MMORPG is an arbitrary designation coined by Richard Garriott.
Massive could mean anything. Multiplayer simply means multiplayer Online means it is online and not single or LAN which was popular at the time. RPG means it is a role playing game. It is not a shooter, puzzle or strategy game or any other genre.
"Immersion" is a mental state. It is subjective. All it means is to become engrossed or occupied by something. Deliberately attempting to build something to be "immersive" is like chasing a rainbow.
The Soapbox: What you loved is still there
Mar 17th 2012 2:10AM (Massively)Very true deliverator. People who throw around those terms rarely understand what they mean.
The Daily Grind: Which non-existent MMO genre would you play?
Mar 16th 2012 1:11PM (Massively)BioWare: Average SWTOR play session tops four hours
Feb 24th 2012 12:56PM (Massively)The Daily Grind: How do you define MMO?
Jan 22nd 2012 10:03AM (Massively)Massive could mean anything.
Multiplayer simply means multiplayer
Online means it is online and not single or LAN which was popular at the time.
RPG means it is a role playing game. It is not a shooter, puzzle or strategy game or any other genre.
Blizzard seems to think that Cataclysm was too linear
Jan 15th 2012 12:17AM (Massively)As much as I like TOR, the on rails at every point is really annoying.
Raph Koster: Immersion is not a core game virtue
Jan 14th 2012 1:05AM (Massively)All it means is to become engrossed or occupied by something. Deliberately attempting to build something to be "immersive" is like chasing a rainbow.
James Ohlen hits back against critics, defends SWTOR's innovation
Jan 12th 2012 11:59PM (Massively)We see this with every MMO launch. Nothing is ever good enough for some folks and they drag everything down into the mud.
They spread as much negative propaganda as they can, they drag scores down and drive off the communities.
We the players kill our own games rather that enjoy them.
Newest City of Heroes video documents the heroes of the Freedom Phalanx
Jan 11th 2012 11:48AM (Massively)BioWare's Freed talks Wookiees, relatability, and story-based MMOs
Jan 4th 2012 1:15PM (Massively)No they didn't. All of their aliens were just re-skinned human animations
[Updated] On the eleventh day of giveaways, Funcom gave to me...
Dec 24th 2011 2:55PM (Massively)