General Discussion

I'm playing Mass Effect on PC. Being that I don't own any consoles, I had to wait until it came out for the PC. It's a pretty fun game, in my opinion.

I would say if your having fun playing AOC play it.  That's what I'll be doing as soon as I get my graphic card upgrade, or if they patch the game so it utilizes my ati card better.

Barring that, I have no easy answer for you as I am currently having a similar dilemna.  I would definitely play precu SWG but that is not an option.  NGE SWG is an option, I just don't know how good an option at this point.  If only they would do a few things to make the game healthier, like server merges.  It would rock if they also gave people the option of using the old UI again.  Hell...keep the damn combat engine if you are so determined to keep it, but atleast give us back the functionality of the old UI. 

You could play WOW.  Everyone around here hates WOW but it's an option.  There's decent loot in the game and it runs on almost everyone's computer.  Some people don't like the graphical style though.  Me, I'm on the fence about it.  I prefer AOC's graphics but WOW has a style of it's own ( not my preference but tolerable).

I would say EQ2 but it's so damn ugly.  Bah!  It's a personal thing and I appologize.  I know some think the game is beautiful but something about it rubs me wrong.  The faces are fat and plasticy and just wierdly unsatisfying to look at.  I'd rather look at a night elf from wow than a human from EQ2.  Also it's just quest, quest, quest.  I'm sick of quests.  And instances like AOC.  If we're going to trash AOC for instances we should atleast be consistent.  And it's an SOE game, which I could live with but they are either incompetent or have a completely different vision of mmo's so EQ2 is out.

COH graphically is so dated now. Plus, I'm not into the 'superhero' thing.  It's hard to get past that.

Matrix Online has interlock.  Can't get beyond that.  If combat sucks it's game over for me.  Plus, they are in worse shape than SWG I think.  Atleast precu SWG was good.  I played MXO when it launched and the first couple months.  It was never good.  The thing that bugged me was interlock. 

Guildwars isn't an mmo, but it's free.  I can't bring myself to even load it up on my computer though.  I think the game was a good idea at the time, but that time is over.  It's more like a cooperative online rpg where u can play with a little group now and again in instanced zones.  Ah...instances again.

DAOC is too old.  UO and all those games are just too dated now.

I suppose you could bide your time, read the Warhammer and Spellborn forums and hope they are good.  Or you could just tough it out with AOC and hope the game gets better, as it surely will, with time.

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Originally posted by wihtgar
I voted online flash games.  I enjoy the flash tower defense games.  Those pretty much rock. 
 
Ok not the same genre.  I hate to tell you this though, but this genre is officially dead.....
 
It MAY get resurrected in the future, but at the moment it's dead.

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This and your subsequent posts are true. The genre is dead; people just don't know it. The current model will only work for so long, even though a sucker is born every minute. The current model is to hype the shit out of a game, to get a lot of people to play it at launch...and crank up the leveling so people get their crack fix of level dings. The early weeks of an MMO are really meant to attract as many players as possible.

Then, after a month or two, the game play completely dries out and most people leave the game. But, no worries, the next shitty game will come out shortly and you can start the process all over again.

Thanks for sites like this, because it saved me from wasting $ on AoC which I would've hated right outta the box (instancing FTW).

what about reallife?

I heard it has some good grahpics and is good for health...

What is sad is that games like PoBS and AoC were FINISHED upon release; the game was released on their terms. And the games still suck ass after a month or two.

Vanguard, on the other hand, was forced to release prematurely, and it was still a good game (other than crashing every two hours). MS had spent $15mil on it, but compared to Turbines recenty acquired $40 mil budget for their new MMO, the $15 mil really isn't that big.

So, too bad they didn't "finish" Vanguard. The last immersive, non-instanced MMO released.

MMO's are far from dead. I think the gaming community in general is on the fence alot because there are so many companies now shooting them out.  After the MMO's have all come out, a player base will show up low in some high in others.  But I would have to say MMO's are going to be around in the future and change the way we play video games. Rememebr playing a console online with others is considered an MMO game, as long as it hits on the massive levels.  Imagine for example a MMO Assasins Creed type game on the console?

hmm i bet "hello kitty online!" is something for ya all

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9vuCRuNLoEM

and no this is no joke, the game is real T_T

Originally posted by TheChronic

what about reallife?

I heard it has some good grahpics and is good for health...

No, the only thing it has going for it is high resolution tits and ass.  Other than that it's a horrible grind.

ya that game real life sucks.  I'm lvl 26 and I already wanna log out lol.  I'm stuck on that "find a job you enjoy" quest, and the crafting at value village sucks. 

Originally posted by Alyvian

hmm i bet "hello kitty online!" is something for ya all

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