I sympathize with part of you post. For those of us who are used to the more fleshed out, single player video games, this mmo-style game play comes off as less then fulfilling because everything seems to be shelled and hollow. On top of this, the story (if there is one) is stretched out to great proportions because it needs to sustain months of game play.

Mmos are not as hollow as people perceive. There is a lot of freedom in how your character and story develops so you have the freedom to insert your own mythos into your character.

I too have moments in which I am starving for something more sustainable then the mmo, and that's when I shift gears and play an old single player rpg or read a good book. They refuel my imagination.

I'm not sure if you're just burnt out of the mmo experience. But if you're just tired of it all in general and don't agree with anything I have to say...then I guess the single player experience really is for you.