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MMORPGs - Societies or Games?

Posted by simoniker on from the or-gaming-societies? dept.

Talrias writes "The Community Manager of Codemasters' forthcoming PC MMORPG, Dragon Empires, has written an article over at Stratics about whether MMORPGs are designed as societies or as games, and uses the examples of the two big MMORPGs, Ultima Online (which he claims 'embodied this society design philosophy' when it launched) and EverQuest (which, it's suggested, 'most embodies the game design approach')."

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  1. It depends by pmz · · Score: 3, Interesting


    If you enjoy it, it is a game.

    If you are addicted to it, it is a society.

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    Healthcare article at Kuro5hin
  2. hmm... by jermyjerm · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Recent ones, with all their focus on balance issues, are either games or good examples of totalitarian societies.

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  3. They are neither by incubusnb · · Score: 2, Interesting
    and both at the same time.

    MMORPGs are Gaming Societies, the blend of both worlds

    the interactivity and escape to another world of a Game, with the Relationships and bonding that can only happen in a Society

    its probably the only place in the world where a Relationship counsiler could hook you up with a Level hack as well

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