Whenever I get a new game, the fun and excitement of the game usually lasts for a week or so. After that, the fun kind of wears off and I gradually lose all interest in the game, eventually uninstalling it. It's been that way for every single shooter game I've played (America's Army, Doom Series, Unreal Series, Wolfenstein, Tom Clancy games, etc.) The only shooter that was better than average was Halo. Oni is another classic.
With WoW though, I have yet to lose that inital level of excitement and new discovery. Every day I play it, I discover a new cool place, new people, new interesting and challenging quests and so on. It never gets old. The graphics aren't the best I've ever seen (HL2 holds that distinction), but you can't expect worlds as large as those in WoW to be rendered in as much detail as HL2 without having the mother of all graphics cards. That said, the graphics are still amazing. I find myself taking at least several screenshots every time I play it. I've even setup a picture gallery on my site with my screenshots.
The music and sound are superb. Even better is that you have control over them. Don't like the music? Disable it. Really love it? Set it on continuous loop versus every now and then. With a nice set of headphones, the sound effects are amazing.
I could go on and on about all the great features of the game, but I won't. Hey! No clapping back there! It's safe to say this is my favorite game of all time, so far. When they release the LoTR MMORPG in 2005 (I hope), I will give it a try. If it's anywhere near as good as WoW, it should be an excellent game.
I've been using Mac since '94 and OS X since the beta came out in 2000. I love OS X and don't plan on dropping it any time soon. There's nothing else out there like it.
I'm a new user of Linux as well. I tinkered with it a few years back and it sucked. Now it's becoming a very nice OS. I use both Linux and Mac on a daily basis now. With new improvements like KDE, X and such coming out relatively quick, I think Linux will most certainly begin to gain ground on Windoze.
Linux won't start converting most Mac users until it becomes are much more powerful multimedia platform, becomes more professional looking, becomes easier to maintain and has much tighter software integration, like Apple's iLife apps.
That said, I'm all for Linux kicking Windoze off of many, many PCs.
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Whenever I get a new game, the fun and excitement of the game usually lasts for a week or so. After that, the fun kind of wears off and I gradually lose all interest in the game, eventually uninstalling it. It's been that way for every single shooter game I've played (America's Army, Doom Series, Unreal Series, Wolfenstein, Tom Clancy games, etc.) The only shooter that was better than average was Halo. Oni is another classic.
With WoW though, I have yet to lose that inital level of excitement and new discovery. Every day I play it, I discover a new cool place, new people, new interesting and challenging quests and so on. It never gets old. The graphics aren't the best I've ever seen (HL2 holds that distinction), but you can't expect worlds as large as those in WoW to be rendered in as much detail as HL2 without having the mother of all graphics cards. That said, the graphics are still amazing. I find myself taking at least several screenshots every time I play it. I've even setup a picture gallery on my site with my screenshots.
The music and sound are superb. Even better is that you have control over them. Don't like the music? Disable it. Really love it? Set it on continuous loop versus every now and then. With a nice set of headphones, the sound effects are amazing.
I could go on and on about all the great features of the game, but I won't. Hey! No clapping back there! It's safe to say this is my favorite game of all time, so far. When they release the LoTR MMORPG in 2005 (I hope), I will give it a try. If it's anywhere near as good as WoW, it should be an excellent game.
I've been using Mac since '94 and OS X since the beta came out in 2000. I love OS X and don't plan on dropping it any time soon. There's nothing else out there like it. I'm a new user of Linux as well. I tinkered with it a few years back and it sucked. Now it's becoming a very nice OS. I use both Linux and Mac on a daily basis now. With new improvements like KDE, X and such coming out relatively quick, I think Linux will most certainly begin to gain ground on Windoze. Linux won't start converting most Mac users until it becomes are much more powerful multimedia platform, becomes more professional looking, becomes easier to maintain and has much tighter software integration, like Apple's iLife apps. That said, I'm all for Linux kicking Windoze off of many, many PCs.