Originally posted by sxvs

Originally posted by Hodo

The thing is with MMOs, we all search for that game that started it all for us.   Its like losing your virginity or your first car, no matter who you end up with or what you end up with you will always remember that first one with some form of fondness.  (excluding any traumatic events)

 

Trust me I still look back at my days in UO with a great deal of fondness and I have been looking for the MMO sandbox that holds my attention as long or as deeply as that did.   I had found one that was VERY close, Star Quest Online, but the developer is an idiot and gave up on the game.    There are a few others that are interesting, like Wurm Online and Xsyon but they are lacking that "thing" that will keep me there.  

 

I know Roma Victor was another game that kept me around for a LONG time, and it died about 3 years ago, but it was another game developed by fools.  

 

 

 i guess that's somewhat true but for me my first mmo was final fantasy 11 and i absolutely loved my time with that, after that i moved on to warcraft and i had so much fun over the years playing that.

so.. it does seem like it's possible to continue to have fun.. tried many others but i just haven't found a third game to follow those 2.

(edit not sure how i quoted myself in an original post)

Its a bug with the forum setup that MMORPG uses, quoting yourself.  

Its what I call the "Chasing Amy syndrome".   Where you are constantly looking for that one game that fits that feel for a perfect MMO.   Often times we attribute this to the first major MMO we play and are addicted to.   Kind of like that same feeling that drug users get after their first hit of something, how nothing after that is ever that good, and you keep trying till you get that feeling again.    Like I still remember my first taste of M&Ms 30+ years ago at a birthday party.     I have tried thousands of M&Ms and every so often I get a bag that tasted like that day.

Honestly I'm in the same boat here as well. Just looking for that new game that will bring back that insatiable desire to play and experience a whole virtual world with friends and guildies. WoW has lost its wow-factor and I also was never a fan of the cartoony graphics in the first-place, but after this many years it really stands out and bothers me more than it ever did. 

Rift was great with graphics and like was said a few posts earlier it improved on WoW yet still kept the overall feel. Yet, still it wasn't enough. The problem was the fact that it kept the WoW feel and after 6 years of that and so many improvements in computer technology it felt stale and lacked the same evolution in the software gameplay compared to the hardware that runs it. 

SWTOR....well....I'm not even going to go there. So here we are at TESO. Thats my next hope and looks good that finally we are moving in to real-time combat and targeting. Gone are the days of WoW-like cooldowns and massive amounts of hot-bars. Not a fan of faction locked zones, but I'm still crossing fingers.

Honestly we need a persistent ever changing world environment and just sheer depth in complexity of MMOs from here on out. 

I think immersiveness is the key to really revitalizing the MMO genre. Im hoping TESO offers 1st person view as an option. Combine 1st person with an Oculus Rift, which is slated to have there first consumer model VR headset ready to ship later this year , and it could be an insane combo. 

Originally posted by Simsejensen

Im sick of this.

 

I SO badly want to play a MMORPG that keeps me up all night, or wake up some hours before work, just to play. I love playing these types of games, and i actually WANT to do this....

Why, whyyy, whyyyyyy!

Because you can't stay in college forever?

Originally posted by Icewhite

Originally posted by Simsejensen

Im sick of this.

 

I SO badly want to play a MMORPG that keeps me up all night, or wake up some hours before work, just to play. I love playing these types of games, and i actually WANT to do this....

Why, whyyy, whyyyyyy!

Because you can't stay in college forever?

Damn, and I wanted to so badly.... but my parents said 4 years and you're done bud. (knew I had a great deal)
 

Sigh, working for a living ever since.

Most of the MMOs that has released, past 10 years now. Looks old, Not much has improved on the graphic side at all. The games are pretty much played the same aswell... no originality anymore. Sadly, Bandwagon games being released ever year. I havent been stuck to a MMO since UO,Asheron's Call,FFXI online,EVE. WAR had me for a moment. But all other games have been few weeks fun. Then uninstall.  Was convinced to buy GW2... 25$ waste... took me 3 hours from install to uninstall. Same happened last weekend, installed TERA. After a day, uninstalled.

So i'm REALLY hoping for a new MMO to suck me in and keep me there for years to come...I hope it'll be TESO, or Archeage (But i doubt AA will keep me for long)

There are 2 games that I have 'loved' and thats UO and WoW. Obviously for different reasons. If I were you, I'd just go back to WoW with a fresh outlook. For what it is, a quest based game, there simply is nothing that comes close. There never will be, how can you beat a game with an 8 year head start and billions of dollars of revenue.

Anyway, until something really different comes along, why play a crappy clone?

Originally posted by EndDream

There are 2 games that I have 'loved' and thats UO and WoW. Obviously for different reasons. If I were you, I'd just go back to WoW with a fresh outlook. For what it is, a quest based game, there simply is nothing that comes close. There never will be, how can you beat a game with an 8 year head start and billions of dollars of revenue.

Anyway, until something really different comes along, why play a crappy clone?

True that, But the problem is... for me, not really in mood to buy the last 3-4 WoW Expansions.

Originally posted by ikarrian

Originally posted by EndDream

There are 2 games that I have 'loved' and thats UO and WoW. Obviously for different reasons. If I were you, I'd just go back to WoW with a fresh outlook. For what it is, a quest based game, there simply is nothing that comes close. There never will be, how can you beat a game with an 8 year head start and billions of dollars of revenue.

Anyway, until something really different comes along, why play a crappy clone?

True that, But the problem is... for me, not really in mood to buy the last 3-4 WoW Expansions.

They are on sale really cheap right now.

Originally posted by XAPGames

I know the feeling.  I haven't found it either.  At the moment I'm playing SP RPG on a tablet.  Sad, but at least it's fun.

 

What's SP? 

Originally posted by sxvs

i'm in the same boat, i badly want to find a new home mmo.

the main thing i want is an amazing world to live in, as if it's alive/organic... one that i can explore with many options available/not being restrictive.

 

where you could fish and you could almost fish up something new every session, not where there was just a set list of things you know you're going to fish up.

 

or with real time day/night cycles, weather... calamities, real time world wide events, etc.

 

maybe what i'm looking for isn't possible or realistic.

 

 

 

 

AC1 and 2 have day/night and weather.

They are also seamless with large worlds to explore. There is no linear path, go do what you want. At the top end crafted weapons/armor are typically the best as well creating more for players to do and intereact with one another.

They have run live events here and there in AC1, and probably will for AC2 at some point now that it is back.

I almost feel as if i wrote the OP its so true for me as well, like exactly. 

I find myself wasting time in Path of Exile and LoL waiting for SimCity to hold me over until Final Fantasy 14 ARR and hopefully all will be good for a while there. Just getting the occasional MMO itch and find myself browsing these forums from time to time longing for the golden MMO days. Why did we go from having 3-5 options down to like 1ish?

Originally posted by magio201865
Eve online pvp will keep u up all night

I'm surprised not to see more poeples suggesting Eve...

If you have a big play-time it's really the only MMO worth playing atm.

You will find the biggest MMO ever made, some of the most impressive gamers' organisations, and no matter what you like : PvE, PvP, RPing, Crafting, exploring or WHATEVER.... Eve can provide it.

I'm in the same boat like most I guess... MMORPGs can't keep me hooked for too long anymore. Gave Fallen Earth a try (again) last xmas, stayed with it for 6 weeks and got bored. Same with WoW. I resubbed this month with a 60-day timecard and I feel like I have to play because I paid for it :s

The 3 things on the horizon I'm waiting for are

• Neverwinter, but it'll prolly be a fail because it's from Cryptic and uses somewhat fixed weapon/class stuff (from what I hear). But I hope it'll give somewhat of a D&D experience like I had back in the days I played AD&D2e with friends, making NW my story and not theirs...
• Age of Wushu. Though a lot of bad news goes around here and I don't like martial art games, the PvP system with criminal rules does sound tempting (VERY tempting actually :D)
• Archeage - DUHUH ^^ And the best thing is that TRION will be hosting it. They just ROCK!!!!

I feel you OP, after Wrath in WoW I totally lost interest and havent found an MMO to really suck me in.

I came from B.net, Starcraft, Warcraft, Diablo series all sucked me in instantly. SC2 and Diablo3 failed to do so, starting to think I am just a lost cause at this point. LoL did capture me for quite a few months, afterwards the community really turned me off.

I would say I am looking for a more online experience with world PVP/general PVP with no restrictions. Forced ladder, no open pvp, zergfest or extremely broken pvp that goes on for months just have me exhausted.

For me, the best times I have had in online games -

Starcraft Vanilla, BW for UMS. Diablo 2: LoD gear running/pvp, Halo, and twinking prior to cross realm BGs.

same here, I want to find really great, unique, fun and addictive game!
so far found only hype about and got disappointed by GW2.

WoW still the ever best of all I could find, as it very large world and can suite to almost all play style.

Rift is not bad, but seems to be more "limited" as WoW.

Forsaken World is f2p WoW substitute but it too grindy compare to WoW and way too small.

Runes of Magic is all about "pay-to-win", not FUN if you don't pay a lot, not worth paying for either, IMO.

Tera + Aion offer too much grind instate of fun.

Eve could be interesting but it has established community and it's Si-Fi.

Looking for Elder Scrolls too, but not sure if it will be too much about PvP or not, as PvP for me is occasional only fun.

OP as i read your post i felt as if it was me talking. I completly am in the same boat. Sadly wow is beyond dead for me. Rift is good but not worth my money. People say eve but recently, i have been trying to play eve and i am a sandbox lover, but it eve is just to boring, even in combat i see myself yawning.

It is at its heart a sandbox interface game and that is why eve is allowed such expansive progression and builds. Eve truly does not have any exploration due to the fact that its all "wallpaper" but still a great game but not for those who want that real mmorpg feel. I can say my one true hope is Archage because of its rembalance to swg. I am currently playing darkfall unholy wars beta. Its fun... But its beta. then comes teso and the curiosity of wildstar. Let us hope soon something will catch our long lost yerning attention,love, and gamerness.