General Discussion

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Originally posted by jeddak
After 9 years of mmog's one thing I have yet to see is a version of the game that allows you to experience the game in an offline version (and I doubt I there will ever be such a thing) but I wonder if it has ever happened. I know Diablo could be played this way (although it isn't a mmog) but I always enjoyed the fact that you could use your character and play it offline and I feel that this way of playing has a undeveloped but useful niche in gaming left to be filled. So when the day comes that your favorite game shuts down (ala earth and beyond or AC2) you can still experience a form of the game using a copy of your main character instead of just forever losing all that time spent playing a game (and a useless box on your shelf).

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diablos were both infested with cheaters just because you could play your characters offline.

and i dont really understand why someone would want to play mmorpgs offline...isn't the whole idea of MMORPG to be a game you can play with others?

Age of conan when its out :D

First 20 levels are offline

I think this is a good idea and it's probally to stop noobs being ganked

I think you can play Minions of Mirth offline.

Taken from the website:
"Minions of Mirth is a massively single player, multiplayer, persistent world RPG.
It's epic scope and diverse gameplay will keep novice and hardcore players coming back for more, and more!

Gameplay Features:

• Windows and OSX support!
• Massively Single Player Gameplay(tm)!!!
• Cooperative and Player vs Player Multiplayer
• No monthly service fees for Multiplayer!
• Autopatcher delivers immediate content and feature upgrades!!!
• Host your own persistent worlds with your own original content!
• Immortal access to your own world where you can control time, weather, spawns, items, etc
• 10 playable races with distinct look, feel, and SIZE!!! Huge Drakken and tiny little Halflings!!!
• Beautiful zones with huge playable area and vistas! Dark dungeons and sprawling wilderness!
• 2 hours of original music!
• Masterfully animated 3d monster models with stunningly realistic textures
• Spine-chilling sound effects!
• Day/Night cycles with gameplay tied to time of day
• Immersive weather effects based on zone climate
• Multiclass your characters all the way to level 100 in up to 3 classes!
• Material based clothing system
• Over 50 3d weapon models
• 100's of in game items with high resolution graphics and magical effects!
• Political Factions
• Quest Journal
• Online Help
• Vendors sell items and restock at regular intervals
• Trade items and currency with other players!
• 3d Automap
• Versatile Spell System (invisibility, wind walking, Teleportation, Healing, Nukes, DoTs, etc)
• Summon pets, equip them, and order them to destroy your foes!
• Powerful Skills (Feign Death, Bloodletting, Rage, Volitation, Archery, Grevious Wound, Precise Shot, etc)
• Form your own party of up to 6 characters
• Form multiplayer alliances with up to 36 characters
• Add, remove, or even create new characters at Inns, without ever leaving the game!
• Powerful modding system including RPG Database (with live recompiles) and Realtime Zone Editing
• Advanced users can SSH into their world and edit the game while it's running from an interactive Python shell.
• Global, World, Zone, Area, Alliance, and Private chat channels
• Global Chat system is hooked up to IRC, so you can chat with people in and out of the game, even spanning worlds! "

link: http://www.prairiegames.com/games.html

Much of the content of an MMORPG involves groups of players, so I see no reason for an offline single player version. Being able to level your character both offline and online is certainly out of the question, as this would give an opportunity for cheats similar to the ones used in Diablo 2.

After all, there are many good RPGs you can play, like Gothic, Arx Fatalis, Dungeon Siege, Sacred, etc, etc, that the content is tailored for a single player.

Phantasy Star online could be played in both online and offline modes, and i think it counts as a mmorpg.