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c0rd on 07 April 2010
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lestatdark said:
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). 

 

Oh, I only brought FF up because it's a popular example of a game that does depend on story (and I've been playing it!).

When I say games do not require stories, I mean just that. Not all games need a story to be good - in fact, the most successful games of all time have little to none (Sim games, Wii Series, Mario, Tetris, etc).

I don't mean to say that all games should have no story. Obviously, I enjoy plenty of these as well. I just got my bro addicted to Ace Attorney (making me replay them all over again...).


@SubSenix

The "casual" hater, eh? I don't think any major game should appeal to you, because the game you want is too extreme for most gamers. The vast majority prefer the changes Blizzard made, directed at the "casuals." I'm one of them, actually - not that I'm terrible at the game (not even close), but I simply don't have as much time or desire to play as much as others do.

Thankfully, nowadays it takes little to fully gear up a character, so I don't really have to worry about falling behind.