They Needed To Be MMORPGs, Too!
KeyWord: MMORPG, MMO, Video Game, Top Date: 07-28-2008 Views: 9
Summary: we are pleased to announce the commencement of MMOsite Writer Club Monthly Focus event. Every month we will prepare a topic for you to discuss. The first topic is Will online games replace video games?
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Dear MMOsite Writer Club members, we are pleased to announce the commencement of \"MMOsite Writer Club Monthly Focus\" event. Every month we will prepare a topic for you to discuss. The first topic is \"Will online games replace video games?\" You are welcome to jump in the discussion to express your viewpoint!
The article is from MMOsite Writer Club member royallush.
Inspired by DexCross: Top 5 Games Needed To Be MMORPGs
4: Star Ocean
What is it:
Star Ocean is one of my favorite RPG games with the latest installments of PS2\'s Star Ocean 3: Til the End of Time and the upcoming Star Ocean IV: The Last Hope. While in Japan, they have rehashed the original two games for PSP, most old remakes never make it across the seas. If you never played/heard of Star Ocean before, I\'ll give a run down on it\'s world and history. Star Ocean, just at the name suggest, is an RPG that takes place around a galaxy. You cross planets, races, cultures, and worlds within the story line from your character\'s point of view. The theme in all three games have been the main character coming from a world of advanced technology and ending up stranded on a low-tech planet. This franchise was also one of the first real-time battle RPG\'s that allowed you to switch between different characters while moving, running, casting, and fighting while computer AI took over the other players.
Why it should be online:
As stated early, Star Ocean is a very large game covering different planets. Each planet has different races and cultures, the technology varying. I figure if they managed to put Phantasy Star and Final Fantasy as successful online games, then why not this one.
3: Bully
What is it:
Bully is a hilarious game from Rock*. It circles around the misadventures of mischievous schoolboy, who find himself stuck in a snotty prep-school. You go on your -missions-, which include pranks, fights, vandalism, and dates, all while trying to still go to class. It\'s highly interactive and viciously fun. You can customize your base character with different hair styles and clothes for money you\'ve earned from part-time jobs or doing -certain- things around the school.
Why it should be online:
Making a game where you go to school, spray paint on walls, bully other students, and steal would go great for any online game. It\'d be fun to make gangs with other students, have school rivalries, and co-op missions for egging houses. What\'s not to love?
2: Harvest Moon
What is it:
Basically, Harvest Moon is a social, farming simulation. You pick a male or female character, marry, have kids, build houses, raise animals, grow crops. You make friends with NPCs (as well as a mate), sell your wares, fish, and progress. There are several spin-offs of Harvest moon including Rune Factory, River King, and Innocent Life.
Why it should be online:
With the making of Rune Factory, Harvest Moon ceased to be strictly a farming and social simualation. Rune Factory offers dungeons, boss fights, monsters, and beast taming. I believe with the social sims as well as a blend of Rune Factory, Harvest Moon Online would be great to play, as long as you enjoy that type of thing. Real-Time crops, animal raising, harvesting, marketing, splicing seed breeds (as seen in A Wonderful Life), marriage to other players, the ability to have kids, and build you own household would be load of fun for casual players out there looking for something else to do other than grind and crawl dungeons.. My only real concern would be people taking it too seriously (the marriage and kids concept) as well as not allowing same-sex marriage, but I suppose that would be any game that has a marriage system...
