The Games On The Internet (and why I hate most of them...)

Today, I would like to talk about games on the internet, mainly MMORPGs and the numerous Facebook games.

First, let's talk about the MMOs.
I have just one word to say about them: RUBBISH.
The companies that make them either spend 50p (79 cents) on it and make it complete and utter pish and tosh, or spend like OVER 9000! dollars on it and it's still a pile of dog doo.
I understand that not everyone today can afford $1,000 Alienware PCs that can handle the 3D graphics of most games, even on their lowest settings (me included), and most of the MMOs out there are P2P or F2P w/ added features or microtransactions.

The only exception, the one half-decent MMO that people can play is WoW. Being constantly updated with tons of new content and a massive community, it still has it's ups and downs, but that's to be expected no matter what company it is, be it Blizzard, a billion-dollar + company, or some Chinese or Korean rubbish that I can't read with a taskforce of one and not even PhotoShop to hand, let alone Flash or Java programming skills, some of the essential ones in the business.

So, if I had to state my opinion on MMOs, don't even bother playing them, unless it's WoW. Another example of a good MMO (warfare-based) is StarCraft. And guess what... it's made by the same company. Blizzard. Basically, if you don't see the Blizzard logo, don't buy the game, no matter what it is.
Browser based means instantly crappy, and download games either cost bucketloads and end up not even being able to run on the lacklustre computers of today, or cost bucketloads of money and are absolute CRAP.

Now, for a contrast in opinion, let's move onto Facebook games.

Many people complain about the fact that some of the companies that make Facebook games force you to buy some form of paid currency to advance in the game.
A perfect example of the COMPLETE OPPOSITE, an excellent game from Zynga, is called CityVille. Only released in late 2010, and still in beta, is updated several times a day and has always got new content, heck, you can even make people that you don't know give you the items you need to complete a quest!

With some of these games though, one of the bad things about them is that you can get stuck in to the trap of running out of the free currency, and end up buying it to fill the urge to complete that last building, or just want to send out a ship for goods, but you're a coin short, and it's 24 hours before you can grab one of your properties' rent to pay for it. Before you know it, you might be playing a game from a producer that you don't know, enjoy the game but need to pay for something, pay for it, and end up with a £2,000 bill for a 3DTV on your credit card.

Facebook games are fun, addictive and are a great time-filler, but they have their pitfalls, same as the MMOs, just not quite as bad as them.

So, to conclude, stay away from most of the MMOs and stick to the Facebook games.