Comments on: Top 5 MMO-alternatives

By: exdewreathwr

exdewreathwr — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:47:10 +0000

all points bulletin will not be a mmo, will be a online game but not a mmo

By: John

John — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:09:16 +0000

There are SO many alternatives to WoW, aside from the 5 listed here. I’d recommend RF Online. The game looks and feels like a pay to play MMORPG, but it’s free.

By: Vimes

Vimes — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:54:38 +0000

No problem – I haven’t added the hundreds of browser based and turn based strategy games yet – still deciding if they belong in MMORTS. If not I have rtsgamers.com so may set that up. I count mostly 3D client based games as MMORTS – same as the difference betweeen WoW and a text based MUD – still RPG but the perception of MMO is mostly client run games.

Think i see most browser based games as jazzed up websites tbh.

By: Geoff Gibson

Geoff Gibson — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:09:16 +0000

I didn’t include EVE Online because it was too much like an MMORPG, despite having some noticeable differences. In addition, I wanted to give some other game’s the spotlight. EVE is CONSTANTLY in the news and media.

And yes, I know SG is an MMORTS, that is why I labeled it as such. I’ll be sure to check out your long list of MMORTS games though. Should make for an excellent read looking through them all.

By: Vimes

Vimes — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:35:45 +0000

Check out our site for Mankind links and its a MMORTS – Massively Multiplyer Online Real Time Strategy game NOT MMORPG lol.

For current MMORTS you have Beyond Protocol, Ballerium, Dreamlords, Boundless Planet, Mankind, Saga , and Time of Defiance. All vary with degrees of persistence and subscriber base.

But you say you didn’t include Eve because if isnt a MMORPG but this list was for MMO – alternatives… alternatives to what then? I would have thought MMORPG was the sadly dominant MMO and thus shouldn’t be included?

And many of the so called MMOFPS genre are in fact MM not MMO (my issue with Shattered Galaxy – more a RTS with online ranking imo)

By: Geoff Gibson

Geoff Gibson — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:41:36 +0000

Never even heard of Mankind (Face of Mankind? Thats an MMOFPS/RPG) or 10SIX. I’ll be sure to check em out though.

I thought long and hard about including EVE Online in my list. There are many things that would attribute it to being an MMO-alternative. However, in the end, I concluded while its not “technically” an MMORPG, it is fairly closer and I really wanted to give the spotlight to come lesser known games.

By: Droniac

Droniac — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:05:15 +0000

I loved Shattered Galaxy back in the day – great game! Would’ve liked to see a mention of Mankind (oldest MMORTS?) and 10SIX on Heat.net (first and only MMOFPS/RTS/RPG) as well. Then again, 10SIX is only a tiny mmo under a new name now (Project Visitor) and Mankind doesn’t quite have the subscriber base of a Shattered Galaxy.

10SIX, EVE Online and Shattered Galaxy would be my list of all-time favorite MMOs. The traditional mmorpg’s just don’t compare.

By: Vimes

Vimes — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:53:35 +0000

I dont think your list is large enough Our genre is represented by one of the oldest for sure but others deserve a mention like Mankind, Boundless Planet, And Time of Defiance. Also I should mention that these games are more alternative for being small scale developers and having 2-5 year betas, typically for free. This is not the usual model for MMORPG and it needs mentioning.

And MMOFPS is starting to really break with Hellgate: London and other titles coming forth.

There really is a lot of alternatives to bland MMORPG

MMORPG =Mostly Men Online Role Playing Girls