Depends on the person and what they are looking for and more importantly what they have already played. For the sake of conversation , WOW-FFARR-ESO-SWTOR-TROVE-GW2-BDO.
The problem is I cannot actually recommend anything to anyone because each person wants different things. Further I enjoyed certain MMORPGs for different reasons myself. For instance I played Black Desert like a life simulator, building my trading, farming and worker empire. I was greatly constricted by what I could grow at the time (number of plots limited) I played and had to rely on harvesting to obtain other raw materials I could process using my workers. I enjoyed placing different workers on different jobs and specializing them. I spent a rather embarrassing amount of time on this game and I hardly played it like a MMORPG since I only grouped to get help to kill some bosses. So I cannot recommend this game to others as a real MMORPG and I never PvPed so even the main objective was never an interest of mine and I never even levelled to 55.
I would recommend Project 99 highly but that game is almost impossible at end game since a few guilds squabble over the end game dungeons and dragons. The rest of the game can be frustrating due to heavy camping in certain areas and you are then not really able to go where you want in reality. Grouping is very good, fun and challenging though from my own experience.
FFXIV is a good game and so is ESO but many people hate so many things about them so trying to recommend a game is really an impossible proposition. However if you mean playing these games and enjoying yourself and playing with friends I would heartily recommend these two.
FFXI.. FFXI "private servers",FFXIV...EQ2..that is it. If and a big IF Runes of magic was not pay to win then it does a few things different that adds some fun value as well has actual GUILD WARS.However being it is a HUGE p2w game i couldn't recommend it.
This shows how stagnant the genre is,imo it is a genre that requires a huge payroll a huge team and very knowledgeable people so yeah really tough to pull of a great mmorpg.What we have been getting from WOW>>>has been a lot of LAZY designs and very linear designs and tons of automated designs as well as NON mmo designs and tons of hand holding. EQ2 sort of falls into this category of WOW>>>but they were first and imo Blizzard execs were in testing and outright went to copy EQ2 while was being developed. Point made is that it is WAY easier to COPY another developers work even if it has a lot of bad ideas,so copying bad should not be recognized as being good or as equal.
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If you were a bit more lenient I'd add the following:
Ryzom Istaria Dragon Nest
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I recommend everyone move on to single or multiplayer open world games instead.
Mmorpgs are a dead genre, they are stale and have failed to innovate to stay relevant. After 20 years of mmorpg questing, does anyone even care anymore for killing 10 more X or bringing back 10 things to some NPC that you will never talk to again? Outside of indie devs, mmorpgs have been abandoned by the video game industry
The only redeeming quality was online community but even that aspect has turned to shit so.. imo
Zero
As for multiplayer open world games, do you have any personal recommendations? Conan exiles for example?
If a person was totally new to the genre, depending on their tastes I would recommend in no particular order one of the following:
ESO, GW2, EVE, FFIV, and WOW.
Now, for me personally, and for anyone well familiar with what the genre once was, the choice is zero.
Which is why I've been playing single or smaller multiplayer games for quite some time now.
There's a reason people are playing all the MMORPGs out there, even the dead ones got a few fans. So in a sense, I can suggest any of them, depending on whom am I suggesting it too.
As a gateway MMORPG, I have to say GW2, ESO, FFXIV are good choices.
But for yours truly, just the same, none.
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There are loads of MMOs you could play and have a blast in for 3 or 4 months. If you want an old school hobby MMO where you could in theory dump years of free time in to it. They aren't there any more. It isn't so much the games, it's us. Grinding the same content for hours a day, day in, day out isn't doing the job and that is what made for those old school hobby games.
Games they call MMORPGs are either PvP arenas sugar coated with some minor RPG features, or linear single player games you play together with other people.
There are quite a few that can be recommended , and are here on a regular basis , the irony is watching some folks say none ,zero, but ive watched them recommend MMOs in some of those threads even very recently ..
But of course on topic it always depends on what the player is looking for .,. this community usually has several recommendations that fit the bill or as near as can be ...
There IMO is to many to list here for the different flavors in game play that people look for .. But the threads here are endless and weekly looking for Game
There are quite a few that can be recommended , and are here on a regular basis , the irony is watching some folks say none ,zero, but ive watched them reccommend MMOs in some of those threads even very recently ..
But of course on topic it always depends on what the player is looking for .,. this comunity usually has several recommendations that fit the bill or as near as can be ...
There IMO is to many to list here for the different flavors in game play that people look for .. But the threads here are endless and weekly looking for Game
If someone asked me what MMORPG they should play that's released today, I would likely give them multiple options because that's what they asked for. (I.e. while I personally think there aren't many that's worth the time, I would still rank them for the member)
If they asked me if I thought any were worth dumping time into, my answer would be far different. I think that may be where you're seeing the difference in reply.
Games they call MMORPGs are either PvP arenas sugar coated with some minor RPG features, or linear single player games you play together with other people.
The genre is truly dead.
Well, maybe just "mostly dead?"
Still some indie efforts in progress which certainly won't resurrect the genre to anything near resembling its former popularity but may offer some solid entertainment for those who prefer designs from a pre-WOW era.
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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Zero would definitely have won, given the cynical nature of the site members. (And yes, I include myself among the cynical).
I'm into a single player rotation these days, with only LotRO as the only pure MMORPG I dabble in. And that doesn't draw my attention more than 2 or 3 times a month anymore.
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A lot would also depends on who's asking. Young, middle age, old, first time gamer, experienced gamer looking for a challenge... I might suggest Wizard101 to someone, a game that's not for me but others enjoy.
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If I'm recommending them to a friend, I assume they haven't played them before so they don't suffer from the MMORPG burnout that afflicts most of us around here. And there are quite a few that are worth playing both old and newer.
Off the top of my head: WOW, LOTRO, EVE, GW2, FFXIV, BDO, TSW and ESO are all worth experiencing if you haven't. I'm sure there are quite a few more if I think about it.
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Depending on preferences, WoW or EVE. I'm pretty upset with both of those games more recently, but I've also had some great experiences with both. I assume when you say "people today" that you mean people that haven't experienced them yet, today.
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ESO
Everquest 1999 Project 99
Black Desert
The problem is I cannot actually recommend anything to anyone because each person wants different things. Further I enjoyed certain MMORPGs for different reasons myself. For instance I played Black Desert like a life simulator, building my trading, farming and worker empire. I was greatly constricted by what I could grow at the time (number of plots limited) I played and had to rely on harvesting to obtain other raw materials I could process using my workers. I enjoyed placing different workers on different jobs and specializing them. I spent a rather embarrassing amount of time on this game and I hardly played it like a MMORPG since I only grouped to get help to kill some bosses. So I cannot recommend this game to others as a real MMORPG and I never PvPed so even the main objective was never an interest of mine and I never even levelled to 55.
I would recommend Project 99 highly but that game is almost impossible at end game since a few guilds squabble over the end game dungeons and dragons. The rest of the game can be frustrating due to heavy camping in certain areas and you are then not really able to go where you want in reality. Grouping is very good, fun and challenging though from my own experience.
FFXIV is a good game and so is ESO but many people hate so many things about them so trying to recommend a game is really an impossible proposition. However if you mean playing these games and enjoying yourself and playing with friends I would heartily recommend these two.
If and a big IF Runes of magic was not pay to win then it does a few things different that adds some fun value as well has actual GUILD WARS.However being it is a HUGE p2w game i couldn't recommend it.
This shows how stagnant the genre is,imo it is a genre that requires a huge payroll a huge team and very knowledgeable people so yeah really tough to pull of a great mmorpg.What we have been getting from WOW>>>has been a lot of LAZY designs and very linear designs and tons of automated designs as well as NON mmo designs and tons of hand holding.
EQ2 sort of falls into this category of WOW>>>but they were first and imo Blizzard execs were in testing and outright went to copy EQ2 while was being developed.
Point made is that it is WAY easier to COPY another developers work even if it has a lot of bad ideas,so copying bad should not be recognized as being good or as equal.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
eso
swtor
wow
swg legends
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Vendetta Online
If you were a bit more lenient I'd add the following:
Ryzom
Istaria
Dragon Nest
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Authored 139 missions in Vendetta Online and 6 tracks in Distance
As a gateway MMORPG, I have to say GW2, ESO, FFXIV are good choices.
But for yours truly, just the same, none.
EQ P99
EVE
SWGEMU
ESO
Anarchy Online
WOW
DCUO
Worth playing through at least once
SWTOR
TSW
Totally screw around because I can't decide what to play next in my rotation
PlanetSide 2
World of Tanks
Star Citizen
GW2
SWTOR
Secret World
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
Games they call MMORPGs are either PvP arenas sugar coated with some minor RPG features, or linear single player games you play together with other people.
The genre is truly dead.
If they asked me if I thought any were worth dumping time into, my answer would be far different. I think that may be where you're seeing the difference in reply.
Still some indie efforts in progress which certainly won't resurrect the genre to anything near resembling its former popularity but may offer some solid entertainment for those who prefer designs from a pre-WOW era.
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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Off the top of my head: WOW, LOTRO, EVE, GW2, FFXIV, BDO, TSW and ESO are all worth experiencing if you haven't. I'm sure there are quite a few more if I think about it.
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