PSU: Is PSU an MMORPG, or just a ORPG?

[Zantra]

I want to see people's opinions on why, or why not, they consider PSU to be an MMORPG... or not.

MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game)

or...

ORPG (Online Roleplaying Game)

You decide.

[Mayu]

It's not an MMO <.<

[Zantra]

I know that, but what makes you specifically consider a game, to be an MMO?

[Chuck_Norris]

Well to be a MMO it has to be two things.
(1)Online
(2)Needs to have a massive number of people playing it.

Hence the name MMO.

[beatrixkiddo]

In most MMORPGs, you interact in-game with an unlimited amount of other players.Games such as PSU and PSO, where actual gameplay occurs in 'instanced' rooms with player limits, are not technically Massively Multiplayer.

[Zantra]

Why is Guild Wars considered an MMO, when it seems to be exactly the same?

Did Sega think, that PSU would be considered an MMO, when compared to PSO?

My definition of an MMO, is this...

Massive(ly) multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is a genre of online role-playing video games (RPGs) in which a large number of players interact with one another in a virtual world.

Which, I guess... in a way... could include Guild Wars, PSU, and PSO.

[ThEoRy]

if it's Massively Multiplayer and Online A true mmo isn't limited by 6 man teams like psu is.

[Zantra]

On 2007-08-27 00:22, Octagon wrote:
if it's Massively Multiplayer and Online A true mmo isn't limited by 6 man teams like psu is.

Everquest had 6 man teams... in a way.

Considering the fact, that you could only group with six people at a time, and each zone was seperated from eachother, by a loading screen.

And, it was considered one of the best MMO's of all time.


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[ThEoRy]

were there spawn fields?

[beatrixkiddo]

no, spawn points. Enemies respawned after a set period of time, dependant upon the enemy and zone.