

To help you discover some of those games, we're bringing you our list of the top 10 best MMOs out there (in no particular order). Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Worst MMO Business Model, a dishonor bestowed upon Star Wars The Old Republic last year in this award’s inaugural year. In contrast, others have maintained massive player bases due to their excellent gameplay, unique features, or frequent updates. Lesser games have come and gone over the years, long since faded into obscurity. However, impressive as many MMOs are, like most other genres, it's always been survival of the fittest. BillMurphy said: In no particular order, here are our 10 Best MMOs of 2017. You can hop into a World of Warcraft Dungeon queue with players from Germany, Russia, Canada, and France without even realizing it! Murphy & Ford are correct in their depiction that the gaming world changes & the terms used in describing it are always progressing too. Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Studio of 2017, which was awarded to ZeniMax last year.We asked our writers to consider major MMORPG studios in 2017, not just their pet favorites, and judge the studios on what they did within the MMORPG genre this year specifically.

With few exceptions, the player bases of most popular modern MMOs span multiple countries. Best of all, these players can live just about anywhere in the world. You may disagree with these games, and you’re more than welcome to. This video will instead be a list of the MMORPGs I personally enjoy, and what MMORPGs I look forward to and will no doubt be playing going into 2018. Sure enough, there weren’t many great new games to play in 2017. It’s been another banner year for Final Fantasy fans and their MMORPG, but it’s not the only MMO that had a solid 2017. These players might cooperate with you, work against you, or do both at different parts of your in-game journey. The point of this video isn’t to list the best, the most popular, the most visually pleasing MMORPGs, nope. We recently awarded our MMO of the year to Final Fantasy XIV, and for good reason. So, what's the secret sauce that makes MMOs so popular and long-lasting? Broadly speaking, they offer players a sense of freedom, giving them massive open worlds to explore, dozens of side activities to pursue, spooky dungeons to conquer, and epic quests to complete - all in the company of thousands, or even millions, of other players. The genre has been around for decades, and many of its earliest titles like Everquest are still around to this day. When we look at the video games that have truly stood the test of time, MMORPGs (short for massively multiplayer online role playing game) are always near the top of that list.
