Favorite MMORPG games?

[andanton]

List your all time favorite MMORPG games?

My own answer to the question:

Asheron's Call is my 1st all time favorite MMORPG. That game was awesome!! The developers constantly provided new quests each month. This was the first MMORPG to have a monthly quest system. Was great items / weapons / character classes / largest map I ever seen. By far it was the best MMORPG I ever played. It really went downhill in recent years, but in its prime it was very good.

World of Warcraft is my 2nd all time favorite MMORPG. Awesome PVE and PVPer MMORPG. By far the best PVP MMORPG I ever played. Asheron Call had a poorly designed PVP system. World of Warcraft utterly blows away Asheron's Call for PVP fun. I also love the PVE and characer leveling in World of Warcraft. My only complaint is it gets boring and tiresome after so much time leveling.

[izzie]

Ultima Online was my favorite MMORPG. Extremely addictive at the time.

I know there have been newer games since then, but I'm too afraid to touch another MMORPG. Can't afford to get addicted to another game while in college :)

[ducarti]

Star Wars Galaxies. Its the best MMORPG out there.

[xstatic]

Ultima Online was my favorite MMORPG too. It was also legal in that game to sell off your chars or items. When I quit playing that game I sold my account and used the money I got to get a new PC!! Can't beat that....

[Angela Miller]

Asheron's Call is the best MMO!

[Rob Williams]

Asheron's Call here.. by far the best MMO of all time in my opinion. I am still a subscriber and play occasionally. That says a lot for a game that's 6 years old.

[Ben]

I played Lineage 2, WoW, and EQ2 but each not for very long, but I liked EQ2 the best.

[Yaotl]

Asheron's Call.....nothing comes remotely close to it...

Many of the more recent MMO's are a step backwards, not forwards.

I'll try to think of a few things off the top of my head:

- massive, UNIQUE, seamless world. No instancing.
- fantastic loot system
- Run skill - yes you can actually run fast! And jump high! And it's useful in combat!
- complex quests that are more than your WoW FedEx'ing....
- as a melee, when you connect, it feels like you actually hit the enemy. None of the "waving at fresh air" you get in other games.
- Solid entities in PVP. You don't just run through the enemy....
- you can login, play for only 30 minutes, and actually do something fun
- a PVP server where death actually means something

I could probably go on forever.......

[Fr00zen]

Asheron's Call also was my favorite.

Been a lot of votes for that game.

Surprising that more people rate that as the best MMORPG over WoW.

[Pha1lure]

All that I have ever played is WoW so im gonna have to say that...

[madmat]

Kingdom of Loathing baby!! Ph34r the 1337 6r4ph1cks!!!

[Worldstar]

Guild Wars all the way! Guild Wars owns. Has the best PVPing in a MMORPG game.

[andanton]

Asheron's Call also was my favorite.

Been a lot of votes for that game.

Surprising that more people rate that as the best MMORPG over WoW.

I'm surprised too.....

When I created this thread and started the conversation going, I originally thought that most people would vote WoW. Never imagined that would be so many people saying Asheron's Call.

The same company that produced Asheron's Call has created the Dungeon and Dragons Online game. That may be a good choice for all the Asheron Call fans. I'm thinking of getting it myself.

[Rob Williams]

Trust me, it's not a good choice ;)

[SqueekyClean]

Trust me, it's not a good choice ;)

You referring to D&D Online?

Why is it not a good choice?

[DarkSynergy]

I currently play no MMORPG. I can't seem to make myself pay a mothly fee when I am as busy as I am. Not that the interest isnt there, its the time that isnt.

[GeekGirl]

I have beta'd / played:

Eve
Guild Wars
World of Warcraft
EQ2
Dark Age of Camelot
City of Heroes/Villains
Asheron's Call
Asheron's Call 2
Saga of Ryzom
Anarchy Online
Ultima Online
Everquest
Planetside
Jumpgate
Toontown
Rubies of Eventide
Rose Online
Shadowbane
Matrix Online
Neocron
Horizons
Star Wars Galaxies
There
Blademistress
Auto Assault
and Seed
*edit*(Forgot Earth & Beyond, Uru, and Mourning, and Wish)

and I can say, with authority, hands down Asheron's Call (1) is the best game period.

[GeekGirl]

DarkSynergy there are several free mmos right now including Guild Wars (box purchase only) and Anarchy Online (base games only). But hey it's something!


I currently play no MMORPG. I can't seem to make myself pay a mothly fee when I am as busy as I am. Not that the interest isnt there, its the time that isnt.

[Rob Williams]

I have beta'd / played:

Eve
Guild Wars
World of Warcraft
EQ2
Dark Age of Camelot
City of Heroes/Villains
Asheron's Call
Asheron's Call 2
Saga of Ryzom
Anarchy Online
Ultima Online
Everquest
Planetside
Jumpgate
Toontown
Rubies of Eventide
Rose Online
Shadowbane
Matrix Online
Neocron
Horizons
Star Wars Galaxies
There
Blademistress
Auto Assault
and Seed
*edit*(Forgot Earth & Beyond, Uru, and Mourning, and Wish)

and I can say, with authority, hands down Asheron's Call (1) is the best game period.

Bah, I completely forgot about Wish. It was actually pretty decent in Alpha... sad to see it not fully develop really.

[Jakal]

I've played ROSE Online
Guild Wars
World of Warcraft
FlyFF
Maple Story
RFO Rising Force Online
Out of all of those I liked GW only because it was free and I had a guild to go do stuff with. The others I was basically on my own. Rose wasn't so bad either, and was the first mmorpg I played. Not counting Runescape, which.. yah I won't go there.

[living_joke]

Everquest the original version, and Everquest 2 are my favorite MMORPGS.

[Ben]

I forgot about Rose and GW. I played Rose for like a day and was like, THE ****? And quit.

[discharge]

Guildwars is the only MMORPG I ever played.

I enjoy it a lot, and think that its underrated. It has excellent gameplay and replay value. I been playing it almost everyday.

[Yaotl]

["Guild Wars all the way! Guild Wars owns."]

GW is *not* an MMORPG. A GW dev indeed stated such!
Having said that, the lines are blurring - it certainly is not a MMORPG from the traditional model - the game is 100% instanced. Quake with meeting places and quests......not saying it isn't fun - it is!

["The same company that produced Asheron's Call has created the Dungeon and Dragons Online game. That may be a good choice for all the Asheron Call fans."]

Whilst I haven't played it, I can practically assure you that it will not hold the interest of hardcore AC supporters/players....I would bet money on it.

[GeekGirl]

Yaotl : now there's an old school AC name ;)

[liqnit]

mine is WoW i beta it and played after it is great
i also beta AutoAssult which i liked very much
and long long time ago i played StarPeace

[chillout]

I won't play WoW because I think Blizzard are jerks. I heard a lot of bad things about them, including a number of illegal things they have done.

Right now I only play Sony mmorpg games, like everquest and star wars galaxies. I enjoy both those games :D

[Ben]

I won't play WoW because I think Blizzard are jerks. I heard a lot of bad things about them, including a number of illegal things they have done.

Right now I only play Sony mmorpg games, like everquest and star wars galaxies. I enjoy both those games :D

You must have never heard of NCSoft...

[phonywish]

I won't play WoW because I think Blizzard are jerks. I heard a lot of bad things about them, including a number of illegal things they have done.


What illegal things did they do ?

[Uc-ker]

Banning accounts isn't illegal. Wonder if that is what he is complaining about?

[adabo24]

City of Heroes. I love being a superhero :)

[skyrise]

Everquest was my favorite.

Unfortunately my computer doesn't meet the requirements for Everquest 2, and can't play it.