We probably need Ben Kenobi now more than ever if we're going to have a decent mmo for 2011.  NcSoft made it official that the GW2 mmo will go in closed beta by the end of the year. That all but eliminates the majority of possibilities we will see GW2 in 2011 unless a small miracle happens. Are there any other hopes for 2011 ? Honestly, it looks like online rts and rpg games will reign supreme yet again. Lets pray that The Old Republic has a good launch.

I could easily be wrong, but I feel they will have a fairly decent launch. It's the 3 months after that are the big question at least IMO.

TBH, I am severly dissapointed with this so called 'great year for MMORPGs', and what I am seeing with this game isnt gonna save it (for me).

It's no better then last year (for me)

Still, fingers crossed for next year eh? lol

TERA is due out this year as well, and I believe will do fairly well.

as long as they dont do what rift did and make it way to dam easy to level and rush everyone to the top with nothing to do then it should be ok.

Originally posted by vesavius

TBH, I am severly dissapointed with this so called 'great year for MMORPGs', and what I am seeing with this game isnt gonna save it (for me).

It's no better then last year (for me)

Still, fingers crossed for next year eh? lol

 Agreed. First we had DCUO and Rift and those were good for about a month and then the majority were looking elsewhere. I think it is TOR or bust. The other poster mentioned TERA but I don't see that happening at all but who knows ? It may just be that End of Nations by Petroglyph/Trion might be the best mmo in 2011 thats if The Old Republic fails hard. We'll see!

TERA and SWTOR are the two MMOs I'm looking forward to right now.  Plenty of other games on the horizon though.

Sorry buy no!

ToR does not even look like an online world at this point.

I will just wait for ArcheAge, GW2, EQ Next and World of Darkness.

Maybe the only mmorpg hope but not the only rpg hope.

Skyrim, Witcher II, and perhaps even Diablo 3 should be great alternatives for a while.

Personally I am fully convinced Swtor will lead us to the eternal valley of gaming bliss.

*looks over his shoulder for Tardcore*

... If it ever releases, that is.

I'm enjoying the early rennaissance of the mmobile scene. O%C is already released, Spacetime Studios will be launching Blackstar soon as well and with Shadow Cities, Runes and World of Midgard all in development and trying to either imitate or innovate in this small, expanding space it's a welcome aperitif to TOR and GW2 beta infos.

offtopic but awesome new sig pony

Originally posted by DarkPony

Maybe the only mmorpg hope but not the only rpg hope.

Skyrim, Witcher II, and perhaps even Diablo 3 should be great alternatives for a while.

Personally I am fully convinced Swtor will lead us to the eternal valley of gaming bliss.

*looks over his shoulder for Tardcore*

... If it ever releases, that is.

 I agree whole heartedly.

A lot of people like DCUO and a alot of people like RIFT.  It has already been a good year for MMORPG.

I am looking forward to Old republic also, but to say it is the last hope for a good year is overly dramatic. 

And DCUO on PS3 seems to have brough a lot of new players to a MMORPG, which is a good thing.

The worst thing for MMORPG's this year was the Sony hacks, not the games that were released.

2012 is the new year for MMO salvation duh! 2011 was so 2010.

/sarcasm

in 2012 we will be saying its 2013... if we all sit around and wait, our lives will pass us by..

The "Great MMO year" is always next year.

no there an another scifi mmo using the hero engine in the works has a talaented staff working on it  but yea : ) we will see

How is a quest hub based, overly instanced, mostly singleplayer game, a hope for MMORPGs?

Until we start getting core MMORPGs again, there's no hope.

2011 is a great year for MMO's

SOE hacked, and brought to their knees.

Atari dumps Cryptic after the CO / STO failures.

SWTOR has hope of 'expanding' on space combat based on the 'feedback' from the Shooter-on-Rails design.

DarkPony has a new amazing Sig

Guild Wars 2 pushed back to 2012

Mass Effect 3 delayed.

This is great news. It allows us to launch SWTOR, and not have to rush through. So that in 2-3 months when we've hit cap, and the themepark ride is over.  We can move on happily to the 2012 releases, and have good memories not bitter resentment.

I'm looking forward to TERA if it does come out this year. It's been a while since we've had a FFA AAA mmo. There is no open pvp in Guild Wars, and star wars is obviously sith vs jedi. Regardless i'm really sick of the side vs side mmo's. Only problem is i've been burned by "korean" mmo's before, but i'll still try it. 

That GW2 was delayed to 2012 was unexpected, but anyone who thinks that SWTOR and GW2 won't make an impact is just fooling themselves. Add to that a strong starter with the little polished gem Rift and besides GW2 and SWTOR some other interesting AAA titles arriving in the near future like The Secret World, TERA and ArcheAge, and I don't see how true MMO gamers can be that embittered and negative about the future.

If that lineup can't excite you in any way at all, then maybe instead of complaining year after year it's time to consider looking elsewhere for gaming enjoyment, cause it sounds like a case of chronic MMO burnout or persistent mismatch between MMO's and such people to me

Originally posted by SignusM

How is a quest hub based, overly instanced, mostly singleplayer game, a hope for MMORPGs?

Obviously nonsense and biased selective perception

Unless your viewpoint is that all themepark MMO's around are overly instanced, singleplayer games, then it's still wrong but apparently how you regard themepark MMO's and your dislike against them.