So, a few months back, I returned to the MMO world, when Lord of the Rings Online went "Free to play". I used to play when it first came out, and left due to needing to cut back costs. Anyway, I've always liked MMOs, from Everquest to Asherons Call to LOTRO.
For the past 2 months I've played LOTRO exclusively. Today, I had the urge to fire up MW on the Wii for some online battles. It took me a minute to get used to having to manually aim and swap weapons, etc and be more covert in my battles.
It got me thinking, are MMORPGS proper games? I mean, sure its a virtual environment with goals, etc. Yet, the strategy is just gearing up your character, standing there and pressing a few keys on a keyboard. As long as you're facing the general direction of your target, you'll eventually hit it, based on the probability of your character stats and levels. In a FPS, you have to plan strategies, try not to get hit, hide, snipe, driveby, etc. It just seems that a lot more goes into the actual player skill in other games that arent MMORPGs.
Don't read this as any bias, as I do still love playing LOTRO, but I feel more mentally stimulated by games like MW. So, what about you? What's your take on it?
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