MMORPGs have been accompanying MeinMMO author Andreas Bertits for a long time. He reveals which new MMORPGs he is looking forward to in his top 5 list.
Who is writing here? Andreas Bertits has been a game editor since 2003 and has been exploring the world of MMORPGs for over 22 years. He is married and the father of three daughters. Because he has less time to play than he used to, he enjoys every minute he can spend in a good game.
These experiences Andreas has gathered with the genre: My first MMORPG was Ultima Online, although I had heard about Meridian59 before. At that time, in the mid to late 1990s, internet connections were still very expensive. It wasn’t until the release of Ultima Online in 1997 that I was able to convince my parents to enter this “new world”.
Ultima is still one of my absolute favorite game series to this day. The RPG series has accompanied me since the 1980s, and I just had to play Ultima Online. With the internet connection, classic online role-playing games followed Ultima Online, such as Everquest, Asheron’s Call, Anarchy Online, Ragnarok Online, and others.
When I started at PC Action magazine in 2003, the genre of MMORPGs was assigned to me, and I was allowed to test almost all online role-playing games that were released over time.
Now I have a family, and this, combined with full-time freelance work, makes it difficult to spend as much time as I need to really immerse myself in multiple MMORPGs. Therefore, I currently focus on The Elder Scrolls Online and occasionally Neverwinter.
Which MMORPGs I am looking forward to in the future, I will reveal in my top 5 list.
Place 5 – Lost Ark
Release: Unknown | Platform: PC (planned for mobile) | Developer: Smilegate | Website: Website of Lost Ark
This is what makes the game special: Lost Ark combines classic MMORPG elements like quests, a persistent world, and group content with hack-and-slash-style combat and an isometric perspective. Lost Ark gives the impression that it combines Diablo with an MMORPG.
Additionally, Lost Ark already has a lot of content and can be motivating for a long time upon release.
This game reminds me of: Due to my passion for the Ultima series, I love games from the isometric perspective. After all, the Ultima parts 1 to 8 and Ultima Online were played from this perspective. This in turn attracted me to Diablo, which I played with friends over the network for nights on end.
The very perspective of Lost Ark gives me back that nostalgic feeling. Perhaps I will get something like an Ultima Online with Diablo-style combat and a focus on storytelling in quests.
This is why I am looking forward to the game: Lost Ark could become an online game that motivates me for the long term with much content and interesting gameplay. What I have seen so far based on videos makes me eager for more. I want to explore this world, sail the seas, descend into dungeons, and fight monsters together with friends.
When do I expect the release? As the developers are now slowly preparing for the global release, I am actually confident that we can also play Lost Ark here in 2021. However, I expect a release in the second half of the coming year.
