I think there’s a real possibility I’ll be bumbling about in WoW if it still exists by then. Fishing never gets old, even if I do.
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But is that the determining factor? Liking it? If I like it I’ll keep playing until the day I don’t? Is that how it works?
I don’t think so.
There are many games that I like and enjoy, but that I don’t play anymore.
Because time is the limitation.
I don’t have time to play all the games that I like, or read all the books that I enjoy, or watch all the movies I love, and so forth.
So I pick and choose. We all do.
There are lots of games I’ve played that I’ve liked and continued to like even as I chose to stop playing them, because I wanted to play other games.
The notion that because you still like WoW today, then you’re going to choose WoW over something else you’ll also like, for the next 20 years, is almost stubbornly arrogant. And very close-minded if I may say. And a little bit sad honestly.
Personally I would certainly hope that the world will inspire me in many different ways over the next 20 years so that I will want to do many other things than play World of Warcraft.
That’s cool. And I’m not saying there isn’t a crowd of retro gamers, because there definitely is. But what I am saying is that the guy who played Pac-Man in the Arcade in the 80’s wasn’t committing himself to playing that game for the next 20 or 40 years - even if he ultimately did end up doing so.
And historically speaking, most of those people in the 80’s who played Pac-Man and thought they were going to play it forever…well they ultimately didn’t.
Hence why I’m saying that firmly stating that you’re going to play WoW for the next 20 years is probably – statistically and historically speaking – unlikely to be true.
I don’t? I think people who have played WoW for this long will always have a love and an appreciation for the game, even if they don’t play it anymore.
I don’t think most players quit WoW because they stop liking it. That would suggest that the WoW experience turns negative and sour over time for players, and I don’t think that’s true. It’s a video game like any other and ultimately gets treated like such. You play it and eventually stop playing it (after a day, week, year, or decade, or more!), because you want to do something else. A kid an his toy, right? it’s his favorite toy until he gets another favorite toy to play with.
But those are also modern. They just emphasize modern gameplay. Vampire Survivors may look retro, but it very much has a modern gameplay feel to it. And that’s its stick. That’s what makes it super fun – the gameplay.
Old games are old, in the sense that something has fallen out of time, be it the visuals or the gameplay. And a remaster aims to bring those aspects back up to modern standards.
Given 20 more years, WoW will age and its gameplay and visuals will fall increasingly out of time.
honestly, im 33 years old now
theres not a chance ill be playing this in 20 years time from now
ill most likely go through a mid life crisis , possible do some crazy stuff
thats me being 100% honest ( already feeling old at 33 )
The world isn’t just WoW though。I’ve found inspiration in all sorts of places.
I’m currently trying trying to adapt my guitar skills to piano and then I might learn drums.
That’s my point.
Inspiration comes from nowhere though.
I learned guitar because a friend recommended a band (which is still my favourite band) to me. I liked them so much I bought a guitar and learned to shred.
I had a guitar as a little kid and I was so bad I just gave it to a friend.
My point being that life should hopefully inspire through the next 20 years in ways that will ultimately drag people away from WoW, more than most.
I have the utmost admiration for WoW still being around after 20 years, but the notion that it’ll still be a relevant game, in its current form, to so many of us in another 20 years, is hard to believe.
That’s why I compared it to Metal music. Metal has never been “relevant” the people who like it are fans for life.
Some cornball in my family who isn’t even born yet will be babbling about how great Judas Priest are in the future.
Vampire Survivors gameplay is actually very simplistic you move and choose perks/builds. Lots of the these indiegames copy classics, pizza tower is basically a 1:1 warioland clone, stardew valley is a 1:1 harvest moon clone etc. fun gameplay is timeless imho, I can still play OG pacman or tetris on the old brick gameboy and have a blast, that’s what makes them classics.
metal / rock between 1980 - 2000 was the popular genre
not only was it " relevant"
it was the literal genre of music that spawned global scenes like " punks" " skin heads" " greebos" " emo’s" " scene kids "
i think comparing a game to a music genre isnt the best analogy
But WoW is still just WoW. It’s the same game. In 20 years WoW will still be WoW. That’s what you’re imagining, right? That in 20 years, you’ll still be playing this same game.
That I find more unlikely than likely, for most people here. Maybe not you.
I think it’s reasonable to say that in 20 years I’ll still play video games. It’s less certain, but still reasonable, to say that I’ll play Blizzard games. But to say that I’ll specifically still be playing WoW in 20 years is almost fantical to say, I think.
I think motorcycle or boat are pretty common purchases in that, I only hope I have purchased new car in 20 years or current would be ready for museum register 
For me it’s sort of the other way around I guess…? I love learning new things, reading, watching movies, painting etc. With WoW it feels comfy, like a pixel-y home. I’m not particularly interested in playing other games, even if I’ve dabbled in some throughout the years. I enjoyed that, but it’s not home. For me WoW and its familiarity are a way of recharging and relaxing in between all ‘the other stuff’ in life.
I may think differently if they ever make an mmorpg that hits closer to home for what I love, it’s possible as certain aspects of WoW throughout the years have turned into something that don’t resonate with me. Or if Blizzard/Microsoft go full milking mode and I get the ick too much. This has prompted breaks, sometimes long ones, before for me.
But as much as I said that WoW would still be WoW in 20 years…it also may not.
Just take a look at WoW today and compare it to Vanilla WoW, which was 20 years ago.
You cannot imagine WoW in 20 years.
Except that it’ll be 20 years older.
The game experience itself? Blizzard may have turned that into something unrecognizable.
Don’t know.
Metal records don’t change though. My favourite guitarist was a monster when I got into his band and I became one too.
He’s now like if a bunch of monsters fused. I’ve evolved too, that doesn’t mean I now dislike what he was before.
I used to troll UG as a shredder and I’ve made a new account and troll it as a Chuglord. I still like shredding though. I also never imagined I’d be a piano player. Yet here I am.
I can’t really comment too much on the whole guitar talk I’m afraid. But cool. If it’s your angle for being certain playing WoW in 20 years, cool.
ill probably do something a little more naughty lol
one way trip to Thailand
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Perhaps you should seek more inspiration, then you can back me up on UG after you’ve quit WoW.
I’ll still be trolling there when this trilogy ends, that’s enough time to learn.
Perhaps I am the inspiration you sought, courtesy of WoW.
I don’t…What?
We’ve come full circle at last. My mind closed? Don’t make me laugh.