What are MMORPG's?Posted by Nick Niesen on October 27th, 2010 Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games or MMORPG?s as they are more commonly known, are role playing games which bring together large numbers of players via the internet. A defining feature of MMORPG?s is that they all offer a persistent virtual world in which to play. These worlds often support thousands of simultaneous players, all of whom are playing a single character in the game.
As the worlds are persistent your skills are saved, meaning that the time and effort invested into the game is permanently reflected in your character. For example if you played a combat orientated game your overall ability to fight may be represented by a Combat Level ? this level would increase each time you gained a pre-determined number of experience points, granting more powerful abilities and skills. When you logout of the game everything is remembered so next time you play you can start from where you left off.
Real time chat is usually available, typed messages can be displayed to other players in and round your location. Additionally it is common for MMORPG?s to allow trade between players as well as combat, duels and team work.
Games Within Games This process is called Crafting, and is a very popular alternative to playing a combat orientated character. Rather that dominate physically, crafters are usually very wealthy in terms of in-game assets ? selling their goods for game currency or other items.
Every character starts with similar levels and skills, but quickly you will personalize your character meaning few others will be exactly like you. If you love playing computer games then try an MMORPG. Once you start playing you will never look back. Like it? Share it!More by this author |