo is cheaper ^^

costly...

that is hysterical. other than sleeping I dont think i have ever had a hobby that was cheaper

MMOGamer71 · June 2012

Originally posted by SEANMCAD
Originally posted by psychobgr

Addictive

costly

time consuming

I hear it all but compared to a night down the pub playing an mmo is cheaper ^^

costly...

that is hysterical. other than sleeping I dont think i have ever had a hobby that was cheaper

Not everyone is rolling in the $$$$.

To each there own right?

SEANMCAD · June 2012

My reasons: I tend to smoke to much while playing.

Other peoples reasons: Its addictive, too violent and sometime s flat out not cool.

Funny thing is, sitting around with people at the bar drinking or resturant eating or at home watching TV really dosent sell me that the 'other life' is really better. That said, motorcycling, intense cycling, water skiing and sky diving kind of perks my intrest

SEANMCAD · June 2012

Originally posted by MMOGamer71
Originally posted by SEANMCAD
Originally posted by psychobgr
Addictive

costly

time consuming

I hear it all but compared to a night down the pub playing an mmo is cheaper ^^

costly...

that is hysterical. other than sleeping I dont think i have ever had a hobby that was cheaper

Not everyone is rolling in the $$$$.

To each there own right?

he was saying that other people tell him that one of the problems of gaming is that its costly.

its not costly by any stretch of the imagination.

Disdena · June 2012

I haven't played any MMOs in a while now; I guess it is because the moment-to-moment gameplay is not as fun (compared to non-MMO games), so overall the amount of fun I have is fairly low compared to the time investment I would have to put in.

rcubano · June 2012

I haven't really played an MMO for a while (if you don't count my one weekend playing TSW beta to test it out).

My reason is that the game needs to be extraordinarily well-done (by my own tastes of course) for me to want to play it, as it requires a significant time investment. If it's "sort of Okay" than I won't play it. This narrows down the field quite a bit, and means years between MMOs that I play. A single-player game that is "Okay" usually is enough for me (i.e. Diablo 3), mainly because the investment of time and energy is rather minimal compared to an MMO.

The pay-off is that when I do find that awesome MMO, I enjoy it immensely. By far my favorite genre of video-gaming, I'm just extremely picky.

Sovrath · June 2012

time consuming

tedious

hate dealing with ass hats

sub par game play

Normantis · June 2012

Originally posted by Z3R01
Subscription fee, Money grubbing cash shops, Crap gameplay compared to sp games.

Time investment required, Community that turns a game into some Epeen gear show off and a part time job...

This^

Why play mmo's when there are tons of games on services like Steam at the fraction of price with better game play. Multiplayer games come in all forms not just mmo's.

Hurvart · June 2012

1. If you are a former MMORPG player that think all new games are bad.

2. Quest hubs on rails design.

3. Quest based leveling.

4. Hand holding.

5. Instances.

6. Dumbed down mechanics and character building intended for mainstream consumers.

7. F2P...(If you are a hardcore P2P supporter)

8. Lobby game design with no open virtual world.

9. Graphics are to childish and silly.

10. Mobs, npc:s, the story or/and the world is boring, to childish and silly or just mainstream because not wanting to offend anyone.

Heinz130 · June 2012

Originally posted by fivoroth
Originally posted by psychobgr

Addictive

costly

time consuming

I hear it all but compared to a night down the pub playing an mmo is cheaper ^^

But the difference is I won't stop going out to the pub But yeah for me it was never the sub. 9 quid a month is nothing.

My reasons for not playing them is that I am kinda sick of RPGs in general. I am kinda sick of the whole leveling thing and gearing up your character. This has also killed a lot of other RPGs for me.

They are also very time consuming. I can no longer spent so much time playing a game. I often play between 5-10 hours a week which is not enough for an MMO.

They are pointless and they leave this feeling of crap in my mouth. They are way tooo grindy. There too many time sinks to keep you subbed that it sucks all the fun out of the game.

Once I've plaed several now they all look identical to me.

Lack of story.

Lack of meaningful character customisation.

100% right

But those are not reasons to not play mmorpgs,but to not play themeparks

we dont have any SB to play atm,since all are poor quality games

But after archeage and the mmorpg games developed adter him,you will be able to spend just 1 hour a day

-fighting for the objective you just want,not necessarly questing,instancing for lvl or gear

-again,no lvl or class,usualy skill based system has a fast char progression,leaving the diference in power to players smatness or skills

-Many choices has game objective,that culd be: dedication to your guild wars,your personal pvp vendetas,follow the lore quests of the game,your own housing like farm,shop,comerce char build etc...exploration (since SB game maps tends to be huge and singlw server)

By the way,one of the things in entropia universe i most love was TP running,where i charge ppl to lead em to find TPs and to find my own still not "covered" areas,find new ore or mobs to know they loot rate etc

silvermember · June 2012

Originally posted by Heinz130
Originally posted by fivoroth

Originally posted by psychobgr

Addictive

costly

time consuming

I hear it all but compared to a night down the pub playing an mmo is cheaper ^^

But the difference is I won't stop going out to the pub But yeah for me it was never the sub. 9 quid a month is nothing.

My reasons for not playing them is that I am kinda sick of RPGs in general. I am kinda sick of the whole leveling thing and gearing up your character. This has also killed a lot of other RPGs for me.

They are also very time consuming. I can no longer spent so much time playing a game. I often play between 5-10 hours a week which is not enough for an MMO.

They are pointless and they leave this feeling of crap in my mouth. They are way tooo grindy. There too many time sinks to keep you subbed that it sucks all the fun out of the game.

Once I've plaed several now they all look identical to me.

Lack of story.

Lack of meaningful character customisation.

100% right

But those are not reasons to not play mmorpgs,but to not play themeparks

we dont have any SB to play atm,since all are poor quality games

But after archeage and the mmorpg games developed adter him,you will be able to spend just 1 hour a day

-fighting for the objective you just want,not necessarly questing,instancing for lvl or gear

-again,no lvl or class,usualy skill based system has a fast char progression,leaving the diference in power to players smatness or skills

-Many choices has game objective,that culd be: dedication to your guild wars,your personal pvp vendetas,follow the lore quests of the game,your own housing like farm,shop,comerce char build etc...exploration (since SB game maps tends to be huge and singlw server)

By the way,one of the things in entropia universe i most love was TP running,where i charge ppl to lead em to find TPs and to find my own still not "covered" areas,find new ore or mobs to know they loot rate etc

OH look a guy praising a game they haven't actually played for an extended amount of time and probably wont play till late 2013 at the earliest.

Trionicus · June 2012

I would say stagnance. It's like I've been playing the same game for 10 years or more and the only thing that changes are the names of skills and the graphics.

The community is ok on average, I think SC2 might have the worst community in general.

Jenuviel · June 2012

I've been playing MMOs since 1999 (and MUDs since about 1992), and my tastes have become very defined at this point. We learn what we do and don't like as we go along, and the industry has largely shifted in directions I don't like. That's not anybody's fault, and I certainly don't have an "I'm right and they're wrong!" attitude about it, but my interest in MMOs has completely faded as a result. I still visit this site to see if something more in my preference bracket is available, but it's been a fruitless pursuit for the past several years.

For some of the specific reasons I don't play MMOs anymore:

I absolutely hate cash shops of any kind. (I know, many of you love them and that's fine. I don't.)
I'm suffering from critical fantasy fatigue. (I've seen so many elves, dwarves, orcs and swords, that just thinking about them makes me frown).
I don't really have any interest in raiding or pvp, which means there's almost no "endgame" in existence that appeals to me.
Very detailed avatar creation has become essential for me.
I love detailed crafting.
I love detailed pet systems.
I love levels. Yes, yes, those evil, evil levels. I may be a philistine, but I enjoy vertical progression far more than lateral progression.
About a dozen more hates and a dozen more must-haves.

Now, some of these things are easy to find/avoid, but it's become almost impossible for me to get enough of them in one place to allow for an enjoyable experience. I've just become too picky, and that's on me. Every time I leave an MMO, I leave for a reason. When I look for a new MMO, I look for one that has solved the perceived reasons for my various departures, whether by eliminating negatives or by including numerous positives to compensate. Very few do this to my satisfaction, and I suspect it's because 1) my personal list of grievances and must-haves has simply gotten too long, and 2) because I was never the target demographic for these things to begin with, or at least I haven't been since Asheron's Call in 1999. That's life. It bothered me for awhile, but I'm at the acceptance stage of the Kübler-Ross cycle now.

maplestone · June 2012

I have to admit that there are one or two people I have looked at and said "you have a demanding career, a large family and productive hobbies ... you do not want to be playing these games."

Z3R01 · June 2012

Originally posted by SEANMCAD
Originally posted by MMOGamer71

Originally posted by SEANMCAD

Originally posted by psychobgr

Addictive

costly

time consuming

I hear it all but compared to a night down the pub playing an mmo is cheaper ^^

costly...

that is hysterical. other than sleeping I dont think i have ever had a hobby that was cheaper

Not everyone is rolling in the $$$$.

To each there own right?

he was saying that other people tell him that one of the problems of gaming is that its costly.

its not costly by any stretch of the imagination.

$50 for client and $180 for a years subscription is quite expensive for one video game.

Even if you get a thousand hours of gameplay out of it, it's still only one game.

Dwikfario · June 2012

Originally posted by Z3R01
Originally posted by SEANMCAD
Originally posted by MMOGamer71
Originally posted by SEANMCAD
Originally posted by psychobgr
Addictive

costly

time consuming

I hear it all but compared to a night down the pub playing an mmo is cheaper ^^

costly...

that is hysterical. other than sleeping I dont think i have ever had a hobby that was cheaper

Not everyone is rolling in the $$$$.

To each there own right?

he was saying that other people tell him that one of the problems of gaming is that its costly.

its not costly by any stretch of the imagination.

$50 for client and $180 for a years subscription is quite expensive for one video game.

Even if you get a thousand hours of gameplay out of it, it's still only one game.

23 cents an hour for entertainment? That's a fantastic deal in my opinion.

Axehilt · June 2012

Personally it's playing other games with better ROI on Fun vs. Time Investment.

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