MMOs really were awesome until WoW came out.

UO, Runescape, DAOC, EQ, Planetside, Lineage, Guild Wars

Everything pre-2006 is viewed with great nostalgia... everything after 2006 is viewed as complete shite. Pretty funny. just something ive noticed and this doesnt apply to everyone obviously.

And i played the frick out of WOW and loved it, dont get me wrong.

I didnt play UO but i know it was fricking cutthroat.

This post was edited on 5/31/13 at 1:55 pm

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Posted by rmc

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Member since Sep 2004

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Posted on 5/31/13 at 2:00 pm to jefforize

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MMOs really were awesome until WoW came out.

One thing to keep in mind too was that late 90s/early 00s were basically the birth of MMOs. I'm not even counting text based MUDs or whatever. So everything was very new and there was a lot of innovation. As someone has pointed out, everything now is just a WOW clone. And as others have pointed out that's not WOWs fault. The same thing has happened in the FPS market. It's the dev's fault.

I don't have time for an MMO anymore anyway. I have been playing my cheap purchases on steam/amazon like Bioshock 1/2.

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Posted by Freauxzen

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Posted on 6/2/13 at 8:31 am to jefforize

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MMOs really were awesome until WoW came out.

UO, Runescape, DAOC, EQ, Planetside, Lineage, Guild Wars

Don't forget City Heroes. It came late in the cycle, 2004, but should sit right along with the rest. That's an experience they haven't duplicated either.

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