Posted by: ShortRoundMcfly
Posted by: the real Janaka
Posted by: ShortRoundMcfly
I really hate MMOs, so I hope not.The concept of it, or how it's usually done?
Maybe both. The traits I dislike the most
-Repetitive gameplay
-Expensive
-Virtually no offline play
-Story that goes nowhere
-Poor gameplay balance
Basically all the stuff that Bungie avoided doing with Halo.
None of those are inherent traits of MMOs.
-Repetetive gameplay is a problem with pretty much all game types.
-Guid wars 2? Planetside 2? Etc. Box Price + No Fee; F2P + micro Transactions. No more expensive than any other game.
-Offline play is going by the wayside, I'm afraid. there are quite a few games where you cannot play without being connected to the internet. That's just something you're going to have to get past.
-MMOs can have good stories, they're just generally not 5-6 hours of straight story. It's generally more broken up.
-Planetside 2 is an MMO with good gameplay balance. But then "good" balance really is completely, 100% subjective. (Some say a game is balanced if everyone has access to the one super-powerful weapon and that's all they use. I disagree, of course)
[Edited on 12.11.2012 6:50 AM PST]