Okay, I know this is going to sound like terribly naive questions, but I am doing some research on online RPGs for a project at school, and as I've never played any of these myself, I wanted to know:
a) Is Everquest REALLY as addictive as its reputation, or is this largely an exaggeration? If it is, how do other games (e.g. Counterstrike, Ultimate, Asheron's Call, etc.) rate comparatively?
b) Why, on RPGs such as Everquest, will people pretend to be of a different gender than they really are (obviously, I realize this is a broader question for the Internet in general, but I'm looking particularly for in the context of RPGs, and how if at all it might differ from the Internet in general).
c) Would it be fair to say, **on average**, that the men who play Everquest tend to be more attracted to the 'competitive', game-related aspects (e.g. building up characters, fighting monsters, etc.) and the women who play it (again **on average**) tend to be attracted to the more 'social', non-game-related aspects (e.g. chatting, etc.)?
Also, is Everquest something you have to buy in a store, or is it something you can download of the web for free?
― Joe, Friday, 17 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
you may need to find some new questions dooder
you have to buy everquest and pay a monthly subscription rate also.
― bc, Saturday, 18 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
I've often thought that if I didn't have to practice music and stuff I
would probably spent time on these online games.
Of course, Everquest will be rendered moot once Final Fantasy Online
comes out.
― Jordan, Saturday, 18 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
A) To some people, yes it is addictive. I myself, along with many other people, were addicted to Civilazion II back in the day, so I can personaly attest to the fact that you can have an impulsive need to play certain computer games. Never played EQ myself, though.
B) For fun. If I were given the opportunity to transform myself to a female for a time, and go out and see what it was like to be female, hell, i'd take it. Well, you can do that, sorta kinda, on EQ.
C) I don't know about EQ in particluar, but from my experience playing MUDs (same thing as EQ, except older technology), no, there wasn't much difference in the way female and male characters played. Of course then again, how could I know for sure the "females" were female"?
― fletrejet, Saturday, 18 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)