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BeerCheeze · Rated XXX

I tried EQ, and it just didn't do it for me. Never tired WoW, and I really wanted to but when it came out the thought of spending $15 a month wasn't appealing. Now, it just looks dumb to me.

I know DDO isn't all the popular, which is really sad. I think it's game play is better than any other MMO I have tried, and a lot of non-MMO's as well. It's visually appealing, and it ran with out problem on a AMD Athlon 3000+ with 1GB of RAM and a ATI 9600Pro video card (Now it's got 1.5GB of RAM and a ATi x1950). The problem with DDO is they are a little too slow on the content, and little to no advertising.

LoTRO... well from what I've been told is a lot like WoW, and I didn't enjoy it at all. Played for a bit in Beta and just the game play was HORRIBLE, specially compared to DDO. So if it's like WoW, then I'm glad I missed it.

Guild Wars is ok, graphics aren't bad and there seems to be a lot to do. To me it seems like DDO lite, and with out the monthly due's.

As for hardware, yes we do make decisions based on MMO's. I don't belive they are as GPU intensive as is FPS, but they still require some horse power if you want to get the most out of them. Like has been said though, the reason they aren't used for reviews is there are too many variables to use it for benchmarking.