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Massively's Better Of 2022 Awards: Best Pseudo-MMO Of The 12 Months
Massively's end-of-the-yr awards proceed at the moment with our award for one of the best Pseudo-MMO of the 12 months. That is at all times a tough class since it forces us to define MMOs. This yr, we opted to make eligible any online game that isn't a pure and conventional MMORPG, games we'd cowl in Not So Massively: cellular MMOs, console MMOs, OARPGs, MOBAs, MMOFPS titles, MMORTS titles, and so on. And of course, the game should have launched in 2014. All of our writers were invited to cast a vote, but not all of them selected to take action for this class. Do not forget to solid your personal vote within the simply-for-fun reader poll at the very finish.

The Massively workers choose for Finest Pseudo-MMO of 2014 is...

@nyphur: Elite: Harmful. Though there is no offline mode, the graphics and gameplay in Elite: Harmful do look amazing, and it's impressive what they've managed to achieve on a fraction of the finances that Star Citizen has. It stays to be seen if the exploration issue of the game will live up to expectations and if the online gameplay is compelling in the long term, however I'm still cautiously optimistic about Elite: Harmful going forward.

@nbrianna/blog: This 12 months was actually slim-pickings for new pseudo-MMO launches; Destiny simply sucked the air from the room, and the sub-genres, like MOBAs especially, are already pretty locked up by present games with out an entire lot of room for newcomers. I might like to have voted for Marvel Heroes, but this yr's "2015" rebrand didn't reeeeeaaaally make it a brand-new sport. I'm not a TCGer, however I will throw in for Hearthstone. It's shiny, it is tight, and it shows Blizzard hasn't forgotten find out how to earn money by sharpening the basics.

@Eliot_Lefebvre/weblog: Crud, I do not know. minecraft blog Dragon Age: Inquisition has multiplayer; does that depend? I'm voting for it anyway.

@jefreahard: Area Engineers. We don't actually cowl it, I assume, however I want we did. Certain, it's area Minecraft, and what could possibly be better? Some of the very best gaming moments of 2014 for me involved a couple of pals, a private SE server, and the limitless creativity and addictive gameplay that SE continuously fosters. Oh and a few Firefly-universe roleplay.

@Sypster/blog: Hearthstone. Drawing from both the World of Warcraft and Magic: The Gathering pools of inspiration, Hearthstone rofflestomped its way to domination. It's all of the extra wonderful that Blizzard did this with a relatively small group and didn't draw back from utilizing a free-to-play system that allowed gamers to earn in-sport gold with out spending money. Plus -- and this could have gone first -- it's a terrific sport that's playable cross-platform.

@MikedotFoster/weblog: Dark Souls II. I know Dark Souls is not "online" in the best way MMO gamers think of it, but From Software program found some actually amazing methods to integrate other gamers into what is in any other case a single-player expertise. Invasions, co-op summons, and hilarious/useful/completely deceptive notes are what make Darkish Souls feel like a one-of-a-sort title.

@MJ_Guthrie/weblog: For the enjoyable issue on top of the nostalgia, my vote goes to LEGO Minifigures On-line! You get to build with LEGOs and destroy issues too, so it is double the enjoyable. And come on, LEGO minifigs! They are simply adorable.

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Our awards thus far...
Massively's Best of 2014 Awards, Day 6: Best Pseudo-MMO of the Yr - Hearthstone

Massively's Best of 2014 Awards, Day 5: Biggest Disappointment - Tie: WildStar & ArcheAge

Massively's Best of 2014 Awards, Day 4: Greatest MMO Studio - Sony On-line Leisure

Massively's Best of 2014 Awards, Day 3: Most Improved MMO - Remaining Fantasy XIV

Massively's Best of 2014 Awards, Day 2: Largest Story of the Yr - ArcheAge's melodrama

Massively's Better of 2014 Awards, Day 1: Most Underrated MMO - Elite: Dangerous

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