Is the MMORPG genre waiting to die?
646This one has been bothering me for a little while, or more specifically a long while. As an MMORPG player for the last 24+ years, I feel we have been "waiting" for a game for the better part of the last decade. Even when we find a game, we are "only playing that game" until the next game comes out.
Many people have told me they are only playing GW2, or WoW, or MO2 until Ashes of Creation comes out. Well, is Ashes going to be the next game? Or is it going to be "the" game we play for a decade?
In August of 2013 we got FFXIV and then Archeage had its Western release shortly there after and that took care of people who wanted a Themepark other than WoW or a sandbox other than Eve. Since then there has been a whole series of failures and game cancellations.
Some people will mention New World, and if New World is your thing, I'm happy it is your thing, but is it really your thing? Or are you fooling yourself that New World is a good game? Is it a good game or are you "just playing it" until the next game comes out.
We've seen Bless Online, Revelation Online, Riders of Icarus, and Elyon fail and shut down (along with the players money) yet people still flocked to those games because they are "waiting" for the next big thing.
As a community of MMORPG players, we are still waiting on Camelot Unchained, Start Citizen, Ashes of Creation, Pantheon, and Chronicles of Elyria, but we have no idea when and if any of them will come and if they do come will they be any good.
What do you say? Do you have an opinion on any of the games? Do you think the MMORPG genre is healthy? Do you think its beyond saving?
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