first impressions
Stick and Rudder: Shaky space legs and promising potential in Elite Dangerous’ Odyssey alpha phase one
Yep. This certainly was an alpha test.
For those who are curious, yes, I bought my way in to the Elite Dangerous Odyssey alpha, as did...
Hands-on with Monster Hunter Rise: Well-worth the cost of admission
Well, as Monster Hunter Rise is finally out. We received a pair of review copies at the last minute, so with about 10 hours...
Hands-on with Magic Legends: A solid action game that could be even more
So, real talk: I am kind of an easy mark for Magic Legends. The initial conception of it, at least. I was very excited...
Perfect Ten: 10 ways that MMOs kind of used to be worse
Believe you me, I know quite well the arguments that have been rehashed over the years about how the MMORPG genre and these online...
LOTRO Legendarium: Analyzing the 2021 LOTRO producer letter
Despite the title of the "February 2021" producer's letter, Standing Stone Games' official annual roadmap was welcomed when it arrived last week. In March....
Whatever happened to Snail Games’ Outlaws of the Old West?
In the spring of 2019, Snail Games launched Virtual Basement's then-new survival sandbox MMO Outlaws of the Old West into Steam early access under...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s ‘Balance’ chapter, launching today
Another month, another round of Dragon Response Missions. Balance is part three of four chapters in Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga, and things are...
First impressions: Valheim early access is already one of the best co-op sandboxes in recent memory
Straight away, I'm going to admit that my favorable impressions of Valheim are wholly informed by the fact that I have the good fortune...
The Stream Team: A first look at Valheim’s vikings
There's a conspiracy afoot to make Massively OP's MJ a viking in Valheim; friends in and outside of MOP are in on it! One...
First impressions of Skyforge on Nintendo Switch: A messy port of a solid MMORPG
I played Skyforge briefly when it first launched on PC in 2015, but only put a few hours into it. My short stay there...
Not So Massively: First impressions of Century Age of Ashes
Dragons are ubiquitous to the point of over-exposure in gaming these days. And yet for all that, there are still very few games that...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga: Power
2021 promises to be an exciting year for Guild Wars 2 fans, with an expansion looming on the horizon. Before we head to Cantha,...
Massively on the Go: Monster Hunter Rise’s demo is merely a less pretty taste of Monster Hunter World
I have to admit, from the demo, Monster Hunter Rise isn't what I was expecting. Having played Monster Hunter World on both PS4 and on...
Idlescape is a browser-based idle MMORPG of crafting, gathering, and fighting for loot
Let's say you're having a slow day at work and you can't really commit your attention span to a more active mobile MMORPG but...
A3: Still Alive racks up two million downloads, pushes out second update
Launched last November, Netmarble's A3 sought to establish a foothold on the competitive mobile MMO market -- and with two million downloads to date,...
Global Chat: Checking out EverQuest II’s Reign of Shadows
Haven't had time to check out EverQuest II's latest expansion yet? Telwyn from GamingSF has you covered with some first impressions of Reign of...
Dauntless responds to feedback from the Reforged update, outlines some planned adjustments
When I previewed the Reforged update of Dauntless, one of my first impressions was that we're not going to really know how effective the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: An honest second look at Guild Wars 2’s dragon response missions
As longtime readers surely know, Flameseeker Chronicles is an opinion column, one of many on Massively OP, though this one's about Guild Wars 2....
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO surprises of 2020
Whew. We're finally getting close to the end of 2020, and I think I speak for all of us when I say that it...
First Impressions of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, part three: Influences and summation
One of the things that I generally like to avoid doing is comparing World of Warcraft to other MMOs on the market. Even as we've...
