2022 eoty meta
The Daily Grind: Which MMO boasts the best graphics as of 2022?
Last year, I singled out Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons - then already on our horizon - as being worthy of the "best...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Awards: Biggest MMO Surprise
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Biggest MMO Surprise, which was awarded to the revival of Fallen Earth...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offered the best crafting in 2022?
"Best crafting" has always been a hard pick for me as it's one of my core content magnets in an MMO, which tends to...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Awards: Best PvP MMO
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Best PvP MMO, which was awarded to Albion Online last year. We...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding stories of 2022
Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's column keeping track of all the crowdfunding MMOs in our genre. Last year, the...
LOTRO Legendarium: A look back at Lord of the Rings Online in 2022
Holy cow, are we already wrapping up another year of Lord of the Rings Online? I've been writing this column since 2010, and I...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Awards: Worst MMO Business Model
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Worst MMO Business Model, which was awarded jointly to Star Citizen and...
The Daily Grind: How many MMOs did you actively play in 2022?
Now that we're really counting down the clock on 2022, it's time for some well-deserved reflection. I always like to look back over the...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Awards: Best MMO Business Model
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Best MMO Business Model, which was awarded to Guild Wars 2 last...
The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMO trend of 2022?
Earlier this week, we dished out our "best MMO trend." Today, I want to talk about the worst trend, and really there are a...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2023
Nobody can see the future, but it sure is fun guessing, and that's exactly what we're going to do for (to?) the MMO genre...
Stick and Rudder: The year that was in Elite Dangerous, from self-owns to sloppy updates to slight hope
To say that Elite: Dangerous had a rough 2022 is putting it mildly (and pretty much dismisses the nuance this retrospective hopes to provide)....
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Awards: Biggest MMO Disappointment
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Biggest MMO Disappointment, which was awarded jointly to multiple underperforming new MMOs...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2022 predictions
Every year we do an MMO predictions post full of obvious, not-so-obvious, and totally-out-there prognostication for the future of the MMO genre. And every...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Awards: Best New MMO Class
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Best New MMO Class, which was awarded to Black Desert's Corsair class...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2022
I might be biased - by which I mean I am definitely biased - but 2022 was a year of big stories and big...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Awards: Best MMO Trend
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Best MMO Trend, which was awarded to the gaming industry's unionization efforts...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best fashion options as of 2022?
Last year, we noted that we considered but rejected a formal award for MMO fashion; we were worried it would wind up rewarding character-centric...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Awards: Biggest MMO Blunder
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Biggest MMO Blunder, which was awarded to the Activision-Blizzard/World of Warcraft clownshow...
The Daily Grind: What was the best new zone added to an MMO in 2022?
This is one of my favorite end-of-the-year Daily Grinds because new zones are one of my favorite things in MMOs. I just never get...
