Like many others, I downloaded and tried Allods Online. I figured, it’s free – why not? I’ve tried many other games for the same reason. I actually thought Allods Online was great, for the 6 levels that I played. It had great production quality, felt good, I liked the unique Gibberlings race, I thought the environment was beautiful in the way that WoW is beautiful. There was nothing wrong with it. I only lasted one evening.
However, it made me realize that I don’t really even like the standard MMORPG anymore. I don’t really care for starting up as level 1 in a multiplayer world and hacking and slashing away at enemies and performing quests. I don’t want to start over as a fledgling and grow up as a strong and powerful character. I don’t want to read all of the mundane and bland quests. I am tired of the genre. This makes me sad.
My MMO of choice is World of Warcraft. I still love the game. I love my druid, I love the story, the lore, the characters, the world, the environment. They’ve done everything right for me. I can keep going and trying every MMO that comes out like I have been for the past 6 years, but it’s a colossal waste of cash for me. Take Everquest 2 for example – a great game, nothing wrong with it, but since 2004 I cannot for the life of me stay interested in it. I tried hard to stick with LotRO, didn’t like it. I’ve tried every game, and I’m bored within a day or two. WoW is the only game that continuously holds my attention (and my subscription).
I’m not sure what it is, but I think it’s just I’m tired of the MMO mechanics. They bore me to no end. If I’m not already invested in the story – I will be bored. I don’t even have anyone to play WoW with (besides my boyfriend who runs alts all day) and I still love the game. I don’t even have to raid and see the end game to stay interested.
I’d love to write more about MMOs here, because I know the few RSS subscribers I have are mostly interested in MMOs or virtual worlds. I just don’t care enough about them anymore to keep writing about them…and I think I’m fooling myself to keep thinking I can keep this blog MMORPG-focused. So I’m not going to try anymore. I’m going to write about what I’m caring about at the time, and it might be local shit, it might be casual games, it might be social media, it might be something I’m thinking, or movies, or music, or whateverthefuck. I figure, I manage to do that successfully on my Twitter account…why not here?
So, it’s the end of an era. Goodbye Cuppytalk in an MMO sense. Hello Cuppytalk in a “this is what is on Tami’s mind” sense. Be warned.
Tami Baribeau is the Associate Producer for Metaplace, Inc, currently working on Island Life. She is also the Lead Editor of feminist gaming blog The Border House, and the National Facebook Games Examiner for Examiner.com. She can be reached on Twitter or by email.
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Just to let you know, I’ll still be reading.
“This is what is on Tami’s mind” is why I subscribed in the first place!
Awesome : ) Glad to still have ya!
I couldn’t get into EQ2 for long. I just don’t know why. I have played on and off for years but I prefer the first- EQ.
I know what you mean though it’s hard to stick with a lot of MMOs out there. There are a few I always go back to though.
I came here for the life of Cuppy. If MMO is a part of your life, I’d read it, and if it isn’t, I’ll still be glad all the same and read it.
Awww, <3 Thanks!
I’m still reading. I didn’t realise there was meant to be an MMORPG focus and I subscribed for the casual games and social media. [Well, yeah, I'm a sucker for virtual worlds, but it's not like I don't read that everywhere else]
Facebook games and crazy phone apps are just as interesting as WoW.
What am I saying: fresh or under-realised markets for the industry to develop into are much more interesting than WoW…
I’m glad you found my blog.