Is this sort of post simply a holdover from a time when new MMOs seemed full of promise, a tired attempt to relive past bouts of enthusiasm when I am fairly sure that the future only offers bland, “me too” alternatives that are barely alternatives at all in a world where World of Warcraft offers as much as it does? So that was it, which makes me wonder if I should continue the tradition of the “MMO Outlook” posts here at TAGN. On the non-fantasy side, in addition to EVE Online, I played a little War Thunder and World of Tanks during the spring and summer, but not enough for it to be really noteworthy. And none of them stuck for very long, save for WoW. Games I already had installed, save for Runes of Magic, and in which had some previous investment. September – very short bursts of LOTRO and Guild Wars 2.February – EverQuest II at the start of the month.Overall, this was what I played, month by month, on that front: I actually did play a few other fantasy MMORPG titles. So what they hell did I play in 2017? I mean, besides EVE Online, Minecraft, and EverQuest II at the start then World of Warcraft at the end. My metaphor for MMOs… picture by Yann Arthus-Bertrand Again, differentiation in fantasy MMORPGs is a pretty narrow thing these days. I’ve played a bit of R uneScape in the past, I just never went back to it while there was nothing on the feature list that attracted me to Albion Online. So of that list of a dozen I could have realistically played two of them, Albion Online and RuneScape. Given that list and my criteria that the game must be in some form of viable, released, not hiding in some criticism deflecting “beta” or “early access” mode while charging for the privilege state of affairs, I was left with two titles out of the dozen.Īnd that was even with setting the bar pretty low for fan favorite Project: Gorgon, which I said I would play regardless of state so long as it was together enough to be up on Steam. Pantheon: Saga of Heroes – Just a vision and some demos.Life is Feudal – Seems to still be slated for 2017 as I write this.
Shroud of the Avatar: Unnecessary Secondary Title – What test release are we at this week?.SkySaga: Infinite Isles – Development ceased.Camelot Unchained – Nothing to play yet.Star Citizen – Hahahaha… some day maybe, but not any day soon.Albion Online – Went live, but didn’t appeal.
How likely was it that I could even play these games? Yes, I have been in something of a state of ennui when it comes to our favored genre, but lets go back down that list from a year ago and see what I was up against. Still, I am going to say that this isn’t entirely my fault. And did I play any of them? Even one of them? So in my MMO Outlook post for 2017 I listed out a dozen titles, games I had either not played or had barely touched, with an eye to trying something new.