Best mmorpg
This Jaded MMO Report just in *snicker*, I figured I'd try to give you some non hyped, just "these games work" and "why I don't think it is the perfect game" quirky reviews..
For a fantasy setting, World of Warcraft is a good game, though in my opinion it has been homogenized excessively. Lord of the Rings Online is good if you are into Tolkein, but not much else to draw from for selling points. Dungeons and Dragons Online is alright, though I found it lacking in depth.
If you are looking for something different than fantasy, there are a few other genre's out there.
For space I think EVE online is probably the best, though for me it turned into a very businesslike experience after several months, and I play games to have fun, not work.
In the superhero category City of Heroes/Villains is fun, though a bit frustrating until you get a real travel power. Also in the superhero venue is Champions Online, which is a fun romp of a game, though it is still relatively young from its coming out of the beta shell it appears to be developing nicely.
If you like post-apocalyptic games, you might like Fallen Earth, which I admit is my current MMO choice,a very interesting combat system, its another recent hatching from beta, and like Champions Online it is still growing.
As a note, most of the games above, I have played all of them through to at least 'mid game', and in several cases to the 'end game' (obvious exceptions being EVE which really doesn't have an 'end' as such, and Fallen Earth which I only started three weeks ago).
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