The 18 Highly Anticipated MMORPGs Selected By Korean Players [Part 2]
Date: 12-12-2011 Views:
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How time flies! 2012 is almost here to say hello to all of us. Looking back to retrospect the almost past year, there are lots of new MMOs coming out and many are worth waiting. A while back, I've made a post about the first part of the 18 most anticipated MMORPGs selected by Korean players (link) and today, I'll continue to finish part 2. Do note that the list is in no particular order.
Develop company: BioWare and LucasArts
Anticipated launch date: Dec.20, 2011
Star Wars: The Old Republic - Choose Your Side: Agent vs. Jedi Consular Trailer
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Anticipated reasons: As one of the most anticipated MMORPGs this year, Star Wars: The Old Republic is about to release on Dec 20th and the early game access is available soon on Dec 13. You can find how popular SWTOR is among the huge Star Wars fans through some statistics BioWare revealed days ago: the beta weekends have attracted over 2 million fans while the beta registers are 2.4 million. More than 9 million hours have been used by testers in the beta, which EA calls it one of the biggest in the history. As a big competitor for WoW, could SWTOR really has the ability to take WoW down and live up to our expectations? Let's wait and see as the release date is almost here.
Develop company: Carbine Studios (owned by NCsoft)
Anticipated launch date: to be confirmed
Wildstar - Trailer
Anticipated reasons: Wildstar made its debut at this year's GamesCom where NCsoft revealed a trailer and many screens to show off the game that they have developed quite a long time.
The graphics style of WildStar is apparently the humorous type. According to NCsoft, the game has 4 classes, Explorers, Soldiers, Scientists and Settlers, and offers epic high adventure to let players to "lay claim to a mysterious planet on the edge of known space." The "Momentum Mechanics" will make the world dynamically respond to the play style choices of individual players. The game is now looking for beta testers and no solid beta date has been confirmed so far.
