Up until now I've been very staunchly a single-player only kinda girl. I'm not ashamed of the fact that the main reason I play games is for the story rather than gameplay, and so my gaming history to date has been almost entirely made up of RPGs. However, over the last year I've been trying to broaden my gaming knowledge and gotten into FPSs, puzzle games, action/adventure games etc. The last big thing I wanted to avoid though was MMOs - I don't know why, but they just didn't appeal.
My favourite game of all time is Star Wars: KOTOR, and with The Old Republic going free-to-play I thought I'd finally get rid of my prejudice against MMOs. And when I realised that I could play without having to interact with anyone else I was even happier - sure, the other players running around stealing my kills was a mild annoyance at first, but I decided to ignore them.
During a particularly hard mission last night I was defeated, waiting for the countdown so I could get a medical probe to revive me, when another player runs up, revives me and invites me to join their group. AND IT WAS SO MUCH MORE FUN! Of course, that's what everyone else knew all along, but I couldn't believe how much fun it was to interact with other players in the game.
So, to the point: Tell us all about your first experience with MMOs - where you as prejudiced against them as me? Do you still hate them? or are they your favourite type of game, and why?
My favourite game of all time is Star Wars: KOTOR, and with The Old Republic going free-to-play I thought I'd finally get rid of my prejudice against MMOs. And when I realised that I could play without having to interact with anyone else I was even happier - sure, the other players running around stealing my kills was a mild annoyance at first, but I decided to ignore them.
During a particularly hard mission last night I was defeated, waiting for the countdown so I could get a medical probe to revive me, when another player runs up, revives me and invites me to join their group. AND IT WAS SO MUCH MORE FUN! Of course, that's what everyone else knew all along, but I couldn't believe how much fun it was to interact with other players in the game.
So, to the point: Tell us all about your first experience with MMOs - where you as prejudiced against them as me? Do you still hate them? or are they your favourite type of game, and why?