This post is over 4 months in coming, but I finally decided to write it up. In part 1 I explained why just about every MMO nowadays sucks. And in part 2 I examined the social consequences of MMOs. In part 3 I am finally going to reveal the skeleton of my idea for an MMO that will not suck. In fact, I believe it will rock if executed properly.
I finally found a short way of saying something I’ve been trying to express in fewer words for a long time. Mainly it relates to my hatred of most modern MMOs, but also to all video games which lack game substance and only have theme. I came up with it because I was talking with someone who said they played WoW because it was funny. Anyway, here is the analogy:
If you didn’t read the first part of my MMO series, you should. In it I talk about a few of the resons that moderm MMO’s suck and what can be done to improve them. I also allude to an idea I had for a new MMO, to be revealed in part 3, which if I ever make it will blow every existing MMO out of the water. In this part I’m going to talk about the reasons people play MMOs and how MMOs reflect western society.
OK. So if you know me, you know what I think of most MMO games. In short, I despise all the ones I have played, except Puzzle Pirates and Achaea. But, I have not discounted the idea that a video game, played online, with tons of players cannot be good. Instead I have searched far and wide for the idea of the perfect MMO. Ladies and Gentlemen, I may have found it. But, before I tell it to you, we must start at the beginning of the story. If you do not understand why I believe that almost every MMO sucks you will not understand why my new idea is so great. And you will not appreciate the work of art that it will become. In the very best scenario I will have investors who will fund me to make this game and you will see it on the market. At the worst it will be my lifes work and I will finish it in many moons. Somewhere in-between someone steals my idea and I sue them. Yay, Creative Commons license. But you wont hear my idea until Part 3, so ha!
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