Years ago, the term “MMORPG” was mostly associated with “World of Warcraft”, but today one could fill whole books just with the titles of the countless games that exist now. However, very few have the luck of unlimited free time to sample all the games available. But actively playing several games over time can be quite exhausting.
A typical night during the semester break looked something like this for me:
0:00 AM: Leveling twinks in SWTOR
3:00 AM: Pet-Battles daily quests in WoW!
4:00 AM: Three rounds of PvP in Guild Wars 2
5:00 AM: Refining the home in WildStar
6:00 AM: Building the most beautiful Castanic that will ever exist in TERA!
7:00 AM: Heroic dungeon in WoW
8:00 AM: A few rounds of SMITE
9:30 AM: Eating newcomers in Evolve
… and so on (yes, “sleep” got eliminated)!
Long-term, this is certainly not for me, especially when the so-called “serious part of life” (aka: work, work!) rings the phone and asks where I have been.
Moreover, I am not particularly good at spreading my interest across multiple games at the same time, especially when playing with others. At some point, I simply feel like I am neglecting certain people, and by then, a game has to go from the hard drive. Or two. Or seven. But that is just my attitude on the subject, one opinion among many.
If yes, which ones and why? How intensively do you pursue multiple games, and do you manage to stay “on the ball” with all of them? How do you deal with the “social obligations” such as guilds or raid groups within multiple games? Or do you prefer to play just one game, but do it really intensively and extensively? Discuss with us in the comments!
