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#1 Dec 20 2013 at 7:34 AM Rating: Good

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Massively's Best of 2013 Awards

by Brianna Royce on Dec 19th 2013 11:00AM

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Massively's 2013 Awards
It's nearly the end of the year, a time for merriment, camaraderie, and cynical evaluation of all the MMO triumphs and tragedies that 2013 provided us.

Today, Massively's staff honors the best of the best (and the worst of the worst) for the year 2013. Every writer was permitted a vote in each category with an anything-goes nomination process. No MMO, company, or headline was off the table, as long as it met the criteria. Can WildStar make it to three years in a row at the top of our "most anticipated" pile, or did its delay dampen our enthusiasm? Can SOE repeat its win for best studio? Which MMO is most likely to flop next year? And just what constituted the biggest MMO *****-up of the last 12 months?

Enjoy our picks for the best MMOs, expansions, studios, stories, and innovations of 2013... and our most-anticipated for 2014 and beyond.

MMO of the Year
Best New MMO of 2013: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Runners-up: Tie between Neverwinter and Defiance

Jasmine: Final Fantasy XIV, hands down. This game managed to achieve something I thought was impossible: Square-Enix took a game that I considered the worst MMO I've ever played and turned it into something that keeps me logging in every chance I get.

Eliot: If you had asked me two weeks ago, I would have said Final Fantasy XIV without reservation. Now don't get me wrong; everything good about the original version is brought to the forefront, and everything negative has either been removed or minimized. But the 2.1 update and the housing fiasco have driven home the idea that we're not out of the woods and that we're just looking at an era of bold new mistakes. If these issues get fixed, then I have high hopes for the future; if not, it'll be a shocking example of a stunning turnaround followed by a shameful crash.

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Eliot: If you had asked me two weeks ago, I would have said Final Fantasy XIV without reservation. Now don't get me wrong; everything good about the original version is brought to the forefront, and everything negative has either been removed or minimized. But the 2.1 update and the housing fiasco have driven home the idea that we're not out of the woods and that we're just looking at an era of bold new mistakes. If these issues get fixed, then I have high hopes for the future; if not, it'll be a shocking example of a stunning turnaround followed by a shameful crash.

You know, I think Eliot is taking the housing blunder a little too hard. Maybe it's still a fresh wound (and I certainly have a lot of issues with basing its acquisition on gil and weighting costs so high, especially on Legacy servers), but let's put it in perspective. This was an MMO brought back from the dead, and not just by a little. Let's not let one less-than-ideal feature, especially since it's an optional one, negate the majority of what's fun and right about FFXIV or cause us to disregard its amazing comeback.

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#3 Dec 20 2013 at 9:06 AM Rating: Excellent

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Ageed. Elliot is being a little overly dramatic.

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It also won their "most improved" category, for the improvements from 1.0 to 2.0.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks TESO is probably going to disappoint.

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It also won their "most improved" category, for the improvements from 1.0 to 2.0.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks TESO is probably going to disappoint.

I'm with you, and a couple of ppl in my FC said they couldn't stomach the Beta after an hours play.

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Catwho wrote:

It also won their "most improved" category, for the improvements from 1.0 to 2.0.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks TESO is probably going to disappoint.

Yeah the only reason I'm even considering it as an alternative is because it has console support. But, the PS4 version of FFXIV releases at about the same time, so i doubt I'll bother with it for awhile.

I mean, I guess I liked Skyrim and Oblivion, but they're not really games I feel an 'itch' to play. It's not a world I particularly care to visit very often.

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LebargeX wrote:

Catwho wrote:

It also won their "most improved" category, for the improvements from 1.0 to 2.0.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks TESO is probably going to disappoint.

Yeah the only reason I'm even considering it as an alternative is because it has console support. But, the PS4 version of FFXIV releases at about the same time, so i doubt I'll bother with it for awhile.

I mean, I guess I liked Skyrim and Oblivion, but they're not really games I feel an 'itch' to play. It's not a world I particularly care to visit very often.

Isnt console support different? Basically with that game xbox one players play only with each other ? Partly the reason Ms said they would not allow FFXIV is they didn't want multi platform games... so basically with TESO console players are not mixing with pc? Is this correct?

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Nashred wrote:

LebargeX wrote:

Catwho wrote:

It also won their "most improved" category, for the improvements from 1.0 to 2.0.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks TESO is probably going to disappoint.

Yeah the only reason I'm even considering it as an alternative is because it has console support. But, the PS4 version of FFXIV releases at about the same time, so i doubt I'll bother with it for awhile.

I mean, I guess I liked Skyrim and Oblivion, but they're not really games I feel an 'itch' to play. It's not a world I particularly care to visit very often.

Isnt console support different? Basically with that game xbox one players play only with each other only? Partly the reason Ms said they would not allow FFXIV is they didn't want multi platform games... so basically with TESO console players are not mixing with pc? Is this correct?

Edited, Dec 20th 2013 10:33am by Nashred

Oh, that I don't know. If that's the case, this game is probably a non-starter for me.

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Yes, because Microsoft don't want to play with others it's Xbox only servers, the same reason FFXIV is not available on the XBOne.

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Yes, because Microsoft don't want to play with others it's Xbox only servers, the same reason FFXIV is not available on the XBOne.

What about PS4?

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TESO Servers are going to be segregated by platform as I understand it. Also, when it come to TESO, I have a friend that is in the beta and after watching him play it during the last beta weekend, all my (his included and he is a bigger TES fan then I am) intrest in the game is gone. The game just looks boring.

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#12 Dec 20 2013 at 9:56 AM Rating: Default

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thats not much of an accomplishment.. it just goes to show how little or little quality mmos came out this year.. especially if DEFIANCE is in the runner up catagory..... that game is horrid... like worse than 1.o horrid... so if ARR won over/had THAT to compete with.. i wouldnt even feel good about that win lol

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It wasn't a big year for MMOs because all the A list titles, aside from XIV, were delayed.

PS3, PS4, and PC players of XIV will all continue to share the same servers.

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DuoMaxwellxx wrote:

thats not much of an accomplishment.. it just goes to show how little or little quality mmos came out this year.. especially if DEFIANCE is in the runner up catagory..... that game is horrid... like worse than 1.o horrid... so if ARR won over/had THAT to compete with.. i wouldnt even feel good about that win lol

Ya know... every now and then you'd have a post that would nearly redeem yourself... Quit suckin' up the bandwidth and just stop playing already. Stop posting while your at it.

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#15 Dec 20 2013 at 10:27 AM Rating: Decent

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Catwho wrote:

It wasn't a big year for MMOs because all the A list titles, aside from XIV, were delayed.

PS3, PS4, and PC players of XIV will all continue to share the same servers.

We were talkng TESO..

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LeBarge asked about PS4, quoting a sentence that ended with FFXIV. Hence possible confusion.

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Big surprise... no offense, but Massively is pretty much "Final Fantasy XIV: The Blog". Even during 1.xx, it was always on their front page.

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Big surprise... no offense, but Massively is pretty much "Final Fantasy XIV: The Blog". Even during 1.xx, it was always on their front page.

This was less of a surprise

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It's going to win IGN's MMO of the year as well. It's the only option for the "People's Choice Award" and their excuse is that "it was kind of a dry year for the genre."

Some commenters are writing in "..." as their choice in protest.

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Very dry. The only other 2013 MMOs I'm aware of are Neverwinter, the TOR expansion and the LOTRO expansion. None were really that great.

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#21 Dec 21 2013 at 9:06 AM Rating: Default

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So some website i have never heard about that probably has no weight in the world anyhow calls FFXIV the MMO of the year. Woopiedoo.

It's about as impressive as all these commercials on TV promoting that their product is product of the year (self acclaimed or from a competition hosted by themselves)

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Regarding ESO, I also feel like its going to flop. I had beta access and barely played. I think most people who still play Skyrim (or Oblivion) play it for the mods, the endless tinkering, the huge variety of stuff to do and see. Its just not going to translate to an online version where you can't mod or change the rules. Everything else ESO offers is old hat, rehashed and done to death 1000 times over. Its just PVP, crafting, questing in Elder Scrolls lore and honestly I'd rather do it alone.

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I'm glad that FFXIV made such a huge turnaround, and the fact the game will win IGN's MMO of the Year award is a pretty big deal. The development team really carried out its vision and made a fun, beautiful game that just sings Final Fantasy... and they did it while the gaming world told them they couldn't.

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Thayos wrote:

I'm glad that FFXIV made such a huge turnaround, and the fact the game will win IGN's MMO of the Year award is a pretty big deal.

I'm glad they turned it around too, but calling these awards a big deal is a bit of a stretch. They win by default for lack of competition. It's not much of an achievement to crown yourself king of an empty kingdom Smiley: tongue

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#25 Dec 21 2013 at 2:54 PM Rating: Excellent

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It's still a big deal because everyone predicted this game to be such a lost cause. SE was getting all kinds of criticism for just blowing its cash on ARR. Instead, the game is a huge success, and the recognition continues to flow... and the launch of the ps4 version will bring in even more subscribers.

If you believed in what the trolls said, this game would already be shut down, not winning "best of" awards. Smiley: smile

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Also keep in mind that these Best Of rewards aren't always in the MMO category specifically. When listing favorite games of 2013, FFXIV:A Realm Reborn is finding itself on a surprising number of them, even with the housing fiasco, still bitter in people's mouths.

When you go form a game that was marked for death, to a game that's staying in people's hearts in spite of making some pretty hot mistakes, you've got something noteworthy.

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