The Great MMO Face-Off of 2014

By William Murphy on December 02, 2014 | Awards | 0

Ever wonder what MMO would win in an all-out fight? Ever want to see it happen in a nice, neat, and concise user-voted tournament bracket? Well, now is your chance! We've picked 16 of the most venerable MMOs along with 16 of the freshest games on the block to battle it out.

We know that some of your games might not have made this list, and we're sorry for that. Some had to be left off to make sure we kept the brackets manageable. But fear not! If this feature is deemed fun by you all, we'll bring it back next year and do some smaller more targeted Face-Offs too (sandboxes, PVP centric games, etc). For this one, we wanted to pull in some of the greatest MMOs of all time, but we also made it a rule to only include games that are still running. Sorry SWG fans, maybe in a "Best Dead Game" poll. For the 16 "Newbies" we made a cutoff of games having to be about 3 years old or younger and we picked the highest rated ones from those that met this requirement. This should make for an interesting time next year, when some games (like Rift) move to the Veterans list while others might drop off completely depending on how these votes go.

This week is the primary round, with all 32 teams facing off in randomly chosen brackets designed at Challonge, so get voting! This week is the primary round, and we'll finalize the tally on Friday night, December 5th at 11pm ET. Then, next week, we'll take the remaining 16 teams into the quarterfinals!

THE NEWBIES

Which is the better game? 63.2% » Destiny 36.8% » Firefall (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

Which is the better game? 59.4% » Elder Scrolls Online 40.6% » WildStar (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

Which is the better game? 40.6% » Defiance 59.4% » Planetside 2 (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

Which is the better game? 66.6% » ArcheAge 33.4% » Darkfall: Unholy Wars (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

Which is the better game? 39.5% » Rift 60.5% » Star Wars: The Old Republic (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

Which is the better game? 47.3% » Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn 52.7% » Guild Wars 2 (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

Which is the better game? 69.1% » Marvel Heroes 30.9% » Trove (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

Which is the better game? 46.8% » Neverwinter 53.2% » The Secret World (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

THE VETERANS

Which is the better game? 48.4% » Asheron''''s Call 51.6% » Runescape (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

Which is the better game? 33.9% » EverQuest 2 66.1% » World of Warcraft (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

Which is the better game? 38.5% » Aion 61.5% » Lord of the Rings Online (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

Which is the better game? 45.5% » Dark Age of Camelot 54.5% » EverQuest (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

Which is the better game? 63.2% » EVE Online 36.8% » Ultima Online (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

Which is the better game? 36.3% » Champions Online 63.7% » Lineage 2 (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

Which is the better game? 65.7% » Dungeons and Dragons Online 34.3% » Star Trek Online (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

Which is the better game? 40.9% » Age of Conan 59.1% » Guild Wars (Voting is now closed. Final results are shown.)

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