https://massivelyop.com MMORPG news and opinions Fri, 18 Nov 2022 17:42:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/18/mmo-cartographer-elyon-dead-game-walkling/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/18/mmo-cartographer-elyon-dead-game-walkling/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=413022 It would be reasonable to wonder why I am bothering to write about my experiences in Elyon, a game that Kakao has long since slated for closure. Truthfully, I had been planning to write about it here in MMO Cartographer even before that announcement, despite a lingering feeling that it was probably not going to […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/18/mmo-cartographer-elyon-dead-game-walkling/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/04/mmo-cartographer-exploring-tiny-mmo-book-of-travels/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/04/mmo-cartographer-exploring-tiny-mmo-book-of-travels/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=375745 On its website, Might and Delight describes Book of Travels as a “Tiny Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game,” but that is an inadequate description of this quirky little early access title. I have been struggling with how to give a concise explanation of what it is, and I think the best I have so far is that […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/04/mmo-cartographer-exploring-tiny-mmo-book-of-travels/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/17/mmo-cartographer-no-mans-sky-has-worms/ https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/17/mmo-cartographer-no-mans-sky-has-worms/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=362714 I have come back to Earth to report on the Emergence Community Expedition I have explored in No Man’s Sky, the once-maligned and currently beloved sci-fi space simulation game from Hello Games. This is the fourth such expedition Before I get to the field report, I want to address a couple of elephants in the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/17/mmo-cartographer-no-mans-sky-has-worms/feed/ 13 https://massivelyop.com/2020/10/30/the-mmo-cartographer-in-the-echo-of-echo-of-soul/ https://massivelyop.com/2020/10/30/the-mmo-cartographer-in-the-echo-of-echo-of-soul/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=307526 How much would you pay to play a game that has been shut down as a free-to-play game and then re-released as a buy-to-play game? Your answer is probably something along the lines of, “Nothing! Why would anyone pay for that? Why does this keep happening?” And that is the correct answer. But for me, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2020/10/30/the-mmo-cartographer-in-the-echo-of-echo-of-soul/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2020/06/25/mmo-cartographer-a-stroll-through-eternal-magic-the-candy-crush-of-mmos/ https://massivelyop.com/2020/06/25/mmo-cartographer-a-stroll-through-eternal-magic-the-candy-crush-of-mmos/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=281168 I didn’t catch the first release of Eternal Magic, so the Steam release this past spring seemed like a good time to get into it. I guess everyone else thought the same thing because the world was pretty crowded at that point. Flash forward to now, and the crowd has thinned out a bit, but […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2020/06/25/mmo-cartographer-a-stroll-through-eternal-magic-the-candy-crush-of-mmos/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2020/05/06/mmo-cartographer-exploring-revelation-onlines-skyward-world-update/ https://massivelyop.com/2020/05/06/mmo-cartographer-exploring-revelation-onlines-skyward-world-update/#comments Wed, 06 May 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=273593 Revelation Online, originally developed by NetEase and published in the west by My.games, recently launched its Skyward World update. It contained updates for players of every level, including an updated newbie experience offering a glimpse into the Skyward story. The release of the new content and new player accessibility seemed to mark an auspicious time […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2020/05/06/mmo-cartographer-exploring-revelation-onlines-skyward-world-update/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2020/03/30/mmo-cartographer-boldly-going-into-star-trek-online/ https://massivelyop.com/2020/03/30/mmo-cartographer-boldly-going-into-star-trek-online/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2020 16:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=273591 Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of your Massively OP cartographer into Star Trek Online, to explore a 10-year-old game developed by Cryptic and currently published by Perfect World Entertainment, to seek out new game experiences and new friends, to boldly play a game that friends and family have been talking up for […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2020/03/30/mmo-cartographer-boldly-going-into-star-trek-online/feed/ 11 https://massivelyop.com/2020/01/31/mmo-cartographer-exploring-villagers-heroes-our-indie-mmo-of-the-year/ https://massivelyop.com/2020/01/31/mmo-cartographer-exploring-villagers-heroes-our-indie-mmo-of-the-year/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=264943 “Gee,” you say to yourself, “I sure wish there were a good cross-platform MMORPG I could play on my phone and PC. One that doesn’t play itself. Maybe an indie game that has a colorful, old-school art style and a sense of humor. But alas, that is an impossible dream.” You sigh deeply, then open […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2020/01/31/mmo-cartographer-exploring-villagers-heroes-our-indie-mmo-of-the-year/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2019/12/29/the-mmo-cartographer-2019-retrospective-and-2020-resolutions/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/12/29/the-mmo-cartographer-2019-retrospective-and-2020-resolutions/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2019 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=260223 It is that time of the year when retrospectives abound and people set their resolutions for the upcoming year. That seems like exactly the kind of bandwagon I’d climb onto here in MMO Cartographer. I am glad to have the opportunity to share these with you, my dear readers. I was one of Massively OP’s […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/12/29/the-mmo-cartographer-2019-retrospective-and-2020-resolutions/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2019/12/27/mmo-cartographer-gamigos-voxel-mmo-trove-is-a-blocky-treasure/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/12/27/mmo-cartographer-gamigos-voxel-mmo-trove-is-a-blocky-treasure/#comments Fri, 27 Dec 2019 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=246190 Trove was not entirely new to me when I decided to return to its shores for MMO Cartographer this fall. I’d toyed with it a few times back in the Trion days, but I bounced off it immediately each and every time. I have never been particularly interested in voxel games, so that aspect alone […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/12/27/mmo-cartographer-gamigos-voxel-mmo-trove-is-a-blocky-treasure/feed/ 8 https://massivelyop.com/2019/10/20/mmo-cartographer-world-of-warcraft-then-and-now/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/10/20/mmo-cartographer-world-of-warcraft-then-and-now/#comments Sun, 20 Oct 2019 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=246187 A month before the whole Hong Kong Hearthstone debacle consumed the gaming industry - and blissfully unaware that this article would ultimately be held back because of it - I put my innocent money down on Blizzard for my MMO Cartographer column here on MassivelyOP. I jumped on the World of Warcraft Classic bandwagon. It was a combination of FOMO and curiosity that did me in.]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/10/20/mmo-cartographer-world-of-warcraft-then-and-now/feed/ 13 https://massivelyop.com/2019/08/18/mmo-cartographer-welcome-to-the-aura-kingdom/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/08/18/mmo-cartographer-welcome-to-the-aura-kingdom/#comments Sun, 18 Aug 2019 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=238294 For this week’s edition of the MMO Cartographer, I have pulled Aura Kingdom out of my magical bag of maps. It is a bright, colorful, adorably cute anime game from way back in 2013, developed by X-Legend Entertainment and published in the west as a free-to-play title by Aeria games. I had no trouble getting […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/08/18/mmo-cartographer-welcome-to-the-aura-kingdom/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2019/07/18/mmo-cartographer-riders-of-icarus-is-a-very-tame-mmorpg/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/07/18/mmo-cartographer-riders-of-icarus-is-a-very-tame-mmorpg/#comments Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=233973 I have a few vices, and one of them is a mild to moderate obsession with game pets and mounts. I am pretty sure there’s a drug coming through the FDA pipeline for people like me, but in the meantime, there’s Riders of Icarus. It’s a free-to-play Nexon MMO that can be played through the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/07/18/mmo-cartographer-riders-of-icarus-is-a-very-tame-mmorpg/feed/ 10 https://massivelyop.com/2019/06/30/mmo-cartographer-visiting-runes-of-magic-for-its-10th-anniversary/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/06/30/mmo-cartographer-visiting-runes-of-magic-for-its-10th-anniversary/#comments Sun, 30 Jun 2019 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=231352 Runes of Magic turned 10 earlier this year, and when I saw a 10-year-old screenshot come up in my Facebook memories, I felt as if the stars were aligning for another look at this free-to-play title developed by Runewalker and published by Gameforge. Welcome back to another edition of MMO Cartographer, where we’ll do just […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/06/30/mmo-cartographer-visiting-runes-of-magic-for-its-10th-anniversary/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2019/05/20/mmo-cartographer-climbing-the-tree-of-savior/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/05/20/mmo-cartographer-climbing-the-tree-of-savior/#comments Mon, 20 May 2019 18:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=225706 A friend of mine from one of my other hobbies recommended Tree of Savior to me a while back, but I was deep down in other games at the time, so I didn’t do much more than log in and create characters. Since then, there have been a lot of changes introduced, particularly with the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/05/20/mmo-cartographer-climbing-the-tree-of-savior/feed/ 30 https://massivelyop.com/2019/04/28/mmo-cartographer-exploring-richard-garriotts-shroud-of-the-avatar/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/04/28/mmo-cartographer-exploring-richard-garriotts-shroud-of-the-avatar/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2019 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=221227 Since my last report from the field, I have been exploring Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues, a game developed by Portalarium, described as a “spiritual successor” to my very first MMORPG, Ultima Online. It isn’t exactly an obscure game, but it certainly is a smaller game that’s a little off the trail blazed by the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/04/28/mmo-cartographer-exploring-richard-garriotts-shroud-of-the-avatar/feed/ 18 https://massivelyop.com/2019/03/31/mmo-cartographer-touching-all-the-things-in-project-gorgon/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/03/31/mmo-cartographer-touching-all-the-things-in-project-gorgon/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=217409 Welcome to MMO Cartographer! I’m Mia, and I’ll be your guide through this winding journey through interesting MMORPGs – some small, some forgotten, and some just worth another look. Today, I’m focusing on Elder Game’s Project Gorgon. I bought Project Gorgon quite some time ago but hadn’t actually played it very much until the last […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/03/31/mmo-cartographer-touching-all-the-things-in-project-gorgon/feed/ 9