Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Quick Links
Poll: What is the best/your favorite MMoRPG of all time?
LotosSlayer
Member Posts: 247
What is the best/your favorite MMoRPG of all time? The candidates are MMos often considered the best of the best and old school/golden age MMos only. BTW, when you vote consider the MMos when they were in their prime only, not how they are currently. Like SWG pre-CU/NGE, DaoC pre-ToA, WoW pre-TBC, etc. If your favorite MMo isn't on here or you disagree with my choices, sorry but make your own poll. MMos like EQ2, Lotr, AoC, are more popular but imo they're MMo single player RPGs and just worse versions of WoW. I even considered not putting WoW in 'cause I don't find it good but even a lot of MMo vets have good things to say about it. I wanna put Darkfall, Ryzom, and CoH in but there's not enough room. I'm mostly doing 'cause I'm curious how the old school MMos will rank, how many people will vote WoW vs the older MMos, and 'cause polls are fun :P Also, I'd rather that only people that have played atleast 3 of the listed MMos are allowed to vote, but there's no way to enforce that. Posting what you voted for and why is appreciated, but obviously you don't have to.
My pick is FFXI.
Comments
My favorite was Lord of the Rings Online (even though I'm not playing it right now), but it's not listed. I guess I'll put WOW since that is was initially got me addicted to Online Games.
There Is Always Hope!
DAoC, by far.
During its prime it had the best community ever. The game was just amazing.
FFXI!
As a side note, if FFXIV can maintain the fun community aspect (which for me was forced grouping and other mechanics of the game, such as crafting) and the difficulty, while reducing the huge time commitment (better hubs for same-level people, for example), I will be all over it. Otherwise, the progression of levels and the difficulty was perfect in my opinion. Unfortunately the current game is too much of a time commitment for me to handle at the moment, so I'm just waiting for FFXIV with hope.
WoW, the only mmorpg/game in the world that I have played almoste every day since 2005. Sure I've taken some breaks to try out some other games.. But they have lasted like a week or at tops 2 months. Nothing beats WoW, I cant find any game on the market (AND I'VE TRIED ATLEAST 90% OF THER AVAILABLE P2P MMO'S). And hundreds of f2p mmos.
Everquest. Nothing beats it. Best community during its "time".
No hand holding, no instant gradifictaion, meanful death penatly, fun and different classes, tons of different zones to explore and fighting in.
My favorite part of the game is by far the fact that players feared death and due to this fact lead to some great moments that I still look back on and think "how did I not die?"
Never had more fun in an MMO then I did playing EQ, I hope one day some developer makes a modern day MMORPG along the lines of EQ.
Sooner or Later
Swg (pre-nge)
For me it's a toss up between two very different games: Ultima Online and World of Warcraft. I played UO for longer but voted WoW because I guess overall I think it was the better game. One thing I will say for UO is that I played for 4 years and have nothing but fond memories, no regrets. With WoW I felt somewhat disillusioned by the direction the game had taken.
PS I think your list is pretty good but i'd have loved an 'Other' option just to see how many people liked games that wern't on the list at all.
I voted EQ just because it was the first game that got me into MMO gaming. But I have to say there are actually 3 games tied on my #1 spot; EQ1, AC1, and DAOC. Those 3 original classics will always be my favorite MMO's of all time. They may not look good or play good these days, but they were hot when they came out for the first 3 years of their launch. I would dearly love to see a remake of all 3, with similar lore, classes, and gameplay but with better engine, graphics, updated UI/controls, etc..
EQ1-AC1-DAOC-FFXI-L2-EQ2-WoW-DDO-GW-LoTR-VG-WAR-GW2-ESO
I voted original Everquest. It was my first mmo and I really loved it. I think what I liked best was the way each zone set its own hauntingly scary mood.
If it wasn't outright scary it had this "things seem ok but something is about to bust out on you" quality.
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
This. Exactly.
World of Warcraft. Hands down!
~Miles "Tails" Prower out! Catch me if you can!
Come Join us at www.globalequestria.com - Meet other fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic!
This. Exactly.
I third this.
I chose Anarchy Online.
Even though it had about the worst launch I have ever seen, it had a community unmatched in any game I have played before or since.
The Community Managers were helpful as well as the vast majority of players you ran across whether in-game or out.
The world was massive compared to the games I had played at that point. This was a complete treat for folks who loved to explore.
The fact that they offered both flight and ground vehicles made that exploring very accessible. Add into that the fact that most of the area were controlled by one faction or the other and you some adventurous trips.
Funcom really worked to keep the story at the forefront both in game and in vignettes on their website.
Missions/Quests/Dungeons were designed in a way that could appeal to both casual and hardcore gamers alike.
It was a great game and if they ever overhauled the game and updated it to today's standards, I'd probably pick it up again.
I chose Anarchy Online.
Even though it had about the worst launch I have ever seen, it had a community unmatched in any game I have played before or since.
The Community Managers were helpful as well as the vast majority of players you ran across whether in-game or out.
The world was massive compared to the games I had played at that point. This was a complete treat for folks who loved to explore.
The fact that they offered both flight and ground vehicles made that exploring very accessible. Add into that the fact that most of the area were controlled by one faction or the other and you some adventurous trips.
Funcom really worked to keep the story at the forefront both in game and in vignettes on their website.
Missions/Quests/Dungeons were designed in a way that could appeal to both casual and hardcore gamers alike.
It was a great game and if they ever overhauled the game and updated it to today's standards, I'd probably pick it up again.
Ultima Online
I don't know if it was because it was my first experience in an mmo universe, the player housing or the lack of a level system but god i love that game.. if they ever recreated it in 3d (especially the true player housing, not instanced)I would play that game and only that game.
I'd have to say FF11. Probably just for the fact that it was my very first mmo. So the feeling of absolute newness to the genre in general, never before playing a game where you had so much customization of your character or a world as big as Vanadiel, is probably the biggest factor on why I feel that way. I played WoW for just a bit longer(from 05 to last year) and I played FF11 from 02 to 05, and love warcraft, I just can't ignore my first love. I'm probably going to be staring at the menu for 5 minutes straight of FF14 remembering everything I did in 11, before I log in for the first time lol, I'm sentimental like that.
meeeeeeemoriiiiiiiiiies.
First time visit to Deadmines = priceless!
My all time fav eventhough it's not a "conventional" MMO is Guild Wars series.
No monthly. A total quality MMO in all areas. It's not my dream sandbox, but it's very well done, and very well maintained. Guild Wars II is the MMO to watch.
Star Wars Galaxies Pre NGE also. SWG is actually good now, except SOE has been terrible management. The game hardware is horrid. The stupid TCG, and other things added are horrible. The server issues (way too many dead servers) seals the deal for not playing it.
WoWifying SWG was the worst idea in MMO history
WOW. the game i love to hate and hate to love. i try other games and always come back. some have real potential imo (AoC and WAR as a couple examples), but fall short in one aspect or another (population, looking for group mechanics, or just a crappy game engine). wow has the closest thing to a total package whether you want to admit it or not. pvp isnt perfect and the graphics are older now, but overall the most complete mmo i have ever played and it obviously appeals to players across an insanely wide spectrum. on a side note i never played EQ but some of my best friends voted it on this very thread. i will get drunk and take their money with no remorse during the next poker night and yell "for the horde!"
uber black and red temple of nod gaming case
4 fuckin gigs of random access memory
ge force chopper sick balls over 9000 vid card bra
holy shit im bragging about my computer to play mmo's processor!
World of Warcraft.
I've been uplinked and downloaded, I've been inputted and outsourced. I know the upside of downsizing, I know the downside of upgrading.
I'm a high-tech low-life. A cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, bi-coastal multi-tasker, and I can give you a gigabyte in a nanosecond.
I'm new-wave, but I'm old-school; and my inner child is outward-bound.
I'm a hot-wired, heat-seeking, warm-hearted cool customer; voice-activated and bio-degradable.
RIP George Carlin.
... with a 94 meters head lead in a 100 meter race (comparing the income rates).
Curious EVE is last on that (meaningless) list. Curious, since the mmorpg.com editors voted en mass for that game as game of the year. Out of touch lately editors ?
Want a real mmorpg? Play WOW with experience turned off mode and be Pve_Pvp King at any level without a rat race.
Honestly, why anyone even bothered clicking a button after that statement above is beyond me....
edit: I am actually now thoroughly disappointed with myself after realising by posting I have bumped this crap.
eve online by far
BestSigEver :P
Anarchy online pre-means
Generation P
Anarchy Online.
I also went through the horrid startup. It had everything that I could want in an MMO. Great community, PVP when you wanted it, solo play when you could not find a group (It was rare when you couldn't).
However Funcom screwed up with adding Shadowlands. They had a great game and tried to make it EQ v1.5.