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harbinger75 · Mar 23, 2009, 11:08 PM

Hey all. I wanted to get the community's opinion on something. I began playing World of Warcraft during it's initial beta phase, and had played it until very recently. What sort of RPG/MMORPG would offer similar (note: not the same) playability/re-playability?

I'm in my 30's, have a family and work a full-time job, so I don't necessarily need something that I can play 15+ hours a day. At the same time, I would like something that I don't "beat" in three hours and will offer an immersive experience.

So, with that said, would anybody have any ideas? I suppose the game wouldn't have to be an MMORPG, but I know that most games I've played as described above fall into that category.

Thank you ahead of time!

klb5090 · Mar 23, 2009, 11:15 PM

Fallout 3
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sek929 · Mar 23, 2009, 11:29 PM

I'll also recommend Fallout 3. Start on hard, try to find every nook and cranny, should easily be 100+ hours of immersion.

You just might want to play again afterwards too.

harbinger75 · Mar 24, 2009, 12:16 AM

/Duly noted.

shifuimam · Mar 27, 2009, 08:09 AM

Guild Wars. IMO it's way, way better than WoW.

If you aren't terribly interested in PVP, the RPG half of the game is enormous and will take you a long time to complete - apparently just getting 70% of the quests and worlds (there are four) completed is a big deal.

You can get a ten-hour trial to be able to check it out - it's almost entirely full-featured, so you can get a good idea of whether or not it would interest you in the long term.