What's your opinion of World of Warcraft and MMORPG's?

[SsilverR]

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i remember once starting a thread because i was scared to buy world of warcraft haha check it out .. some people had some REALLY informative replies i think you will find very useful

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.148387?page=1

if your kid brother had bad experiences socialising before he went into this mmo .. then beware .. they tend to think "why go outside, life sucks .. out there i'm just a nobody .. in here i'm a level cap rogue that's respected by all and can wtfpwn everyone in 2 shots"

if it gets REALLY bad then do him a favor and cancel his suscription before it gets out of hand and potentially ruins him ... just try to keep him in touch with reality, the outdoors .. get him a hobby to do on the side .. most of the time it's never that extreme but i really REAAALY wouldn't take the risk (especially with someone so young)

 

[BaldursBananaSoap]

Delete his account and video the results - and make sure there's a remote lying about.

 

[caprisun]

It all depends on the person, but yea in my personal expierience and almost everyone i know who has played one playin WoW can serioulsy damage your social life. I played for just under 8 months and it almost completly wrecked my life in the process. thank god every day that im off it^^

 

[MadBlueWinnie]

Delete his account and video the results - and make sure there's a remote lying about.

Dutifully noted

 

[Entropyutd]

I play World of Warcraft and have played other subscription based MMORPG's such as Lord of the Rings online.
Personally I don't find the cost to be an issue, compared with some of the money I have spent on below par games in the past.
As a gamer who used to buy 4-5 full price games a month, subscribing to just one saves me a great deal of money.

I feel that Blizzard do enough in terms of new content to make the game worth playing, and at the end of the day WOW is no different that paying for content that for example EA release for their games.
In fact I'd rather spend my time taking on a new raid with people I enjoy spending time with than paying for a code to unlock a car already on the game disk, or an up to date roster.

All in all some games are more addictive than others, and a MMORPG specializes in making sure there is always an upgrade, always something more to do.
The game comes with parental controls to limit play time, and surely that's where the issue lies.

Personally I would allow a child of mine to play, but I would certainly limit the time he or she played, but that goes for any game.