Barozi said:
Oh I already asked a couple of them and they agree with me. I've lost 1000 hours in Pokemon games for Gameboy and they're surely not hardcore. |
Again, in pure design, MMORPGs are the closest to hardcore as you can get. It's basically a secon life, a virtual life where you socialize and compete with other people. You are always forced to lose hundreds of hours just contest the top regardless of skill, something no other game from another genre has done.
Just play EVE Online, a game that truly embodies what MMORPGs are. In EVE Online, it's free-for-all, there's betrayal inside corporations that could even lead to the complete destruction of a corporation of thousands of people (which happened).
You can be scammed, and you can scam others, with no punishment. Those who are have parted their possessions are are being punished by their own stupidity.
If you believe so much that MMORPGs aren't one of the most hardcore sub-genres, then tell me what genres are and why, just so you can listen to yourself.