BeefJack: "All things considered, TERA has made massive bounds forward for one of the integral elements of the MMORPG. As the genre continues its long, slow, painful march towards the future, other games will hopefully see the transformative effect that fun, engaging combat can have on an entire game. Otherwise, if TERA’s contributions go unnoticed – if for once, the marketing hype goes unbelieved – I fear we may be trapped in a hell of static, boring combat for a long time. That’s a future I’m hoping we can dodge; all we need to do is left click at the right time: now."
Long-running MMORPG Tera will be closing on June 30 and Gameforge and Krafton have published a video that serves as a farewell.
No fan wants to see Tera shutting down, but unfortunately, developer Bluehole is closing the game's servers (on PC, anyway) to work on other projects.
Good, this game was great when it launched, but it's been turned into a nightmare of a product since.
Some WoW-like MMORPGs are better than others. Here's a curated list that offers a wide variety of games that let you play with other people but have something unique to offer.
WoW is a mess and it will continue to be a mess. Still, the less-developed MMOs are going to have trouble gaining a fan base because they lack content right now. Even if people do flock to FF14 or BDO, they'll go back to WoW if they fix enough features or give players a shred of hope.
