Some MMOs require players to abstain for a while – and then you see a picture, a video, or someone tells you about it again. Suddenly, you’re itching to play! But what does the game need to offer for you to really reinstall it and dive back into the world?
Especially when there are costs involved again, such a step is not easy. Is it worth investing money and time back into a game that you had set aside, returned to the shelf? And mostly for some good reasons!
Maybe it has become boring, the old companions are no longer online, or you’ve simply discovered better, more exciting games? A game has to offer quite a bit to make you dare to try again.
Sometimes it takes a special incentive to return to the old worlds! After all, there are many options:
- An interesting expansion that offers a lot of new things?
- Maybe the graphics have been polished up?
- Gifts! New pets, epic items, card packs…?
- Maybe the game you choose will also become free to play?
- … ?
Some MMOs make it easier for players to return than others. Some are so complicated that after a long absence it’s hard to find your way around or you simply lag behind everyone else. For others, you might receive instant level progress or server transfer and other benefits.
This is how you meet again, WoW …
I have already talked about my on-off relationship with World of Warcraft here. It’s one of those games that can always bring me back. Me, the lost sister, who always says: “Nope! I’m done with WoW for good! Do you hear me? Forever! … Really.”
At Blizzard, it’s usually the captivating and, in my opinion, fantastically made trailers that pique my curiosity and draw me back into adventure.
WoW makes it easy for you. The changes are easy to understand and almost intuitively usable. The graphics are enhanced but not unrecognizable. And you can level up faster if you want.
Other games like Battlefield 1 only draw me back with the power of friendship. There, I don’t care what new features await me or how great the graphics are. All that matters is that someone taps me on the shoulder and says: “Hey. Let’s play Battlefield again.”
Now it’s your turn!
What does an MMO need to offer for you to return? Are there factors that can positively influence your view of the game again, even if you threw it in the corner filled with hatred months ago and swore by your great-grandfather’s beard to never touch it again?
