What are your Top Ten MMOs?

by Michael Zenke Dec 19th 2007 at 10:00PM

Filed under: At a glance, Culture, MMO industry, Opinion

A few other MMOGblogs have pointed to a thread in the F13 forums in the last day or so, and for good reason - it's fascinating. Some of the core users asked a simple question: What are your Top Ten MMOs? The following discussion gives a lot of insight into the thinking of some of the most dedicated players out there, and the running tally at the top of the thread should make the developers on that list of ten mighty proud. Here's the gestalt top ten list as of Wednesday night:

647 pts. - World of Warcraft
408 pts. - City of Heroes/Villains
357 pts. - Ultima Online
349 pts. - EverQuest
345 pts. - Eve Online
337 pts. - Dark Age of Camelot
278 pts. - Star Wars Galaxies
253 pts. - EverQuest 2
185 pts. - Planetside
171 pts. - Lord of the Rings Online

Some of the great comments that follow highlight other amazing titles that don't get nearly enough recognition, like Puzzle Pirates, A Tale in the Desert, and the still active community of Asheron's Call. It's a great conversation, and I wouldn't be surprised if you wanted to take part - just make sure to read the directions first.

So, let's hear it Massively: What are your Top Ten MMOs?

Tags: city-of-heroes, dark-age-of-camelot, eve-online, everquest, everquest-II, lord-of-the-rings-online, planetside, star-wars-galaxies, top-ten, ultima-online, world-of-warcraft

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mitch said on 10:36PM 12-19-2007

WoW is no surprise of course.

LotRO is a big one (PLANETSIDE beat it???)

Pretty amazed that UO/EQ are so high up.

Was this current top 10 or all time? Going to have to go take a look...

Mitch said on 10:40PM 12-19-2007

Ah it was EVER, missed that.

Pleasantly surprised by CoX's showing. :)

Poor, poor Asheron's Call 2...

Cheston said on 10:49PM 12-19-2007

My Top Ten:
1.) Everquest
2.) World of Warcraft
3.) Dark Age of Camelot
4.) Star Wars Galaxies
5.) Everquest 2
6.) EVE Online
7.) Vanguard SOH
8.) Lord of the Rings Online
9.) Final Fantasy XI
10.) City of Heroes

Mitch said on 11:34PM 12-19-2007

1. World of Warcraft
2. City of Heroes/Villains
3. Asheron's Call
4. Asheron's Call 2
5. Ultima Online
6. Guild Wars
7. Dungeons & Dragons Online
8. Dungeon Runners
9. Eve Online
10. Anarchy Online

Bonus: Earth & Beyond

Not 100% sure of order but here it is.

Coherent said on 12:30AM 12-20-2007

Planetside is #9, that rocks! Planetside was awesome... until it got boring. But for months and months after beta I had huge amounts of fun there every night.

But of course it didn't have enough depth to keep me interested forever, and the first expansion was a major failure. But I'll always have fond memories. I'm really happy to see it on the list.

Seth said on 1:10AM 12-20-2007

World of Warcraft and Lord of the Rings Online are neck and neck for me. Played WoW for almost 2 years and am playing LotRO like crazy now. Both awesome games.

I'll go with top 5 (with #1 being tie)
1.WoW & LotRO
2. Guild Wars Prophecies (Back when it was the only one)
3. Diablo 2X (C'mon it was an MMO)
4. City of Heroes
5. Anarchy Online