"You are the Chosen One! And so is everyone else!"

[morrigan]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It was actually pretty sweet though: although the game failed for other reasons, I really liked how it basically said "you are a nobody, have fun becoming a somebody in our giant sandbox". It's too bad that modern games all have to pretend the world is filled with a million unique chosen ones.

Yes, this! Thank you loramin! This is exactly the spirit most MMOs should have and yet lack. Because for some reason people think having some half baked "YOU ARE THE CHOSEN ONE" plot sewn into their game is a good idea.

An MMO should be able to grow. If you have some Big Bad and you defeat the big bad... well... what's left? Sure the developers can do an ass pull and create an even BIGGER enemy but... that's just what it is. Your character is done. It has fulfilled the prophecy/story. All the damn end game content revolves around it and there's very few side quests or things you can do. There is no room for the MMO to grow.