There are many bad MMORPGs, but most are never tested at all. But which games attracted attention and still disappointed? We at MeinMMO want to answer this question and therefore look at the average ratings on Metacritic.
What kind of list is this? This list focuses solely on the ratings from reviewers on Metacritic. We compare the results for the base game at release. It’s important that an MMORPG must have at least 5 reviews to be included in this list.
Some titles are therefore not represented:
- The worst MMORPG on Steam that we specifically tried for you received no reviews at all.
- The widely hated Bless Online has only one review: a 55 from MMORPG.com.
- Shroud of the Avatar also received only an average rating of 58 and narrowly missed the list with only 4 reviews.
If you’re also interested in the best MMORPGs, you can read about it here: The 11 best MMORPGs of all time according to Metacritic.
Places 10 to 6
- Vanguard: Saga of Heroes – 32 reviews and an average rating of 68
- Blade & Soul – 26 reviews and an average rating of 68
- Star Trek Online – 34 reviews and an average rating of 66
- Tower of Fantasy – 13 reviews and an average rating of 65
- Trove – 5 reviews and an average rating of 65
Place 5 – Kingdom Under Fire 2
Setting: Medieval Fantasy | Developer: Blueside | Platform: PC | Release Date: November 14, 2019 | Rating on Metacritic: 62
What kind of game is this? Kingdom Under Fire 2 was a Korean MMORPG with some innovative ideas. It aimed to mix the MMORPG and RTS genres and thus create particularly interesting raids and battles for fortresses.
- At the start, you had the choice of 5 different classes and played an introduction as is customary in MMORPGs: with a tutorial, quests, and the grind for new equipment.
- However, in later instances, a whole new aspect was added: you lead a group of soldiers as a commander, which you can command with orders.
- With a hotkey, you could switch between the RTS view for commands and the third-person view for fighting with your character. This gave the entire combat system a tactical and interesting note.
The troops by your side accompanied you in dungeons, raids for up to 16 players, and several PvP modes. With your troops and hordes of enemies, epic battles were created.
At the same time, there was an open world and PvP arenas, where you only controlled your character – as in an MMORPG.
What is the best rating on Metacritic? Kingdom Under Fire 2 received a respectable 75 from MMORPG.com. The reviewer claimed to have had a lot of fun with the gameplay but was disappointed with the gender lock in the classes and found that shortly after the release, there were no groups for the PvE content.
In North America, finding groups was a major problem. Others have criticized this as well. In fact, primarily German players were very fond of the concept of the MMORPG. The World Firsts in the raids went almost all to us.
What is the worst rating on Metacritic? TheGamer gave the game only a 40, primarily due to issues with localization, technical problems, and long delays. Moreover, a lack of diversity among female characters is listed as a major criticism.
How is the MMORPG doing today? On October 26, 2021, the MMORPG was shut down here in the West. The fans of the game hold the publisher Gameforge partly responsible, stating that it did not advertise sufficiently and was slow in providing new content.
However, Kingdom Under Fire 2 also did not do well globally and was also shut down in Russia, Malaysia, and other regions.
