Year in Review – Sept 2020 (editorials) By Bree Royce - October 20, 2020 1:57 PM 0 Flameseeker Chronicles: Breaking down Guild Wars 2’s End of Dragons expansion teaser trailer Not So Massively: Iron Harvest 1920 is a dieselpunk RTS with a surprising amount of heart Choose My Adventure: The slow-burning, esoteric start of Wurm Online The Daily Grind: Is the tab-target MMO on the way to becoming extinct? Perfect Ten: 10 reasons WoW Classic is still fun in 2020 The Soapbox: Feeling the loss of an MMO community Hands-on with the four Vs of Nexon’s mobile MMO V4 Massively Overthinking: How we deal with burning out of MMOs Vague Patch Notes: Apple vs. Epic is not good vs. evil Massively on the Go: Here’s how Niantic is trying to fix Pokemon Go’s Mega Evolutions Massively on the Go: An open letter to Pokemon Go’s Niantic and The Pokemon Company The Game Archaeologist: Mirrorworld Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s second season of crafting PvP Jukebox Heroes: Six great ArcheAge tunes Massively Uplifting: MMOs from LOTRO to ESO bring comfort, healing, camaraderie, and charity Fight or Kite: New World’s beta hasn’t made me a true believer – yet Choose My Adventure: Mining misadventures in Wurm Online First impressions: Small World of Warcraft is a fun boardgame with a touch of Azerothian flavor Desert Oasis: Checking back in on Black Desert Mobile, almost one year later Perfect Ten: How to speak with your family members about playing MMOs Massively Overthinking: Contemplating in-game advertising WoW Factor: Covenants have become a Shadowlands prison of Blizzard’s own making Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s new event includes problematic features and stat bloat LOTRO Legendarium: The quiet consistency of Lord of the Rings Online Jukebox Heroes: The best of MapleStory 2’s soundtrack Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s second Ishgard season is a touch underwhelming Not So Massively: The dos and don’ts of stealing from MMOs First Impressions: Craftopia is an enjoyably laid-back but extremely unrefined bit of survival sandbox gaming Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s new Sunqua Peak fractal, live today First impressions: Hands-on with Dauntless’ new Mission hunts and the Terra Escalation Perfect Ten: 10 amazing hidden quests in World of Warcraft Desert Oasis: Black Desert Mobile is not just a mobile copy of Black Desert Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on the newly announced Final Fantasy XVI LOTRO Legendarium: Is LOTRO getting greedy with its fall content update? The Survivalist: First impressions of Conan Exiles’ Isle of Siptah expansion WoW Factor: No, Shadowlands is probably not going to be terrible The Soapbox: The joys of MMO collecting Jukebox Heroes: LOTRO’s Great Wedding soundtrack Wisdom of Nym: So… what if our last expansion is Final Fantasy XIV: Nextpack? Fight or Kite: Spellbreak’s epic combat and classes set it far apart from the battle royale pack Choose My Adventure: Wurm Online is not for me, and that’s OK Perfect Ten: Why do players keep playing MMOs they hate? Vague Patch Notes: Why stan an MMO with nothing to show for itself? Leaderboard: Are you tempted by Ultima Online’s New Legacy server? WoW Factor: The stuff I’m genuinely excited for in World of Warcraft Shadowlands The Game Archaeologist: The short ride of Auto Assault The Daily Grind: What has your biggest MMO Kickstarter disappointment been to date? Not So Massively: The dos and don’ts of stealing from single-player games Wisdom of Nym: What awaits Final Fantasy XIV’s Norvrandt in the future? The Daily Grind: Why didn’t RIFT do better? Perfect Ten: 10 tools MMOs use to tell stories
First Impressions: Craftopia is an enjoyably laid-back but extremely unrefined bit of survival sandbox gaming