BioWare is coming out with a MMORG, rumored to be for the Xbox 360.

Every now and then I'm tempted to get into one of these games, with World Of WarCraft being the top contender. I like the idea of persistant worlds that grow over time. The problem is that, from what I've heard, the gameplay tends to quickly devolve down to harvesting gold. The MMORG type people also seem a little weird in a not good way: spending all their time reading the game's forums and stats, or leaving a social LAN party to go off to their office to play EverQuest by themselves. On a Friday night.

Is this catagory of game reserved for the hopelessly sad, or can BioWare bring it with their excellent backstory and quality games? If it is for the Xbox, presumably that means voice chat will be central, but how are you going to have a conversation with so many people online? Or hordes of shouty German 12 year olds?

Hopefully it will be set in a science fiction universe, since those seem to have the most breadth in terms of directions and themes. Fantasy games all seem to eventually become pale versions of Lord Of The Rings.

Shouty Germans indeed. Those crazy kidzorz.

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