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[Column] General: The Top 5 Most Disappointing MMOs of 2015…So Far

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129

A couple weeks ago I wrote about some of the best MMOs we've had in 2015 so far. That list included stuff like new releases, games that saw big improvements, and some of the most promising ones to keep your eye on for the next half of 2015. This list, on the other hand, is going to focus on the exact opposite.

Read more of David Jagneaux's The List: The Top 5 Most Disappointing MMOs of 2015…So Far.

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  • nhatnhat Member UncommonPosts: 166
    Most of the games I would say average, not bad but at the same time not great. If you like FPS and don't mind the clones, same for these games mentioned.
  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 8,164
    A controversial pick for number one.

  • kryntokkryntok Member UncommonPosts: 77
    If you didnt yave high hopes for wow in the first place it would be controversial. Even thought its better then every other game on the list it was the biggest dissapointment.
  • TiamatRoarTiamatRoar Member RarePosts: 1,688
    Originally posted by kryntok
    If you didnt yave high hopes for wow in the first place it would be controversial. Even thought its better then every other game on the list it was the biggest dissapointment.

    The article should have said "World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor" rather than just "World of Warcraft".  The context of the article makes it clear it was mainly talking about the expansion.  And rightfully so.  The Garrisons were hotly anticipated as was the rest of the expansion and it ended up just being TERRIBLY boring and SHORT.

  • unfilteredJWunfilteredJW Member RarePosts: 398

    As a giant WoW fanboy of 9 years, I agree with it being disappointing.

    I'll be there to buy the next ticket and ride the rides, but it was hard to take the expansion seriously with the whole AU theme. I'm just hoping it leads to more legion fun times.

    I probably would have stuck around but I'll admit the ogre raid was just trash, imo. I really should hop back on and try out the new raid.

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  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722

    I disagree with WoW, i think the reason is because i dont play every month so when i do play i have a blast.

    I know nothing about pathfinder so i cant comment on that one. I agree with the rest, but it pains me to agree with Cabal 2 because i loved Cabal 1 and this time around they failed from every angle except the combat which i really liked.





  • unfilteredJWunfilteredJW Member RarePosts: 398
    Originally posted by TiamatRoar
    Originally posted by kryntok
    If you didnt yave high hopes for wow in the first place it would be controversial. Even thought its better then every other game on the list it was the biggest dissapointment.

    The article should have said "World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor" rather than just "World of Warcraft".  The context of the article makes it clear it was mainly talking about the expansion.  And rightfully so.  The Garrisons were hotly anticipated as was the rest of the expansion and it ended up just being TERRIBLY boring and SHORT.

     

    The legendary quest "grind" really killed it for me. I fell behind and I just never thought I could catch up. And there's lore in them there quests.

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  • OzmodanOzmodan Member EpicPosts: 9,726

    So far most of the indie MMO's are not looking that good.  Pathfinder is only one of a long list of indie games charging for the privilege of playing their very mediocre game.

    As to Wow, there is no challenge in the game whatsoever.  Well the only challenge is if you want to do high level instances where people yell at you for not doing something right at some indeterminate moment.

  • hallucigenocidehallucigenocide Member RarePosts: 1,015
    no shocker about WoW really.. but i cant help to wonder what it would have been without the garrisons.. 

    I had fun once, it was terrible.

  • NildenNilden Member EpicPosts: 3,916
    Really scraping the bottom of the barrel for this article. You know your hard up for lists when it's top 5 most disappointing...

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  • mmrvmmrv Member RarePosts: 305

    This site should be shut down for what they said about warlods of draenor....read their reviews , first impressions etc....now it is magically of the worst releases lol.

    I am not a wow fanboi but for fck sakes atleast be consistent in your paid media hyping  "journalism"

  • CoolitCoolit Member UncommonPosts: 661

    I came into this article thinking WoW has to be at the top of the list and what do you know it was. If only Bliz had followed through with the promise of a return to the games routes and not given us a glorified Facebook game like garrisons.

  • firefly2003firefly2003 Member UncommonPosts: 2,527
    Need more Sci-fi MMORPGs that market is way to saturated with fantasy genre, plus there hasn't been a decent MMO in development in quite a while to get excited about. I think it's time for one more crack at the genre to revitalize the industry before it dies off with a big budget title from a studio that sets to make a quality experience and not for just the money

  • reeereeereeereee Member UncommonPosts: 1,636
    Originally posted by mmrv

    This site should be shut down for what they said about warlods of draenor....read their reviews , first impressions etc....now it is magically of the worst releases lol.

    I am not a wow fanboi but for fck sakes atleast be consistent in your paid media hyping  "journalism"

    The problem is we're not talking about the hype driven initial reviews or first impressions.  Yes, WoD got good reviews when it first came out and garrisons were new, but it's not being judging on first impressions. 

     

    The expansion is over.  The last major patch is in and they're done with it so we can now judge it as a whole, and the whole is very very lacking for WoD.

  • gwei1984gwei1984 Member UncommonPosts: 413

    Well, how about thinking twice, before you give the next lackluster WOW expansion the obligate 9,0 rating?

    That doesnt only concern mmorpg.com, but every other magazine that gave the trainwreck "Diablo3 ver1.0" those enormous ratings and praised WOD, despite being the worst expansion this once beautiful game ever saw.

     

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  • MilkbzyMilkbzy Member UncommonPosts: 14

    Aside from wow, not a single one of these games had any chance of being even mediocre.  A trash gaming being trash isn't a disappointment.

     

  • AmjocoAmjoco Member UncommonPosts: 4,860
    Originally posted by hallucigenocide
    no shocker about WoW really.. but i cant help to wonder what it would have been without the garrisons.. 

    Do you mean would it have been better? Personally I love the garrisons, they beat standing in front of the Stormwind/Orgrimmar banks and give me something else to do. What really makes people look foolish is when they say they like the expansion except for the garrisons. Simple fix is just not do the garrisons and go back to standing in front of the bank. 

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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Originally posted by Amjoco
    Originally posted by hallucigenocide
    no shocker about WoW really.. but i cant help to wonder what it would have been without the garrisons.. 

    Do you mean would it have been better? Personally I love the garrisons, they beat standing in front of the Stormwind/Orgrimmar banks and give me something else to do. What really makes people look foolish is when they say they like the expansion except for the garrisons. Simple fix is just not do the garrisons and go back to standing in front of the bank. 

    People spent 10 years shouting "we want housing!" and then they finally get the best instanced housing system any MMO has ever done and they start complaining about the housing being too involved and grindy... just goes to show, never trust what people say they want.

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  • reeereeereeereee Member UncommonPosts: 1,636
    Originally posted by Iselin
    Originally posted by Amjoco
    Originally posted by hallucigenocide
    no shocker about WoW really.. but i cant help to wonder what it would have been without the garrisons.. 

    Do you mean would it have been better? Personally I love the garrisons, they beat standing in front of the Stormwind/Orgrimmar banks and give me something else to do. What really makes people look foolish is when they say they like the expansion except for the garrisons. Simple fix is just not do the garrisons and go back to standing in front of the bank. 

    People spent 10 years shouting "we want housing!" and then they finally get the best instanced housing system any MMO has ever done and they start complaining about the housing being too involved and grindy... just goes to show, never trust what people say they want.

    I tend to think of it more like:  We spent 10 years asking for player housing and instead got a mobile game made by people who are not particularly good at mobile games. 

  • Loke666Loke666 Member EpicPosts: 21,441
    Originally posted by firefly2003
    Need more Sci-fi MMORPGs that market is way to saturated with fantasy genre, plus there hasn't been a decent MMO in development in quite a while to get excited about. I think it's time for one more crack at the genre to revitalize the industry before it dies off with a big budget title from a studio that sets to make a quality experience and not for just the money

    No, what we need is new genres. Right now we have loads of fantasy games, a few sci-fi, , some superhero games, a pirate MMO or 2 and a couple of zombie games. And TSW.

    The possibilities for MMOs are almost countless. For one thing would a "Red dead" western MMO be really sweet. A musketeer MMO would also be amazing. Low fantasy is another possibility ala Game of thrones (AoC kinda pretended to be low fantasy but a third of the classes uses magic so they miss the point) that could be very successful.

    I could see a CIV like crafting MMOs as well. And a MMO set in Europe 1066 for that matter. OR Cyberpunk. Maybe something with a little Hungergames/Divergence style.

    You really are right that there are far too many high fantasy MMOs and too little of the rest right now, we do loose many potential players because of it but Sci-fi is the second largest setting right now. What we really need is to look on what cathegories of movies people enjoy and at least take some inspiration from that for new settings.

  • BigdaddyxBigdaddyx Member UncommonPosts: 2,039
    Repetitive dailies as a downfall for WOW expansion really? what is this 2008 or something?
  • GhernGhern Member UncommonPosts: 134
    Originally posted by Iselin
    Originally posted by Amjoco
    Originally posted by hallucigenocide
    no shocker about WoW really.. but i cant help to wonder what it would have been without the garrisons.. 

    Do you mean would it have been better? Personally I love the garrisons, they beat standing in front of the Stormwind/Orgrimmar banks and give me something else to do. What really makes people look foolish is when they say they like the expansion except for the garrisons. Simple fix is just not do the garrisons and go back to standing in front of the bank. 

    People spent 10 years shouting "we want housing!" and then they finally get the best instanced housing system any MMO has ever done and they start complaining about the housing being too involved and grindy... just goes to show, never trust what people say they want.

    The garrisons are not player housing. They are a mechanic that is tied in to the entire expansion. It killed professions and a big part of the economy.

    If I came back to WoW I could not even start the Tanaan questline because none of my toons have a level 3 garrison.  Sure, it was my choice not to invest in a level 3 but why should I? I hate the garrison. It is a glorified facebook game. Your followers have more exciting adventures than you do in Dreanor.

    If Blizz made true player housing or even guild halls were you could decorate, show trophies for guild achievements and just hang out with guildies it would have been far better.

    When an entire expansion runs through the garrison what you get is the majority of the player base despising them.

  • SavageHorizonSavageHorizon Member EpicPosts: 3,480
    Lol, but the mighty WOW hasn't fallen.




  • hallucigenocidehallucigenocide Member RarePosts: 1,015
    Originally posted by Amjoco
    Originally posted by hallucigenocide
    no shocker about WoW really.. but i cant help to wonder what it would have been without the garrisons.. 

    Do you mean would it have been better? Personally I love the garrisons, they beat standing in front of the Stormwind/Orgrimmar banks and give me something else to do. What really makes people look foolish is when they say they like the expansion except for the garrisons. Simple fix is just not do the garrisons and go back to standing in front of the bank. 

    yes i think they relied too much on the garrisons..  i kind of like how they work but they should not be the main focus of the expansion.. it should have been more a place to spend your downtime in.

    I had fun once, it was terrible.

  • Joseph_KerrJoseph_Kerr Member RarePosts: 1,113
    The fact that people are actually paying a subscription for a game in development is disheartening. The Force is weak with them.
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