If you follow this channel, you knew this was coming. Will it last? Who can say? All we know is that it’s stuck with us enough to be our favorite new MMORPG of 2018.īest New Card Game: Magic: The Gathering Arena There’s just something about MapleStory 2 that has a little bit of that old MMORPG magic to it that’s been missing from a lot of genre entries of late.
My favorite thing the game offers, as little as it might be, are the exploration objectives for each area that incentivize getting to know and interacting with your environment every time you hit a new area. The dungeons are the perfect length and offer decent rewards, and the quests are engaging despite not being the most interesting thing the game has to offer. Most importantly, though, MapleStory 2 is fun. The jump to 3D really worked out well, and the visual style of the characters and enemies blends super well with the voxel style environments. I think this is a big part of why I was so blown away by MapleStory 2. There was something about everything being in two dimensions that made it feel, well, flat. I personally tried several times to immerse myself in it, but it just never really grabbed onto me. I have to be honest: both myself and Jason were never huge fans of the original MapleStory. So without further ado, here’s our Best of 2018 Showcase. Instead of trying to rank them, we picked a favorite from each genre.
In the past, we’ve done this as a countdown list, but this year we’re changing things up a bit. So, 2018 is almost over! New Year’s Eve is here and so it’s time to talk about our favorite games from the past year.