Post by Morreion on Feb 25, 2010 7:20:10 GMT -5
Community Spotlight: What's an Older Gamer to do?! (MMORPG.com Community Spotlight)
It does seem like there's a trend towards at least semi-twitchy MMOs out there. Of course that's what old games are for!
“I'm old and I'm a gamer. At least I think I'm still a gamer, being between games at the moment. The old part is for sure.
Over the years I have played a lot of mmos, beginning with original Everquest. At least 9 of them, not including a great many betas.
At times like these, when I'm between games, I come here to research new ones. And I'm seeing a trend. Game after game after game is touting its fast paced, twitchy, "you control every blow" FPS qualities. While this would have sounded great to me a decade ago, I'm slow now and I won't be competitive at that.
But it's worse lol. These new games also promote their free-for-all, oh yes you are going to be ganked so deal with it PvP features. That means not only am I slow, I get to fight people 20-30 years younger who are fast. Oh boy. That will be hot death on a skillet.
Is the type of combat found in more traditional mmos like EQ and even WoW going the way of MUDs and pen and paper games? Is my gaming future Select Quest, Princess Aria wants you .... BOOM HEADSHOT ROFLOLOLOLOL?
I'm thinking it may be time to join AARP, stock up on geritol and call it a day. I'm not seeing very many new games being made that are not FFA FPS?”
Over the years I have played a lot of mmos, beginning with original Everquest. At least 9 of them, not including a great many betas.
At times like these, when I'm between games, I come here to research new ones. And I'm seeing a trend. Game after game after game is touting its fast paced, twitchy, "you control every blow" FPS qualities. While this would have sounded great to me a decade ago, I'm slow now and I won't be competitive at that.
But it's worse lol. These new games also promote their free-for-all, oh yes you are going to be ganked so deal with it PvP features. That means not only am I slow, I get to fight people 20-30 years younger who are fast. Oh boy. That will be hot death on a skillet.
Is the type of combat found in more traditional mmos like EQ and even WoW going the way of MUDs and pen and paper games? Is my gaming future Select Quest, Princess Aria wants you .... BOOM HEADSHOT ROFLOLOLOLOL?
I'm thinking it may be time to join AARP, stock up on geritol and call it a day. I'm not seeing very many new games being made that are not FFA FPS?”
It does seem like there's a trend towards at least semi-twitchy MMOs out there. Of course that's what old games are for!
Yeah, people often say UO was the first. That's not even getting into MUDs that were around for years before graphics hit the scene.
