MMOs That Were Forced To Close 😿

[@sawmanUK]

Thanks for watching and remember to let me know what Dead MMO I should do a deep dive on

[@AlexanderBC42]

ravendawn

[@C_Sardius]

Helbreath International & Helbreath USA. - Awesome game back in the days, and on private servers it still is.

[@K0braKaisa]

R.O.S.E. Online was so good for it's time... i guess it's being rebooted by a new small dev studio xD

[@planes617]

It's not dead but I would love a Planetside 2 video

[@arostwocents]

The intro to your videos going on about the channel is really boring and not helping retain new viewers. Do it at the end.

[@Sherry_Armstrong]

i so so so miss wildstar

[@777Godsgift777]

One of my fav MMO

[@ForgottenGames]

I like how Lego tried to grab as much money as possible right of the bat, which backfired badly, and 15 years later game development companies still haven't learned from it.

[@CazaDeYork]

Asheron's Call was one of the very first games that felt "open world" to me. No hand holding, just go out and find it, and they added content every month. I liked the sequel as well. Amazing. Kudos.

[@Mike-om4tv]

Asheron's call is amazing. Can still be played on emulators...still playing and doing quests I never knew about before.

[@CazaDeYork]

@@Mike-om4tvI can't imagine the amount of content in that game. I wish they could make one for Asheron's Call 2, as well, they both had really unique atmospheres.

[@CrusaderGamin]

@@CazaDeYork they did make an asherons call 2. it was a pretty cool game but only lasted afew months. i really liked it. it had good pvp

[@mikeg5039]

I LOVED wildstar. Loved the combat, the art style, the world, it was just so good but couldnt compete with the big boys

[@standylixgames7757]

incompetent devs and company., if I had the money I would buy wildstar ip and the source code, the game had potential.

[@WeaverOfStars]

@@standylixgames7757 I legitimately think that game would still be alive and well today if they didn't try to chase the extremely narrow niche of 40 man raids (and battlegrounds) with really hard content. If the game had more casual dungeons, more lore related questlines, more exploration, more unlockable housing items and cosmetics, and just more everything for anyone that couldn't pull up a 40 man squad I think it would of did fine. They tried to chase an audience that you could only find in WoW. That would never of worked as most bigtime WoW players won't give that game up. Also, having raids being 40 man was never even remotely feasible, that only kinda worked in Vanilla WoW because everyone sucked back then. Classic WoW revealed that 40 mans were more of a snoozefest and moreso a nightmare to get 40 people together than anything else.

[@Mashangi]

@@WeaverOfStars 100% agreed. The devs went in with the mindset there was this silent but huge fanbase crying out for hardcore content that WoW wasn't delivering. They made such an amazing rich world but all they cared about was HARDCORE CONTENT!!!!. Their little cinematics leading up to the release were some of the bet clips in gaming imo. If they had cared about all the other more casual aspects that people loved the game could have thrived for years.

[@PhinixRoM]

I still remember doing the first Dungeon, it was hard for being the first. But somehow everyone in my group (completely random) did not gave up until we finished it. 40 man raids, we joked about that having no disconnect during the fight is already the first unbeatable Boss, it really was a nightmare. Also the first Boss of the raid was really complicated, one of the hardest i would say. I mean i did not manage to kill him as a 40ppl version, but the 20man version was in my opinion one of the harder Bosses in the raid. I do see a lot of these died MMO´s videos and ALWAYS Wildstar is on the top comments that players miss this game. Someone needs to buy this and bring it back, graphics would still be looking fine today.

[@overlordmae9090]

Wildstar was one of the best MMO's but there were problems surrounding it that made it die - hackers destroyed the economy (as they basically had infinite money hack), endgame progression was over bungled destroying the late game players interest, PvP was ok but with issues that never got addressed(or even made worse by overbalancing) and on top of that Wow expansions struck at crucial times pulling away population and more... but i only remember those off top of my head. Anyway it was great game brought down by mismanagement and fixable issues.

[@andemnon657]

SWG PreCU was the best game i had ever played, it was buggy as hell, but underneath it all was an absolute gem, the crafting community was amazing and a vital part of the game.

[@gazc00p]

Player built cities blew my mind in this game. I don't think anything has come close to it's uniqueness and depth PreCU.

[@FezFindie]

Huh, I remembered Wildstar from this one promo and a couple of cardboard figure adverts and then only remembered it occasionally once or twice.

[@royperrine8632]

Thanks for taking the time to show us all the games some of us grew to love. You ROCK

[@Rhyas9]

Wildstar's closure hurt. I know the phrase is very overused, but Wildstar "really had potential".

[@ExtraLexical]

I really, really miss Wildstar. In terms of all the many MMOs I've played, it was probably my 2nd favourite to this day (behind FFXIV). I did PvE, PvP, housing (best player housing I've seen in an MMO) and also RP; a lot of all of them. Back around launch, I was well-known and had friends on the PvP servers in my cluster, as I PvPed so much and basically nobody else on the RP server did. Saw the same familiar faces, and with my server tag it was easy for them to recognise me. I hate how it got gutted and then shut down. Thanks, NCSoft...

[@calebgiles1176]

Asherons call original magic system needs put into modern games. Having to learn your spells by trial and error sounds like a chore... yet, i miss it now.

[@nathanielcarter5269]

Man do I miss Wildstar. Had great potential and was beautiful to look at.

[@TrackMediaOnly]

AC and EQ were my firsts. Loved SWG pre CU, but like others I did return for a bit after and was playing it again up till close. It was truly ahead of its time in engineering. It could very well have still been around today if Lucas Arts hadn't pulled a Darth Vader worthy altering of the deal and raised the price of the IP to purposely make it cost prohibitive. Presumably to clear the way for TOR, which has been gasping its last breath for a while.

[@Caigul]

pirates of the burning sea was the one i played though i did play a bit of the pirates of the Caribbean

[@joshuawall7933]

Ahh Everquest one so many memories getting drunk in game on my frogger while celebrating my birthday launching fireworks in west freeport... epic music in that city Waiting in line at the planes of power for some SoW .... Running for my literal life as I yelled TRAIN TO ZONE LINE! while Sgt Slate and a gryphon were chasing my ass around for 15 mins straight not counting all the other trash I kept agroing.... Typing /Consent to a player so they can drag my worthless carcass to the zoneline so I could loot my body and gear back Roleplaying as a chaotic evil lizard person who worshiped some evil deity ...I forget the name It was my first MMO even though i didnt progress far in it i was able to socialize in it and i all around had fun in it... I really have nothing but fond memories for it.. Not like some of these current MMOs iv played where i just look back and can recount every single shitty experience like it had just happened and i think to my self FUCK that game *cough ESO*

[@w_419]

Wildstar deserved better, this game was absolutely amazing! the combat was great, the raids where fantastic and the housing system is to day still the best ive seen in any mmo. Im still holding on to hope that they bring back this masterpiece.

[@Heretus]

Wathammer online, bright wizzards and devs doing exactly the opposite of what the entire community proposed killed the game way too fast

[@Oxy80111]

I would like to see a Matrix Online review. I know its probably a long shot, but i saw it come up in another video i was watching and it just looks so weird and fascinating. Im dying to learn more about it, not enough to check it out myself or anything of course. Id totally watch a video on it though. Feel like WS will win, not from people requesting to see it, but lamenting its downfall. Will surely be the one commented about the most. Cheers!

[@MNDave141]

Missing some - Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. I loved the variety of classes this has, the unique crafting system, the diplomancy system that was a card game.. Also missing Tabula Rasa which I think I really liked but it was so long ago I can't really remember it except I had one dude that had turrets, another dude used a staff and shot out energy.

[@Kirasupporter1]

Yes I remember playing pirates online as a kid, It did have some cool concepts, no MMOs had naval combat and being able to raid other ships with the ropes and have multiple people operating cannons and the like was pretty cool. But as I recall the main quest was completely bugged and I was unable to progress it for over a month, Like they just didn't care about it at all. Its a shame I missed out on matrix online, I wasn't into the franchise at that point and the attempted recreation of it is completly barebones, No intentions of even finishing it and its just people trying to dance at the night clubs. Nothing else is working,

[@dankeykang4219]

Sawman is goated for mentioning asherons call in this. Deff the first mmo I ever played

[@meyatetana2973]

I played wildstar from start to the end, never understood why it was abandond it was a lot of fun for me

[@jasonmcquinn6601]

I would love to see a video on Earth & Beyond. I know I spent countless hours playing it and even had 5 accounts at one point.

[@paulstott5130]

Loved Wildstar, it really needs a PVT server, not just the emulator that you can play on now, but a real pvpt server - one day i guess

[@cybernit3]

Tanki Online MMO has been running for 14 years now, not many MMOs last that long. Also I use to play subspace 2D MMO, but it is not very active lately sadly....thanks for the video...

[@sawmanUK]

No worries, I'll add them to my list of MMOs to check out!

[@joyouslyloving4857]

For me, Star Wars Galaxies is so dearly missed. When I originally looked into the emulator, there just wasn’t enough recreated at the time. I wonder how they are doing nowadays. I miss that game so much

[@tehjamerz]

You should do mmos that wont die, like Ragnarok Online

[@MrChristophSteininge]

I might add to the obituary list with Runes of Magic, Aion, and to some extent GW1. The last one ist still online with only one server and they still sell it on Steam for 20 bucks.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO

[@sawmanUK]

PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO, PLEASE NO,

[@Bathroomactivities]

@@sawmanUK ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO

[@joshuawall7933]

Yeah that one dont count most of us left ESO for a reason it didnt die it just isnt worth losing sanity or brain cells over lol even though i try to keep up to date on the pts patch notes as i watch from a distance I know if i ever went back id regret it with in a week There should be a Rehab program for X ESO players debating whether or not to return ....The first step is admitting you have a problem

[@johnkarakash]

CoH (but it has been revived, according to my sources!)

[@sawmanUK]

It has indeed , I’ve already covered it off though 😹👍

[@adinimal]

I want a part 2, and three! And four! I also want to play as a tiny hamster, plx

[@Roarrior]

I was one of those 57k copies of AC!

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

I just went trough my first email from 2010 for all the online games I registered, all that remains is dust... And Runescape.

[@Denothir]

I would give everything to dive back into Wildstar. It was really a gem.

[@lucien4980]

ESO ESO ESO. Really tho i didnt know there was a Lego MMO. There was like the open world/ or well open city type lego game, pc game, when i was younger i dont remember if it was 90's or early 2000's and i dont remember the name but my friend had it and i loved that game. It was soo good as a kid. I maybe would have tried the lego MMO if it had come out 10 years earlier when i was younger.

[@LikaLaruku]

You want an MMO no one has heard of before? I was the last human being to post in the forums for Aerrevan. Poor thing didn't have a chance. It was like the Bubsy 3D or Big Rigs or Aquaman or Superman 64 of MMOs on technicality & performance. Like Moonbeam City, it was very pretty, but a complete mess. I'm not even sure they ever advertised.

[@LikaLaruku]

I got one: Trickster Online. Shut down by publisher Smilegate despite it's popularity. They tried bringing it back ad a mobile MMO decades latter, but made it a PvP game, failed miserably. Smilegate's also on my shitlist for shitcanning SkySaga in Beta.

[@shakaama]

Matrix came from a book, that the movie guys stole from a Black woman. she lost in court when she tried to sue, of course. Of course they changed it to the short attention span movies we got. The original story was super spiritual and eastern philosophy.

[@jamesmohr7373]

Hoping for a Part 2!

[@christopherbrown9014]

having fun playing the fan revival of DragonBall Online soo much more fun with the game 90+% translated since i never officially released outside South Korea and Taiwan.

[@despain8726]

hey nice glad i found this channel

[@dismaspickman773]

Crowfall was a rough one for me... it was innovative, had potential, and they did make some good moves with it. However, changing direction somewhat mid development, not providing certain "promised" features, and lack of foresight killed it (e.g. not adjusting for zerg/mega alliances before release, as a prime example). I do hope that whoever owns it now will remedy those problems and get it back out, because there were many things to like about that game.

[@Lexipumpkin783]

Crowfall had so many not friendly systems in it that held it back, Example if you made a mistake in your build and wanted to change it? You basically had to re-level all over again, while yes this did take a few days to do to hit max lvl again, no one wants to re level over and over and over again. Lack of cosmetics and self identity. you basically looked the same as the dude next to you, there really wasn't any diverse outfits, gear, etc to make you stand more out, Which hurt the game a lot in a genre where people like to go nuts for cosmetics. rewards, Pvp basically had almost no rewards, no rank systems nothing going for it tbh outside of GRIND your character and PVP that's it.

[@gaminwiz9722]

i rmemeber befor e having my gaming pc, i wanted to play wildstar so bad, i really like the funky scifi setting with some magic there. its a shame....

[@mtpstv94]

SWG never "died". It was shut down to be replaced by SWTOR. As bad as the Pre-CU had an effect on the game, it absolutely wasn't dead. Even with the Pre-CU or NGE changes. Neither were bad enough to destroy the game. Hell, it's not even dead today. SWG Legends is still going pretty strong. To THIS day NO game has surpassed it's crafting, housing, social aspect, etc. None. Not one. Not even CLOSE. A galaxy away from even touching it.

[@realduox]

The most painful loss I have suffered in life outisde of losing direct family is losing Star Wars galaxies. I'd take an official NGE server and be happy at this point lol.

[@whitefang9758]

13:55 That Fable music hit the nostalgia so hard.

[@sawmanUK]

Haha maybe i need to do a Fable review?

[@adinimal]

​@@sawmanUK Please doggo! One 20 min review per game! 🐶

[@wildphilpresents]

SWG....RIP dear friend....even the emulators are trash cause they're all post-CU now too...

[@Dronesh_Tythun]

Pirates of Caribbean was my 1st MMO!

[@beausweatman9623]

*To all the people saying I miss “Wildstar”* No you don’t, go play it’s private servers then, it’s just something you say to sound cool 😂

[@hpenvy1106]

you did remember me of Battle Forge. I did like it and played it some WOW friends. It was murdered 2013 by EA. While i did not care at the time, I do remeber it from time to time. It's also a good reminder to not put too much money into a game, ive probalby lost 100$ on it.

[@Mrfirstmonth]

that social battery line cracked me up

[@sawmanUK]

I'm glad someone got the reference

[@chrisfrombeyond4240]

Wildstar had so much potential.

[@Toripusutashi]

I miss Matrix Online so much

[@TheAnon03]

I kind of miss Wildstar, but it had niggles.

[@joshuajames7034]

im wondering when adventure quest gets mentioned

[@justinhammer3196]

Meridian59. DO IT. NOW. Also I wonder if scripted events like in the old Sony MMOs might work better now in a new MMO. A speech by Aragorn in the new Amazon LotRO maybe?

[@sawmanUK]

It's a cool concept, but I just dont think bit studios care enough to try it out again. Costs too much in resources. I mean when was the last time you saw a Dev actively play their game?

[@justinhammer3196]

@@sawmanUK Happens in FFXIV (dev playing the game I mean). Outside of that though.. ya likely not coming back.

[@zer0c00l5]

Any numbers on the playernumbers of the MMO whichs' name shall not be named?

[@tronicmighty7464]

I miss freerealms that was another good games but never succeeded :(

[@Pahricida]

R.I.P World's Adrift

[@uknz1537]

rip wildstar i miss you everyday, you had the best taxi driver in the whole gaming industry and yeah fuck ncsoft they doing shit with all things that they can touch , even Throne and Liberty is getting bad review from KR

[@mikeandtaramitchell]

Give us part 2 or doggo will be canceled 🐶

[@hvdiv17]

There are only about 3 or 4 mmos out still doing well mmos are dying out.

[@Zivuzx]

The real reason Clone Wars Adventures was shut down was because the game Star Wars the Old Republic came out in late 2011 and it was a far superior MMO game and it drew most of the Star Wars players into it.

[@sawmanUK]

Clone Wars was aimed at a younger population. Star Wars Galaxies was the far superior MMO but was replaced by SWTOR. Clone Wars was simply a side project.

[@Zivuzx]

@@sawmanUK I didn't play SWG but I did watch a whole walkthrough of it, the game looked okay but not better than SWTOR.

[@sawmanUK]

@@Zivuzx I think if you ignore the aged graphics and look at the content it had, it was pretty amazing. It had some revolutionary stuff but the game was badly managed towards the end. Don't get me wrong, SWTOR, is still a decent mmo, but Galaxies had a lot of cool features. For instance, you didnt just become a jedi, you had to get to a certain level and find the hidden secret Jedi temple, which wasnt common knowledge.

[@theashenverdict1629]

I suppose another one you could add to the list would be Fiesta Online. I remember playing this back in the early days of the internet gaming where everyone has the same character and going to the same places in the game with you and you feel like there is so much potential only to look back on it and feel nostalgic that you never finished the game, but were glad to be there for the experience.

[@Guildm4ster]

If I had a cent everytime the boomers in my clan drop Asherons Call as the "Best MMO ever made back in my day, bub", I wouldnt have to work.

[@sawmanUK]

I mean... technically they can still play it...

[@Guildm4ster]

@@sawmanUK Yes, and I would be playing in Champions League if it werent for my knee accident

[@Seekerofwisdom287]

I left eso 😊 never felt so freeing! 😂 new dune mmo on the way looks so cool will you play it when it comes out sawman?

[@sawmanUK]

Oh fur sure , should be awesome

[@fsu7482]

I hate to admit but I agree. Eso was toxic and required a job level commitment

[@standylixgames7757]

incompetent devs and company killed wildstar, if I had the money I would buy wildstar ip and the source code, the game had potential.

[@beauwalker2767]

I would love to see a lego universe remake.

[@sisterblissuk9253]

You missed out Tabula Rasa and Lineage2 :( I loved those 2 games

[@sawmanUK]

Tabula is on my list.. maybe it can be in part 2?

[@papadelta2102]

Tantra online I miss you

[@evrypixelcounts]

My poor mother spent so much money on my brother and I playing clone wars adventures when we were kids. I have good memories of the game, but now that I'm older I wish my mother had saved the money honestly. I also hate NCsoft with a passion, not only did they kill wildstar, but they also killed city of heroes my favorite MMO of all time. Luckily there is an official private server for CoH now.

[@evilwarcow]

Earth and Beyond?

[@lukesmart3071]

Is swtor still alive?

[@neugassh3570]

You left out new world.

[@hailburngw2824]

swg to this day is still the best mmo. thank you legends.

[@JaxiIsLazy]

Please look at this old Cartoon Network MMO called fusionfall. You can play a modded version still. It was my first MMO and I’d love to see you give it its due 🙏🏻

[@gharm9129]

What about Habbo Hotel XD maybe space station 13

[@sawmanUK]

Space station 13 is still going , there’s even people steaming it

[@bminturn]

Look up Camelot Unchained. Maybe no one cares about this disaster anymore? Maybe a bunch of DAoC nerds like me would watch and slam that like button? The fall of Mark Jacobs is right up in there in history with Anakin turning into Vader or Hulk Hogan turning into a heel.

[@sawmanUK]

It’s 100% on the list

[@Splintygames1]

Anthem would be funny to visit. It was actually fun to play and combat did work well

[@sawmanUK]

I remember watching the trailer for that and then seeing the in game comparison... was almost criminal :D

[@Koyote2033]

I need me that Cantina Lofi track, please and thank you

[@sawmanUK]

Closed on Sundays I believe.... I since lost the original credits for it, but they defo have some of the best star wars lofi

[@Koyote2033]

@@sawmanUK thank you!

[@ChaddeusThaddeus]

The shocking state of dead mmos

[@sawmanUK]

At this point, it could be the title by the morning :D

[@NobushigeAzai]

MMOs are dead. Push me to the edge.

[@CrusaderGamin]

blade mistress. best mmo ever created. may also be the worst.

[@bobbyflay3007]

Marvel heroes. And world of Warcraft, it's been dead, it's a zombie

[@pxpe7765]

Oh come on. Just because you don't like wow you don't need to lie to yourself

[@10kgTNTequivalent]

Silkroad Online

[@marcuslucian763]

Death is part of life.

[@voodoorecon8070]

Guild Wars 2 graphics are awful, and I'm an OSRS player.

[@minimundus1712]

MORE DOGGO MORE OF THIS :3

[@GenomeGorilla]

Play Tibia its like runescape only worse

[@RaijinHanshi]

ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO :)

[@bebebutterfield7699]

PWI please.

[@BasedChadman]

WILDSTAR

[@tmr10059]

Durango Wild Land

[@adnanelamrani6659]

you really wanna play ESO again don't you

[@sawmanUK]

God no

[@Actionfog]

Rs3 could almost be in this too 😂

[@sawmanUK]

Never played it.... should I?

[@Actionfog]

@@sawmanUK Give it a try, its not like its going to be end of the world 😄 but in serious would be awesome to know what u think of my main MMO 🙂

[@x_Valmina_x]

👍🏻

[@wiichii2620]

Go review Tera

[@grimvisionz91]

ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO ESO