I guess I don’t like MMORPGs?

I have several hobbies and interests  but I’ve never seen any group of people complain about something as much as I see complaints in MMORPGs forums and communities in general. I’ll give you an example, being a Board Gamer and checking BoardGameGeek.com everyone is enjoying their hobby.. there are GREAT titles being released every year. It is the golden age of Board Gaming I think. The Game Designers innovate and still keep classics available for gamers. Everytime there’s a new release everyone’s excited and satisfied.

But when you come to MMORPGs and check MMORPG community websites like MMORPG.com you’d be shocked at the amount of disatisfaction of the direction this gaming genre is heading. I believe a big part of this problem is the fact that MMORPGs no longer represent the abbreviation they are carrying.

First, they are no longer Role Playing Games. The amount of tools we get to Role Play are getting reduced so much that they were elemenated by the years. Don’t even expect any kind of RPing or Immersion anymore. Everything is convenient and the whole immersive environment idea is long gone. Numbers flowing left and right on UI, off UI.. everywhere. A lot of flashy colors used for the user convenience to pop the “Gamish” part of the “game”. There’s no Mystery, there’s no Belonging to the World, There’s no surprises or danger.. there’s no Role Playing.

Secondly, MMORPGs are no longer Multiplayer. They are 80% single player with a chance to do a dungeon once in a while with friends or other 5 random people. Okay so it IS Multiplayer but part of the time. Rest of the time you’re doing errands alone to “level” up picking up mushrooms and killing 10 rats. To me that’s a Single Player experience with a chance of Multiplayer mini-games.

Lastly, MMORPGs are not Massive anymore. The whole idea of being in a massive world no longer exist. You get a main city hub where you can see other people but your interaction is reduces to almost ZERO. Buying/Selling is done by a program called Auction House (or Broker) you don’t need to bargain or interact with other players.. you just use a Search Engine and find the best price in a split of a second.

There are no mechanics in the recent MMORPG to encourage interaction between players. Heck, there are mechanics that DISCOURAGE interaction with other players (Quest Driven Content, Instancing, AH..etc).

So, these MMORPGs are actually nothing but Online Games with a CHANCE for Multiplayer Experience. The whole point is for you to “level” up, collect gear.. rinse and repeat. Boring, unimaginative, tedious and stupid.

If this is what MMORPGs stand for, then I guess I don’t like MMORPGs.

Mildy Multiplayer Online Repeatetive Pieceofshiet Games. That is a genre I am not interested in.

P.S: StarWars: The Old Republic is going to be something like that. Another Crappy Game which can be amusing to frogs with brain damage and there are a lot of frogs with brain damage out there.