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Year in MMORPGs Reviewed

Posted by Zonk on from the i-was-going-to-write-this-and-now-i-don't-have-to dept.

Grimwell.com has an excellent piece on the past year in the MMORPG scene. It highlights the best, worst, and in-between as regards Massively Multiplayer Online Games. From the article: "I have never played so many different MMORPGs in one year before. This is one of the defining features of 2004: an abundance of choice in the MMORPG market like never before. While a few games, like Earth and Beyond and minor independent ones, closed their servers, most games from previous years are still available."

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  1. CoH vs WoW by Sodade · · Score: 1, Troll

    I have been playing CoH since it came out and was eager to try WoW because I dig the fantasy genre more than generic comics and I want to be a badass sword wielding warrior type. I have to say that the combat feel of WoW is very boring and not very epic when compared to playing my Katana-wielding, Combat Jumping regen scrapper in CoH. CoH has a much better arcade feel. I also like the fact that I can take on packs of even-leveled badguys (actually, up to +4) and a boss - it just feels more epic. Going to warcraft from this just felt boring. Warcraft also has the graphic look and feel of a kiddie game. Beyond combat, CoH is lacking a lot of things, but these things will come eventually, as the devs have proven that they are willing to kick in well tested, free updates. I sure wish I wouldn't have paid for a 6month WoW subscription...