sci-fi mmorpgs galore!

I’ve been looking through screenshots of eve: the second genesis, and damn does that game look (and sound like it’s going to be) cool.

I had been looking forward to Planetside, but for some reason it doesn’t look as cool as it did a year or so ago. They’re calling it the first MMOFPS now. I’ll have to at least try it out when it comes out, but I’m curious as to how different the game will be from non-subscription FPS games.

You can probably tell I’m chomping at the bit for a sci-fi MMORPG. I did try out Anarchy online when it came out last summer, but I had so many problems with the game I returned it in the first week. They had already collected my CC#, and kept charging it despite my repeated emails to their support people, and the assurance that my account was canceled. I eventually complained to my CC company, and got the # on my card changed as a result. I still don’t think the charges were ever reversed though. Bastards.

Anyway, by some strange coincidence, I had a conversation yesterday with one of the true Everquest addicts I know, and he’s recently quit! He’s sold all of his level 50+ characters, and swears off MMORPGs altogether. He says they’re just in the business of selling “timesinks”, every new expansion was just another way to waste your time. He’s probably right. I wonder if my cousin is still playing Asheron’s Call 2…

side note: mmorpg.com is actually pretty interesting, and does seem to have a fairly comprehensive list… It even included this weird and (I think) obscrure “A Tale In The Desert”, which doesn’t have any fighting, and apparently one of my co-workers has played before.