I guess you’re not wrong, it definitely wasn’t cheap. I bought the components during a Black Friday sale, so I was able to save several hundred, though.

I built a new high end system a couple years ago, and I’m glad I did, since it may have to last for the foreseeable future.

Ah, so you do understand the reason for gift cards.

GW2 is my favorite MMO (despite having put more time into WoW), and I’m hopeful GW3 ends up being of similar quality. Anet is a good company and has plenty of passionate employees, so I’m hoping they can pull it off.

It’s only a model.

SHHH

I’m currently playing through it with a gamer buddy. The gameplay isn’t challenging, but it’s definitely fun. I was talking to someone else who tried playing with their non-gamer wife, but they had to stop because she was getting frustrated with things.

I agree about the writing and it being the weakest point. Then there’s the part with the elephant:

The level design and environments are excellent, though. Between these and the gameplay, the game is still a joy to play through, even if the writing sours the experience a bit. Split Fiction is definitely on my watchlist, and I plan on picking it up during a sale.

It really should’ve been 25 eps. Things were just starting to get good, then they had to rush to end things at the end.

Most of these don’t fit “offline MMO” super closely, but are games I’ve played that share various aspects that I enjoyed in MMOs:

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Minecraft with mods

Hytale

Various Bethesda games with mods

Sword Art Online games

V Rising