This narrow focus helps emphasize narrative and points a spotlight at the games writing and atmosphere, which is of a fairly uniform high quality. Instead of the standard MMO trope of letting players queue up a practically unlimited number of quests-which leads to lots of mindless fetching and slaying without any sense of overarching purpose-The Secret World focuses on a tight handful of quests at a time, all with clearly defined objectives.

In fact, one of Secret World Legend’s strongest features is its dedication to storytelling. Propping up the setting and story is some killer sound design, which successfully ratchets up tension and gives the game’s events a sense of sweeping drama. Secret societies, mythological creatures, and evil cults define a world shrouded by mystery and bursting with supernatural horrors. New WorldĪnother recent convert to the free to play model, Secret World Legends is a game defined in large part by its setting, which reads like every conspiracy theory crackpots dream come true (or their worst nightmare realized). The rebooted version of the game, Defiance 2050, is available on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, featuring classes and power trees, but the same world and quests - not enough to be considered a wholly new game, but give it a try if you want to see the world of Defiance through fresh eyes. It’s the first MMO we've played that makes shooting guns in PvE feel viable and fun, and it now also includes some surprisingly effective melee weapons. While SyFy axed the television show back in 2015, the MMO lives on, continuing to succeed on the strength of its combat mechanics, satisfying character progression, and the its absolutely massive armory of weapons and gear. Factions have splintered off and in many cases aliens and humans have banded together in the desperate struggle for survival. Earth has been rendered almost unrecognizable by the accidental deployment of alien terraforming technology, and a long war with the aliens responsible has left both sides on the brink of collapse. It helps that the world of Defiance is an interesting one, the result of a curious set of circumstances. Developing an MMO shooter based on a SyFy original television series sounds like a recipe for disaster, but somehow Trion Worlds was able to deliver an excellent game with a lot of cool hooks. The fact that Defiance (opens in new tab) is any good is practically miraculous. Available on: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

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