As with any game that’s released, there’s always the hype train following closely behind promising players the world, and while on rare occasions a game does deliver, most of the time it’s far from it. Today, we look at the top five most disappointing MMO games of the last three years as we break down just what happened and where they went wrong.
The list is in no specific order; just because I used SWTOR as the article header image doesn’t mean I think it’s the worst on the list.
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Discussion: There’s be a lot of news on upcoming MMOG these last few weeks (Guild Wars 2, Star Wars: TOR, FFXIV, etc), but when do you actually start caring? Do particular announcements draw you in, do you follow everything, or wait until just before launch to care?
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Eve Online Score: 8.63
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| Rank | Game Title | Score |
| 2 | Runes of Magic | 8.38 |
| 3 | TERA | 7.81 |
| 4 | RIFT | 7.81 |
| 5 | World of Warcraft | 7.81 |
| 6 | Guild Wars | 7.69 |
| 7 | Global Agenda | 7.69 |
| 8 | League of Legends | 7.56 |
| 9 | Star Trek Online | 7.56 |
| 10 | Fallen Earth | 7.56 |
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