Yes! there are some games, MMORPG or MMOG, that enslaves you! As I said previously I play often EQ2.

I had been playing the first Everquest for 3-4 years in the past, then I quit because of the job. Now I decided to try EQ2, and everything was going fine until I joined a guild… 🙂

The problem is that those games would require 4-5h every day! raid, groups, etc. You can’t decide for yourself when to play: because there are other real people involved from around the world. Also even if you can solo (adventure in the game alone), most cool places requires a good group to play. And here’s the problem: logging in, waiting for people to ask you to group, getting there (some places requires 10-15min to get there) and waiting for all party members to arrive. The result? often you literally waste 1h even before starting to play!

This can work for boys or for people who got time to waste… but not for me and many other people! This aspect is quite underestimated in MMOG, and I believe is going to cause a decline of this genre over time… a pity because EQ2 has one of the best RPG system I’ve ever seen. They should simply allow people to play offline or with CPU controlled players 🙂