Sometimes I look at popular MMOs and wish for a single-player offline version.
@terrana That's interesting. I have never found an MMO that was mechanically fun enough to actually keep me playing. Being online means there have to be some massive concessions to the gameplay, and all of those tend to combine to make an extremely boring and grindy game. Especially popular ones, which are engineered to keep you playing and train you to build a habit and take up your time and money.
I tried Xenoblade Chronicles and immediately bounced off because it's essentially a singleplayer MMO, mechanically. Maybe you could look into that?
@socks I think the ability to run around the world helps the worldbuilding, though. Another thing about xenoblade is the stunning vistas.
The music as well, because a lot of its music just wouldn't be able to fit into a visual novel.
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@Felthry The thing is that if the story is your game's only saving grace, then it would be better as a different genre, like a visual novel. I can't put up with a game as mechanically boring as Xenoblade, no matter how good the story is, and the same applies to MMOs.