Which game is still being played... and you can't believe it!

mgilbrtsn

This isn't about what you don't like.  It's about what game is still surviving, even though you thought it would have folded by now.

There are a lot of games for me, but the one that most surprises me is 'Mortal Online'  I was an early supporter and knew I was in trouble when they sent out disks that didn't work.  From there it only got worse.  It continues to get terrible reviews, but somehow it still manages to survive.  Amazing.

Amathe

Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds. Not sure why anyone ever played this, but they have been since 1996 and they still are I believe.

Theocritus

Ultima online....Horrible graphics and over 20 years old.....I think people even PAY to play it still

Panther2103

mgilbrtsn said:

This isn't about what you don't like.  It's about what game is still surviving, even though you thought it would have folded by now.

There are a lot of games for me, but the one that most surprises me is 'Mortal Online'  I was an early supporter and knew I was in trouble when they sent out disks that didn't work.  From there it only got worse.  It continues to get terrible reviews, but somehow it still manages to survive.  Amazing.

I think Mortal is the one I would choose as well.

I think originally everyone was trashing it because of how bad the launch state was and they thought Henrik was just trying to do a cash grab or create vaporware. But Henrik apparently wasn't lying when he said he wanted to make his dream game. He hasn't stopped even when the population isn't huge, his team just keeps plugging along. It's surprising. I always want to go back and try it out, but the bugs I encountered originally really make me not want to. Duping, NPC's spawning inside of eachother in hundreds, hacking, corrupt GM's. But who knows, maybe it's gotten a lot better. 

Caffynated

Bless

Cryomatrix

Mortal Online is actually a great game. 

The graphics are outdated, but it has a lot of nice features to be honest. Very in-depth. If they could remake it with amazing graphics and a bigger team it would be awesome. 

How come no one said Entropia?

khelbon

Istaria or when it was released it was called Horizons I believe (I have a bad memory!).  I do remember beta testing this game wayyy back and it is still somewhat kicking around the MMO World.

alkarionlog

want the full list?

wow
tibia
Rfonline
archeage
lineage

Sephiroso

Caffynated said:

Bless

Yeaaah. Granted it's down to what, 5k people?

Sephiroso

Amathe said:

Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds. Not sure why anyone ever played this, but they have been since 1996 and they still are I believe.

Is that Nexus TK from Nexon? I never played it but i did play their 2nd game Dark Ages. That's been around since 1999, changed ownership from Nexon to Kru, and it's still kicking even to this day.

Robsolf

Champions Online.  PW has all but abandoned it for STO and NW, yet it's still open...

If there's anybody who got hosed by buying a lifer sub, it's those poor CO souls...

Asheram

Run escape
PotBS
Uncharted Waters Online
Guild Wars

lahnmir

Fallen Earth

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

ZoeMcCloskey

khelbon said:

Istaria or when it was released it was called Horizons I believe (I have a bad memory!).  I do remember beta testing this game wayyy back and it is still somewhat kicking around the MMO World.

This was going to be the one I listed as well.  I actually played it for a 1-2 months every year or two for awhile.  Like many others it had potential.  I really liked the huge pile of races to pick from and the class setup.  It also had a good crafting and housing system.  But nearly non-existent population.  I will confess to having bought the game at a CompUSA for like $25-50 when it was Horizons and still relatively new.  Long time ago.

FrodoFragins

Alganon - at least i think it's still up

Scorchien

I still play UO .. 20 years now , tho not as often as i once did , i still log in and fool around , such a great game and still 20 years later it offers more in game activities than any other game out there... go figure

Myria

lahnmir said:

Fallen Earth

Yeah, I haven't logged in for a while but the last time I did it seemed deader than dead.

Add to the list: Wildstar. In so many ways I think it deserved better than it got, but I'm really surprised that it hasn't fallen to the axe... Yet.

I'm kinda surprised the first Guild Wars is still running -- and, more shockingly, getting some recent updates.

APThug

The 4th coming. It was the very first MMO I ever played. Currently as of writing this theres only like 56 people online. I'm very surprised that game is still running.

Allerleirauh

Atlantica Online, without a doubt! It's totally P2W, and the graphics are dated. It used to have the worse publisher ever, Nexon. Not to mention A LOT of forum drama.

kertin

Bless online, easy one!...I'm looking forward for their 10th revival in 2030 starting with alpha where you can buy access for like 300$ and thousands of US folks will just pay to support this cool new MMO with huge potential to be next "WoW"...amen to that!

Hariken

khelbon said:

Istaria or when it was released it was called Horizons I believe (I have a bad memory!).  I do remember beta testing this game wayyy back and it is still somewhat kicking around the MMO World.

Only game where you can play as a Dragon.

TheScavenger

Wildstar. It makes less money than City of Heroes (which was making money) and somehow Wildstar lives and City of Heroes died...when it was making money

MadFrenchie

Jean-Luc_Picard said:

I understand why people still play UO despite the graphics I can't stand anymore... because there's nothing similar nowadays. All those "UO successors" didn't make it.

I don't understand why people still play DAoC though, when you have way better games nowadays with 3 faction PvP.

I think it's the unique focus on keep/tower sieging.  Also, something I think is an underlying current for all of these titles: some folks enjoy the familiarity.  Maybe not many, but enough to keep some of these titles around.

For my submission: Meridian 59

http://www.meridian59.com/

Rhoms

MadFrenchie said:

Jean-Luc_Picard said:

I understand why people still play UO despite the graphics I can't stand anymore... because there's nothing similar nowadays. All those "UO successors" didn't make it.

I don't understand why people still play DAoC though, when you have way better games nowadays with 3 faction PvP.

I think it's the unique focus on keep/tower sieging.  Also, something I think is an underlying current for all of these titles: some folks enjoy the familiarity.  Maybe not many, but enough to keep some of these titles around.

For my submission: Meridian 59

http://www.meridian59.com/

I think nostalgia, familiarity, and community have a lot to do with it.  My title is Aion.  It's been out in the west for about a decade.  I quit playing after a year or two, but when I think back to the game, I can only remember the awesome experiences.  It also had one hell of a soundtrack.

Sephiroso

Hariken said:

khelbon said:

Istaria or when it was released it was called Horizons I believe (I have a bad memory!).  I do remember beta testing this game wayyy back and it is still somewhat kicking around the MMO World.

Only game where you can play as a Dragon.

Lol that reminds me of that science based dragon mmo that was being worked on that was posted to reddit.

mgilbrtsn

coretex666 said:

GW 2

how?  it's fairly new and has a large population.  Doesn't seem like one that would be gone yet.