What MMO Should you play?

I'm surprised you didn't recommend this channel. It's free-to-play, got hundreds of hours of content, and the cash shop isn't too bad. The story DOES rely on a single character a bit too much, but he's kind of a fan favorite at this point.

I'm only a minute in, and hearing you say "you might actually enjoy them more if you play them in a more casual way" made me very happy.

I wish that more MMO reviews focused on things other than endgame competitive stuff. It can be hard to find a game when I’m not approaching the game with the desire to spend thousands of hours. Thank you for being a channel that shows the pros and cons of even the early game! It makes it easy to get excited about a game when I know that there’s fun to be had before I hit 100 hours!

As an MMO virgin, I tried getting into FF14 a year back for the first time with some died hard MMO friends that grew up playing WoW. After seeing that they treated leveling up their character and blasting through ARR like a second job I dropped it almost immediately. Coming back to FF14 a year later and going at it on my own pace, playing it very casually and treating it like a game instead of a second job, I can actually see the appeal now. It might take me several months to beat ARR at my current pace, but if this is the game's low point then I'm incredibly hyped about what comes after it.

"GW2s style aged like a fine wine". Captured it perfectly. Didn't know that it was based on watercolor paintings but it makes sense. Such a beautiful game

Guild Wars 2 is brave enough to sponsor you cause they Actually Believe in their Product. Props to them!

It's crazy how much empathy this man displayed while talking MMOs he likes.

GW2 is definitely my favorite. The sheer fact that I can skip the grind and jump into PVP appeals to me. It's also nice to just journey around that beautiful world.

This guy feels like that mmorpg teacher I'd like to have for some reason, great video

12:22 "Skyrim was apparently Todd Howard's horcrux based on how many times he's re-releasing it" Lungs and tea are not meant to interact

Man, I’d listen to this guy talk about Anything he has passion for. He could tell me about his favorite kinds of bricks and how he judges them, which brick companies have poor morals, whatever, if he cared about it, I’d sit through a four hour video. It’s the kind of energy I love to see in teachers

5:43 guild wars 2 9:09 final fantasy 14 12:15 elder scrolls online 16:15 runescape(s) 19:52 intermezzo and some old and small games and why you should play them all

JSH: "Any hobby comes with a price tag." Also JSH: looks at WH40K collection and silently weeps

You're on point about GW2. I've played it SUPER casually over the course of the past near decade, sometimes not playing for a year or so at a time, but every time I come back there's something to do, I'm not super behind on having to catch up, and it's just so so easy to pop in and out of. Definitely incredible value.

one thing about ESO that people often sleep on is the armor sets, which are often interesting and powerful enough to build an entire character around. It's a great bit of horizontal progression that also FEELS like vertical progression simply because it's a piece of optimization that a lot of people completely miss out on. There's an armor set that makes you use mana instead of stamina when blocking/dodging/bashing, a set that makes your shield bashes deal an AoE shockwave, a set that lets you donate your Ultimate points to teammates instead of using it yourself, a set that deals damage and stuns when you dodge-roll into an enemy. They're a lot of fun and are where a lot of interesting gameplay can come from for those people who are into theorycrafting or if you just liked making some silly gimmick build in skyrim and want to do the same thing here.

I got incredibly happy when you mentioned Ultima Online. I’ve been playing it on and off for 20 years and I love that they keep my characters from when I was 13. Thanks for the videos, I’m hooked!

End of Dragons isn't the last GW2 expansion btw, it's just the end of the current story arc

As someone who now mainly plays Guild Wars 2 after “quitting” WoW … I agree. It is a fantastic game overall.

i honestly respect josh for this video even more than i did, you know its made by someone for passion for the genre and even tho i tried most of those games now i feel my own passion for the genre re-ignited and of the mind to try more or even give the old ones i tried another shot with a different approach and perspective.

I started playing guild wars 2 this year and as someone who is a “hardcore casual”, as in I’ll spend a lot of time playing the game but often engaging in activities that would be considered pretty casual, it has to be the perfect mmo. It’s so easy to hop in and out, there’s tons of stuff to do, the end game isn’t just solely group content and it’s just fun to play in general.