Kotaku: "Once World of Warcraft was king, it seemed like a contender to its throne was announced monthly. Here's a quick look at the competitors that were born or died - or both! - during WoW's rise."
Fallout London hasn't exactly had an ideal launch—crashing issues have been reported by players—but overall reaction is still posititve.
Games Asylum: "Well, this is uncanny. This school management sim bears a startling resemblance to Two Point Campus, especially when it comes to planning and decorating rooms. Be sure to add a window and a radiator, along with a plant or rubbish bin. Indeed, certain aspects are almost identical – it’s just like revisiting Two Point Campus, only something is…off. It’s the visual style that leads to the uncanny valley feeling, using a low-poly PlayStation/Saturn aesthetic. An odd choice, considering the 32-bit consoles didn’t have a great amount of management sims. The PS1 did have Theme Hospital though – with Two Point Hospital being Campus’ predecessor, so we guess we can give it a pass on its artistic intent."
I almost bought this yesterday lol. Then I remembered I have 1000 games I need to play and I would probably touch this once.
After being forced under the map with no way to escape, Helldivers 2 was an option added to force respawn so they can get back to action.
I love how they had to edit in GW lol, essentially it is the most successful mmo after WoW and it got missed.
was Myst online, That was quite enjoyable.
purely puzzle based, and very fun. what a shame it didn't make it.
missing free realms - even though it's made for little 9-year-olds and is rubbish.
Also, runescape has consistently gained popularity before and during wow's existance.
no doubt there are a bunch of others. Archlord is around, and entropia...
how did the article miss these?
They neglected to even -mention- FFXI, which is probably more successful than a fair number of those games that they did mention.
It remains successful to this day, with an estimated 500,000 active accounts. It is also a pretty amazing MMO, with an actual focus on story, for once.
There's a 14 day trial for it, so I urge anyone who has ever had an interest in FFXI, to give it a go, completely free, at www.playonline.com
where on earth was guild wars that is still going lol