I agree with everything in this article, except for calling it "Sword and Sorcery Fantasy Games". Sword and Sorcery is a distinct genre which overlaps with fantasy, but not necessarily every basic fantasy Tolkienesque rip-off is Sword and Sorcery. M…
I tend to have on-again-off-again relationships with MMOs (and grand RPGs, for that matter) anyway. I used to have this with RuneScape (2) when I was young, and have had it with most 50+ hour Final Fantasy games. I've had it with Lord of the Rings O…
Teldrassil, the night elf island from World of Warcraft. So magical and peaceful, it is like RIvendell (which would be an option too, now that I think about it...)
I have always regretted not getting into Word of Warcraft, so I am so happy that WoW Classic is now around. It makes me feel drawn to that world again, like I was as a child.
If I burn out on a game by playing too much, or if a game is just so hard that I have tried a boss battle, let's say 30 times, and can't get past it which frustrates me to no end, then I always go back to the same: Game Boy games from my childhood.
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I like fast-travelling options, but I personally prefer it if there is an in-universe explanation and cost (e.g. carts in Skyrim, Hunters in LotrO etc.)
Anything less feels a little immersion-breaking to me usually.
What I absolutely love is thay it supposedly offers a combination of split-screen and online co-op (waaay to few games have this!), which means I can play with my 2 MH friends and my girlfriend can tag along next to me on the couch!
I hadn't played any games in like six months, then in November I started playing some PS4 games for a couple hours a week... and then in January I started Monster Hunter World on PC and it has taken over my life completely. Between 30-40 hour workwe…