I’m pretty sure the dudes of all time must have been very bored by the content of this site. If at all they are still visiting this site, right now they’d be very pleased. Why? Its game time bro! We’re gonna pull down a list of top 10 mmorpg games of all time. MMORPG stands for Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. The name says it all, its a game which can be played by millions of people across the world at the same time which has role playing done by the gamer. I have made this list after going through various reviews done in Gamespot. We’ll make another list of free top 10 mmorpg list after sometime. So, here is the list of top ten mmorpg games.
10. City of Heroes
At the end of the list is the MMORPG game City of Heroes. Developed by Cryptic Studios, City of Heroes lets you be the hero who saves the city and helps people. City of Heroes lets you create your own custom heroes and their attributes. Basically in this MMORPG you start powerful and don’t have to spend much of your time building your repo or experience points. The game offers a variety of computer controlled monsters whom you can always combat and defeat. Game also offers a lot of discovery in the gameplay. City of Heroes asks for only 256 mb RAM and is quite CPU friendly. That was the top 10th best mmorpg ever.
Latest Expansion: City of Heroes & City of Villains (Good vs Evil Edition)
Box Price: US $19.99
Subscription Fee: Monthly US $14.99
9. EverQuest
EverQuest has been one of the oldest mmorpg games. Our 9th top mmorpg was basically developed in the year 1999 by Sony Online Entertainment, and it still remains among the best mmorpgs even after ten years. Best thing about EverQuest is the kind of visual treatment it gives. The players, the sceneries and even the monsters look very beautiful. And the most important thing about EverQuest and its survival is not just because of the graphics. Its because of the kind of gameplay it offers at low internet speeds. As it was designed during the ages of 56kbps modems, it serves pretty well in the era of broadband. There are though little problems in the game which could be overlooked because game offers maximum at the lowest prices. Thats our 9th game among the top 10 mmorpg games of all time.
Latest Expansion: Seeds of Destruction (Needs EverQuest 2)
Box Price: US $39.95 ( EverQuest 2 Pack)
Subscrption Fee: Monthly US $14.99
8. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
Released in the year of 2008, Age of Conan has made it big in the field of MMORP games and has climbed to the 8th position among the top ten best mmorpg of all time. Developed by Eidos Interactive, Age of Conan takes you into a very beautifully and imaginatively designed world. They give you lot of emotionally fabricated quests to complete and also cool game play features such as ripping a heart from chest and eating it. You enjoy the game the most when you are exploring it. The graphics is at par and might demand an equivalent hardware. The combats are well designed and offers maximum variety and fun. The bad thing is the minor glitches and bugs from the server sides that might creep up during game play. Making combos in the game are really fun as they are new every time you get into battle. You must have also noticed our Big Bang guys playing the same game at least once in the Big Bang theory.
Latest Expansion: Hyborian Adventures
Box Price: US $39.99
Subscription Fee: Monthly US $14.99
7. Guild Wars Factions
Another game that has taken the players by the storm is the Guild wars. Originally developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSoft, Guild wars was one of the big game which offered free game play. But presently because of its huge success and overloading server traffic, the developers ask the gamers to purchase the copy of Guild wars after which the game play is totally free. The good things about this game is its game play. The actions are adrenaline pumping and they leave you wondering and the game also includes a lot of associated and cooperative game play. Variety of interesting and dynamic missions are included which asks from you out of the box thinking. Best thing is, if you happen to own a box piece then your single player game play is essentially enhanced and you’d enjoy playing it alone too. Factions doesn’t need you to have the older version of the game and can run standalone. That was our top 7th among the list of top 10 mmorpg games of all time.
Latest Expansion: Factions
Box Price: US $29.99
Subscription Fee: Nil. (Purchase the Box piece)
6. Anarchy Online: Shadowlands
Anarchy Online happens to be another old game (released in 2001) which offers an online experience in the futuristic world. You can create a distinct character choosing the race and traits and then set off to explore the future world. The game is totally sci-fi and at times is often hard to play. As you complete missions, the difficulty grows exponentially and so does the fun. Monsters in Anarchy are super cool and in fact you can recreate the monsters for self use using the DNA extracted from the dead monsters. Anarchy is little difficult for the beginners and they might find it difficult to get across the quests and tasks. If it is the guns and barrels and shiny walls and tall buildings of future that turns you on, then Anarchy online is the game for you. Anarchy occupies the 6th place among the top 10 mmorpg games of all time.
Latest Expansion: Lost Eden
Box Price: US $29.95
Subscription Fee: Nil. (Purchase the Box piece and pay for the upgrades)
5. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
The fifth among the top ten mmorpg games of all time is the warhammer online. Warhammer has the perfect combat tactics and mechanisms. The player versus player combats are highly emphasized and detailed. Almost every action can be seen as it happens. The newest addition among the novel concepts is the public quests where in other passing by players can also join the quest that you might be doing. Open combats are a great to delight to be a part in WarHammer. WarHammer is a relatively new entry in the world of MMORPG, developed by EA games. This version was released in the year 2008. There is lot of innovation in the Warhammer game, one of them is the way you join a war. You can get into queue for war and once the assigned number is reached you’ll be patrolled to arena where war would occur. Public quests is the original offering from the developers and the NPC (Non Playing Characters) monsters are also well designed. The game is sure to get you gripped. Please don’t loose your job for this! War Hammer stands 5th among the top 10 mmorpg games of all time.
Latest Expansion: Age of Reckoning
Box Price: US $49.99
Subscription Fee: Monthly US $14.99
4. Asheron’s Call
This game is a contemporary for EverQuest. It has been almost 10 years since the development of this game by Microsoft Game studios and it still maintains its position among the top 10 mmorpg games of all time. Usually Asheron’s call might not make a good first impression when you play it. But you have to look beyond to know how it really is the best mmorpg out there. One thing to note in this game is you can only be a human being and no other creature. But a great opportunity has been given to alter the look of your character to a greater extent. This game has a very pleasantly designed skies. Even the darkest nights are well lit and offer extended game play. Because of the simple combat modes and animations, there is absolutely very little lag even when the biggest battle is being fought. Dying in this game is not as disastrous as in others, you’ll only be loosing half of your cash and little points from your profile. Asheron’s call scores very well in the lagging part. The game play is a bliss because of almost no lag and even if there are lags, one thing is that you’d never be disconnected totally from the game as it usually happens in other mmorpg. You have to play this game to know why it stands here.
Latest Expansion: Throne of Destiny (costs 49.99 USD)
Box Price: US $19.99
Subscription Fee: Monthly US $12.95
3. Dark Age of Camelot
Third among the top 10 mmorpg games of all time is the Dark Age of Camelot which was initially released in the year 2001 by Mythic Entertainment. And since the day of release Dark Age of Camelot has been one of the most played and liked mmorpg game ever. The fame of Dark age of Camelot is to do with its design. Its perfect. Thus it offers lot of interesting game play and fun. Dark Age of Camelot alone can be compared and made to win upon Asheron’s call, EverQuest and every other game above this list. As the name suggests the game is based in and around the city Camelot and happens after the death of King Arthur. The main funda in the game is to acquire lot of experience before you could do anything considerable. And to do so you might have to kill countless creature and slit numerous tiny monsters. You must have heard about PvP or Player vs player combat, but Dark age of Camelot also offers realm vs realm combat where in the whole realm can fight against each other and win the battle to conquer the other. Dark age of Camelot might take time some time to understand and play likewise. But once accustomed to usual practices and places, the game is absolute fun. DAC is definitely a long and time consuming game, thus its advised that you go for this if you have plenty of time.
Latest Expansion: Labyrinth of Minotaur
Box Price: US $39.99 (Dark Age of Camelot Platinum Edition)
Subscription Fee: Monthly US $10
2. Guild Wars
I know what you must be thinking! I mentioned the expansion of the Guild war earlier, and why do justice to THE ONE MMORPG?? I couldn’t resist 
Its because there are too many flavors of THE FIRST mmorpg that the whole list would be filled by only that. So let me discuss about this game. Released in the year 2005 this game has become the talk of everyone. Guild war features one of the most beautiful realms and mountains to climb on and varied battle tactics and animation that never get you bored. The best part is Guild war has to be purchased only once and you can go on playing indefinitely without paying any subscription fee. The characters and the levels are very well designed and the engine is optimized so that the game loads instantly and runs without any lags. The combats are magnificent to watch and are extremely detailed. Weapon can be customized to a very great extent and thus chances are less that you have the same weapon as your opponent. The updates that happen in the background doesn’t interfere with the game play and the process of logging in and out is very painless. Once you have killed any kind of monster, you never will face the same monster again and hence it adds to the variety of game play and reduces the boredom. Guild wars still stands among the top ten mmorpg games in the world.
Its because there are too many flavors of THE FIRST mmorpg that the whole list would be filled by only that. So let me discuss about this game. Released in the year 2005 this game has become the talk of everyone. Guild war features one of the most beautiful realms and mountains to climb on and varied battle tactics and animation that never get you bored. The best part is Guild war has to be purchased only once and you can go on playing indefinitely without paying any subscription fee. The characters and the levels are very well designed and the engine is optimized so that the game loads instantly and runs without any lags. The combats are magnificent to watch and are extremely detailed. Weapon can be customized to a very great extent and thus chances are less that you have the same weapon as your opponent. The updates that happen in the background doesn’t interfere with the game play and the process of logging in and out is very painless. Once you have killed any kind of monster, you never will face the same monster again and hence it adds to the variety of game play and reduces the boredom. Guild wars still stands among the top ten mmorpg games in the world.Latest Expansion: Factions
Box Price: US $29.99
Subscription Fee: Nil
1. World of Warcraft
Probably you knew beforehand who the winner was? right? Who does not know WoW when it comes to mmorpg? WoW is WOW!! What can I say about this game? It offers a beautiful streamlined game play. Game has both long time and short time quests and missions for you to accomplish. There are thousands of monsters which you can beat down alone or with the help of your friends. The world is absolutely beautiful and magical and the background music matches to it leaf by leaf or stone by stone. You have innumerable characters and creeds to choose your avatar from and hundreds of realms and servers to play in and millions and millions of people to meet and make friends and also to cheat and kill :). Battle.net has been around since 1999 and has been evolving constantly. Its said that if you set out to discover the world of WOW on foot, it might actually take real months and years to fully have an exploration of this virtual world. The fact can be emphasized upon the truth that the developers were nailed down for 5 long years to create the world for this game. Thus you can imagine how big they might have made it? Once you set out to play and explore this game its very hard that you’d come across the same rock or tree or monster once again in the life time of your game play. Assess the madness of the people who play this game when I tell you the fact that the virtual gold used in the game is actually sold online for real money!. Whether you are kid or a grand pa about to die, you must play this game! Use a haptic if there need be! but do play this.
Latest Expansion: Wrath of the Lich King
Box Price: US $39.99
Subscription Fee: Monthly US $14.99
Although there were many of the WOW expansions which have better ranking than other games I chose to mention the rest so you could know them. Thats it folks! The top 10 mmorpg games of all time.
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