Random Musings of a Lost Mind
Does anyone else go through phases where they miss old games that they played?
If I had all the time in the world, I probably still wouldn't go back to them though. Every now and then I get the urge to go back to Everquest 1 (the original *massive* MORPG) just for the simpler times and the extreme amount of fun I had playing that game when it first started coming out. The Planes of Power expansion was one I wish I could have fully explored, but never got good enough to do it (nor was my computer strong enough to handle it). I miss when Ultima Online first came out, and I had property of my own near a dungeon that wasn't overrun by PKers at the time. I miss my first year in Final Fantasy when I was leveling white mage and beastmaster and didn't have relic and other stuff to fill my head with.
Generally, I miss the period of fun when games first come out. All the games I've played in the past now seem to be ruled by RMT. The recent price hikes on everything in game during the holidays in FFXI leads me to believe FFXI is not far from the path of EQ1 and UO. I tried going back to UO a long time ago, but the game wasn't the same, and the people playing were just as vicious, and you couldn't buy a house and place one, you had to buy it from someone else and play a hell of a lot of gold. I tried going back to EQ when the Instanced dungeons expansion came out, but to me those instanced dungeons ruined the game. FFXI is starting to have that same effect on me I feel, though I blame a lot of the problems I have with it on player greed with things like currency, I also feel the implementation of some things hasn't been spot on due to SE's behalf. Seriously, I hope they weren't thinking the new areas of Dynamis were going to increase currency supply *cough*AF2+1*cough*.
FFXI is the longest I've ever stayed with one game though. Besides the fact that I love Final Fantasy, there was a lot that I'm capable of doing [though I feel I've run out of fresh things to do], whereas stuff like raiding in EQ didn't seem to suit my fancy as much. I remember us raiding a city of giants on Velious (wow I remembered the name) one time, and it was ok, but I definitely was placed in a backseat position being a cleric at the time. Raids in FFXI are a little more engaging than I recall in EQ. I honestly can't even remember what an xp party was like in EQ now. What's sad is haven't been able to play a console game since picking up FFXI. I tried playing a Pokemon game (I used to loooooove pokemon) that was on the GameCube, but I found it way too slow. I wonder if I'm going to feel the same about FFXII when it comes out (assuming I get a chance to play it).
I dunno what to do about FFXI. When I quit a game, I usually don't come back, and if I do, it's only to realize why I quit the game in the first place. I'm not ready to quit FFXI, because I still feel it's a cheap form of safe entertainment. WoW is enticing yes, it is something that I would love to play and get to know, but as I said when I first picked up FFXI, I don't know if I have the heart to start all over on another MMORPG. It took a lot of time to create my character in the game, and I don't know if I want to start over and rededicate a different chunk of my life to a new MMORPG. I've been playing FFXI for over two years now, that's a long time for me.
Is it wrong for me to miss the simpler times? Mining outside that mining town (Midoc or something?) in UO? Killing Orcs in Crushbone with my Wood Elf or Dwarf? Playing with Mandragoras outside Windurst? All simpler times where success came easy and it was fun.
If I had all the time in the world, I probably still wouldn't go back to them though. Every now and then I get the urge to go back to Everquest 1 (the original *massive* MORPG) just for the simpler times and the extreme amount of fun I had playing that game when it first started coming out. The Planes of Power expansion was one I wish I could have fully explored, but never got good enough to do it (nor was my computer strong enough to handle it). I miss when Ultima Online first came out, and I had property of my own near a dungeon that wasn't overrun by PKers at the time. I miss my first year in Final Fantasy when I was leveling white mage and beastmaster and didn't have relic and other stuff to fill my head with.
Generally, I miss the period of fun when games first come out. All the games I've played in the past now seem to be ruled by RMT. The recent price hikes on everything in game during the holidays in FFXI leads me to believe FFXI is not far from the path of EQ1 and UO. I tried going back to UO a long time ago, but the game wasn't the same, and the people playing were just as vicious, and you couldn't buy a house and place one, you had to buy it from someone else and play a hell of a lot of gold. I tried going back to EQ when the Instanced dungeons expansion came out, but to me those instanced dungeons ruined the game. FFXI is starting to have that same effect on me I feel, though I blame a lot of the problems I have with it on player greed with things like currency, I also feel the implementation of some things hasn't been spot on due to SE's behalf. Seriously, I hope they weren't thinking the new areas of Dynamis were going to increase currency supply *cough*AF2+1*cough*.
FFXI is the longest I've ever stayed with one game though. Besides the fact that I love Final Fantasy, there was a lot that I'm capable of doing [though I feel I've run out of fresh things to do], whereas stuff like raiding in EQ didn't seem to suit my fancy as much. I remember us raiding a city of giants on Velious (wow I remembered the name) one time, and it was ok, but I definitely was placed in a backseat position being a cleric at the time. Raids in FFXI are a little more engaging than I recall in EQ. I honestly can't even remember what an xp party was like in EQ now. What's sad is haven't been able to play a console game since picking up FFXI. I tried playing a Pokemon game (I used to loooooove pokemon) that was on the GameCube, but I found it way too slow. I wonder if I'm going to feel the same about FFXII when it comes out (assuming I get a chance to play it).
I dunno what to do about FFXI. When I quit a game, I usually don't come back, and if I do, it's only to realize why I quit the game in the first place. I'm not ready to quit FFXI, because I still feel it's a cheap form of safe entertainment. WoW is enticing yes, it is something that I would love to play and get to know, but as I said when I first picked up FFXI, I don't know if I have the heart to start all over on another MMORPG. It took a lot of time to create my character in the game, and I don't know if I want to start over and rededicate a different chunk of my life to a new MMORPG. I've been playing FFXI for over two years now, that's a long time for me.
Is it wrong for me to miss the simpler times? Mining outside that mining town (Midoc or something?) in UO? Killing Orcs in Crushbone with my Wood Elf or Dwarf? Playing with Mandragoras outside Windurst? All simpler times where success came easy and it was fun.