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First Impressions: Brighter Shores has gobs of potential buried under mountains of grind

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When I first heard of it, I wasn't sure that Brighter Shores would be a game I wanted to play, but watching development unfold...

MMO Hype Train: Brighter Shores is a totally chill RuneScape clone

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Former RuneScape creator Andrew Gower admits that he never planned to make another MMORPG -- at least until enough fans convinced him to give...

Hands-on with Lynked Banner of the Spark, an adorable roguelite with base building, crafting, and co-op

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I typically gravitate towards intense, heart-pounding, combat games that go in hard and never let up. But every once-in-a-while, a game comes across my...
This is not Permea.

Global Chat: Does the MMO genre need a good rebranding?

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As we all seem to love the topic of MMO definitions, it's with little surprise to see blogs discuss it as well. Contains Moderate...

Casually Classic: World of Warcraft’s delves have real evergreen potential

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Ever since World of Warcraft released back in 2004, there's been an tension in this game between casual, solo play and hardcore group progression. It was...
Sadly, we do not get to witness this doing lots of fun things to the frame rate.

Why I Play: Satisfactory scratches my MMO crafting itch

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My first real exposure to Satisfactory was long, long before playing it or even being more than peripherally aware of it, because I really...

First Impressions: Throne and Liberty blends the overly familiar with the intriguingly unique

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Throne and Liberty represents a new big-label MMORPG launch, which is something that feels like a rare occurrence, particularly as most players are likely...

Global Chat: The War Within continues WoW’s upward trend

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We'll kick off this week's tour of MMO blogs with a diverse first impressions piece of The War Within by Kaylriene, who praises the...

Preview: My Time at Evershine promotes players from cozy townie to ‘adventurous’ town manager

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Pathea Games has something of a "type" when it comes to the game it likes to make. My Time at Portia and the multiplayer-friendly...

First Impressions: The War Within breathes new life into World of Warcraft

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After being mostly disappointed with Dragonflight, I was wondering if my decision to return to World of Warcraft for the Worldsoul Saga was a...

Tarisland unlocks its epic spider boss for extreme squishing

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Following a patch last week that gave players a helping hand through the Arcane Realm floor challenge, Tarisland opened the doors of a new...

Hands-on with Arc Games’ Fellowship, a new game trying to distill the MMORPG dungeon experience

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For many folks, one of the more entertaining aspects of playing an MMORPG is running through its dungeons (though of course that varies from...
Level up, loser.

Wisdom of Nym: The actual storytelling issues with Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail

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I'm not exactly surprised that basically any controversy vis-a-vis Final Fantasy XIV's most recent expansion is pretty much completely focused on the story (with...
Pure.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Arcadion brings the noise

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There has been a question that has kind of been bubbling in the background of the entire premise behind Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, and...
You have too much junk.

First Impresions: Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail is a dense summer getaway for the MMORPG

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I finished up Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail's story a while ago, but I've been spending a couple days turning over what I think about...
With strong eye contact.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail’s relatively smooth early access isn’t a sign of doom

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On Sunday evening, I had to log out from Final Fantasy XIV to take care of an errand. This is not unusual. It is,...

First impressions of ASKA, Sand Sailor’s brand-new colony-building survival sandbox

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Thanks to the press preview hosted by Thunderful and Sand Sailor, I recently had the opportunity to play around with survival sandbox ASKA a...

First Impressions: Tarisland’s interesting gameplay isn’t enough to surmount shoddy temport quality

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When we issued our 2024 predictions for the MMORPG genre during our annual year-end articles, I said that Tarisland would be a sleeper hit,...

Massively Overthinking: Unfair stigmas that follow MMORPGs

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A few weeks back, our team was discussing the intersection of survival sandboxes, MMORPG virtual worlds, and gankboxes - and how hard it is...

SGF 2024: Hands-on with NCsoft’s long-awaited Throne and Liberty, launching September 17

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Most of the games I played at Summer Game Fest were more enjoyable than I expected - including Throne and Liberty, which was probably...

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