I really don’t get why World of Warcraft/WoW is still so popular. I am listening to the BBPS.com podcast right now (featuring friend of threevue, Nerfgun from Citizen Game), and they are talking about the life-sucking RPG. The game as we know it came out way back in November 2004, which in the age of modern gaming was about 1,000 years ago, but there are still no less 10 million WoWies carpal-tunneling their way across the fields of Azeroth every day.
I’m pretty sure none of us here at threevue have ever played it; I don’t like RPG’s, Russ doesn’t have the time, and Tyler’s computer came over on the Mayflower, so I’m not judging it, I just don’t see how it can still be so appealing to the gaming community.
I’m already paying 50 dollars a year for xbox live, I don’t need to pay 15 dollars a month for this.
Don’t the new updates also update the graphics? I have no idea, that’s just what I thought. People are still into it because it’s fundamentally a medium to collect things, and if they stop playing, they’ll lose all the stuff they collected. Or even worse, some other dude will collect cool new stuff instead.
Yeah, and think of all the Chinese gold farmers that would be put out of work if the world stopped playing. We don’t want that.
Hey, Dan here from the podcast in question! I’m sure I could go on some lengthy explanation about why I personally enjoy WoW but I think in my case it comes down to 2 things
1. It reminds me a lot of when I used to play Dungeons and Dragons as a kid, which I’ve always missed and really enjoyed. Not to mention that the game is so huge (and getting bigger as they patch it) that you can always find something new to do.
2. The community aspect of playing with friends. It’s similar to XBL.
But that’s just me. It’s definitely a game you could go overboard with (with all the collecting and trying to be “the best” but for me it’s just another game that I enjoy playing.
Good answer
Agreed, I hadn’t considered the community aspect in WoW. What personally keeps me from playing is the fact that there is no real end to the game (I like my stories) and I don’t like to play games on a computer. When there is a lauded MMO on the console, I may give it a whirl.