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[MONKEYMAN8]

RPGs own MMOs because an MMO is designed so that you have to play a lot to get anywhere

[Hadel]

I'm interested in knowing one thing: can you please provide a source for where you saw that MMORPGs are the most popularly played genre in the world? While it's certainly believable, I am just curious to see the article or chart or whatever that you got that from.Now, I realize you're probably not here right now, considering this is over 2 weeks old, but still would be nice to see. =pOh, and I think MMORPGs are usually pretty boring. RPGs can generally boring games anyway, gameplay-wise, and are heavily driven by story. MMORPG on the other hand has both monotonous gameplay AND a severe lack of story. I tend to like action RPGs or RTS games (Heroes of Mana is cool for me with the RPG/RTS mix) because they get you a little more involved and active than you would normally be. While MMORPGs can get you active, a lot of it still seems to be based on just leveling up a bunch and fighting the same things a bunch, sometimes having to gather together a team and coming up with a quick strategy to take down a tough boss (only once in a while). I used to play MMORPGs but haven't in quite a while.

[DJ Night Force 9]

I personally prefer to play the traditional single player RPGs but I will not deny that there are great advantages to MMORPGs which could never be reached by standard ones. Most notably is character and world development. In a single player RPG there's only so much you can do. Once you complete the main quest as well as all bonus/side ones (if any), then what? All that time powering up and making your way through will just sit idle on your memory card or cartridge until you decide to begin again. In other words, when the game ends, that's it. There's nothing to do further and it's not like you can use your awesome powerful characters in other games. However, MMORPGs remedy this problem as they can be readily expanded (or at least the better ones like word of warcraft can). This means there is no end to the adventure and you can probably power up your character up forever. In addition, there's the interactive aspect which is lacking in standard RPGs. You can't go on with a pile of friends on different computers/consoles, team up, and play together. So yeah, even though I'm limited to these standard RPGs due to internet connection and lack of available funds to spend on this kind of stuff, I have to admit, MMORPGs are the way to go and certainly part of the reason why a popular series like final fantasy that was single player for so long decided to try out the MMORPG world.