Ten MMOs and Their Place In History

[Morreion]

MMORPG. com: The List: Ten MMOs and Their Place In History

There are currently, as of the writing of this list, 397 active MMORPGs on our game list ranging in launch date from 1996 all the way to today. As with anything, there is a history to our genre, with certain games leaving their mark, for better or worse on the games that come after them.

In this week's list, I wanted to take a look at ten MMOs that have left their mark on the industry either through being the first to do something important, changing the way that the genre has evolved and the way that it is perceived.

Where's DAoC? That was the start of army versus army PvP- 3-sided, even! A very daring game at the time.

[EchoVamper]

Interesting concept piece and some pretty good observations, but they missed a few things very badly. I would also disagree a bit with the numerical ranking they assign to the various MMOs in several instances.

[Regolyth]

I can't believe they put Toon Town on the list. There were groundbreaking MMOs much better than that. I honestly can't believe they didn't put DAoC in there. It's the PvP MMO. Even WoW has copied a lot of their PvP mechanics (mostly with the WotLK expansion).