Year in Review – February 2024 (editorials) By Bree Royce - October 26, 2024 10:14 AM 0 Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO shows little love for February Working As Intended: Yes, you can make money as a newbie in City of Heroes Vague Patch Notes: Why we drift away from MMORPGs we still love Casually Classic: When will WoW Classic stop adding expansions? Massively on the Go: Preparing for Pokemon Go’s Los Angeles Sinnoh Tour Massively Overthinking: Do you care more about MMO stats or looks? First Impressions: Palworld copied all the right homework to graduate as its own enjoyable game Into the Super-Verse: Early SOs pose a perplexing problem in City of Heroes Homecoming Wisdom of Nym: The franchise references in the world of Final Fantasy XIV Not So Massively: Stormgate isn’t delivering a revolution (yet) Perfect Ten: The MMO franchises that can’t count past two Working As Intended: City of Heroes macros and popmenus for noobs Fight or Kite: Ravendawn has a great class system, but gameplay needs polish Into the Super-Verse: What’s wrong with City of Heroes’ Incarnate system? Massively Overthinking: When the original MMO is better than the sequel Working As Intended: A guide to City of Heroes Homecoming’s best player-crafted portal bases Vague Patch Notes: MMORPGs and the PC gaming market LOTRO Legendarium: How to walk away from LOTRO (for a while) First Impressions: Nightingale’s survival and realmwalking blend could make it a stand-out in the sub-genre Wisdom of Nym: What the hey is up with Final Fantasy XIV’s Xbox pricing? Not So Massively: Lightyear Frontier is a charming blend of survivalbox and life sim Perfect Ten: The 10 phases of MMORPG pre-launch hysteria Working As Intended: 10 City of Heroes Homecoming base builds you need to see WoW Factor: Steve Danuser was not really the problem with World of Warcraft Massively Overthinking: The last great year of the MMO genre Into the Super-Verse: So what can Homecoming do with City of Heroes’ Incarnates? Four Winds: Phantasy Star Online 2 offers some of the best social features in MMORPGs LOTRO Legendarium: Rethinking LOTRO’s landscape soldiers Global Chat: What are the top dragons in EverQuest? Wisdom of Nym: How long until Final Fantasy XIV’s next expansion based on patch 6.57? The Soapbox: Why I’m OK with ‘missing’ attacks in City of Heroes Choose My Adventure: The Wagadu Chronicles is off to an extremely rough start Massively on the Go: Guide to preparing for Pokemon Go’s Global Sinnoh Tour The Daily Grind: Should MMOs stop making us heroes? Perfect Ten: 10 problems that really hurt The Secret World Desert Oasis: Black Desert has grown so much in its 3333 days of life Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online proves the worth of a small story arc Into the Super-verse: Missing in City of Heroes is part of what makes it hit Fight or Kite: Harry Potter Magic Awakened’s February update nerfed dailies and degraded the UI Massively Overthinking: Are MMOs suffering from shrinkflation? Vague Patch Notes: What does the future of MMORPGs look like? Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Los Angeles Sinnoh Tour was one step forward and one step back for Niantic LOTRO Legendarium: 10 ways LOTRO was vastly different at launch Wisdom of Nym: The franchise references for monsters in Final Fantasy XIV Not So Massively: Last Epoch is a potential gem in dire need of polishing Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s The Realm of Dreams, launching today Choose My Adventure: The Wagadu Chronicles’ worldbuilding is epic, but the gameplay… Casually Classic: Is it worth playing into World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm Classic? Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with interesting Guinness World Records Vague Patch Notes: The day I deleted a character in anger in Final Fantasy XI Massively Uplifting: Dragon Con and The Game Awards demonstrate the rise of awareness, accessibility, and inclusion Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Sinnoh Tour turned players into guinea pigs Massively Overthinking: Always-online vs. offline modes in multiplayer games
First Impressions: Nightingale’s survival and realmwalking blend could make it a stand-out in the sub-genre
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Los Angeles Sinnoh Tour was one step forward and one step back for Niantic
Massively Uplifting: Dragon Con and The Game Awards demonstrate the rise of awareness, accessibility, and inclusion