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Some MMO Games put the main focus on the storyline, which takes the players to different locations and brings unique challenges as a part of the long, meaningful journey. Completing it along with all the side quests and activities can be challenging, and it attracts a lot of players into the genre. A well-written plot always makes games much more enjoyable to explore and play alone or with friends, so that Story-Driven MMO games are prevalent.

Wild Terra 2: New Lands

An indie sandbox MMORPG inspired by old-school games with survival mechanics

Enlisted

Enlisted is a squad-based MMOFPS in World War II setting developed by Gaijin Entertaniment.

Dragon Lord

A fantasy MMO game with classic RPG gameplay, mixed with strategy mechanics

Star Stable

An online adventure game about horses, competitions, races, and horse care

Honkai Impact 3rd

Anime action roleplaying game developed for the mobile platforms

Lords of the Arena

An online idle RPG that features elements of MOBA gameplay

DarkStory Online

A free-to-play indie MMORPG with simple pixel graphics and immersive cooperative gameplay

Hyper Scape

A free-to-play battle royale game set in sci-fi cyberpunk setting

Tentlan

Free-to-play browser-based strategy in setting of the pre-Columbian Americas

Islet Online

Indie sandbox-style MMORPG game with cartoonish graphics

Life Forge ORPG

Free-to-play 2D MMORPG game with a vast open world

Project TL

Upcoming fantasy MMORPG game developed by NCSoft

Age of Wushu 2

Upcoming MMORPG in the Age of Wushu series

Gemini Station

Browser-based multiplayer roleplaying game in space setting

Felspire

Browser-based role-playing game featuring deep character customization

Stormfall: Age of War

Browser-based multiplayer strategy in fantasy setting

Knight's Fable

Turn-based fantasy MMORPG with strategy elements

Titans of Time

Fantasy MMORPG featuring well-balanced class system and 3D graphics

Titanfall 2

Multiplayer sci-fi shooter featuring playable mechs

Crusaders of Light

Cross-platform fantasy MMORPG featuring 40 person raids

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The exciting plot always keeps bringing back the players to find out what happens until they complete the storyline. The cooperative mode adds more depth into Story-Driven MMO Games because it allows going on a journey together with friends, it also adds more diversity to the gameplay. Players get more loot, and they can trade it, enemies become more durable, which makes the game more challenging and fun, and players can interact with each other to improve their experience even further.

However, Story-Driven MMO Games do not end after their storyline ends. There are various difficulty levels, which offer different features to explore and change the game drastically. Every difficulty adds something new to create new challenges and strategies. Worldwide servers and scoreboards allow challenging other players in duels and meeting new friends to explore the game on a new difficulty. You can trade rare items for in-game currency to purchase something else and become more and more powerful.

The developers regularly add new content that features new challenges for experienced players, and that may completely revamp the original experience, so it makes it enjoyable to play through the storyline again and again. Some Story-Driven MMO Games have in-depth lore to explore, which often connects to various books, other games and even movies. That directly affects the community, making it massive and bringing all the fans of the universe to play together; therefore, the product lives much longer.

Best Story-Driven MMO Games

  • Borderlands games are MMOFPS that focus on the main story for the players to complete in a cooperative mode with various challenges on the side.
  • Diablo III is an action MMORPG which only consists of a few chapters, which players have to fight through together with friends to find out how the story ends and to get the best loot possible.
  • World of Warcraft is an MMORPG that focuses on massive lore of Warcraft Universe, which consists of many books and other games. All characters have their own stories, and nothing happens without a vast amount of story quests and cinematics.