Over the past couple of weeks I’ve had a few subscriptions to different MMOs running. Usually, I keep one or two going at a time — a number I feel is pretty adequate for your average 9 to 5 worker — but this time I went with five: EVE Online, City of Heroes, Wizard101, Free Realms, and Lord of the Rings Online. So, is it better to have a wide choice in MMOs to play, or to just stick with one or two?
That’s a personal choice of course, but I think two is an adequate number — especially if one of them is EVE Online. I’ve found, while having the choice is nice, devoting time to that many games is… well, tiring — almost frustrating. It does give me something to post about, however, and for that I am thankful.
Now I’m on the topic of paring down my current selection to two paid choices, and I have a good feeling as to what they will be.
*Rationalizing Mode ON* My first choice is going to be EVE Online, I’m just days away from Battlecruiser V and Command Ships are just around the corner — no way in hell I’m going to give that up. The second… well, the second is a bit harder. Lord of the Rings Online is likely out; it’s a great game, but I’m simply tired of the traditional fantasy MMO and the housing left me wanting. City of Heroes is a likely contender; it runs on my iMac quite well, and the architect system is pretty sweet. Wizard101 is fun — I love the combat. I’m thinking I may leave it alone for a bit, maybe purchase a zone or two every now and then to play. Free Realms I’ll probably let go — paid-wise — since there’s plenty of content to enjoy for free. However, the subscription is only 5 bucks… and that’s cheap enough to keep around for times when I don’t feel like playing anything else. *Rationalizing Mode OFF*
Well, there it is: EVE Online and City of Heroes. Now that I have tha… Oh, wait. Single-player/multi-player games. As you can see from the last two posts Killing Floor has been taking up a good bit of my time, and Valve is set to release two new class updates soon for Team Fortress 2. (the Sniper and the Spy, in case you haven’t been paying attention) Add in the release of Left 4 Dead’s SDK and you can bet there’s going to be some more content for it, too.
I really could use more time.
In the realm of gaming with limited free time, it doesn’t matter whether a game is single-player, multi-player, or massively multi-player — they all take up time. The point of the post is to show my thought process on spreading that time between various games or genres, specifically MMORPGs and FPSs — usually several of them. For anyone out there that might stumble upon this and care to comment — how do you go about splitting your time for gaming? Specific genres? Many games or only one at a time?
