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Five MMOs Better than World of Warcraft

Massively writes:

"No fooling. Blizzard's World of Warcraft is a great game, a hugely influential game, maybe even the best game ever written by anyone, ever. Throughout history. But now that we've GOT WoW, well, what's next? Age of Conan? Warhammer? Spellborn? Maybe.

World of Warcraft had its roots in many other games, but none of those games stood still. Each of them looked at WoW, appreciated its roots, and said – we can do better. Other games, entirely different ones, said – we can give players something new. Here then, are five MMOs better than WoW – and why. Each takes some aspect of World of Warcraft and blows it away. Some of the games are old, some new, but all are excellent games -- and perhaps you will think so, too."
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Published: 613 days 10 hours ago | Article | Gaming | PC
 
 

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PS360WII - 613 days 10 hours ago
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I can think of one right off the bat. Final Fantasy XI is better than WoW in all ways :) well I suppose I should add 'in my opinion' (but honestly I just think it's the cold hard truth ^.-)
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Tempist - 613 days 9 hours ago
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Eh... could be.

All and all the article didn't so much as list 5 better games, but 5 games with better aspects. I personally don't like WoW, but unless you prove a game is superior in all aspects, not just one, then it's not over all better.
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Jack Bauer - 613 days 7 hours ago
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i agree... FFXI imo
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Pain - 613 days 7 hours ago
1.3 - FFXI ftw~
cant play MMO's after playing that one and "Not" feeling weird.

WOW is going to Lose players to Warhammer Fast and even More when Next FF is released.
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TriggerHappy - 613 days 10 hours ago
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WoW is hyped as hell. I had more fun playing Everquest than WoW.
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PS360WII - 613 days 10 hours ago
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I never tried Everquest but I hear good things
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TriggerHappy - 613 days 9 hours ago
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IT IS GOOD man, you really should really try it if you are a big MMO fan.
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solar - 613 days 6 hours ago
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i had way more fun playing City of Heroes than WoW. it had way less content...but the ppl were more friendlier and the customization was a lot of fun.
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IDemonstalkerXI - 613 days 10 hours ago
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I think Ive spent more hours on EQ then all other games combined. Played that game for half a decade or more. No mmo yet has had that kind of entertainment value since.
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undacovabrothe - 613 days 9 hours ago
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there are a ton of games better than WoW. Free MMORPGs too that you can pick dl off the internet. I think WoW is just so popular because of the developing company who made it. I played almost all mmorpgs out there and I can honestly say that WoW is pretty overrated. Its easy to think that WoW is a Excellent mmorpg if you havent played many others .

Edit: They called killing monsters raiding rofl.... its called grinding... is that a WoW term or does this guy not play mmorpgs?
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Skerj - 613 days 9 hours ago
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I was about to freak if EVE wasn't on that list, the community and gameplay is the best in that game. Mostly because nearly everything is ran by players, even the economy. Just watch out for those bastard pirates in low sec zones. ..
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DethWish - 613 days 9 hours ago
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EVE if definately better ^^
I've played both so I can say from experience.
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The Lazy One - 613 days 9 hours ago
7 - Horizons
horizons had better crafting as well as community impact on the global world.

Realm/community triggered events and being able to build cities was awesome.

It had issues, but it was way better than WoW in that regard.

Asherons call was a sweet game too in a whole lot of regards. Tons of dungeons to help avoid tedious grinding (though still grinding), and a good party system for it too.

Also death penalties. It was hell running to get all ur stuff off ur corpse (WITHOUT ANY ARMOR), but it added weight to not wanting to die.
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dktxx2 - 613 days 3 hours ago
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Wow has gotten 10 million people to pay 15 dollars a month for it. Most other mmo's haven't even gotten 1/4 of that. There is no way to reason that it is not the best mmorpg ever. It has facts on its side. And facts beat opinion, always.
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Bizmal - 612 days 10 hours ago
9 - You people are crazy...
If Ultima Online was not on the list you know some thing's wrong. That game is still going stong today and is also in the World record Books. I can't believe some one listed EQ. Those games listed are simply not as good as WoW's PVE. There is not one single MMO out there that has better questing and PvE game-play. However PvP is carebear and needs a lot of work in WoW. All in all those games on the list are good but are not 30% of what wow is in PvE.
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