first impressions
Progress Bar: We demo’d eight Steam Next Fest games that multiplayer fans should check out
Ah, Steam Next Fest. A smorgasbord of sketchy titles and hentai games. I kid (mostly), it's also a great way to experience some all-new,...
First Impressions: Chrono Odyssey feels like a jankier New World
Ahead of its publicly available beta on June 20th, MassivelyOP was granted an early peak at Chrono Odyssey's current by the folks Kakao Games,...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Occult Crescent
So after a week of Final Fantasy XIV's latest field exploration area, I have to say that I'm... not really sure if this is, in...
First Impressions: Moonshot’s Wildgate is fun, but its biggest challenge is the players
I'm not much of a PvP guy. Without putting too fine a point on it, I'm bad at them. But something about Moonshot Games'...
Hands-on: Co-op roguelike Lynked Banner of the Spark is ready for launch and more fun than ever
I think all gamers have a dream game in their head that they wish somebody would make, a mashup of the best parts of...
First Impressions: How well does Odin: Valhalla Rising represent Norse myth?
I've heard some people say there are too many games these days based on Norse mythology. As MassivelyOP's resident Norse myth nerd, I disagree;...
First Impressions: Cubic Odyssey smothers its potential under too much progression
A survival sandbox having too much progression might sound like an odd complaint. After all, don't you want a lot of things to work...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Cosmic Exploration
I find myself of two minds as I play through the first part of Final Fantasy XIV's Cosmic Exploration. The first mind - the...
Dune Awakening will run a large-scale beta from May 9 to 12 – with no NDA this time
When Funcom delayed the launch of its survival MMORPG Dune Awakening from May 20th to June 10th, it casually mentioned that it'd be opening...
First impressions: Dune Awakening is an MMORPG pretending to be a survival game
With Dune Awakening just a few weeks away from launch, I've finally taken a deep-dive into the game to see whether it's worth the...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Seekers of Eternity story content
Let's start at the very beginning, as The Sound of Music informed me that is a very good place to start: This column will...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Seekers of Eternity content
Here we are again with a new Final Fantasy XIV patch, and while there is a lot of interesting stuff happening on the story...
Warframe of Mind: First impressions of Techrot Encore
Here is the initial column I wrote about the most recent Warframe patch in its totality: On Tuesday, I did not have Secondary Merciless...
First Impressions: Undermine(d) continues World of Warcraft’s winning streak
As my colleague Justin said in his piece on World of Warcraft's recent Undermine(d) patch, comedic content in MMOs can be divisive. I'm someone...
First Impressions: Monster Hunter Wilds is the apex form of the multiplayer series in practically every way
If you've been following my answers along in our weekly WRUP column, you'll know that I have been absolutely rabid for the arrival of...
Hands-on with MMO dungeon-like co-op title Fellowship and its improved open beta build
The last time I got to try out Fellowship, Arc Games' and Chief Rebel's upcoming co-op title that basically offers up a trinity-based MMORPG...
The Daily Grind: Do you consider immersion the highest ideal in MMOs?
A while back, when I was doing a first impressions piece about Aloft, I was writing a section about how the wind was surprisingly...
Vague Patch Notes: Bad MMOs happen – but not because nobody cares
When I first started working at Massively-that-was, I got a bit of a wake-up call pretty early on when I made a joke about...
Progress Bar: Hyper Light Breaker needs more time to bake in early access
That headline is probably going to elicit furious typing from those who equate self-worth with the ability to surmount challenging video games, but I'm...
First Impressions: Multiplayer sandbox Aloft doesn’t revel in your misery – it relishes mystery
Cozy survival sandbox Aloft has been on our radar since last year, and as of tomorrow, it's officially moving from its public demo stage...
