by Jeff Woleslagle on Jun 05, 2006
When play time is pay time...
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar hasn't launched yet, and won't until next year, but one thing's certain--it will have a monthly fee. Shayalyn suggests that online games are good entertainment for the money...as long as they're entertaining. And what makes a game entertaining over the long haul?
And thats really what it all boils down to: fun. Ive played many an MMO, and as long as the game entertains me, Im more than willing to pay a monthly fee. If the game stops being fun, I log into my account manager and cancel my subscription. I may play a bit longer until my subscription runs out, but when it goes dark Ill leave without regrets, and I usually wont look back. The game box and disks for Final Fantasy XI, for instance, now serve as a bookend. (EverQuest 2 is at the other end. And The Sims Online, despite my shame in having ever paid to play it, is somewhere in the middle.)
Read the rest of the editorial at the Lord of the Rings Online - Ten Ton Hammer community site.