It’s time for a brief intermission before we get ready for the end game. While game 998 might not sound like an odd point to do so, there is some meaning behind it – by our definition of genres, there are 25 genres left. We finished two of those a long time ago – Wii […]
Posts Tagged ‘MMORPG’
#587 Everquest 2
Posted: 26th May 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, MMORPG, pc, sony, sony online entertainment
242nd played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Sony Online Entertainment Publisher: Sony Online Entertainment Sequels are fairly common in videogames – if a formula works, why not tweak it and try again? As a lot of engine work and assets can be reused, it can even be cheaper, or […]
233rd played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2003 Developer: CCP Games Publisher: CCP Games Eve Online is an odd game. As I mentioned, I often speak with people who know a thing or two about video games, and today the subject of Eve Online happened to come up. An article about […]
#489 Runescape
Posted: 16th April 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, jagex games studio, MMORPG, pc
232nd played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Jagex Games Studio Publisher: Jagex Games Studio ย This MMORPG is a bit of a different one. Probably one of the first of free to play, later taken on by smaller and larger MMORPGs including even World of Warcraft – a fact we’ve […]
#900 Aion: The Tower of Eternity
Posted: 4th April 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, aion team development dept, MMORPG, NCSoft, pc
229th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Aion Team Development Dept Publisher: NCSoft ย We’ve already covered several of MMORPG publisher NCSoft’s games in the past, with our first MMORPG Guild Wars and more recently the ill-fated City of Heroes. As that last game partially inspired our drive to complete […]
#358 Ultima Online
Posted: 23rd March 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, electronic arts, MMORPG, origin systems, pc
226th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Origin Systems Publisher: Electronic Arts And I suppose it’s about time we start with the granddaddy of them all. Ultima Online is one of the first MMORPGs, and with its rise being at the same time as the rise of the internet, […]
#410 Everquest
Posted: 19th March 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, MMORPG, pc, sony online entertainment
225th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Sony Online Entertainment Publisher: Sonly Online Entertainment Wow, feels like it’s been a while since we played an MMORPG. Sure , there aren’t many on the list, so we should spread them out, but it just feels safer to finish more of […]
#581 City of Heroes
Posted: 31st August 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2004, cryptic studios, MMORPG, pc
175th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Cryptic Studios Publisher: NCsoft Up next in our desperate panic to play certain games before any decent support sees them fall off of the face of the planet (Reset Generation, where are you?) is City of Heroes. Whilst this is a successful […]
#624 World of Warcraft
Posted: 3rd November 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, Blizzard Entertainment, MMORPG, pc, Warcraft
97th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Here it is. The big one. The elephant in the room. That one game everyone in the modern day has heard of. Sure, other games may be more famous. More iconic. But also, to be fair, older. […]
#646 Guild Wars
Posted: 2nd October 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, ArenaNet, MMORPG, NCSoft, pc
89th game played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2005 Developer: ArenaNet Publisher: NCSoft And here we go, the first game in a genre of nine. The MMORPG are generally associated with its own type of players, with grinding to the beyond and players that are not always at nice… although at […]