New MMOs

[Ephirith]

I even tried to get back into panda wow a few months ago. I wanted to. Couldn't do it.

There is a little stirring in my pants about TES:O but I'm skeptical.

With Skyrim, they tried way too hard to make everything OMFGWTF xx>>SO EPIC<<xx

3 hours into the game you are Jesus Christ incarnate, blasting swarms of demons across the room with your xXDragon-wtf-LegolasXx shouts, stealing souls from dragons and roving the world performing the epic world-changing feats of a demigod.

I think at that point it ceases to feel like how I think an rpg should, and it becomes an action game.

There's something to be said for humility in gaming. In Morrowind, you were nothing. Even if you did eventually become the nerevarine, you had to do hours and hours of work. When you united the ashlander tribes and started smiting foes with your wraithguard or whatever, it actually felt like you accomplished something.

Part of being this jaded, I think, is being completely desensitized to 'epic'. We crave accomplishment, reward, and exclusivity. EQ and the early stages of WoW to some extent had those things.