


The new Final Fantasy XIV, known as Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, was released in August 2013 and was met with a universally popular reception. By 2011, it became apparent that patches weren’t going to fix a game that was fundamentally broken from the very core – the engine – and in October it was announced that the game would be scrapped, and the servers were shut down on Novem– in a spectacular way. Originally released in 2009, Final Fantasy XIV shut down in 2012 after a very troublesome three years. Thanks to a myriad of bugs, gameplay problems, and an overwhelmingly negative reception, the development team behind the game publicly apologised for the disaster only a year after the release, and started reworking the title. The community is still thriving, despite not quite being as active as it used to be, and the graphics aren’t the greatest, but its almost a guarantee that you’ll have fun if you make your way into the World of Warcraft.įinal Fantasy XIV, despite likely being the second most successful MMORPG on the market right now (nothing can beat WoW), was once upon a time a complete failure – greatly damaging the reputation of the Final Fantasy series. From here, you’re placed into the world and given a story to follow, but the freedom is mostly yours – you could follow the story and participate in side-quests, or you could head straight into the high-level areas (should you wish to die repeatedly). WoW allows players to create their character based on a variety of different parameters gender, race, and class. Set in the fictional world of Azeroth (and elsewhere, depending on how much you’ve played), the game peaked at 12 million subscribers in 2010, setting the record for the most subscribed MMORPG ever made. Blizzard originally released WoW in November of 2004, and has since seen six expansion packs released, every time introducing more content into this already vast and boundless world.

World of Warcraft is the MMORPG the predecessor to most mechanics found in almost every single MMO to date, and it’s still the king after 13 years at the top. Right off the bat is the entry to this list that everyone expected.
