Recently I left the world of Azeroth, seemingly for good. Part of the reason I choose to leave was I assumed there would be another MMO on-par with WoW in terms of content and overall experience that I could begin to play…
I was wrong….
Have you tried Final Fantasy XI recently? I downloaded the 14day trial thinking “how could a Final Fantasy game possibly be bad”. There were so many things I disliked about FF11, from that pointless piece of crap “play online viewer” to the pixelated 2003 graphics… I didn’t keep it for longer that an hour I admit, but it seemed so dated and bare and insignificant compared to the mighty mmo overlord, WoW.
Anyway, this isn’t about Final Fantasy XI in particular, but just about the sheer lack of great fantasy MMO’s compared to WoW… Sure, I’m sick of Azeroth, but I wouldn’t lower my standards or play a greatly inferior MMO for that simple fact.
I’ve tried Conan, Guild Wars, LOTR, EvE online, FFXI and countless pay2play Korean grind-fest’s, basically all the big hitters, with no joy. I blame Blizzard for making WoW so damn good.
I have yet to try Warhammer, But I’ve read a lot of reviews and it really doesn’t seem to stack up against WoW. I may still give it a try, but I’m not too optimistic.
The more MMO’s I try, the more I’m realizing the greatness of WoW. That Blizzard really did make a spectacular game, far ahead of anything else on the market (or anything that would come out in the next few years, it seems)
It’s becoming clear that there’s really not a title out there that could compete against WoW for “best MMO” without being completely out of its league and ends up running home to its mother crying, with its trousers soaked in urine.
I guess if you take all the MMO’s out at the moment, and compare them to Warcraft….You could consider WoW the perfect MMO, I mean, if every MMO you can compare fails against WoW….Doesn’t that kinda make WoW the perfect MMO by default? (for now, at least)
So as 2009 begins, so do my hopes of a game that could compete against WoW. The most promising so far seems to be The Old Republic.
What are some promising MMO’s scheduled for a 2009 release on PC? Do you have your eye on any inparticular?
Your thoughts, give them to me.
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Beyond that though the game isn't that bad. It requires a few hours investment until you reach level 12ish, but at that point it becomes a party oreiented game much faster than world of Warcraft. And while most of what you'll be doing is killing random enemies the same could be said of wow albiet in a much more directed quest structure.
FFXI isn't for everyone, and it's ultimately not user-friendly enough to compete with WoW. But it's an excellent more multiplayer oriented game for people tired of Warcraft's single player levelling or militant raids.
Also, I saw straight through LOTR Online's shenanigans after playing the free trial a while ago :D
WoW is one of the most polished games ever, and it's damn good. If you're trying to stop for time constraints (like I did), or whatever other reason you had, you just have to find other things to do and not think about it. I had a ton of friends that would always talk about it when I tried to quit, and I inevitably went back.
ANYWAY. I'm looking forward to TOR, and that's it MMO-wise really. I need all that time I spent playing wow to play other games that I want to finish, and do other things :)