first impressions
Wisdom of Nym: The unfinished spaces left in Final Fantasy XIV
It'd really be nice to visit Ala Mhigo, but I sincerely doubt at this point that we're ever going to go there in Final...
Embers Adrift suffered a crash for its launcher and website overnight, but there is a workaround
By all accounts, the launch of Embers Adrift was generally pretty smooth, so consider it a bit of a downer that the game's login...
First impressions of Embers Adrift, the Kickstarted MMORPG once known as Saga of Lucimia
Those who know me will attest that I am not an old-school MMORPG player by heart. Every time I thought about getting into EverQuest...
Fight or Kite: First impressions of Dysterra, a cybernetic post-apoc survival sandbox
In the future, our home Earth is beset by a host of economic and environmental disasters. It got so bad that people with resources...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Buried Memory content
Everyone, you need to remember something very important about this patch. Something that it's possible you didn't even know until just now, something that...
Tales from the Holodeck: Altair Breaker is an unfinished and unsatisfying example of multiplayer VR swordplay
One of the best things I've experienced in VR gaming has been swordfighting. Sure, waving a controller around to translate it into sword strikes...
Tower of Fantasy increases server populations, limits chat spamming, and promises to fight cheaters
The devs of Tower of Fantasy have checked in with a new report that collects some of the latest updates made to the shared...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that took aim at World of Warcraft
The fact that we currently have a Big Five in the MMO space is a big change from not so long ago, when the...
First Impressions: Tower of Fantasy is Genshin Impact in a PSO2 costume (and it’s actually pretty good)
Let's go ahead and get this out of the way: Tower of Fantasy, the new shared world RPG from publisher Level Infinite and developer...
Global Chat: Is Phantasy Star Online 2 a shallow MMO?
In a recent post on trying out Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, blogger Virtual Bastion made the observation that the MMO offered "slick...
Hands-on with Multiversus: How WB’s new brawler stacks up against Super Smash Bros.
Like most of the readers of this site, I spend the majority of my gaming time in MMORPGs, or I wouldn't be here. But...
WoW Factor: All right, so we’re going to speedrun to Dragonflight after all
Well all right, then. This was unexpected. I honestly did not expect that Blizzard's need for content would overwhelm basic needs of testing and...
Global Chat: Hot takes from the MMO community on Diablo Immortal’s release
The latest iteration of the Diablo franchise is here with Diablo Immortal, but it doesn't seem to be stirring as much interest among the...
Not So Massively: First impressions of Diablo Immortal on PC
There was a time when the release of a new Diablo game might have been a big deal for me. But I've never been...
Not So Massively: First impressions of V Rising, launching into early access today
I'm still searching for a survival game that fits me. I enjoy a lot of the survival experience, but the games as a whole...
LOTRO Legendarium: Remembering 15 amazing years of Lord of the Rings Online
Server performance issues aside, Lord of the Rings Online's 15th anniversary has been a smashing success. It's been far greater an event than I...
Global Chat: Who gets to decide what is ‘fun’ in MMORPGs?
In a thought-provoking essay, MMO blog Parallel Context wrestled with the question, "Who gets to decide what is fun in multiplayer games?" This is...
Desert Oasis: Black Desert Mobile has a little something for every playstyle
It's amazing how fast two years flies by. It didn't seem that long ago that I was doing my first impressions piece of Black...
First impressions of Lost Ark’s new Battle for the Throne of Chaos update
While I have to admit that my playtime in Lost Ark has waned a bit in light of a bunch of other games capturing...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s restored Living World S1E1 Flame and Frost
Where were you nine years ago? I don't know about you, but my life looked very different in 2013 when Guild Wars 2 first...
