*sits by a fire place, reading a book and smoking a pipe*
Oh, hello! Didn't see you come in! Please, have a seat... *Claps 3 times and chairs appear for all*
As you know, I'm Redmoon. Lover, scholar, philosopher and the world's most familiar sex symbol! I have done much with my life over the years and have met with very famous people as they got their police reports filled but thats not why I'm here. You see, I'm here for you, the PvP gamer.
You see, MMO has existed for years, showing gamers worlds to explore and escape their sexless, unpopular lives. Soon these worlds became battlefields, the invaders being boys and girls who must somehow deal with the changes of their bodies and let out all their anger and confusion on whoever crosses their paths. Words such as "Noob", "Carebear" and "l337" emerged from the smoke as the very confused breed of players followed these words as if they were from the Bible.
To combat this threat, several game companies added "pvp servers" to their MMOs, hoping to contain the threat and preventing the plague from destroying their games. Several companies saw this as a business opportunity, creating games like "Lineage 2", which sold 5 copies in the US alone.
After the success of Lineage 2, PvPers everywhere needed a new world to invade. They set their eyes on Azeroth, the setting of Blizzard's World of Warcraft. Claiming to bring "skill" back to MMOs, pvpers happily await the time to finally do what their forefathers have done: Hit each other really, really hard. Only this time, legally and with gnomes.
Skill. It is defined in Websters as the ability to use one's knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance. What does this means? It means that monkeys given a keyboard can execute skill in MMOs as long as the timed their button mashing right. You see, pvp is not enough. It requires different elements (such as WoW's Battlefield idea) and teamwork otherwise you are doing the same thing as cavemen have done with clubs as they repeatedly hit each other over the head. It seems that MMOs will be lacking in that true skill until a MMO does it right. Fear not, PvPers! Thats why I'm here!
You see, if you truely want a true pvp experience, there are many games to fulfill that urge. Here is my list to tide you, the pvper, over till WoW is released and Battlefields implemented.
Nintendo Gamecube
Pikmin 2
Soul Calibur 2
Super Smash Brothers Melee
Phantasy Star Online Episode 1, 2 and 3
Xbox
Counter Strike
Rainbow Six 3
Crimson Skies
Capcom vs SNK 2
Halo
Playstation 2
Socom 2
Anything EA Sports
Splinter Cell 2
Hotshots Golf
Virtua Fighter 4 Evo
PC *Some Games listed here will have links to demos you can try*
Halo
Battlefield 1942 and Vietnam
Warcraft 3
Starcraft
Splinter Cell 2
Painkiller
Unreal Tournament 2004
Homeworld 2
Call of Duty
Tribes Vengence
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising
Neverwinter Nights
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (By the way, this is the full game approved by Activision. Yup, its free)
Arcade
Dance Dance Revolution
Mortal Kombat 2
Street Fighter 3rd Strike
You will find familiar games that require great knowlegde to execute "skill". Also until pvpers stop calling pvers "carebears", I will call all pvpers "woogies" simply because it sounds more insulting. Until next time, I'm out!
Edited, Sat Sep 18 19:41:56 2004 by Redmoonxl