And though its heyday is long-passed, DAOC remains one of the most influential MMOs of all time.We are really excited to present the top MMORPG games list of 2017. Few games can claim this long of a lifespan. To this day, a cadre of fans flock endlessly to Dark Age in order to partake in its neverending war. Pitting three mythological realms of fantasy against one another, DAOC is renowned for its intense and lasting PVP thrills. But first, it’ll have to overtake its spiritual forebear.Ī large number of the team responsible for Number 7: ESO just so happen to be the folks behind the game that coined the term RVR: Dark Age of Camelot. In time, it could even move up the ladder. It’s my own personal favorite game of the past several years, and rightfully earns a spot on this list. But through earnest and passionate development, ESO has become of the brightest spots in modern MMORPGs.
It didn’t immediately wow critics and fans, with such high expectations off the back of Skyrim. The limitless possibilities it offered.ĮSO launched just a scant few years ago. It had player-made villages, endless horizons, and though it suffered a fate it didn’t deserve, it’s hard not to miss the broad stroke of genius it represented. A living breathing universe to start life in as whatever kind of scoundrel, farm boy, dancer, or pilot you wanted to be. But goddamn, what a beautiful mess it was. Until then, fans of CoH can only play their favorite NPCs in NCSOFT’s MXM. It’s so missed to this day that there are a handful of independent fan projects looking to carry its mantle.
City of Heroes was once one of the largest MMORPGs ever released, and earned the nickname “The Widowmaker” because it was one of the first MMOs to break free from the fantasy trope and hit a section of gamer that wasn’t just into D&D. I don’t want to make the next two games “In Memoriam”, but it might be unavoidable. Loved by millions of Final Fantasy fans across the globe, FFXIV is a testament to what a studio can do with care for its fans, reverence for its IP, a focus on core ideals, and polish. If for no other reason, FFXIV deserves a spot on this list for being the only MMORPG that was ever dead on arrival only to be shut down and resurrected into something truly sublime.
Maybe we’ll have to do a top 40 like Casey Kasem soon. Honorable Mentions: Asheron’s Call, Lord of the Rings Online, The Secret World, Rift, Black Desert, Meridian 59, Lineage 1 and 2, EverQuest 2, Planetside, Maple Story, Runescape, SWTOR and so many more.
#Top 10 best free mmorpg 2017 update#
As we update it every year or more, it can and will change. In short, this list is mostly just us struggling to show love to every game we’ve adored, and can be taken with a grain of salt. So we focused more on games that do well here. And it’s also true that we don’t include some of the largest games that are still big today in Asian territories - mainly because the bulk of this site is English speaking and in the EU or NA territories. Similarly, there haven’t been very many new MMOs in the past decade that hold a candle to the games that started it all. And we also didn’t want to make it entirely about old games that no longer have the limelight. This list was insanely hard to whittle down.
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