Last week, MMO designer Raph Koster made a Twitter comment that’s stuck in my mind:
SWG has had quite a year for a game shuttered years ago.
— Raph Koster (@raphkoster) December 31, 2015
Hell yes it has. It’s getting mainstream and indie attention left and right. As well it should: Even if you hated it, you can’t deny that it was a unique piece of sandbox art in an MMORPG field since dominated by World of Warcraft clones. And yet talking about it makes me sad. When we write about it, the best we can do, call-to-action-wise, is tell you to go play an emulator.
There are great MMORPGs still alive that deserve attention too, games that you can go play right now. Which one do you think our readers should give a try? Which old MMORPG deserves more love?
Every morning, the Massively Overpowered writers team up with mascot Mo to ask MMORPG players pointed questions about the massively multiplayer online roleplaying genre. Grab a mug of your preferred beverage and take a stab at answering the question posed in today’s Daily Grind!
