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Massively's end-of-the-year awards continue immediately with our award for the best Pseudo-MMO of the yr. This is all the time a tough category because it forces us to define MMOs. This year, we opted to make eligible any on-line game that isn't a pure and traditional MMORPG, video games we'd cover in Not So Massively: mobile MMOs, console MMOs, OARPGs, MOBAs, MMOFPS titles, MMORTS titles, and so on. And of course, the sport must have launched in 2014. All of our writers have been invited to forged a vote, however not all of them chose to take action for this class. Do not forget to cast your personal vote within the simply-for-enjoyable reader poll at the very finish.The Massively workers decide for Greatest Pseudo-MMO of 2014 is...@nyphur: Elite: Dangerous. Despite MINECRAFT EVENTS SERVERS that there is not any offline mode, the graphics and gameplay in Elite: Harmful do look wonderful, and it's impressive what they've managed to achieve on a fraction of the finances that Star Citizen has. It remains to be seen if the exploration issue of the game will live up to expectations and if the net gameplay is compelling in the long term, but I'm nonetheless cautiously optimistic about Elite: Dangerous going ahead.@nbrianna/blog: This year was really slim-pickings for brand new pseudo-MMO launches; Destiny simply sucked the air from the room, and the sub-genres, like MOBAs particularly, are already pretty locked up by present video games with out an entire lot of room for newcomers. I might prefer to have voted for Marvel Heroes, however this yr's "2015" rebrand did not reeeeeaaaally make it a brand-new game. I'm not a TCGer, but I'll throw in for Hearthstone. It's shiny, it's tight, and it reveals Blizzard hasn't forgotten find out how to make money by sprucing the fundamentals.@Eliot_Lefebvre/blog: Crud, I don't know. Dragon Age: Inquisition has multiplayer; does that count? I am voting for it anyway.@jefreahard: Area Engineers. We don't actually cover it, I assume, but I wish we did. Certain, it is house Minecraft, and what might presumably be higher? A few of one of the best gaming moments of 2014 for me involved a few pals, a personal SE server, and the countless creativity and addictive gameplay that SE continually fosters. Oh and some Firefly-universe roleplay.@Sypster/blog: Hearthstone. Drawing from each the World of Warcraft and Magic: The Gathering swimming pools of inspiration, Hearthstone rofflestomped its approach to domination. It's all of the extra wonderful that Blizzard did this with a comparatively small workforce and didn't shrink back from using a free-to-play system that allowed players to earn in-recreation gold without spending cash. Plus -- and this should have gone first -- it is a terrific recreation that's playable cross-platform.@MikedotFoster/blog: Dark Souls II. I do know Darkish Souls isn't "on-line" in the best way MMO gamers consider it, however From Software program discovered some actually amazing ways to combine other players into what's in any other case a single-participant expertise. Invasions, co-op summons, and hilarious/helpful/completely misleading notes are what make Darkish Souls really feel like a one-of-a-sort title.@MJ_Guthrie/blog: For the fun factor on top of the nostalgia, my vote goes to LEGO Minifigures Online! You get to construct with LEGOs and destroy issues too, so it is double the fun. And are available on, LEGO minifigs! They are just adorable.Let's have your vote!%Poll-90265%Our awards up to now... Massively's Better of 2014 Awards, Day 6: Finest Pseudo-MMO of the Yr - HearthstoneMassively's Better of 2014 Awards, Day 5: Biggest Disappointment - Tie: WildStar & ArcheAgeMassively's Better of 2014 Awards, Day 4: Greatest MMO Studio - Sony Online LeisureMassively's Best of 2014 Awards, Day 3: Most Improved MMO - Closing Fantasy XIVMassively's Best of 2014 Awards, Day 2: Biggest Story of the Year - ArcheAge's melodramaMassively's Best of 2014 Awards, Day 1: Most Underrated MMO - Elite: Dangerous
