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It's fairly easy to say that [[Diablo II]] and [[Diablo III]] are both MMOs, even if not [[MMORPG]]s. However, the genre is mostly referred to as [[ARPG]], lookign at gameplay rather than player base.
 
It's fairly easy to say that [[Diablo II]] and [[Diablo III]] are both MMOs, even if not [[MMORPG]]s. However, the genre is mostly referred to as [[ARPG]], lookign at gameplay rather than player base.
  
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Latest revision as of 12:32, 2 July 2010

Massively Multiplayer Online Game, often abbreviated to just MMO rather than the full MMOG refers to games that are played by thousands of players simultaneously.


Common usage[edit | edit source]

The most common usage is when you talk about RPGs played online in large scales, MMORPGs, but really refers to any game played with a large player base.


Diablo[edit | edit source]

It's fairly easy to say that Diablo II and Diablo III are both MMOs, even if not MMORPGs. However, the genre is mostly referred to as ARPG, lookign at gameplay rather than player base.