I hate Zanga. I have a utter hatred for the slop they publish as games. I hate mafia wars, I hate Farmville, cityville, frontierville, and all of the other clutter. It endlessly confuses my wife, who loves the games. She's always on me for being way to resistant to try any of them.
So why do I hate them?
1) They are not really games. A game requires some skill, planning, preparation. These... require clicking. There is not skill, no forethought, just mindless clicking. Each "game" is repetitive and boring. There is no challenge, no skill involved.
2)They are nothing but social tools. Going back to the first one, all the game is there for is to get you to hook other people into getting other people int the game, who... and it goes on. The whole purpose is to rope people in with the expectation that they will at some time pay into either the pyramid introduction method, or pay real cash to unlock some "frill".
3) They are not filling. There is no substance to these games. Only expectation. You never go anywhere, and there is never any storyline. Just get more. I never leave feeling like I've accomplished anything.
They're just repeat layers of the same engine, with different shines. No RPG elements, no story. Only the same.
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