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What MMOs have the best city(ies) ?
Trolldefender99
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So as title says...what MMOs have the best city(ies)?
I know Age of Conan has really epic cities...they are large and look amazing.
Vanguard has amazing cities, some say too big...but they actually felt like a city when I was in them.
WoW has rather nice cities in terms of aethetics, but are rather small and not really feeling like a city. But the atmosphere of them are really nice.
Any other MMOs that have amazing cities? Either in terms of looks, atmosphere, size or all three?
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No one? Did I name all three MMOs that have the best cities or something, so no more to add?
Well, one reason I posted here was cause I love cities in MMOs. Well, as long as the whole game isn't a city...but I really like the atmosphere of them. I think VG, AoC and WoW have amazing cities...but I'm sure there are others?
Or are there really only three MMOs that have good cities at all?
I know Guild Wars 2 is going to have epic cities, at least judging by videos...from what I've seen, they'll probably be my favorite out of any MMO. But, that isn't out yet.
LOTRO.
Bree always had a nice feel to it and so did Rivendell, but that wasn't really a social hub.
Can't say anything about Lothlorien because i never got through Moria.
I loved swimming the canals of Cabilis and the sewers of Qeynos on my Ikky SK from EQ. The wood elf city (forget the name) was cool too built up in the treetops...until you accidentally fall off.
Windurst from FFXI is very pretty, but you could tell it was designed primarily for Japanese players. The population is almost entirely cat girls and chibis.
No longer running, but The Matrix Online city was amazing.
Millennium City in Champions Online is pretty impressive.
Lineage 2 for sure Simple examples are magmeld , rune and aden wih their castles
WORLD OF WARCRAFT
My favorite cities so far are from Vanguard. New Targonor and Khal being my absolute favorites. I'd pick SWTOR if the cities were explorable, open spaces. They look awesome though.
City of Heroes. The whole game takes place in the city of Paragon, RI!
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Hmm...I never thought of that.
I'll have to agree here.
I used to love wondering the streets of Britain looking for unsuspecting victums, the city was always full of people and you could buy or steal anything you desired
Wow and Aion had some of my favorites, AOC is pretty damn impressive too.
Age of Conans Old Tarantia is it for me. It just feels like it should feel.
Would have to agree with you there. The combat was fun too.
Whatever happe....ohhhh yeah, SOE. Heard they bought MxO, REed the combat, and made DCUO. Thinking back...there was a lot of good things going for that game. Although I remmeber only wanting to play because I couldn't due to hardware.
That was all back in a time where copying the most popular thing wasn't even really done and if it was it was never admitted openly. When the genre was still trying new ideas.
Definitely Lineage 2.
Because they were cities/towns. People would sell their wares there, there were clan halls in the cities that weren't instanced, people running around checking shops, making deals etc.
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Vanguard, I loved the atmosphere, the music was just right. I know many players just sat in cities enjoying the soothing music, you felt part of the world.
As of today, I say TERA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA_Qdu2Nv8w
Epic feeling, easily navigable, and it feels 'alive' like a good MMO city should.
Nostalgia-wise? I will always love Qeynos
2.orgrimmar- WoW
3. Ironforge- WoW
DAOC's Camelot and Cotswold were my fav's
LOL wow.. some real suprises in this thread..
For me the best Cities were probably found in Age of Conan, and Champions
I about fell over laughing at Vanguard being mentioned. I myself was a huge fan of Vanguard for the first 3 years it was out... However As huge and Magnificent as their cities were.. They were also Ghosttowns of empty lonelyness. There was no reason to go there and most people hardly ever did.
WOW actually had pretty good capitcal cities as well. I have to give it credit.
But ya Age of Conan was amazing... As was Champions. They were cities that actually felt alive regardless if people were playing in them.
Erinthel.
A player city in Darkfall with tiers, pretty easily defensible from a siege, and fun as hell to attack with a large group. Til you get focused on with WOF, Toxic Rain, and R90 nukes, then you're pretty much toast on a ramp.
Are you sure you played it for 3 years oO. How did you do quests, missives, tradeskill, mail, buy skills, diplomacy, marketplace, without using cities.. I don't get your argument.
I will agree some were often empty because the world was so huge, but that was part of their charm, when you entered a city you were not bumrushed by 200 players looking like clowns like in WoW ruining the atmosphere.
SWG had the best cities (no not talking about player cities, although those were good too).
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