Sabbaticals and Me…
I’m still on my WoW sabbatical, peering in now and then solely to help boost Joanne, I can’t see myself going back to WoW regularly until Wrath of the Lich King releases now.
Instead of the MMO behemoth that is WoW, I’ve been playing Guild Wars and, rather bizarrely, Maple Story.
Maple Story is an odd game, it’s a cutesy free-to-play 2D MMO that’s based entirely around grinding. It’s oddly compelling and I don’t know why!
It is essentially a regular 2D platform game where you kill things… a lot. There is something strangely relaxing and addictive about it which I can’t quite put my finger on but it’s very enjoyable at the moment. The thing is, I hate, hate, hate grinding. Constant repetition of killing enemies with no point just to level up drives me nuts in World of Warcraft so how come I can tolerate it and even enjoy doing it in Maple Story?
The only thing I can think of is it’s cuteness, it has a strange appealing feel to it that somehow makes mass-slaughter of literally thousands of snails/mushrooms/slimes more tolerable.
Regardless, I’m finding it fun at the moment, and it, along with capturing elite skills in Guild Wars is taking up the majority of my time.
I’ll definitely be returning to the World of Warcraft when the Lich King demands my attention, which as of right now appears as if it might be in October.
Tags: guild wars, maple story, mmo, wotlk, wow
