Depending on what you're looking for in an online game, FF14's endgame can be a little repetitive (especially if you aren't interested in crafting or housing). That isn't to say Final Fantasy 14 is the perfect MMO, however. Eorzea, the world in which FF14 is set, is now enormous and you could spend years exploring all the different activities found in it. Since Shadowbringers' release, there have been several major updates that have expanded the story and added all new systems, like fishing raids, city restoration projects, and new raids and trials.

Even if you don't want to play FF14 as a live service game, the story of Shadowbringers is so good it's worth buying just to experience it, and it also has one of the best villains since Kefka or Sephiroth. At its core is a heartfelt story of a world teetering on the brink of complete annihilation from the forces of light-a clever inversion of the typical good versus evil paradigm. In 2019, FF14 launched its third expansion, Shadowbringers, and it is easily the best out of the bunch. To make things easy, we've also broken this list down into categories that really get at the heart of what makes each of these games exemplary. Whether you want to kick ass as some sort of human-cat hybrid or conquer the galaxy as a ruthless dictator, the MMOs on this list represent the best the genre has to offer.

To celebrate that awesome lineage-and help you decide which one is actually worth your time-we've rounded up the best MMOs that you can play right now. MMOs have come a long way from the text-based multi-user dungeons they evolved from. But at the heart of all these big numbers is a simple ideal: That anyone from anywhere can become anything within the confines of these virtual worlds (and grind out some epic loot in the process). Take World of Warcraft, for example, where players have collectively logged more time in Azeroth than our species has been on this planet-over 6 million years.

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