Massively's best of - Favorite game of 2008

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Filed under: World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online

Winner: World of Warcraft (writeup by Michael Zenke)

There's a reason this game has so many players. It's as simple as that: World of Warcraft is the best fantasy MMO on the marketplace. It's probably the best AAA MMO period.

We don't talk about World of Warcraft as much as the MMO genre might dictate on Massively because WoW Insider does such an amazing job with its coverage, but that game literally touches everything we do here. It's impossible to talk about the popularity of MMOs without mentioning the game. It's inconcievable to consider the size of the US market without it. We've asked ourselves on several occasions: without Blizzard's behemoth would there even be a need for a site like Massively.com?

Regardless, Blizzard has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt this year that WoW's preiminence is well-deserved. Say what you will about Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King is a tour-de-force in modern gaming. It's the most polished, exciting expansion to a massively multiplayer game we've ever experienced and the storytelling chops they show in the Death Knight starting area are simply amazing. We've played a lot of games here at Massively. We've ground hundreds of levels, invested thousands and thousands of hours in this genre ... but one game has captured our attention more than any other this year.

For that, more than anything else, World of Warcraft is worth saluting. Here's hoping that some of the amazing changes we've seen in Lich King trickle down through the rest of the game. Here's hoping that Blizzard does their best to top this already amazing content with newer, better releases. And here's hoping someday some designers muster the gumption to pull the community's attention from our favorite game of 2008.%Gallery-31900%Continue reading Massively's best of - Favorite game of 2008

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