These games cover a broad spectrum, from more child friendly games where players can meet together in parks or their own personally created areas, or more adult orientated games where users can interact in bars and night clubs. Where others focus on the gameplay the Social MMO acts more as an interactive online chat room where players can log in with their own personally customized character, with everything from their hairstyle, clothing an apparel chosen, and interact with other players in dynamic environments to chat or play mini-games. With the advent of online chat rooms and instant chat programs the rise of the Social MMO has marked a new genre in the free online game world. With many MMOs falling into definitive gameplay genres, everything from MMORPGs, FPS, RTS and Racing games, many offer social chat elements that allow the players in the games community to interact with each other.
