Year in Review – January 2021 (editorials) By Bree Royce - October 29, 2021 2:42 PM 0 Why WB Games should make a new Asheron’s Call game in 2021+: The mechanics LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s history in 2020 and hopes for 2021 ‘I saw a City in the Clouds!’: Previewing Star Wars Galaxies Legends’ Bespin expansion Wisdom of Nym: Predicting Final Fantasy XIV’s 2021 for now Not So Massively: Drake Hollow is the wholesome survival game we need right now The Soapbox: What I want to see in Riot’s League of Legends MMO Choose My Adventure: The extremely guided tour through the opening segments of ArcheAge Desert Oasis: Avoiding burnout in Black Desert Online Lawful Neutral: 2020 was the year that wasn’t for MMO legal news WoW Factor: Oh no, not the Sylvanas redemption arc Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2020 Leaderboard: What was the most overrated MMO of 2020? Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2021 Vague Patch Notes: Yes, Virginia, that counts as an MMO The Game Archaeologist: Free Realms Jukebox Heroes: The best of Dragon’s Dogma Online’s soundtrack Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s community is better – and worse – than you think Fight or Kite: Pearl Abyss’ Shadow Arena has epic new modes – and no one to play them The Daily Grind: Which game made the biggest contribution to killing MMORPGs in 2020? Choose My Adventure: Oops, I completely forgot to do the main quest in ArcheAge Perfect Ten: The 10 tiers of MMO system complexity Massively on the Go: Monster Hunter Rise’s demo is merely a less pretty taste of Monster Hunter World WoW Factor: The Shadowlands gameplay loop problem Vague Patch Notes: In defense of easy fun, in MMOs and elsewhere LOTRO Legendarium: It’s long past time to delete legendary items from Lord of the Rings Online Jukebox Heroes: The best of Dream of Magic Online’s soundtrack Wisdom of Nym: Ishgard restoration round three in Final Fantasy XIV Not So Massively: Haven is a noble but failed experiment in couples’ gaming Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga: Power Choose My Adventure: My ArcheAge mage is an absolute monster Perfect Ten: The 10 types of MMO loot I’m always thrilled to get Vague Patch Notes: What makes MMO leveling feel good? Massively Overthinking: Retaking Quantic’s survey to determine our ‘gamer type’ WoW Factor: Does Blizzard have a messaging problem or a message problem? Into the Super-verse: Will we ever get a Marvel MMORPG? Jukebox Heroes: The best of Wurm Online’s original soundtrack Wisdom of Nym: Oh, the places left to go in Final Fantasy XIV Fight or Kite: Sea of Thieves made me feel like a pirate Choose My Adventure: My post-level 30 life in ArcheAge Stick and Rudder: Nine non-combat activities to enjoy in Elite Dangerous Vague Patch Notes: The difficult value of MMOs Massively Overthinking: Are you susceptible to second-hand MMO hype? WoW Factor: The pros and cons of deterministic gear systems Lawful Neutral: The bizarre corporate effort to buy RuneScape studio Jagex The Game Archaeologist: Lost Continents, the Jules Verne MMO we never got
Massively on the Go: Monster Hunter Rise’s demo is merely a less pretty taste of Monster Hunter World