Year in Review – May 2021 (editorials) By Bree Royce - November 7, 2021 6:41 PM 0 LOTRO Legendarium: Six essential LOTRO store purchases for new characters MMO Week in Review: Casting judgment on Guild Wars 2’s Judgment Wisdom of Nym: What we actually know (vs. what we assume) about Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Fight or Kite: Foxhole is the ideal sandbox military war simulator for MMO gamers The Daily Grind: Can we please nuke the term ‘filthy casual’ into the sun Flameseeker Chronicles: Recapping the entire Guild Wars 2 The Icebrood Saga Choose My Adventure: MapleStory insists on getting in the way of fun Vague Patch Notes: Checking your bias when it comes to MMOs Desert Oasis: The best Black Desert quality-of-life changes Storyboard: The back-and-forth of roleplaying Massively Overthinking: Is there an MMO you’d never be caught dead playing? First impressions of Elyon’s western closed beta: Day one and a dungeon run The Game Archaeologist: Jumpgate and Jumpgate Evolution Jukebox Heroes: Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga soundtrack The Soapbox: If you want innovation in MMOs, stop worshiping polish Stick and Rudder: Phase 4 impressions and overall thoughts on Elite Dangerous’ Odyssey expansion Wisdom of Nym: What to expect from Final Fantasy XIV’s digital fan festival Hands-on with Amazon’s New World first expedition, Amrine Excavation Casually Classic: Yeah, those Burning Crusade Classic prices are stupid high The Daily Grind: Why won’t World of Warcraft add player housing? Perfect Ten: 10 places you visit in every MMORPG Four Winds: Final thoughts on Elyon’s first closed beta test WoW Factor: What would it take for big changes in World of Warcraft? Massively on the Go: Why Pokemon Go’s COVID changes should stay, not roll back The Game Archaeologist: Dragon Empires, Codemasters’ abandoned MMO Wisdom of Nym: Recapping the Endwalker reveals from Final Fantasy XIV’s Fan Festival First impressions: Bless Unleashed’s PC beta is just enough of an improvement over the original Bless First impressions: Even in beta, New Genesis is the quantum leap forward the aging Phantasy Star Online 2 needed Flameseeker Chronicles: The disappointing second half of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga Casually Classic: Fondly looking back at World of Warcraft’s Burning Crusade beginner zones Perfect Ten: Everything in MMOs that is pay-to-win So Mythic Quest is a TV show about a fictional MMO studio – how well does it represent actual MMO issues? Vague Patch Notes: The self-made shadowboxing of MMO feuds Hands-on with Dauntless’ creative and punishing Behemoth and Hunting Grounds location Desert Oasis: So Black Desert wants to be an esport now WoW Factor: Are Heroic dungeons the original sin of World of Warcraft’s current issues? Working As Intended: Touring my new SWG Legends houses (and looking at Bespin deco!) Not So Massively: Magic Legends has already made big changes, but there’s more to do Wisdom of Nym: Almost losing Soken changed how we’ll see Final Fantasy XIV forever Casually Classic: Ranking WoW Classic’s racial and class mounts Choose My Adventure: Getting straight through the Riena Strait in MapleStory Perfect Ten: MMO quests where you literally kill 10 rats Vague Patch Notes: Money makes the MMO world go round Four Winds: Exploring Swords of Legends Online’s mindblowing world Massively Overthinking: How important is gear in your core MMO? WoW Factor: What does the lack of BlizzCon mean for World of Warcraft? LOTRO Legendarium: How the landscape difficulty slider is changing the rules of the game Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s last stretch of Bozja is pretty good, but a little annoying Fight or Kite: Chivalry 2 is a blood-soaked, action-packed experience of absolute mayhem The Soapbox: Reconsidering social media as an MMORPG
First impressions: Bless Unleashed’s PC beta is just enough of an improvement over the original Bless
First impressions: Even in beta, New Genesis is the quantum leap forward the aging Phantasy Star Online 2 needed
So Mythic Quest is a TV show about a fictional MMO studio – how well does it represent actual MMO issues?