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IncGamers: MMO Weekly 04/08/09

Jeff Hollis is back, and this time he's looking at the reasons Sci-Fi MMOs fail.

"Hello there, my fellow avatar jockeys, and welcome to this week's futuristic edition of MMO Weekly. In this week's epic installment, we'll take a hard look at some of the more intriguing sci-fi MMOs of the past few years. We'll also examine why they failed, and why sci-fi MMOs generally fare quite poorly.

"Fare quite poorly" doesn't accurately describe the state of things though, does it? Perhaps a bit more accurate would be the phrase "die a horrid death." If you're a lover of sci-fi, and you find yourself endlessly hoping for a juicy sci-fi MMO to sink your teeth into, you know exactly what I mean. Sci-fi MMOs just don't do very well - and usually go under- especially compared to traditional fantasy MMOs." (Anarchy Online, Culture, EverQuest, Everquest 2, EverQuest II : Echoes of Faydwer , EverQuest II : Monument & Might, Everquest II: Gathering Tempest, Everquest II: Rise of Kunark, EverQuest II: The Shadow Odyssey, Everquest Legends of Norrath, Everquest: Ruins of Kunark, EverQuest: Secrets of Faydwer , EverQuest: Seeds of Destruction, EverQuest: Underfoot, Hellgate: London, PC, Star Wars Galaxies TCG: Agents of Deception, Star Wars Galaxies TCG: Galactic Hunters, Star Wars Galaxies TCG: Squadrons Over Corellia, Star Wars Galaxies: Champions of the Force, Tabula Rasa, World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King)

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