The Divorce of MMO and RPG

Posted by Zonk on Saturday July 23, 2005 @05:27AM from the mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting dept.

Jeff wrote to mention a new article up on Gamergod.com discussing the divorce of MMO and RPG. From the article: "At close inspection, their marriage reveals what is sadly becoming the new American love tragedy. Two people with little in common, more in lust than anything resembling love, decide to tie the knot. The rest is a classic example of what happens when two people leave the idea stage of marriage and enter the reality of marriage, and find out they don't like, let alone love, each other."

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Re:what? by MBraynard · 2005-07-23 08:49 · Score: 0, Troll

It's not that devs don't want to put forth the effort, it's that the effort can't equal a result that you seek. What you really need is a human DM running things, and the AI isn't there. So you get a cookie-cutter situation that lacks the customization that a DM can give.