Here’s a funny fact: All I have to do is start singing this tune, and my wife starts feeling the urge to play some Final Fantasy XI. It’s kind of understandable, though; the PlayOnline client is cumbersome enough to have a full loading and logging-in screen that stretches on for half of forever, and it’s catchy music. Part of that is because PlayOnline was supposed to have a life beyond just “FFXI Launcher,” but it’s still memorable.
We don’t think a whole lot about the launchers for the games we play on a regular basis, of course. They’re just there. We only start noticing them when we switch to other games or find the launcher suddenly changed; I’ve never really gotten over the shift from having a dedicated World of Warcraft launcher to using the BattleNet launcher, even though I do launch other things from it. Similarly, I’ve never liked Final Fantasy XIV‘s launcher, and The Elder Scrolls Online’s launcher always strikes me as cumbersome, but I quite liked logging into City of Heroes right up to its last days. So what about you? Which MMO has the best login experience?
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!
