Most free to play MMORPGs have two things in common – and that’s a lack of story and a whole lot of grind. This wouldn’t be such a big deal if 99% of MMORPGs didn’t suffer from this exact same problem. After playing through Bioware’s dark fantasy epic RPG – Dragon Age: Origins I realized how much depth a good plot can add to a game. Obviously – these low budget free to play games can’t come close to matching anything Bioware can churn out – but it would be a welcomed change to see an MMORPG really ‘try’ to have a story. I know pay to play MMORPGs like World of Warcraft and Warhammer Online do have a lot of story – but those are premium high budget games. I’ve yet to see a free to play MMORPG with a solid story. At least us cheap gamers can still play some of these pay to play MMORPGs – as most of them have free trials.
Don’t even get me started about browser games though. As not a single browser game I’ve played has even remotely tried to weave a story. At least free to play MMORPGs make crude, poorly translated attempts. Even more high budget browser MMORPGs like Earth Eternal, Runescape and Adventure Quest Worlds have fairly pathetic in game stories. Even though these games lack a story though – they sure as heck have a lot of one thing – and that’s grind! At least our beloved MMORPG developers have never let us down on that front.
It’s sort of sad to associate the word ‘RPG’ with the term ‘MMORPG’ as traditional single player RPGs are usually rich with story while Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games aren’t. I guess regular ol’ MMO games can be forgiven – as they’re not role playing games. I mean – it makes sense for MMOs like Rumble Fighter, Nanovor and BattleForge to lack in depth stories – as they’re not RPGs. Anyway, that’s enough ranting for now, I guess I’ll have to hope more Western game developers get into the free to play MMORPG business – as Western game companies tend to make ‘higher’ quality games – at least in my opinion.
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