How is this game a MMO?

[Hemlocks]

I see it listed as a MMO but how? Thought this game was mainly a single player experience.

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by Drake:

Originally posted by Hemlocks:

I see it listed as a MMO but how? Thought this game was mainly a single player experience.

It's not..

Actually, it is. Any game in which you can interact with a massive amount of players by any means is an MMO.

But as I said, I don't like that. I think games with massive hub areas and chat, but a few players in game play should be called "Frame-Like" like Warframe. You can interact with a massive amount of players in the chat and hub areas (Dojo and Relays) but the game play part is only up to 4.

Diablo 2 Resurrected is an MMO because you can chat with a massive amount of players, but, similar to Path of Exile and Path of Exile 2, you can only play together with up to 8 players. This, to me, it's the definition of "Frame-Like" not MMO, but isn't about my opinion, is about the technical term, and by technical terms just chatting with a massive amount of players IS MMOing.

[saberlost]

everyone in the same league plays in the same world. just that your progress does not effect other peoples world. Just like almost all other MMOs.

[Drake]

Originally posted by D.A.R.K.:

Originally posted by Drake:

It's not..

Actually, it is. Any game in which you can interact with a massive amount of players by any means is an MMO.

But as I said, I don't like that. I think games with massive hub areas and chat, but a few players in game play should be called "Frame-Like" like Warframe. You can interact with a massive amount of players in the chat and hub areas (Dojo and Relays) but the game play part is only up to 4.

Diablo 2 Resurrected is an MMO because you can chat with a massive amount of players, but, similar to Path of Exile and Path of Exile 2, you can only play together with up to 8 players. This, to me, it's the definition of "Frame-Like" not MMO, but isn't about my opinion, is about the technical term, and by technical terms just chatting with a massive amount of players IS MMOing.

Or how about calling them as they should be called. Cooperative Online games, just like GW1 was called since it's the game that transitioned text lobbies to towns.

They are not real mmos with massive world and densities, they should be called something else.
You can't put games like wow, eve online, everquest, gw2, eso etc. in the same basket as games like diablo or poe. There are jsut too much differences in gameplay and structure.

[[OTS]EchoZenLogos]

Originally posted by Hemlocks:

I see it listed as a MMO but how? Thought this game was mainly a single player experience.

It's not an MMO but that doesn't stop people from mislabeling games.

People call countless games Roguelikes nowadays for example that are only "Roguelites" because they don't understand the difference. It happens all the time - people misuse a word and don't understand the definition, then it becomes widespread.

[crzyfsh123]

A million concurrent online, guess it is an MMO. Who cares, except you nitpickers.

[Charnel]

Definition of MMO has been diluted over the years it means basically nothing these days

[Zécson]

finally the long awaited "WoW killer" MMO has arrived at last, I can't wait for PoE 2 to set new standards for the MMO genre

[Charnel]

Originally posted by Zécson:

finally the long awaited "WoW killer" MMO has arrived at last, I can't wait for PoE 2 to set new standards for the MMO genre

WoW isn't an mmo, it's an MMORPG :P

[Zécson]

Originally posted by Charnel:

Originally posted by Zécson:

finally the long awaited "WoW killer" MMO has arrived at last, I can't wait for PoE 2 to set new standards for the MMO genre

WoW isn't an mmo, it's an MMORPG :P

should we call PoE 2 a MMOARPG then? :thinking:

[Charnel]

Originally posted by Zécson:

Originally posted by Charnel:

WoW isn't an mmo, it's an MMORPG :P

should we call PoE 2 a MMOARPG then? :thinking:

Nah it's a Souls Like obviously :P

[LFA]

Multiplayer is basically non-existant for the majority of people.
It's just not something that poe wants to focus on at that time apparently.
It exists, it's there if you want to do it, but that's about it.
In poe 1's current state it's actually detrimental to do it.

[Drake]

Originally posted by crzyfsh123:

A million concurrent online, guess it is an MMO. Who cares, except you nitpickers.

Labeling a game right is not nitpicking. When someone looks for a type of game, if the label is wrong or misused, the search will lead to games not suggested to the target audience.

If I look for an mmo, I don't wan't to get poe or diablo, I want an mmo, like eve online or gw2.
Like if I look for a tennis game I don't want to get a ping-pong game (after all, it's the same thing, there is a net, a ball, played with rackets, except it's not...).
If I look for an rpg, I don't want to get suggestions about counter strike (because yes, someone said to me that they played RPGs, when I asked which one, they said CS... after all you can play the role of a terrorist or CT). So yeah, labels are important...

[MaDeuce]

Originally posted by Eddiero:

Originally posted by crzyfsh123:

It's not.

but it is. you see other people in towns. just not in instanced maps

But it's not.

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by Drake:

Or how about calling them as they should be called. Cooperative Online games

Because is too abroad of a term, any game with Online Coop can be called Cooperative Online, this isn't about any game with Online Coop, it's games that are MMO on chat and hub areas, but not MMO on game play moment.

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by Charnel:

Definition of MMO has been diluted over the years it means basically nothing these days

No. It means massive multiplayer online.