Or are we still in the dark age of MMO's where they pretty much all suck these days?
I started playing MMO's back during UO and original EQ.. went from those to EQOA on PS2, and then FFXI.. and then WoW.
Since then I've played/beta tested/etc: Age of Conan, Warhammer, Guild Wars 1 and 2, Tera, Darkfall, Asheron's Call, LOTRO, EQ2, Black Desert Online, Archeage, EVE, SWTOR, FFXIV, Vanguard, Dark Age of Camelot, Rift, Aion, Runes of Magic, Runescape, Mortal Online, Flyff, Blade and Soul.. and a bunch of others I can't even remember the names of right now.. and all of Nexon's 2D games, like Nexus; Kingdom of the Winds.
I'm currently subbed to WoW, but I'm so over that game. I was only playing because a friend from work was playing, but we play so sporatically together that I'm just wasting my money.
Has anything changed, or are we still recommending the same 10 games?
I'm looking into Outward, even though it's not an MMO.. Looks pretty interesting.
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FFXIV on Behemoth, FFXI on Eden, and Gloria Victis on NA.
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Private servers are making a comeback!
However, I don't see them learning from their mistakes as most of these indie studios were once part of one of the major gaming companies that gave us some of the great MMORPGs of the past. I would gladly pay large sums of money for Warhammer Online 2 with more content/classes/less bugs, but that will never happen. I would also pay large sums of money for SWG Pre-CU with updated graphics/less bugs, but that will also never happen. So far, the only game I'm anxiously waiting is Camelot Unchained, but it's still 2 to 5 years away from going Gold based on their progress thus far.
Hell, I'd kill just to be able to play Bannerlord this year and it's not even an MMORPG.
Now a days,the way i see Big business operate in gaming,i have little doubt of a hq game in any genre,let alone a mmorpg.
Furthermore,the large majority of gamer's seem to be attracted to VERY simple,shallow games,like the BR's and the arpg's and the tft's etc etc.I do not see immersive gaming as being very popular,hand holding,cash shop spending seem to be very popular.
Gaming has gone in a terrible direction,marketing/gimmicks >high quality designs.Simple loot systems rather than well designed systems.
As of right this minute 99.9999% is unappealing on the market.Perhaps one day FFXI mobile will release with some quality emulators to play it,maybe it is just a junky cash shop version of itself,who knows,other than that,i see a large dumpster full of trash,over rated trash.
Here is an idea,instead of making HQ games,let's market and over hype Stadia.....sigh.
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