MMORPGS: Heaven or Hell?

Posted by Fimbulwinter on 12-29-2007 in MMORPGS: Heaven or Hell?

We all know MMO's can be horribly addicting and time-consuming, but at the same time they are fun and offer what other games cannot. As a former WoW player of 2 years, I would like to see what everyone else thinks. MMO's offer so much more than non-online games, such to the point that I cannot play single-player games the same anymore. But at the same time I had somewhere around 80 days and ~$500 invested in it. So what is it, MMO's are a cancer on the gaming community, or do their online and social gaming structures help out hermits and make otherwise-awful-games great?