Last week, I talked tried to talk you down from that MMO Abyss ledge… Today, I’m gonna put my money where my mouth is and tell you the best games to stop or even prevent addiction of an MMO while still gaming. Let’s talk about what are some games that might just fill the void of cutting back or leaving your MMO.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
If you’re looking for a game to fill that dragon slaying, princess saving aspect of MMOs then you’re in luck. Any seasoned MMO player will feel right at home in the Province of Cyrodiil. Oblivion is one of the few games that captures the epic, persistent world feel, of an MMO without all that pesky social interaction.
The world is massive and you’ll get the freedom to play your character however you want. Do you want to be a cut-throat, murderous thief, or make your own spells to melt the faces of your enemies? Totally up to you. Also the PC version has some great modding community, so there is always more content to enjoy, but don’t let your parents or significant other catch you with the topless mods turned on. You pervert.
Team Fortress 2
Not everyone is an expert sniping machine when it comes to the world of first person shooters. Some gamers might even find it a bit intimidating to get into a new FPS because the learning curves can sometimes be about as sharp as the knife gutted you while you were trying to find out what key swaps weapons.
Team Fortress 2 is a great way to enjoy an fps, without being very good at them. Let’s say that back in your days of MMO’s you where a healer. Well in TF2 there’s always a call for medics. All you have to do is find a heavy (i.e. heavy gunner) and follow him around. If you try playing as an engineer, all you need to do is build a sentry gun and let it do all the work. Soon enough, you’ll find yourself running around, setting people on fire, healing, stabbing, swatting and kicking butt, with the best of them.
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8 responses so far ↓
1 Monkeyboo2 // Feb 11, 2008 at 1:26 pm
I used to play MMO’s and i think you’ve got the wrong end of the stick.
I did not play Runescape because i liked to kill (click on) dragons or watch my character mine rocks. Everybody knows thats boring.
People play MMO’s to be in a community of people who can easily relate to each other and/or to be superior to one another.
This completely rules out people from MMO’s going back to offline games (oblivion and alien hominid); playing on your own just sucks. You can’t talk to anyone or compete against anyone- who wants to go beat a bunch of algyrithms over and over?…
In an MMO you can log on to server 83 and find Jim at the rocks and see how he’s doing then go to the yews and talk to Partylass and Digger883. Everybody can start with a compliment about somneone elses cape and they always have somebody to talk to. It creates an environment for friendly behaviour (generally).
Anyway, the only real alternative you give to MMO’s is TF2. Its good cos you can talk and play with your friends, meet new people and compete for cash. Its a more hostile environment, but you can still chat and prove superioirty over others, and earnt their respect and friendship perhaps.
I play competitive shooters instead of MMO’s now is because my MMO lost its competitive and interactive elements. And i have the skill and tactics required for tournaments.
MMO’s aren’t about the dragons, its about the people.
2 Monkeyboo2 // Feb 11, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Just to make it clearer:
Why would people pay to play a game (oblivion) which has extremely similar content to their MMO, but you can’t talk, interact and compete with people? Seems like unecersary down grading.
Same with alien hominid.
3 Dvldog // Feb 11, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Of course an algorithm never griefed you for the express purpose of ruining your gaming experience. Just because there are “real people” playing doesn’t mean they will have common decency. I am just now letting go of my MMO and I don’t think I will miss the people much. Of course I play XBL more now so I can get my fill of socializing there. Just my 2 cents.
4 Nobody // Feb 11, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Well, rather than being addicted to an MMO, I’m addicted to Team Fortress 2, so a fat lot of good THIS article does me!
5 Some guy in a van // Feb 11, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Back when it first came out, my friend and I beat Alien Hominid for the Gamecube in one day. It was not very similar to most MMOs.
6 heavyfire grunt // Feb 11, 2008 at 7:30 pm
i recomend cod4 halo3 turok or mass effect
7 Cube // Feb 11, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Tried them finshed them went back to MMO since it never ends really.
8 doro626 // Feb 14, 2008 at 8:42 am
I enjoy mmo’s for the depth. Mass Effect is helping me to get off my WarCraft addiction, but just barely. Sooner, rather than later, I will be back in Azeroth gathering herbs and mining copper.
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