Paragon is the hi-tech, top graphics choice for fans of realistic looks – so to speak – and went through a revolution with the Monolith update, making the game faster and more action-packed.
It was a good year for MOBA fans who want to try something different. Runners-up: Paragon, Gigantic, Master X Master
This cool 2v2 or 3v3 brawler actually rewards skill and reaction, stripping it of all the farming and bullshit for the sake of a great, fast paced and fun game that still manages to have a great community and supporting devs – let’s see how long that will last, considering that the actual free-to-play release is only planned for late 2017. Instead of just oversaturating and dying, the MOBA genre decided to offer us some of the best examples of the genre in the last few years, starting with the less-is-more approach of Battlerite, the spiritual successor to Bloodline Champions. There really wasn’t much to highlight this year, so let’s give a big thumbs up for the unlikely Ghost in the Shell: First Assault Online, a pretty decent, fun and completely unoriginal shooter that you should try if you like the anime or first-person shooters. The result is a faster, furious shooter that didn’t really have much competition released during 2016. Following on the footsteps of the acclaimed SMITE, the studio managed to take player feedback into account and converted the game into something more of an action MOBA, lessening the prominence of the card elements.
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So let’s skip over that and acknowledge the quality in both games, but focusing on the free one – Paladins from Hi-Rez. One MMORPG that was actually released – or shall we say, entered open beta – is the very decent gotta-tame-them-all Riders of Icarus, a typical but competent MMORPG that could keep you busy for a while.įor the few of you who are still thinking about the controversy between Paladins and Blizzard’s Overwatch and who cloned who, let us remind you that shooters such as these two exist for a long time, with one obvious inspiration being the timeless classic Team Fortress 2. The same things goes for MU Legend, apart from the fact that the first global beta was actually polished and gave us a nice first impression of this Diablo-like action RPG. What about Revelation Online, a few of you scream from the top of your lungs? Well, considering that it’s still going through a few betas and that the first test was actually a crazy jumble of Chinese and English languages, but mostly Chinese, we want to play it a bit more and see it mature so that it can prove itself, and then we’ll talk. Runners-up: Revelation Online, MU Legend, Riders of Icarus And so, considering that a couple of anticipated MMORPGs are only going to officially launch during 2017, that didn’t leave us much choice: Blade & Soul is our free-to-play MMORPG of 2016, and it totally deserves the award. Taking a look at the competition, we have to say it was a very weak year for MMORPGs, with Black Desert Online cheating on us and going the buy-to-play way. Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel!īlade & Soul is far from being developed in 2016, but since this was the year of the western release and we got a few updates that made the game catch up quite a bit, we have to call it a 2016 game.