Post by Morreion on Jun 14, 2010 7:01:46 GMT -5
Aren't All Games Worth a Second Look? (MMORPG.com)
Why MMO’s Deserve a Second Chance (Of Course I'll Play It)
With me these days, going back to old MMOs is a way of life
so I agree with these articles. Some games improve, others just need a second chance for you to see that maybe they aren't what you wanted them to be, but they have some value for what they are. It's worth a try, anyway.
So why won’t some people own up to the fact that games, especially MMOs, deserve a second look? Is it the same thing that makes a person hate green beans into adult hood because he once choked on them as a toddler? The memory of the bad taste is never able to be forgotten? First impressions are lasting impressions and all that, but in the world of online gaming second chances should be given.
I recently re-subscribed to Age of Conan, for the first time since originally cancelling my account a few months after launch...
It’s only been a week, but I’m finding Hyboria a much-changed world. Believe it or not, the game really did deserve the Most Improved awards it was given, and with the expansion looming on the horizon I might even stay a while much to the chagrin of my other virtual characters. So next time you put down a game in anger, disappointment or disgust, don’t forget about it forever. With time in this industry, even the disappointments can gain redemption.
I recently re-subscribed to Age of Conan, for the first time since originally cancelling my account a few months after launch...
It’s only been a week, but I’m finding Hyboria a much-changed world. Believe it or not, the game really did deserve the Most Improved awards it was given, and with the expansion looming on the horizon I might even stay a while much to the chagrin of my other virtual characters. So next time you put down a game in anger, disappointment or disgust, don’t forget about it forever. With time in this industry, even the disappointments can gain redemption.
Why MMO’s Deserve a Second Chance (Of Course I'll Play It)
Champions Online serves to remind me of something that I too often forget. And that is that, with the exception of World of Warcraft, just about every one of the MMO’s that I’ve come to consider some of my most favorite games – top of the line MMOs – are games that I initially didn’t much like...
So if there are some MMO’s you’ve recently dropped because they just didn’t do it for you in the first month you played, maybe they are worth a second look. And it might mean you have to stop looking at it in the light of it not being the game you want, but rather in the game that it is. And to figure out what that game is, it might mean spending some time gathering information from outside the game. While I agree it shouldn’t be that way, the reward might be that you find a game you actually do enjoy playing, even if it’s not the game you expected.
So if there are some MMO’s you’ve recently dropped because they just didn’t do it for you in the first month you played, maybe they are worth a second look. And it might mean you have to stop looking at it in the light of it not being the game you want, but rather in the game that it is. And to figure out what that game is, it might mean spending some time gathering information from outside the game. While I agree it shouldn’t be that way, the reward might be that you find a game you actually do enjoy playing, even if it’s not the game you expected.
With me these days, going back to old MMOs is a way of life
so I agree with these articles. Some games improve, others just need a second chance for you to see that maybe they aren't what you wanted them to be, but they have some value for what they are. It's worth a try, anyway.