Warhammer Online got good quick! My best of 2010 was returning to WAR. I guess you know what I'm going to be playing in 2011. I'm hooked bad and loving it.
You should feel a heavy responsibility, since you have "pushed" me into doing the 10 day free entry retry. We shall see. Best of 2010? Well, let's see...
Best : None (lets face it, was a poor year for mmo's)
Worst: FFXIV
Completely agree with this, I'd go so far as saying you're clutching at straws to find anything for the 'good' column.
Seriously if the best you can come up with is some games that failed in the past with the subscription model are now doing okay because they've gone for pay as you go, that's poor. Those listed as F2P triumphs are buggy messes. Every major release this year has failed in some way or another whether in hype, (Aion), through to pyramid-scheme-scamming-noone-has-a-clue-no-showing,(Stargate Worlds).
Jesus, 2009 was crap but at least it was more exciting.
The biggest launch by a "respected" (not so much now) company and it is the dud of dud's, FFXIV, so bad that it has been free since launch and will be for some time to come.
When the most excited you can get is about two games that thanks to endless patches paid for by paying beta-testers are no longer the crapfests they once were if only because everything new that launched was even worse, then the year hasn't been good.
Then to finish it off, Cataclysm is the highlight of the year. Imagine that ALL of Gaming, PC and Consoles, the highlight was an expansion for The Sims 2, as good as it might be, an expansion for a OLD game should NOT be the highlight of a season for an entire industry.
Hopefully 2011 will deliver more. SWTOR is the big hope but frankly what the MMO world needs right now is a successful launch of ANYTHING. Just a single game that just works at launch. Come on, we been doing MMO's for a long time now. Can we get a decent game please! Just ONCE?
Guess the author was lucky enough to be one of the people who didn't waste money on FFXIV, thats easily my worst of the year. Best?...ehh did anything even come out this year?
As for that comment WSIMike, Arenanet dosen't have to follow the WoW footsteps, they got a groove all thier own and a non-stat (no int, str, or other trash) based system all in a buy - to - play system. I'm looking forward to the story continuing 250 years after Eye of the North, WoW so stall in the storyline that it makes me thankful they aren't planning a "World of Starcraft". Besides, I got sick of WoW's one side bias development, Horde horde horde.... I think I'll go join Mr Murphy at the Vomit Bar.
Arenanet kick Blizzards ass please like you did EQ.
LOL... Haven't there been enough "WoW killers" and the inevitable results, for people to realize that at this point the only threat to WoW is Blizzard itself? GW's was a fun game, but it only managed a fraction of the players that WoW has. GW2 does look like a great deal of fun, but lets be realistic. Neither it, nor TOR nor Rift are going to be "WoW killers". I'm personally looking forward to all of them. I've no doubt if they are done right, that they will be successful, enjoyable games. But "WoW killer"? Not going to happen.
Everquest 1,EQ 2, EVE and etc is still around too. Why do you expect WOW to be killed by any new game. WOW will lose subscribers when SWTOR comes out i bet but kill WOW no. There are no WOW killers but I dod expect even alot of WOW players are tired of WOW too and SWTOR has potential to pulll a decent amount of WOW players away of they pull it off. There is also a bunch of MMO players who don't like or play WOW around too. Blizzard plans WOW to be around another 4 years before their next MMO milk it as much as possible before their next MMO but no game kills another games only a bad MMO dies and servers gets shut down.
i havent found a good mmo since Lineage2 CBT, shet i would waste more time on runescape then anything new that came out the last years
whats more funneh? all these crappy copypasted console-arcade-action mmos, i understand that you can't sell it but you really haveta try and make it a mmo? the only one that can standout atm is LoCo but even that one gets boring after a while
In my opinion TOR is gonna be a good game and create a decent fan base like WAR but i dont believe it will ever become a WoW killer because its still using Triad system and despite what they have told us it will be very wow like... GW2 on the other hand is shooting for the stars at this point. Basically, if you have been to there website they are saying that their gonna make and MMO what its actually supposed to be all along. The innovations they have come up with like dynamic events and their new combat system is what i believe MMO players have been looking for all along... My major concern is however, as i said before they are shooting for stars and setting themselves up for a major failure.
In Conclusion my opinion is that...
TOR= Good Game "Not WoW Killer"
GW2= Possibly Brilliant, Possible Awful "Potential WoW Killer"
worst thing is hype of f2p - that can kill honorable gameing and replace that with cheapo cheating with who's wallet is fatter. Soon there will be no more dungeon fights but there are two ticketpods: one ya buy ticket into dungeon, from other ya buy title of dragonkiller plus whole loot.
Why to design hard battles and events, why to spend time to lvl-grinding when ya can buy all fame and shinies, why even spend time to play the game - ya can buy title [object Window]Winner of ........[object Window] and put it on ya FB page.
And to rename f2p into freemium doesnt make sense - yea, game offers possibility to pay subs, but to play together in same server with real money cheaters, b4w-ers... No!
maybe in some case like EQ2 did - separating cheaters to they RMT servers and let real players in their servers. lOTRO made this in worse possible way.
. . .it’s time to take stock of the 2010 that was for MMORPGs.
Seriously? This has evolved into an awefully strange site considering that a Third-Person Shooter and an Action-Fighting Online Game share a "Best" ribbon for 2010, while two of the absolutely well-known mainstream "Worst" mmorpg's, for one of several reasons or another, of 2010 are ignored; Star Trek Online and FFXIV.
Why Allods, an obscure title that little care about for a worst ribbon, can be considered to be included in a worst category is puzzling, considering the afformentioned. And this certainly must have been a crappy year if the best one can scrounge-up for a "Best" category are 2 dated and lethargic free-to-play games; DDO and LotRO.
I guess 2010 shows us that seriousness isn't something it used to be either. /facepalm
But here's looking forward to 2011 with Tera, Earthrise, Rift, SWTOR, GW2, to name a few.
Not surprisingly i disagree with just about everything you wrote. Freemium is not a positive for the industry at all. All freemium does is allow incompetant devs and publishers a chance to release a turd and still profit. Wows continued sucess and its latest expansion are a great boon for the industry as it continues to draw more people into mmos. Just because it isnt your cup of tea is no reason to overlook the fact it has done more than any game released to date for the industry. More than all your niche games and sub par freemium crap.
The worse of 2010 is the rise of freemium, the lack of quality articles on this site, and the lack of fortitude among devs and publishers to release non traditional niche games in an effort to recycle what wow does better.
The best of 2010 is that its over and we can hope things get better in 2011.
Can this suie get any more deep into the F2P publishers... secret place? it's not even fuynny any more tbh. How much does it cost to buy a gaming site these days?
Oh, btw, yet to see that balancing column to your 'F2P zone' that promotes and champions P2P gaming.. surely all good impartial balanced journalism presents both sides?
Allods was the best MMO released in the Decenia, even better than WoW, but the bleed-through-your-wallet buyfest it became... Not even Allods can make shit fly. I'm still heartbroken about Allods. My melee healer with 9 legendary and the rest epic gear pieces can't even play that game for free now. And paying as little as a budget fee would still have it smashed by through-the-nose payers.
So now I'm playing Rift beta and loving every second of it. This will be my MMO of 2011 and beyond.
Cheers,
Mercury, leader of Bloodpact, former #1 guild on Allods online North America, current and future #1 guild on Rift North America
I am surprised you didn't mention STO and FFXIV for worst of the year. Otherwise, nice list. I too felt underwhelmed this year and can't wait for SWTOR and GW2 to hit my PC.
i hate to burst your bubble and i really dont care but I really enjoy playing STO. And to all of you that is your opinions.
Age of Conan does NOT deserve a Best of in any shape manner or form the y turned a massive PVP powerhouse into a PVE lagfest of epic proportions. The Devs and Game Dir. ignore player comments for over 2 years and finally announce a new 12 man mini game for an almost ghost town of a server.
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You should feel a heavy responsibility, since you have "pushed" me into doing the 10 day free entry retry. We shall see. Best of 2010? Well, let's see...
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Rose-lipped maidens,
Light-foot lads...
Completely agree with this, I'd go so far as saying you're clutching at straws to find anything for the 'good' column.
Seriously if the best you can come up with is some games that failed in the past with the subscription model are now doing okay because they've gone for pay as you go, that's poor. Those listed as F2P triumphs are buggy messes. Every major release this year has failed in some way or another whether in hype, (Aion), through to pyramid-scheme-scamming-noone-has-a-clue-no-showing,(Stargate Worlds).
Jesus, 2009 was crap but at least it was more exciting.
Lets hope 2011 gives us some hope eh? :P
2010, the year that wasn't
Lets face it, 2010 was bad, really bad for MMO's.
The biggest launch by a "respected" (not so much now) company and it is the dud of dud's, FFXIV, so bad that it has been free since launch and will be for some time to come.
When the most excited you can get is about two games that thanks to endless patches paid for by paying beta-testers are no longer the crapfests they once were if only because everything new that launched was even worse, then the year hasn't been good.
Then to finish it off, Cataclysm is the highlight of the year. Imagine that ALL of Gaming, PC and Consoles, the highlight was an expansion for The Sims 2, as good as it might be, an expansion for a OLD game should NOT be the highlight of a season for an entire industry.
Hopefully 2011 will deliver more. SWTOR is the big hope but frankly what the MMO world needs right now is a successful launch of ANYTHING. Just a single game that just works at launch. Come on, we been doing MMO's for a long time now. Can we get a decent game please! Just ONCE?
Guess the author was lucky enough to be one of the people who didn't waste money on FFXIV, thats easily my worst of the year. Best?...ehh did anything even come out this year?
Everquest 1,EQ 2, EVE and etc is still around too. Why do you expect WOW to be killed by any new game. WOW will lose subscribers when SWTOR comes out i bet but kill WOW no. There are no WOW killers but I dod expect even alot of WOW players are tired of WOW too and SWTOR has potential to pulll a decent amount of WOW players away of they pull it off. There is also a bunch of MMO players who don't like or play WOW around too. Blizzard plans WOW to be around another 4 years before their next MMO milk it as much as possible before their next MMO but no game kills another games only a bad MMO dies and servers gets shut down.
i havent found a good mmo since Lineage2 CBT, shet i would waste more time on runescape then anything new that came out the last years
whats more funneh? all these crappy copypasted console-arcade-action mmos, i understand that you can't sell it but you really haveta try and make it a mmo? the only one that can standout atm is LoCo but even that one gets boring after a while
How anyone can even think something would top Cata is beyond comprehension.
You must have really been a day dreamer. 300 million dollars is pocket money for Blizzard these days.
And even that amount of money will not touch the surface of Blizzard's gold mine.
A pity that the best WOW expansion to date will be responsible for having less players though due to its difficulty in the end game.
It shows even Blizzard can make huge mistakes.
So all hope is not lost but forget the upcoming year. 2011 will be much worse than 2008.
In my opinion TOR is gonna be a good game and create a decent fan base like WAR but i dont believe it will ever become a WoW killer because its still using Triad system and despite what they have told us it will be very wow like... GW2 on the other hand is shooting for the stars at this point. Basically, if you have been to there website they are saying that their gonna make and MMO what its actually supposed to be all along. The innovations they have come up with like dynamic events and their new combat system is what i believe MMO players have been looking for all along... My major concern is however, as i said before they are shooting for stars and setting themselves up for a major failure.
In Conclusion my opinion is that...
TOR= Good Game "Not WoW Killer"
GW2= Possibly Brilliant, Possible Awful "Potential WoW Killer"
worst thing is hype of f2p - that can kill honorable gameing and replace that with cheapo cheating with who's wallet is fatter. Soon there will be no more dungeon fights but there are two ticketpods: one ya buy ticket into dungeon, from other ya buy title of dragonkiller plus whole loot.
Why to design hard battles and events, why to spend time to lvl-grinding when ya can buy all fame and shinies, why even spend time to play the game - ya can buy title [object Window]Winner of ........[object Window] and put it on ya FB page.
And to rename f2p into freemium doesnt make sense - yea, game offers possibility to pay subs, but to play together in same server with real money cheaters, b4w-ers... No!
maybe in some case like EQ2 did - separating cheaters to they RMT servers and let real players in their servers. lOTRO made this in worse possible way.
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. . .it’s time to take stock of the 2010 that was for MMORPGs.
Seriously? This has evolved into an awefully strange site considering that a Third-Person Shooter and an Action-Fighting Online Game share a "Best" ribbon for 2010, while two of the absolutely well-known mainstream "Worst" mmorpg's, for one of several reasons or another, of 2010 are ignored; Star Trek Online and FFXIV.
Why Allods, an obscure title that little care about for a worst ribbon, can be considered to be included in a worst category is puzzling, considering the afformentioned. And this certainly must have been a crappy year if the best one can scrounge-up for a "Best" category are 2 dated and lethargic free-to-play games; DDO and LotRO.
I guess 2010 shows us that seriousness isn't something it used to be either. /facepalm
But here's looking forward to 2011 with Tera, Earthrise, Rift, SWTOR, GW2, to name a few.
Not surprisingly i disagree with just about everything you wrote. Freemium is not a positive for the industry at all. All freemium does is allow incompetant devs and publishers a chance to release a turd and still profit. Wows continued sucess and its latest expansion are a great boon for the industry as it continues to draw more people into mmos. Just because it isnt your cup of tea is no reason to overlook the fact it has done more than any game released to date for the industry. More than all your niche games and sub par freemium crap.
The worse of 2010 is the rise of freemium, the lack of quality articles on this site, and the lack of fortitude among devs and publishers to release non traditional niche games in an effort to recycle what wow does better.
The best of 2010 is that its over and we can hope things get better in 2011.
/sigh... 'The Best... Freemium'
Can this suie get any more deep into the F2P publishers... secret place? it's not even fuynny any more tbh. How much does it cost to buy a gaming site these days?
Oh, btw, yet to see that balancing column to your 'F2P zone' that promotes and champions P2P gaming.. surely all good impartial balanced journalism presents both sides?
Allods was the best MMO released in the Decenia, even better than WoW, but the bleed-through-your-wallet buyfest it became... Not even Allods can make shit fly. I'm still heartbroken about Allods. My melee healer with 9 legendary and the rest epic gear pieces can't even play that game for free now. And paying as little as a budget fee would still have it smashed by through-the-nose payers.
So now I'm playing Rift beta and loving every second of it. This will be my MMO of 2011 and beyond.
Cheers,
Mercury, leader of Bloodpact, former #1 guild on Allods online North America, current and future #1 guild on Rift North America
i hate to burst your bubble and i really dont care but I really enjoy playing STO. And to all of you that is your opinions.
Age of Conan does NOT deserve a Best of in any shape manner or form the y turned a massive PVP powerhouse into a PVE lagfest of epic proportions. The Devs and Game Dir. ignore player comments for over 2 years and finally announce a new 12 man mini game for an almost ghost town of a server.