So I'm getting a little fed up with some of the misleading genres that developers have been slapping on games nowadays.
Most notabably, "Free to Play" and "MMO".
Now, I understand that this is my opinion, and others might have a different opinion, but over the (many) years that I've been gaming, I've formed my own thoughts on these terms.
My issue with Free to Play is pretty simple; a lot of companies have been using this word to describe anything and everything that allows customers to try their game for free, even if it's basically just an extended demo (I'm looking at you, Blizzard).
The thing is, that isn't what Free to Play is supposed to mean. Free to Play should describe a game that gives equal chance for a Free player to beat the game, as a paying player. Whether that means competetive or player verses environment, if you have worse equipment in player verses player, or you can't max out the level of your character in player verses environment, it's NOT a free to play game.
I'm just going to stop here, 'cause I'm probably preaching to the choir with this.
Now my issue with "MMO" is when it applies to games like Star Conflict, Mechwarrior Online, or Hawken. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love these games. They're amazing! But they aren't MMO's. Some of you might disagree and argue that it's massively multiplayer because there's an extremely large amount of people playing it. But do we consider Call of Duty a "massively" multiplayer shooter? Halo? The only difference between these so-called MMO's and CoD is the fact that you have general chat.(Don't start flaming, I only meant multiplayer interaction, not the gameplay itself)
For a game to be classified as an MMO there needs to be some kind of interaction between players on a massive scale. Whether that means 32 verses 32 combat, or just being able to explore the universe while grouping up with other players, there needs to be something more than just general chat and an auction house.
I'm just getting tired of games using these misleading words. It's confusing and the companies are pretty much lying just to get more money.
Most notabably, "Free to Play" and "MMO".
Now, I understand that this is my opinion, and others might have a different opinion, but over the (many) years that I've been gaming, I've formed my own thoughts on these terms.
My issue with Free to Play is pretty simple; a lot of companies have been using this word to describe anything and everything that allows customers to try their game for free, even if it's basically just an extended demo (I'm looking at you, Blizzard).
The thing is, that isn't what Free to Play is supposed to mean. Free to Play should describe a game that gives equal chance for a Free player to beat the game, as a paying player. Whether that means competetive or player verses environment, if you have worse equipment in player verses player, or you can't max out the level of your character in player verses environment, it's NOT a free to play game.
I'm just going to stop here, 'cause I'm probably preaching to the choir with this.
Now my issue with "MMO" is when it applies to games like Star Conflict, Mechwarrior Online, or Hawken. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love these games. They're amazing! But they aren't MMO's. Some of you might disagree and argue that it's massively multiplayer because there's an extremely large amount of people playing it. But do we consider Call of Duty a "massively" multiplayer shooter? Halo? The only difference between these so-called MMO's and CoD is the fact that you have general chat.(Don't start flaming, I only meant multiplayer interaction, not the gameplay itself)
For a game to be classified as an MMO there needs to be some kind of interaction between players on a massive scale. Whether that means 32 verses 32 combat, or just being able to explore the universe while grouping up with other players, there needs to be something more than just general chat and an auction house.
I'm just getting tired of games using these misleading words. It's confusing and the companies are pretty much lying just to get more money.
