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Choose My Adventure: Hexaria is a grindy yet competent Roblox MMO
Another week, another random bit of Roblox adventuring. This time around, I wanted to see just what sort of MMOs this game's community could...
Choose My Adventure: The weird world of Heroes Online in Roblox
I had a feeling this whole month of write-ups would go weirdly, and sure enough, it did. It was only until after I got...
Choose My Adventure: Albion Online, chestnut logs, and terrible mistakes
I regret to inform you all that my final moments in Albion Online were something of a bellyflop. A number of smaller frustrations just...
Choose My Adventure: The end of the breadcrumb trail in Albion Online
Well, that didn’t take long.
This week was all about following the rest of the breadcrumb trail in Albion Online to see where it led,...
Choose My Adventure: Black Desert should have gotten MMO of the Year
I can admit when I'm wrong. It happens often enough, that's for damn sure, and part of learning from a mistake is admitting that...
Choose My Adventure: Sorry, I got distracted by other stuff in Black Desert
You’ll likely notice that I missed out on last week’s Choose My Adventure and for that I apologize. This past week I have been...
Leaderboard: Are you still interested in Amazon’s New World, knowing it won’t be reverting to a FFA PvP MMO?
There's been a big ol' ruckus about New World across Reddit the last day or two, ever since the closed alpha resumed. You know...
Choose My Adventure: Nearing a point of Lahn mastery in Black Desert
In the last Choose My Adventure column, I mentioned how the Lahn in Black Desert felt an awful lot like a fighting game character...
Leaderboard: Four months after the Blitzchung Hong Kong mess, are you still boycotting Blizzard?
MOP reader Pepperzine recently dropped us an email about Blizzard that we've put off until today very intentionally. Why? Because tomorrow, Activision-Blizzard releases its...
Choose My Adventure: Falling in love with the Lahn in Black Desert
As much as I was hoping for some time with the Guardian that I pre-made ahead of the class’ arrival, the Choose My Adventure...
Choose My Adventure: Comparing the cash shops of Black Desert Mobile and Villagers & Heroes
I had originally intended this piece to focus on playtime in Villagers & Heroes, but I didn't get in enough to do it justice,...
Choose My Adventure: Villagers & Heroes on mobile feels like a true themepark MMO (for better or worse)
Choose My Mobile Adventure has changed locales from the Black Desert on over to the world of Villagers & Heroes, a game that has...
Leaderboard: Have you ever failed MMO events on purpose – like for roleplaying’s sake?
Earlier this week, MOP's Sam Kash came into the MOP writing room cracking up over a thread on the Guild Wars 2 subreddit and...
Choose My Adventure: The juggling act of Black Desert Mobile’s many advancement systems
Last week’s edition of Choose My Adventure had me genuinely impressed by how much stuff I had to manage in Black Desert Mobile, so...
Leaderboard: What would you want to see out of a new Star Wars MMO?
Rumors have been swirling this week about expansions to the Star Wars universe that could be a big deal for gaming. According to multiple...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMOs of the decade
A few years back, we did a cheeky Massively Overthinking about our five favorite MMORPGs of all time. It was quite a potent list...
Choose My Adventure: Black Desert Mobile is absolutely crammed with stuff
This first-ever edition of Choose My Portable Adventure was more hotly contested than I was expecting. By the narrowest of margins – six votes,...
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2020?
It's become a bit of an unhappy tradition here on MOP to take stock of Daybreak at the start of every year, due in...
Leaderboard: What was the best new MMO or online game of 2019?
Let's be honest: The last time a brand-new MMORPG really deserved a GOTY was when Black Desert ran away with it. This is why...
Leaderboard: Are you onboard with the online gaming industry’s new take on sequels?
Overwatch 2 and Path of Exile 2 being announced in such close proximity, plus rumors of an Anthem reboot in the weeks and the...