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In your opinion, biggest MMORPG flop

Posted on 1/28/25 at 7:59 pm
Posted by FeralChild
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Posted on 1/28/25 at 7:59 pm
Obviously it’s FFXIV 1.0
Coming in second, in my opinion, is Rift.
What is yours?
Posted by CBandits82
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Posted on 1/28/25 at 8:53 pm to
Tabula Rasa

Star Wars Galaxies should have been much better
Posted by Ingeniero
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20184 posts
Posted on 1/28/25 at 9:13 pm to
Good answers so far. MapleStory 2 probably fits this too. The original still has a healthy playerbase though
Posted by LSUGent
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Posted on 1/28/25 at 9:27 pm to
Does Anthem count?
Posted by Roaad
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Posted on 1/29/25 at 8:54 am to
Another World
Posted by Roaad
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Posted on 1/29/25 at 8:54 am to
quote:

Star Wars Galaxies should have been much better
OG SWG was amazing

2.0 was really good
Posted by BulldogXero
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:20 am to
Probably the Matrix Online :D

Considering the license though, I would have to say Star Wars: The Old Republic. The game launched some technical issues caused by the awful, unfished game engine, but it was a solid enough foundation to build upon.

Anemic content since launch with full on paid "expansions" that are on par with live update from FFXIV.

EA just used it as a cash cow, exploiting the cartel market whales until that ran dry and they pawned it off to Broadsword.

Posted by Decisions
Member since Mar 2015
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Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:49 am to
Elder Scrolls Online was pretty rough the first go around.
Posted by Zeta_Zeta
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Posted on 1/29/25 at 1:36 pm to
The Day Before. Lasted maybe a week and turned out to be more of an extraction shooter than MMO as advertised.
Posted by Mystery
Member since Jan 2009
9051 posts
Posted on 1/29/25 at 1:42 pm to
quote:

Star Wars Galaxies should have been much better


Favorite MMO ever before the combat upgrade or whatever it was called.

WOW killed that game sadly.
Posted by Corinthians420
Iowa
Member since Jun 2022
12841 posts
Posted on 1/29/25 at 1:57 pm to
New World
Posted by grifterfad
Mobile, Al
Member since Jun 2013
181 posts
Posted on 1/29/25 at 6:59 pm to
It's Wildstar.
Posted by geauxtigers87
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2011
26049 posts
Posted on 1/29/25 at 7:02 pm to
New World and Star Wars Galaxies were the first two which came to mind.
Posted by Inadvertent Whistle
Atlanta, GA
Member since Nov 2015
4958 posts
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:02 pm to
Rift
Tabula Rasa
Aion
Posted by Inadvertent Whistle
Atlanta, GA
Member since Nov 2015
4958 posts
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:03 pm to
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combat upgrade or whatever it was called.


NGE - New Game Experience. Sad day.
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
79547 posts
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:19 pm to
Warhammer Online.

So much potential.

I think a ton of people had trouble running the game in the large scale pvp battles
This post was edited on 1/29/25 at 9:27 pm
Posted by Richard Dangler
Huntsville, AL
Member since Dec 2015
783 posts
Posted on 1/30/25 at 12:02 am to
This is the one that I was thinking. It was hyped to take over competitive raiding and it lasted what, 2 or 3 years?
Posted by SaltyMcKracker
Member since Sep 2011
2909 posts
Posted on 1/30/25 at 5:38 am to
I dual boxed a TKA / master ranger and a master rifleman / master ranger. Needed a million units of avian meat? Give me a couple of hours.
Posted by Bard
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Posted on 1/30/25 at 8:24 am to
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes.

Brad McQuaid had some big ideas to follow up on his success with EQ (I was especially interested in seeing how the Diplomacy skill would work), but it never seemed to take off and was released when the market was over-saturated with MMOs.
Posted by sicboy
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Member since Nov 2010
78581 posts
Posted on 1/30/25 at 8:37 am to
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Obviously it’s FFXIV 1.0


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This post was edited on 1/30/25 at 8:38 am
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