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[Sentenza]

Of all the ideas I would put into reality if I could that I've had over the years, this is the one I want to see the most.

Eh, just out of curiosity and to remark the coincidence, I'm going to back my previous claim and prove I wanted this for a long time linking to you an old post where I stated it openly:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41181374&postcount=59

 

[fluffydelusions]

Without friends MMOs are very boring for me. I've always played them with either real life friends or people I met in other games. The draw of MMOs for me was always the PvP, and you need a good team of friends to do well at that.

I always had fun playing mmos with no friends. Just met people in game to play with

 

[J-Tier]

Free-to-Play competitive MMOs have some of the worst communities though. Many swarming with vicious trolls, scammers and apathetic assholes. Despite that, I still had fun with them ~6 years back.

 

[Lain]

Or is/was it just a fad?

I've never played an MMO before, and now my brother is trying to get me to start WoW with him. Having no experience with the genre, I have no clue what to expect. I generally love RPGs, so I am curious, but are they actually enjoyable? Because from reading GAF all I see is them all being generalized as full of fetch quests, level grinding, and slay x amount of y monster. They sound like as much a chore as anything. It also seems like any MMO not named WoW seems to have trouble gaining any footing.

So what say you GAF? Is MMO actually a good genre in general? Or were they popularized by novelty? Could someone who has never experienced the genre still enjoy it?

MMOs can be amazing or they can be complete shit, but it is usually based on the gameplay.
I've been playing them for years and I find them the most interesting genre to play. There is a lot of freedom, you can do what you want and still reach goals.
Someone who has never experienced a MMO is exactly the kind of person that will enjoy them the most, because there is no other time like the first time.

 

[Jac_Solar]

I think the current MMO's like Lord of the Rings Online and World of Warcraft are mediocre. However, Asherons Call, which is an MMO from 1999, is my favorite game of all time.