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Features of MMORPGs in 2020

2008-02-01 10:17:00 by Tobold in Tobold's MMORPG Blog
 
...MMORPGs. There are now several MMORPGs with several million players each and over $1 billion of annual revenues. MMOs have become big business. In view of the phantastic profits that are possible, development costs have gone up, and the production crew of a MMORPG now rivals a Hollywood film crew in size and budget. The latest release proudly...
 
Tags: game, game cards, players, combat, mmorpg combat, core, game graphics, core games, hardcore players
 
 
 
 
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The Solofication of MMORPGs

2008-03-31 09:14:00 by Tobold in Tobold's MMORPG Blog
 
...MMORPGs made soloing easier and easier, because that was what the customer wanted, until we arrived at World of Warcraft, where every single class is basically expected to solo all the way up to the level cap. There are differences in the speed at which the different classes and talent trees can solo, but even least soloable class can kill...
 
Tags: harder raid content, raid content, ultra-hard raid content, game raid content, solo, solo content, pve raid content, content, content patch
 
 
 
 
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An Interview with DrainingSouls.net on MMORPGs

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2008-02-21 13:43:48 by Daniel in DP's Gamer Blog:: Mighty Pirate!
...MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) in this blog so I thought that it was about high time I did. But I have no idea where to start, Ive never even played a MMORPG before. So to fix this Ive enlisted the help of DrainingSouls.nets Adrenis whom I recently interviewed to clear up some misconceptions and possibly help start...
 
Tags: play games, play, game, typical video game, play mmorpgs, mmorpgs, extensive free time, video game, time
 
 
 
 
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Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Mass market MMORPGs and hidden gems

2008-06-25 04:31:23 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
 
...MMORPGs and hidden gems I think you'll have noticed by now that I am a fan of mass market MMORPGs, and Richard Bartle is a fan of hidden gems. If I understand his explanation correctly this is because I play for fun, and he plays to look at the underlying mechanisms and innovation. I can agree with Dr. Bartle that if you make a list of...
 
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Mass market MMORPGs and hidden gems

2008-06-25 09:05:00 by Tobold in Tobold's MMORPG Blog
 
...MMORPGs and hidden gems I think you'll have noticed by now that I am a fan of mass market MMORPGs, and Richard Bartle is a fan of hidden gems. If I understand his explanation correctly this is because I play for fun, and he plays to look at the underlying mechanisms and innovation. I can agree with Dr. Bartle that if you make a list of...
 
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MMORPGs, the new religion

2008-02-19 08:14:00 by Tobold in Tobold's MMORPG Blog
 
...MMORPGs, be it WoW or WAR or another game. Reminds me a bit of a discussion I once had with a Catholic on whether Mary was a "virgin", or whether that was just a translation error from Aramaic. For me that was just a minor detail, but to him questioning that detail was equivalent to questioning the whole of Christian religion. The history of...
 
Tags: video game, game, simple game, mmorpgs, religion, fun pvp, pvp, mmorpg features, features
 
 
 
 
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Where are the Occult MMORPGs?

2008-03-22 06:25:14 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
 
...MMORPGs out there. Despite the industry being overwhelmed by fantasy MMOs, you can still get your fill of other types of games as well. There are plenty of Sci-fi MMORPGs, a Super Hero MMO (with 2 others in development), a couple Pirate themed MMOs. Hell, you even have some historical MMORPGs to choose from if you so desire (WWII Online, Roma...
 
Tags: mmorpgs, sci-fi mmorpgs, games, occult games, historical mmorpgs, super hero mmo, mmos, fantasy mmos, roma victor
 
 
 
 
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MMORPG - MMOCrunch - World of Warcraft: Top 6 Worst MMORPGs of All Time

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2008-05-15 14:35:18 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...MMORPGs on the market, but I thought it would be fun if we flipped it and took a look at the top 6 worst MMORGPs based on the composite scores at gamerankings.com . Im going to come out and say that out of the 6 Ive never played any of them, so dont get mad at me. 6. Final Fantasy XI Xbox360 - Square Enix - Avg. Score = 69.348 While the PC...
 
Tags: worst, worst mmorgps based, 5th worst mmorpg, mmorpg, time, worst mmorpg, online, sony online entertainment, game appears
 
 
 
 
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Voice Chat in MMORPGs

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2008-06-03 16:25:35 by Snafzg in The Greenskin
...MMORPGs because they can give an edge in hairy RvR situations and help build stronger relationships with guild mates. In my experience, they also bring an entertainment value you just cant experience through scrolling text. Meltdowns in guild chat are one thing but an extended rant over voice chat ups the hilarity by a factor of ten! Voice...
 
Tags: voice chat, voice, voice chat programs, voice chat ups, mmorpgs, programs, text, ascii text interaction, poor hand positions
 
 
 
 
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The Greenskin: Voice Chat in MMORPGs

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2008-06-03 18:29:48 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...MMORPGs because they can give an edge in hairy RvR situations and help build stronger relationships with guild mates. In my experience, they also bring an entertainment value you just cant experience through scrolling text. Meltdowns in guild chat are one thing but an extended rant over voice chat ups the hilarity by a factor of ten! Voice...
 
Tags: voice chat, voice, voice chat programs, voice chat ups, mmorpgs, programs, text, ascii text interaction, poor hand positions