I have been an avid MMOer since '98. Pretty much have played every major MMO title that has come out. Some I enjoyed...others not so much. Ultima Online was by far my favorite. I have been popping in there every now and again to see how things are. N lately found it...well not the same game I once loved.
Normally over the past ten plus years of gaming, I have always had a sub to one game or another. Ya know start a new one n cancell the old. Now for the first time...I cancelled my UO account (yet again) and have not nor do I intend to subscribe to any of the current MMO list. Even looking towards the next year in releases...I doubt I will be subscribing to any of the MMO list.
Hopefully the future will bring out something that grabs my attention n is able to hold me for a few years, rather than a few months. UO kept me goin for 6 years straight, n SWG held me for about a year or so. Most others, only a few months.
Not saying that the current crop of MMOs are bad...but they just all feel the same. All about leveling, getting that uber gear. And many are suffering from large worlds n low population scattered about.
So now I find myself looking forward to single player RPGs. Playing 'The Witcher', 'Mount & Blade', 'NWN 2', 'GTA4', and other such titles. Hopefully 2010 will be a year I can look forward to again with MMOs. But the kick in the pants AoC did, I am pretty much staying away from MMO releases, n anything that does catch my fancy will wait till a few months into the game.
But for now...wonder what I can do with that whopping $15.00/month I will be saving...
