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[Column] General: The Top 5 Browser-Based MMORPGs
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We’ve all been there. We’re dying to play an MMO and get our fix and sometimes it doesn’t even have to be our go-to main game. Maybe your laptop can’t handle it, you’re out of town, or you don’t have the time to play a bigger game – whatever the reason, sometimes you just need a browser game to scratch that itch.
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Whenever I go to browser games, I always play 2 of them, they manage to keep my attention longer than the rest, in fact both of them are open as i'm making this post.
The first is Battleknight: I like this game because it lets you choose areas you can fight in, if you want to do a good or evil mission, theres some tatics and you can place skill points (you buy skill points based on in-game money not levels) however you want. They made a change which sadly decreased my fun of the game, cause it used to change your knight based on what alignment you were and how far down you went on it. Now you just select pictures. Oh well.
The other is Forge of Empires: This looks at first to be a simple kingdom building game but it gets much more interesting as it goes along. It has several aspects, first is the actual kingdom building aspect, you place buildings down, there are several categories of buildings, theres the gold generating, the supply generating, the goods building, the army building and happiness building ones. You must keep happiness high enough to keep the others working at full tilt. The trick is you have only so much space to place these buildings, so it plays out kind of like a jigsaw puzzle as not all buildings are the same size. The second is battle, you use the army buildings to build up your army (well army of 8 so you can't just overrun the enemy) but some units work better on certain enemies than others and they work better on different terrian. third is town interaction: You have one of three options you can either polish someones building which gives them a boost to happiness for a while, motivate which gives them a boost to supplies, both give you 20 gold, but you can only do one or the other, or you can simply just attack them, which works the same way as battles. Finally they have GvG which is territory based (I haven't looked much into this one). However the coolest feature of this game in my opinion (and what sets it apart) is the research tree. As research continues, you actually progress through the ages, and it doesn't just start at the stone age and go to the midievil age, it goes all the way to current times and you see your town evolve from simple huts and straw houses to apartment buildings and gas stations.
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I agree big time. Eldevin needs to be on this list of top 5. In my opinion, I like it better than Runescape! And it recently came out with a downloadable client, which i'm loving.
I have never played Eldevin because "Hunted Cow" don't like their money leeching designs.Could very well be a great game but they lost my trust forever.
I personally like Gorgon ,not released yet but in it's current state lots to do ,lots of classes and ideas to learn along the way.It does lack several things i would want to see and seeing they have very little money i feel the game will move at a snails pace for a long time.
First game on list immediately scares me away,i don't want to support FB at all,ever not going to happen.Can't stand all this Twitter.FB nonsense,it is not needed,just a couple of giants raking in tons of dough.
I am actually astoundingly amazed that a writer for this site did not include Wiz 101,especially reading his reasoning for his selections.
Not a fan of Runescape but i can understand how it is popular,a lot more so that the WHY WOW is popular.I think both have to do with real life,people tend to ALWAYS 100 go towards popularity,be it chicks wooing for popular guys or fashion trends in clothing or buying those scooters because they were semi popular with celebrities for awhile.
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While I did not care for Eldevin, it definitely should have been in the list.
The fact that Sherwood Dungeon made the cut tends to invalidate the legitimacy of the list and the author.
At the very least, change the title to "[The Author's Name/ Handle]'s Favorite Browser MMOs". Calling it a "Top 5", either objectively of subjectively, is completely wrong. A "Top 5" list at an MMO-based website/publication should really require even a minimal amount of standards and benchmarking.
This kind of nonsense belongs on someone's personal blog, not a serious MMO site.
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The author states the list is for some of the best purely browser-based games
Perhaps that is why Eldevin did not make it.
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No matter what standards they claimed to use, no matter how they weighted the factors, no matter what choices they made, people would cry foul and rage that the list was "wrong."
So author's personal choice is as valid as any other I suppose.
Yeah, calling them the Top 5 was a bit over the top, but not something really to get too concerned about, not like there's a prize or anything for winning.
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Maybe, but RuneScape got a downloadable client as well.
LOL
Just my 2 cents...
Eldevin not on the list ?
Thats just wrong =/
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Eldevin is new and it hit steam. Runescape has a client but its the same as using a browser and loading the game since it functions like its own browser connecting you right to the game (Less than 10MB in size) Fantastic list I remember playing Sherwood Dungeon back then and loved it. Although iv played Runescape a whole lot more and am happy to see it sit up top where it deserves to be.
Whats so special about this Eldevin ;p
apparently nothing since it wasn't on the list OHHHH xD
Eldevin bump!
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Absolutely Eldevin should be on this list!! I do not know or care about what "Wizardry" said about his distrust of the company Hunted Cow, because Eldevin is a VERY well made browser game.. VERY well made! Its fun, engaging, tons to do and learn, rich gameplay and crafting systems. The fact it didnt make this list at all just makes me wonder what this list is or even for, Promotional BS?? I dunno...
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Runescape has a client which means its not a purely browser-based game. If runescape made the list and counts as a "purely" browser based game, then Eldevin would count too.
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When Eldevin made me climb in and out of the same multi-leveled (loading screens between each level) dungeon/cave for a longish series of quests, I lost interest.
I understand trying to pad content a bit, but it makes me twitch when quests don't stack either by mechanic:
Or by design:
Only 1 or 2 quests unlock at a time for an area that you're forced to "explore" a dozen or more times in order to exhaust the quests therein
Just looked at Eldevin's website.
It has...
455 people playing, at current, during the usual busiest gaming hours.
That's...ok...I guess, but not very MMORPG'y.
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Click to move is w deal breaker for me ??
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