It's not uncommon to go through one MMORPG beta after another seeing as how we've got a flood of them drowning us at a pace faster than we can breathe.  I've played game after game and lately it's been a habit for me to quit 5 minutes after playing.  A good example would be Holic Online: there's nothing wrong with the game, but I barely gave it a chance and dropped it before I even got to level 3.  I don't know about you all, but I've been on a never-ending quest to find that perfect game to satiate all my desires.



    I've gone through many games that had the potential to draw me in, turn me into a mindless drone, destroy my life and toss me aside after they had their way with me.  All games have "potential" but none of them ever become more than just a grind fest that'd put ground beef factories to shame as they question their production methods.  Perhaps it's my own fault for avoiding P2P games and playing games that are in a beta testing stage, but I can't help it.  Like many of you avid MMORPgamers, I'm a penny pincher; I lack the financial income to pay $12 a month and I'm not proud of it either.  Okay, I'm lying and I can actually afford that amount, but why should I pay for it when it'll either not be to my liking or I'll just end up quitting 2 months down the road?  I'm starting to get off track here and I'll save it for another time.  The point is: all these games coming out are way too similar to warrant a playthrough.

    How many times do we need to level up to God (or deity of your choice) knows where and hit that apex, ultimately losing all interest as we've "beaten" the game and have nothing left to do but sit around and socialize forever?  We've done this all before; I've killed hordes of monsters, ransacked them for all they're worth, stole their rares and beaten them into submission in not just one game but a plethora of games.  They're all the same when you take a step back and look past the fancy graphics and different overworld.  You're back to level 1; you're beating up the baddies; you gain extreme amounts of exp; you make new friends; you quit.  Let me just digress for a bit and say that I abuse the semi colon more than a drunken, low-wage salaryman coming home to find his wife cheating on him.  Okay, anyway, I'm back--we're all fans of MMORPG's and I'm sure we're getting tired of a rehash of the last game we played.



    So when will we find that sacred jewel in the rough, that game that just grabs us from our reality and eats away our soul?  I still haven't found what I'm looking for and maybe I never will.  Perhaps all this gaming has desensitized me, and now everything, no matter how innovative and different, is just a pile of garbage that only newbies will enjoy like flies to a cow patty.  Perhaps I'm getting "old" and it's time for me to grow up and play that game we call life.  But even if that's the case, I'll still be searching.  I've tasted the ever-so-sweet flavor of a memorable MMORPG, and I'll continue the quest as I wade through clone after clone for a new home.