Gods & Heroes
I managed to avoid Ultimate Online and Everquest. But I couldn't fight the siren call of MMORPGs for long.
Oscar Wilde said it best: The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
So first, it was Final Fantasy XI (because missinformed got it for me). Spent a few months in it, the most entertainment I got out of -that- was paranoidtj insisting on playing a Black Mage because OMG THEY'RE SO POWERFUL and getting pwned by low level mobs every 5 minutes.
Then it was City of Heroes, because I have a weakness for superheroes (uh... maybe that should be superheroines). Had -so- much fun there, but after a year, it got old. Not enough high level content, the beauty of playing 'Barbie' with superheroes got old because there wasn't that much new material. I probably wouldn't have left if it wasn't for a patch being incapable with my (old) graphics card. Sigh.
Somehow, I managed to dodge the City of Villains bullet even though I got into the beta. I was always working in the primetime in which you could actually play it.
Finally, the World of Warcraft. Again, spent about a year in it. I played the hell out of it when I was there, was going through a rough patch in life because of work, changing jobs, etc. Finally got out because it wasn't fun anymore and chewed up -way- too much time. Spending X amount of hours just to go through a dungeon for the -chance- to get a blue (rare) item? Insane. It's probably the biggest reason I put on a bit of weight.
I might venture back into the world again. The World of Warcraft expansion looks like it has my name on it. I must say, though, Gods & Heroes does too. You can't tell me that this doesn't look cool. Or am I the only one with a weakness for mythology (Greek/Roman, especially)?
Oscar Wilde said it best: The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
So first, it was Final Fantasy XI (because missinformed got it for me). Spent a few months in it, the most entertainment I got out of -that- was paranoidtj insisting on playing a Black Mage because OMG THEY'RE SO POWERFUL and getting pwned by low level mobs every 5 minutes.
Then it was City of Heroes, because I have a weakness for superheroes (uh... maybe that should be superheroines). Had -so- much fun there, but after a year, it got old. Not enough high level content, the beauty of playing 'Barbie' with superheroes got old because there wasn't that much new material. I probably wouldn't have left if it wasn't for a patch being incapable with my (old) graphics card. Sigh.
Somehow, I managed to dodge the City of Villains bullet even though I got into the beta. I was always working in the primetime in which you could actually play it.
Finally, the World of Warcraft. Again, spent about a year in it. I played the hell out of it when I was there, was going through a rough patch in life because of work, changing jobs, etc. Finally got out because it wasn't fun anymore and chewed up -way- too much time. Spending X amount of hours just to go through a dungeon for the -chance- to get a blue (rare) item? Insane. It's probably the biggest reason I put on a bit of weight.
I might venture back into the world again. The World of Warcraft expansion looks like it has my name on it. I must say, though, Gods & Heroes does too. You can't tell me that this doesn't look cool. Or am I the only one with a weakness for mythology (Greek/Roman, especially)?