Golden Cog Awards Celebrate MMO Winners

Thanks to Stratics for publishing its Golden Cog Awards for 2003, honoring "the very best of 2003's Massive Multiplayer titles... chosen through the votes of literally hundreds of Stratics staffers." Interesting or unexpected choices include Codemaster's Dragon Empires as 'Best Beta' ("populated by creatures that thrive in their ecosystem by acts of migration and foraging"), eGenesis' A Tale In The Desert as 'Most Innovative' ("...a difficult game to classify because of its pioneering nature"), and overall, Final Fantasy XI as 'MMOG Of The Year' ("...attention to detail, and a great community.")

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Re:FFXI

[Apreche]

FFXI is a glorified chatroom, just like Everquest and 90% of the other MMOs out there. Whoever plays the most gets the highest levels and is the "winner". They make addicting stupid crap and they keep expanding the game to make you player longer and pay more money.

Puzzle Pirates is the only MMO worth two craps, possibly with the exception of that desert one which I didn't play yet. It is the best because progress is determined by skill. No matter how much you play you might still suck. Puzzle Pirates is a real game of skill. FFXI is a glorified chat room of crap and money wasting.

People like you are ruining the game industry because you are sending the developers a bad message. "Make stupid games because there are a zillion people stupid enough to play them". Don't send that message. Demand real games.