The state of mmos is heartbreaking

Games without any prebuilt towns or NPCs really concern me. Players are a great way to enhance a game world, but it just doens't work when they have to build the entire world.

I dont understand how people still believe Eastern Devs when they claim their game wont be P2W like obviously its gonna be monetized like crazy

How is Dune Awakening, a game with 1000s of people on a server "maybe not an MMO", but a bunch of looter shooters with no mention of player count, no footage of multiplayer gameplay, and barely any multiplayer features are presented as MMOs without a second thought?

There has been a lot of changes to Tarisland from the last global beta, they’ve made the best in slot gear come from dungeons/raids which can’t be traded or sold. Crafting gear can be sold or bought with gold but not BiS anymore. Basically stepping stone gear which is not a huge deal tbh. Inscriptions stones can only be earned in game and cannot be bought with gold anymore either.

It is possible he has mentioned some of these in other videos, I don't know, but there are several smaller games that have come out or are coming out soon, some of which I will list here. I make no promises that any of them are good, or will last, but if you're dying to play a new MMO, there are options. These are all classified as an MMO or what I would consider to be some type of MMO sub-genre by the developers. If you don't think they should be, take that up with someone else. Reign of Guilds, branding itself as a classic MMORPG, just hit early access April 4th. Sky: Children of the Light, a very casual cute puzzle-focused MMO from the creators of Journey, is coming to PC on April 10th. Age of Water (*cough* Water World *cough*) comes to early access April 18th. It also has a demo of sorts called Age Of Water: First Voyage. One of the OG Runescape creators is releasing a point and click MMORPG called Brighter Shores in Q3 of this year. Untamed Isles, Lost Isle, Earth From Another Sun, and WorldShards are all "coming soon" on Steam. Book of Travels, which the developers call a TMORPG ("Tiny"-MORPG), if following their initial release window, should be out by now. Wayfinder, another title out in early access, should also be releasing soon if following their initial release window.

Surely no one takes MMOs that are also designed for mobile seriously

I think the world is waiting to see what the new evolution of MMO looks like. Cause so many of them are still stuck in trying to be WoW and no one wants that anymore

I am convinced there will never be another quality and traditional MMO that is not P2W.

Brighter Shores also coming on 2024, hopefully!

Their using a phone but can't communicate, sums up modern society.

Hyped about Dune Awakening & Pax Dei. Once Human may be cool too.

Soulframe, Dune: Awakening are games im really hyped about it. I have my doubts about Throne and Liberty, but might jump in regardless.

Thanks for the video! I think "The First Descendant" should also make the list since "Once Human" and "Project LLL" are included.

Just heard about something interesting yesterday. EverCraft . It's basically an EverQuest inspired MMO with Minecraft style visuals. As an old-school MMO player, the idea of a return to the classic form of MMOs like EQ, DAoC, etc, is very appealing.

Most stoked for Dune MMO.

Tarisland question: Is the pvp standardized? Does everybody have the same gear or does gear matter

I love the art style of Corepunk. Also looking forward to Dune. Plan to play the beta of T&L.

Great video! What about Blade and Soul Neo?

Congrats on 1mil, brother. Great video, as always! Cheers.

what about the First Descendant? is that still happening?

Do we have any updates on light no fire?

If throne or liberty new server is count as new release, does albion online europe server release count the same too?

Pax Dei is developed by Finnish company. So if they've stated that Early Access around spring, then month & half to go until turns to summer. Here's to hoping 🤞

For my tastes : Dune, Ashes of Creation, Pax Dei. It is obvious any 2024 release of those three would be a rather early release, half-baked, hopefully more developed than was Conan Exiles for example. Yes, I know Ashes of C. is not aiming for 2024 at all.

so did you get into the Closed beta for Throne?

I'm loving the white beard hairs! exuding wisdom, gratz on 1M!

Soulframe is currently doing testing right now. You can get into the Preludes right now if you luck out.

The problem with games focused on community is that there are more hackers, trolls, griefers, elitists, and otherwise awful people than there are genuinely friendly, helpful, team-focused players in the world. So, games with community/group play in mind always deteriorate because of that imbalance.

Why'd you say the Throne and Liberty test starts on the 14th when the text you linked shows the 10th. I'm in the test and it's the 10th for us.

The First Descendant is supposed to be coming out in the next few months but it's more of a lobby based MMO in the vein of Destiny 2. They delayed by 6 months to implement feedback but who knows how it will turn out.

Got into the closed beta for PC on Throne & Liberty starts April 10th.

Exactly! Once Human, the supernatural multiplayer open-world survival game, Close Beta Test 3 has begun! Thanks for the attention of Force Gaming! We wish to see your exploration in the Once Human world！

Dune awakening sounds really intriguing

I fell in love with MMOs in my first MMO...EQ. It was amazing. That experience sparked major excitement for the next MMO and what MMOs of the future would be. I participated in the majority of MMO betas going back to DAOC, Horizons (RIP), Anarchy Online, Age of Conan, Vanguard, WoW, ESO and countless others. One thing I have learned in all the betas and then their releases has been that MMOs were not living up to the hype or even just a basic level of expectation. Most of the betas have been a disaster and in almost all cases were a predictive sign of the final product. I think the only MMO that really delivered was WoW. The beta was flawed but good (and fun) and the release was also flawed (but fun) and it improved from there. Most of the others were either unplayable or just awful. Now on top of all that we throw in the F2P/MTX/pay for convenience, loot box garbage and I no longer even get excited for MMOs and have no desire to even play the betas. I already know what they will be like and it's not good. Certainly nothing like I imagined MMOs would be like when I was absolutely amazed in EQ and early WoW. Sad.

I know it's Nexon but... Mabinogi Eternal is a thing. Despite all the p2w stuff in Mabinogi, that game holds a special place in my soul. Pretty excited to see it's UE5 remake project come to life.

Force your recaps and overviews are the perfect length. Appreciate your vids, hope you're doing well!

Can't believe people still play pay to win these days 😂😂

Throne and liberty is fire!! Got into the e beat and it’s fun af! The combat is crisp and the massive PvP really fun and wild

I really dig how Dune Awakening takes a lot of visual inspiration from the recent films.

2025 gonna be crazy

MMOs are coming out this year?

when do you think light no fire will come out?

Thanks for the heads up on the new MMOs. Sad to say none of them really look all that appealing. The game I am rooting for the most this year is No Rest For The Wicked. You also gave me the heads up on that one.

Dune, Corepunk, and Ashes of Creation

You forgot Brighter Shores from Andrew Gower the Runescape developer.

Just started watching your videos best mmorpg game tester 💯

Age of Water is meant to be out on the 18th and now is pushed out to the 25th. And meant to come out this year.

Blue Protocol in VR would look so nice...

I've got an Alpha 2 key for AoC, so I'm excited for that most. Unfortunately you can no longer get A2 keys, so if you don't have one already you're out of luck.

Eastern MMO saying there's no P2W mechanics will be the end of the world when it happens.

6:05 "You are thirsty" Oh no, thats giving me survival game flashbacks. Makes me even less likely to play this game.

Very surprised Brighter Shores wasn't mentioned here, given the popularity of runescape and likelihood it will release this year

lol some of these MMORPGs have been in your previous every new MMO you can play in *insert year here* for the last few years. I'm pretty sure most if not all of these MMORPGs, do not actually have publicly stated intentions to release this year. Some of them may still, but many of these will still stay in development well into 2025 and beyond.

What is the piano song playing in the background? It’s nice

Thank you so much for this content. Listened while ice plunging, and you gave me a way to power through it a bit more.

Can't wait for PaxDei

I dont know how long this has been out, but been having some fun with AQ 3D off of Steam...it's kinda...low stress, but still a lot to do.

ashes of creation does look good but depends on what the story lines are like and the questing and all that and combat and how dungeons and all that work and play out and how good and rewarding exploring is

"Once Human" is so fking incredible idea holy shet that should be game of the year

No mention of 2024 releases such as: The First Descendants, Kindred Fates, Perfect New World, Fera:The Sundered Tribes?

Have yet to find a game like classic Secret World. You needed a Phd just to do the quests.

I legit don't get the hype behind Once Human. Tried the beta and it's trying to be too many things at once to possibly succeed.

Once human give me The Secret World vibes. And I loved it!

I know it's not your style, but I believe Brighter Shores will hit their target of Q3 2024. The game they want to release is pretty small, so I imagine it's already basically ready.

Tarisland just looks like a modern Allodds online.

You didn't mention Reign of Guilds. New early access. Its actually really good Sandbox style MMO.

Core Punk is the one im most excited for. After enjoying V:Rising, i would love a MMO that is Moba / V:rising style

I just got into the second alpha test for pax dei

You should consider giving Monsters & Memories some attention. Now, it probably isn't your speed but I feel strongly is worthy of recognition as a good MMO that is on the horizon.

This is why i keep going back to Baldurs 3, GW2 etc.

i am a very big fan of action combat but core punk is one of my must play list for an MMO i love the moba pacing of combat im a big dota 2 player so i am a little bias on that side but still i wanna play the game up to its endgame

once human looks like the secret world

Dune looks like by far the best thing on this list.

I find aurcus online pretty relaxing and the player base is growing at a healthy rate.

he forgot to say that there is actualy boss mecanics in raids or so i think since they teach u mecanics in the start

How have you skipped over Brighter Shores!? It's been in development for the last 10 years by the creator of RuneScape, and is scheduled to release Q3 2024

You should see how far Pax Dei has come in todays new alpha release.

The best gameplay that i've ever experienced in a mmorpg was Blade n Soul. Pvp was hard, exclusive combo skills (can use the next only if certain conditions are met), pve was hard too, a pve where you had to move a lot, it was like you were pvping the boss.

throne and liberty gives me black desert online ptsd in the sense of enhancing your weapons

Throne and liberty really seems strange. For a seemingly P2W title the fact you can sell items on the auction house for that P2W currency is pretty cool actually but its a shame that the currency is there in the first place. Hopefully the gear grind doesn't become borderline impossible after a certain amount of time spent.

Once Human looks pretty great, I love the inspiration and the style and the genre. The only thing that bugs me is it looks like this is 100% a rifle-shooting experience. Is that right? I personally don't like that style of combat when I'm forced into it as the only option. I still might check out the game, just sad it's like that.

Pax Dei seems like a 3d openworld version of Albion

There is " The first descendant " that should come this summer which is an MMO like warframe. But made by Nexon so we know how it will turn out

Going to call it now that the three games Pax Dei, Dune Awakening, and Throne and Liberty are going to be dead on arrival. Just a gut feeling I have.

Never did like the dune series but the game looks awesome. Definitely buying

I feel with Throne and Liberty it's important to note that everything you can purchase with the premium currency (aside from cosmetics) you are purchasing from a player who farmed that item. Everything a whale buys from the shop gives premium currency directly to another player, who can then use it (minus the tax to keep the currency valuable). There is no purchasing P2W items directly from a cash shop, so it's a lot easier to stomach the P2W as, technically, multiple people are benefiting from a single person swiping.

Dune is my most hyped! But I'll also play Once Human and Corepunk definitely! Also, 29th April the new server of Albion Online launches so i'll be busy 🥰

Soulframe is more suposed to be a solo game with few multi player element like crimson desert, Dune Awakening got its number of player drasticly decreased

why did i get a 3 min hero wars commercial in the beginning of the video? for real?

19:50 You gotta love when the AI thinks the best course of action is to jump in front of their cover to then slowly start aiming at you.

the dune game looks pretty great, wasnt really a fan of conan exiles but this looks more like a more finished polished version of what that type of game should be

You ever think about just doing a monthly MMO update?

I thought Blue Protocol has been long dead and it's not even released yet. Well, it's their own fault by handling the publishing rights to amazon in the first place.

This summer is loaded with huge mmo releases I think it’s unlikely to see any of these over the summer cause throwing down with final shape dawntrail and war within all at the same time wont go well

I'm most excited for Corepunk, but I'm certainly skeptical. Other than that I'm really looking forward to Monsters & Memories which just recently announced their beta and release date, but we'll need to wait until early 2026 to try it out. Their progress has been incredible to watch. For a small team they're very passionate, committed, humble and hard working and have really earned trust by being very transparent with their development. I also fully agree with their philosophy of making a smaller niche game, building an audience and expanding upon it, rather than trying to build a massive game that caters to everyone. I think the Helldivers 2 studio said it best "A game for everyone is a game for noone."

Honestly cant think of a single mmo since rift even worth mentioning

i got invited to throne and liberty CBT, i will try it

I wish Ravendawn looked more like corepunk

Granado Espada New Era Private Server Pretty Fun MMO! - Mind you is a old game on pc, but still very fun!