Zero Harpuia
Turalyon 514
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Posted - 2013.09.04 07:07:00 -
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Anyone got an old MMO they'd like to share? Something that may have petered on the edge of the public eye? I'll get us started with three, my own overlooked gem and two you should already know about.
EVE Online
10 years of solid service is pretty old when most MMO can't last til the end of the quarter under the Blizzard juggernaut, but EVE found a way. This game(which I really shouldn't have to tell y'all about) is prized for it's loose moral standards. The game puts as few restrictions on you as possible, just to see what you'll do with it. We fit battleships with miners, so they made Mining Barges. We demanded freedom so we got nullsec. We demanded adventure, the Wormholes opened before us. CCP has done what most can't, and survived, if not quite thrived, for many a moon.
World of Warcraft
The aforementioned Blizzard juggernaut, WoW is deserving of the definition. It is an unkillable beast, and only the largest of screwups could do it in. The game is the epitome of 'Fantasy' 'RPG' and 'class system.' Ask someone for a class and they'll probably say Paladin or Wizard. Ask about fantasy and they'll talk of elves and dwarves, instead of 'anything the mind can conjure' as the term means. The game has codified most of the Tolkien Fantasy into our collective subconsious, and at 9 years of age, is actually younger than EVE. Nice little caveat for the next time someone rails on about how WoW is the 'King of MMO' eh?
Monster Hunter Frontier (Monster Hunter Online)
Never released in Engish, or ANY of the Romance Languages for that matter, Capcom's niche franchise Monster Hunter found a powerful home in the land of MMOs. With the game's Co-Op, boss mode setup it was perfectly suited to MMO levels of layers without feeling like a reskinned WoW. Due to the control scheme of the game and it's roots in Console Gaming, it easily ported to the XBox, and then to the PS3 and WiiU. The game is a wonderful romp in a world of steampunk tech and awe inspiring monstrosities of nature, and although the language barrier is irritating, it is entirely surmountable to fans of the localized console editions. Barely two and a half years WoW's junior, it has earned its place in the pantheon of successful MMOs. Where else could you fight THIS?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeqS4YypSjc
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