Wow ruined console gaming for me

[lestatdark]

c0rd said:

Hrm, WoW is in its own genre. I can't say it affected my console games at all.

But, ah, too much WoW hate going around here! If you're wondering what the appeal of the game is, I'll say this much: it isn't the story. It's developing your character with friends, and interacting with others in the world. Grinding levels on your own is obviously going to be boring (if that's what anyone was doing). PvP in particular is my fav.

I don't know anyone who plays the game for the story. I don't see that as a problem, as games don't require stories anyway. We're not playing Final Fantasy, here!

As I said above, that's my gripe not only with WoW, but with MMOs in general. I dislike MMOs as they're not what i'm looking for in a RPG. I've never been much of a fan for online gaming, so PvP and other things don't interest me, which takes a lot of the appeal away from WoW, to me.

Plus, I love the Warcraft story from the RTS, as it's one of the richest lores ever created. So I was kind of let down on seeing how they continued that story on WoW. Hopefully they get around to do a Warcraft 4, but I just don't see that happen anytime soon.

As for games not requiring stories, I beg to differ and a lot of people will beg to differ too. Some games depend heavily on the story, and no, not just Final Fantasy (and there are lots of games with stories better than any Final Fantasy).