I currently enjoy the MMORPG genre very much but i'm having a hard time choosing which new game to go too. It's tough buying a new game for 50 bucks when if it's a MMORPG there's no resale value and if you hate it you're just outa luck.
My current game is FFXI which is driving me insane. If you havn't tried it here's a synopsis: At level one you fight a bunny, at level 10 you fight flies. At level 30 you fight flies and at level 60 you're fighting the same crabs and bunnies you did 40-50 levels ago. They have the EXACT same character models. Even the dungeon orcs and goblins have the same character models from level 1 to 75...
There is no immersion in the game, I enjoyed that about everquest when i played it when it first came out. Even though it took forever to level up in everquest, it still felt like you accomplished something or you explored a tiny bit of the world. There was also interesting or pointless dropped loot that just added in the immersion. If something had a weapon on it, then it dropped that weapon when it died.
The problems with immersion combined with the fact that they released the game a year and a half earlier in Japan and didn't split the servers from NA and Japan created huge problems that i won't go into.
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So, what i'm interested in is Immersion, the game must be fun and exciting. If i get bored playing a GAME, then it's over as well. If i can watch TV or read a book while I play a game then it's over as well.
So, what does eq2 have to offer? I've heard some good things about the combat system, I really don't care about the graphics as long as the game's fun.
I know every MMORPG has it's flaws, there are just some i can live with more than others. Immersion is one of those I can't live without.
-Thanks
Edited, Tue Jun 22 12:18:41 2004 by ToxicJon