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7 Ancient MMORPGs That People Are Still Playing

Ever since internet connectivity made possible the inception of the genre, the addictive gameplay grind of massively multiplayer online games has dug its claws into the body of many unsuspecting gamers. Questing, looting, farming, ganking, and raiding across vast digital worlds, populated by real people; MMOs can very quickly swallow up great wedges of your spare time, turning even the most spritely young bucks into sleep deprived, pizza eating zombies of the night.

7) Asheron’s Call

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Turbine entertainment’s Asheron’s Call is etched into MMORPG heritage and fondly remembered as one of the genre’s most important titles. Released on PC in 1999, unlike hugely popular MMORPGs such as Everquest, Asheron’s Call was among the first 3D MMORPGs to feature a fully seamless open world environment.

Even after what was, for the time, a lengthy development cycle of over three years, Asheron’s Call was constantly updated throughout its lifetime. It was also among the first online RPGs to feature “world events” and narrative quests, the result of which visibly changed the landscape of the environment.

Although the game spawned a popular sequel, nearly 15 years later, the original Asheron’s Call is still being played today. Unfortunately, it was announced last month that the servers would be officially shutting down on the 31st of January, so you don’t have long to hop in one last time.

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