MY 2 cents on MMOGs

Right now MMOGs are all required for a game to be sucessful in the game industry. Why is this so? Well it allows players to interact with other players on the internet. This introduces the Human element to the game.. it makes the game play unpredictable. Unlike when someone plays against an AI / Computer. Most of the game logic is writtern in there and thus players know how to defeat them eventually. Unlike fighing with or against a human player.. there is an element of human unpredicatability there that makes the game interesting and addictive.

Just like all game an MMOG has to make the player feel as if he is making a difference in the game. ( especially in MMORPGs) If this is not done the player would soon find the game boring. That whatever he does is totally pointless.

With the the ability to connect players around the world , and allow them to interact with one another. This allows the game to have a sense of replayablilty, or an never ending goal in which the player can never achieve but he still wants to achieve it. Take World of Warcraft for example. The developers added in the PVP , battleground mode. In which u can kill other players , do battle with them , duel them... etc

the PVP feature in MMOG is a good idea to make players stay on the game. The reason for this is that in the gaming world there is ALWAYS someone better. And hence players always want to strife themselves to be the best in the game. so hence they work hard making thier character more powerful everyday and get more items each day... so hence this will cause players to actually play on the game. Although in actualy fact we are not really getting anywhere with it.