Post by Morreion on Aug 2, 2010 8:47:48 GMT -5
The Daily Grind: Do you like minigames in MMOs? (Massively)
I loooooove minigames in my MMOs! Fishing can often be surprisingly fun (it was even useful in WoW), and going back to UO, where minigames abounded, I remember playing chess or checkers in taverns, writing books in-game to put in the Britannia Library for others to find, and even growing garden plants.
I remember being on master level raids in DAoC where at the occasional pause in the action characters would play dice. Little touches like that are great.
I really like the fact that MMOs can be virtual worlds, and the more you have to do in a virtual world the better it is. Fighting and crafting are fine, but more variety is better.
Quick: What does cooking in Free Realms, diplomacy in Vanguard, fishing in World of Warcraft and horse racing in Lord of the Rings Online have in common? Other than being fantastic wastes of time (I kid, I kid), they're all types of minigames added to our MMOs by ambitious developers who were looking for ways other than "smash with club" to accomplish tasks in game.
Some minigames are little more than whimsical diversions, set out for players looking to blow a few minutes on a cute activity. Other minigames are crucial to achieving goals, as players engage in them to get money, level up professions or even succeed at a raid.
Some minigames are little more than whimsical diversions, set out for players looking to blow a few minutes on a cute activity. Other minigames are crucial to achieving goals, as players engage in them to get money, level up professions or even succeed at a raid.
I loooooove minigames in my MMOs! Fishing can often be surprisingly fun (it was even useful in WoW), and going back to UO, where minigames abounded, I remember playing chess or checkers in taverns, writing books in-game to put in the Britannia Library for others to find, and even growing garden plants.
I remember being on master level raids in DAoC where at the occasional pause in the action characters would play dice. Little touches like that are great.
I really like the fact that MMOs can be virtual worlds, and the more you have to do in a virtual world the better it is. Fighting and crafting are fine, but more variety is better.
