MMORPGs In 2003 Editorial

The editors at MMORPGDot have written a new editorial that takes a look at the massively multiplayer games of 2003. Unfortunately, they don’t have a whole lot of positive things to say about the games released this year. A snip:

The year began with Asheron’s Call 2, which isn’t a bad game on its own only I rather think it fell on some dismal times. The lifelessness of it alone was enough to pull me out of the game. Then came Shadowbane and. well. No use in wasting any precious time on this one. The year got a little boost with the arrival of Star Wars Galaxies, which probably saved the year for me as far as mmorpgs go. Given the potential ironing out of a few more questionable features (that might have been fixed since the time I left), SWG might still eventually rank among the best games of the genre. As for the rest of the year, suffice to say that it’s a pretty good thing there are single-player games to enjoy while the drought lasts. Then again, I have a feeling that next year will be quite the opposite, and maybe we’ll have too many games. Until we see what happens next, I’ll wish every mmorpg gamer a better year in 2004!