I think you and Spinks are both correct about MMO’s not needing to last for years, and sometimes we stay past the point where the game is fun. Mostly, for me, that’s when I’ve made good friends and I enjoy their company.

Bildo, I don’t think I necessarily want to return to a specific game, but I do think that I’m looking for the feeling of those games. Shoot, maybe what I miss is being surprised by an MMO. EQ and DAoC were revolutionary in the community sense, at least for me. It multiplied my MUD experiences by a big factor. I remember busy days on our MUD’s would see 100 people logged in.

Hmm, that could be it, actually. There were only a few websites were people gathered, it felt easier to get to know the community (now people are spread out across lots of forums and websites), answers are easier to come by (we used to ask questions on forums, now we look up answers at Alla’s and Thott).

So no, I don’t necessarily want to return to EQ, or to DAoC, but yeah, I do want to be surprised by a world again, and to feel that early sense of community again. You can’t go home again, right? Maybe I just need to consign that to nostalgia and spend my time enjoying the genre as it matures.

I cant wait for it to come out.

Any way feel free to download the Trailer from here http://koolgamerz.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=22

If it’s in a non-testing period that explains everything

There’s a lot to be said for exploring lots of MMORPGs and then moving on when you get to a boring part. In the hope that somehow a developer will figure out a way to make the endgame more fun.

And I agree with JoBildo that people seem to think a MMORPG has to last for years … I bet the average player’s subscription is less than 18 months.

I ask this, because it’s often the case that one turns to “forward-thinking” when all they really wish for is to be able to go back to that first love.

Getting past that is hard too. It becomes about just having fun in any world for as long as you can and knowing when it’s okay to move on.

People think MMOGs NEED to last for years, and ideally that would be how they are. But it’s entirely feasible and positively okay if you as a player only get a few weeks out of them before you realize it’s not for you.

It sucks, because then it becomes like any other game genre… you always find yourself waiting for the next release. This is a familiar pattern as a console gamer. New awesome game comes out, you play it, beat it… and then wait for the next one.

It’s doubly painful for an MMOGamer because we see few quality releases each year and so there’s always that HOPE that one game will last a player AT LEAST a year before feeling the urge to try something new.

But don’t feel bad if nothing does that… it’s natural.

It’s also a game that would go well with WoW. There’s (presumably) no subscription fee, so you just pay 50 bucks once. And the easy items and neverending monsters will be a nice break from WoW.

@ Chuck - You’re right that I left out the storytelling. That could be the best part of the entire experience, and potentially well worth my short attention span with action RPG’s.

@ Hudson - Your comment made me laugh I don’t necessarily agree (we might have different interpretations of entertaining), but yeah, a tight, well-written, fast-paced game might be more entertaining the first time through than some MMO’s.

Plus Blizzard said that the storyline of Diablo III is one of the pieces that they are devoting alot of attention to. This is natural due to the fact that video games need good plot to survive these days.

We all have to remember that the last Diablo came out in 2001…and that was an expansion! Alot has changed in the industry, no doubt. But I have enough faith in Blizzard to know that they can implement an older game model with current technology to create a fresh and invigorating world.

At that time, WoW was just getting going or even still in beta. I think the desire to rework Battle.net into a true gaming network is one of the driving forces behind D3’s creation.

That and also, yes… some folks do love the simplicity of such games now and then. Myself especially. Occasionally, it’s just really nice to boot up and get that absolutely instant gratification compared to the time it can take to accomplish anything in an MMOG.