History Main / MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRoleplayingGame

* ''Series/{{Noob}}'' has ''Horizon'', in which most of the action happens.

[[quoteright:350:[[LordOfTheRingsOnline http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lord-of-the-rings-online_727.jpg]]]]

* ''DeadFrontier''

* In [[spoiler:StarOcean3]], the plot twist is the universe is an MMORPG for higher dimensional beings.

* ''WorldOfTanks''

* ''TricksterOnline''

* ''PlaneShift''

* ''{{Otherland}}'' describes a [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture future]] Internet that is composed of interactive virtual reality environments, so the entire thing is essentially an MMO writ large. More specifically, the "Middle Kingdom" is an extremely popular VR fantasy MMORPG, and several of the environments of the titular Otherland network are designed to mimic game or fantasy worlds, with visitors directly inhabiting the avatars of characters in the simulation.

Having said that, you're paying a monthly fee, anywhere from $10 to $15, for this game. The math does line up; if you bought (say) ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' at $50 when it came out and then played it for 50 hours, all you need to do is play your MMO at least 15 hours a month to keep up the same monetary efficiency. And some people find 16 hours a ''week'' to be a slow pace. Nonetheless, the whole ongoing-fee thing does rankle gamers who are just getting into the genre for the first time. While free-to-play [=MMOs=] do exist, they often contain reduced content, or restrict certain features to people who are willing to pay. Furthermore, because an MMO company's livelihood is in those monthly subscriptions, it's in their best interests to make the game as [[FakeLongevity draggingly slow]], [[FakeDifficulty nitpicky]], [[FetchQuest indirect]] or [[LevelGrinding tedious]] as possible. Of course, get ''too'' un-fun and people stop playing, so [=MMOs=] are constantly figuring out ways to give you little achievements that keep you interested (to the point of allegedly employing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinner_box "Skinner Box" operant conditioning techniques]] to keep you playing). GottaCatchEmAll is a big part of the genre's addictiveness: there's often a wide variety of {{Side Quest}}s the player can choose to achieve, and pursuing them will often bring the player's character all the way up to maximum level. Finally, the team-based aspect of the game can make victory a dicey proposition; depending on the game and the situation, just a single LeeroyJenkins can result in death for all forty of his teammates. In other words, you can lose even if you play perfectly, because ''someone else'' screwed up.

[[caption-width-right:350:So TheRoleplayer [[note]]who JumpedAtTheCall for SavingTheWorld[[/note]], the MinMaxing {{Munchkin}}[[note]]who's in solely for the {{Plunder}}[[/note]],[[DungeonmastersGirlfriend the guild master's girlfriend]] [[note]]who's in for the company[[/note]] and an obligatory {{Noob}} walk into a dungeon...]]

[[caption-width-right:350:So TheRoleplayer who JumpedAtTheCall for SavingTheWorld, the MinMaxing {{Munchkin}} who's in solely for the {{Plunder}},[[DungeonmastersGirlfriend the guild master's girlfriend]] who's in for the company and an obligatory {{Noob}} walk into a dungeon...]]

[[caption-width-right:350:So a [[MinMaxing minmaxer]], a LeeroyJenkins, [[DungeonmastersGirlfriend the guild master's girlfriend]] and an obligatory {{Noob}} walk into a dungeon...]]

* Series/{{Noob}} has ''Horizon'', in which most of the action happens.

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lord-of-the-rings-online_727.jpg]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[LevelGrinding Time for a grindfest.]]]]

* ''AllodsOnline''

* ''AlphaOutpostBlues''

* ''AsheronsCall''
* ''AtlanticaOnline''

* ''BattleStations''

* ''AnarchyOnline''

* ''{{Foxtrot}}'' has a MMORPG called [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft World of War]][[{{Everquest}} quest]]. It's a very-thinly disguised VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft, which author [[OneOfUs Bill Amend plays]]. (For example, one series of strips revolved around Jason's efforts to get the "Kingsquisher" title; in World of Warcraft, you earn the title "Kingslayer" by killing the Lich King (the Expansion 2 BigBad).

* ''{{Foxtrot}}'' has a MMORPG called [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft World of War]][[{{Everquest}} quest]].

* ''FarmVille''

* ''WorldWarIIOnline'' (Widely regarded as the first true MMOFPS)

* ''AuraStar''

* ''DragonBallOnline''