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What are the best MMOs for PS4?

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Best MMOs for PS4	Price	Genre	Platforms
82 Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn	$42.50	MMORPG	PlayStation 4, Windows, Mac
-- Warframe	Free	Action	-
-- Elder Scrolls Online	$19.99	MMORPG	-
-- PlanetSide 2	Free	FPS	-
-- Elite: Dangerous	$29.99	Space trading and combat game	-

Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn

Top Pro

An absolutely stunning game

Final Fantasy XIV is gorgeous. The developers clearly put a lot of time and energy into creating all types of climates, ranging from harsh, desolate deserts to untamed, icy wastelands. The cities and villages in this game are vibrant and alive, while the cinematics can be dreary and depressing. Apart from the landscapes, the spells and abilities of this game will take you by surprise. Every ability is animated very well, and has gorgeous pixel designs to pull you even further into the game. See More

Top Con

Paid expansions

Pay original price for the base game. Pay $15 a month to play that same game, then add $39.99 a year extra for the latest expansion. It's expensive. See More

MerryRuaumoko's Experience

Expensive See More

Specs

Top Pro

Play all classes with one character

You don't have to create a different character for every single class. Your one character can be every single class. Each class has a specific weapon (bow for archers, daggers for rogue, axes for marauders, etc.), and you just equip that weapon type and your character switches classes. Each class starts at level, so you have to level each class you want to play, but there are numerous ways to get exp so it feels a little less like a grindy chore. See More

Top Con

Pay to play

The game itself has a base price of $19.99, but also has expansion pack prices that could be added on top of that. This is just to get the game, once purchased the player will also need to pay a monthly subscription of $12.99 to continue playing the game, which can add up over time making for a pretty steep investment for some. See More

GenuineGabija's Experience

It's a beautiful game. It's a bit confusing if you didn't start playing it at launch though. See More

Top Pro

Plenty of side-quests to keep the player busy

For those that would like to level their character without having to d a lot of grinding in dungeons or the main story, There is quite a lot of side-quests on offer in this game. So many in fact that the player could level up through mainly side-quests if they liked. Every area the player reachers will see plenty of NPCs that will offer a new quest to go out on (an even sometimes multiple quests), which not only means a ton of content but an actual story to the game (that is different from the main quest) that can keep the player involved without feeling like they are repeating the same things over and over again. See More

Top Con

Console neglected

They don't offer anything on ps store an expect you to outsource. See More

CromulentUgallu's Experience

I did not see a lot of bots. It might be worse in some servers than others. There's plenty of social people, in-depth combat, and story to do. See More

Top Pro

The story is incredible

Most MMORPGs don't offer much in the way of a story line, but that is not the case with FFXIV. The story will span the entire world, and is completing it is actually a requirement to get into most of the game's content. However, it doesn't feel like you're being forced into following a story you don't care about, the characters get into your head and you begin to feel like an actual hero. It's very well written, and can be listened to in multiple languages if you prefer that. See More

Top Con

Entire house gets deleted if you take a break and stop your subscription

This happens if you're away for 3+ months, because there is a limited number of houses. See More

Top Pro

Combat is very in-depth

The combat in FFXIV is incredibly polished. It requires quick, real-time decisions and reactions, as well as a plan for how your team is going to take on whatever you're fighting. Like many games, it begins as simply hitting your attack buttons and waiting for your abilities to be ready again. FFXIV, however, has taken it a step further and has implemented complex combos and other interactions. These other interactions often have wildly different end results, so you must decide how best to use them. See More

Top Con

Bots are everywhere

The entire market board (player to player economic system) has been taken over by bots. Gathering bots plague the end game gathering areas. SE ignores all reports of botting. See More

Top Con

Subscription for extra storage space

Monthly sub of 2$ for every retainer you subscribe to. See More

Warframe

Top Pro

You can choose your own play style

In Warframe, there are tons of weapons, both ranged and melee, that will let you fight however you like. Maybe you want to be a long-range sniper, or a massive melee beast with a huge hammer, or maybe you want to stick closer to the ninja tradition and use a sword and a bow. Whatever you prefer to play, Warframe has an option. See More

Top Con

Crafting new equipment takes really long

The crafting system in Warframe involves very long wait times, varying from 12 to 72 hours. The wait times can be be skipped by paying platinum (bought in the in-game store with real money), but most of the time it's not worth it. See More

EnergeticStyx's Experience

It is never boring. See More

Specs

Top Pro

A huge array of weaponry

Warframe boasts over 300 weapons, split into 3 classes: Primary, Secondary, and Melee. Primary weapons are the big guns such as assault rifles, shotguns, bows, and grenade launchers. Secondary weapons are the sidearms, usually handguns, machine pistols, and thrown weapons. The melee weapons consist of swords (even katanas), hammers, fist weapons, scythes, and others. Most of the weapons have their own unique strengths and weaknesses. For example, the Simulor is a weapon which creates small balls similar to black holes, which pull in and kill enemies. Unfortunately, the range is very short, so you'll have to predict enemy movements and place the shots carefully. Another example is the Zarr, a massive canon, which has two firing modes, allowing you to use it as a canon or a shotgun. The downside is that you'll get damaged by your own explosions, so you have to always keep distance. The weapons can also be upgraded, adding various elemental damage types such as radiation or corrosion. You can also improve other stats such as rate of fire, crit or reload speed. See More

Top Con

Classes locked behind Warframes

Gender/Class locked Warframes. Want to be a male healer? Too bad. It's only female. See More

Top Pro

Fast-paced, space ninja action

Warframes are essentially space ninjas that can move incredibly fast. Just running won't be enough, so you'll have to build momentum by sliding, jumping, and rolling. Each of these moves also help you dodge enemy attacks, while allowing you to attack. It takes a while to get used to the fast pace, but when you do, it feels incredibly satisfying. See More

Top Con

Can get repetitive easily

At the very core, Warframe is a game that needs a lot of grinding. You'll always be grinding for new blueprints, relics, materials, credits or just leveling your existing equipment. After a while some of the mission types such as defense (where you fend of waves of enemies), will get really boring. Then it turns out the blueprint or relic is really rare and you'll probably have to repeat that mission about a hundred more times. Coupled with the fact that there's no real progression outside the Mastery Rank, some players may quickly lose interest. See More

Top Pro

Great selection of classes

In Warframe, you're able to play as one of the many Warframes, which are essentially character classes. You start off by choosing one of the three basic frames. Excalibur who specializes in swords and has an ability to equip an energy sword and shoot beams of energy. Volt who uses electricity to boost his damage, movement speed and attack speed. Or Mag, a frame specializing in magnetism and controlling the enemy. After that you can run missions to find plans for new ones, or purchase them with platinum (the real-money currency). There are currently more than 30 basic Warframes and their "Prime" variants, which are superior versions of the basic frames. See More

Top Con

Pay to win

Either pay or wait 3 days to unlock anything. See More

Top Pro

Great contact physics

Many online titles and MMOs feature combat with poor contact physics, so it often feels like you're not actually hitting the enemies. In Warframe, hitting an enemy with a hammer will make them fly and sliding at their legs will make them trip. This makes it feel more like a single player game than an online co-op game. See More

Top Con

New content is poorly optimized

Warframe was released in 2012 and has received a lot of improvements over the years. This includes updating the old tilesets with new textures, which has caused a lot of performance drops. The prime example would be the Earth tileset update, which caused performance drops and made it unplayable to a lot of people, even though they could play normally before it. See More

Elder Scrolls Online

Top Pro

Built on twenty years of game lore

Elder Scrolls games have always placed the world's unabashedly bizarre mythology in the forefront, and ESO is no exception. Between quest storylines, hundreds of in-game books, passing NPC dialog, and the landscape itself, ESO presents a world that feels bigger than the player and can be incredibly immersive. See More

Top Con

Consistent degradation of performance

RespectfulXochipilli's Experience

Overall I enjoyed the game and it's stories as well as the freedom it offers players in both content and playstyle. If they spent less time and focus on the cash shop (preferably remove it completly) and more time implementing its contense into a game we play instead of pay to unlock it would be even better. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Pro

The content is massive

There is probably enough content to keep you playing for a couple of years here if you can deal with performance problems. See More

Top Con

Long queue times for dungeons depending on the role you choose

ConscientiousPassalos's Experience

I play for long time, it is a very nice experience that inmerse you in a great fantasy world. See More

Top Pro

Good single player TES game

With an MMO-ish progression. Also, has great voice acting. See More

Top Con

Game performance has been poor for years and gets worse each patch

The games potential is incredible but the true reality is that it just gets worse year after year. The devs for this game are lost on the wants of the player base. See More

Top Pro

Unrestrictive class system

ESO's character system is based on skill lines; each class provides three. There are dozens of other skill lines, including all weapons and armor, which are open to all characters. Resource stats (Health, Stamina, Magicka) aren't tied to class either. This means any character can use any gear and be built to fill any role. See More

Top Con

If you play on PS4, it's awful

Daily lag and numerous DC, plus they don't care. Total cash cow. See More

Top Pro

Immersive first person play

While the game can be played in third person (which may work better in PvP), there is an option to play in first person view which keeps in tradition of the view found in other Elder Scroll titles. This gives this MMO the feeling of playing Skyrim or Oblivion, which should appeal to those who are fans or familiar. It is also a unique way to play an MMO, which could appeal to those tired of traditional third person view MMOs. See More

Top Con

Cash shop

Cash shop features heavily in the game which is often, if not always, a detriment to the game. Time spent trying to get a quick crash grab with features like new player housing exclusive to it, crafting motifs, costumes or mounts and pets detracts from focusing on improving and adding additional content that might improve the game's longevity as well as quality, and necessity for earning rewards via group content. See More

Top Pro

High immersion as minimalist HUD brings focus to action and the world

Minimalist HUD-approach brings focus to action and the world for immersion rather than focus on hotkeys, cooldowns, and other immersion-breaking intrusions. See More

Top Con

Quest Lines can become confusing

Multiple Quests and story lines can be active at one time. Cycling through which quest is primary is easy, with the direction pad, however there is no indicator as to which line each quest is for. For example, you can start a mages guild quest in a city. Along the way while progressing through that quest, several other quest lines typically get initiated by speaking to other characters. Eventually the player is derailed from the quest they were working on. There is nothing to indicate the source of the quest, whether it was a mages guild quest or a loving god quest. There is a limit to how many active quests can be in progress at once, however the number is fairly high, so players can have so many story lines active at one time, that knowing which ones to work on can be confusing. It can be frustrating to be performing quests for a certain city or country, but because of a full quest list, be unable to accept all the quests available for a specific area. See More

Top Pro

Excellent controller support

Not only is controller support provided, but a combination of elements of the games design (minimal UI, enforced focus on favorite/preferred actions, and a clear vision to design console support in early on) means play with a controller is a great, comfortable experience. See More

Top Con

A semi-elitist attitude among the PvE community

Expect to be kicked from group if your team dies once or twice. See More

Top Pro

Limited skill bar encourages build variety

There are only six skill slots (five regular and one "ultimate") available at any one time. A character can swap between two equipped weapon sets, making at most 12 total skills available in combat. With well over 100 skills to choose from, finding two characters with exactly the same build is the exception, not the rule. See More

Top Con

It doesn't know what it is as a game

The game for the most part plays like a single player game with MMO elements, however, the MMO aspect of the game can interfere with your solo expectations. As an example, if you are doing area or world based quests and need to solve a puzzle, sometimes other players outside of your group can solve it for you or progress the quest before you understand what has happened. While the game's MMO aspect can take a backseat to the single player aspect, often there is little reason to even play group content, as many of the rewards are obtainable from their cash shop, such as motifs for crafting your own armor. PvP can be very unbalanced and places like Cyrodiil can suffer heavily from latency issues and disconnections. See More

Top Pro

High build variety keeps PvP interesting

Though "flavors of the month" will arise in any competitive game, ESO's versatile characters and MOBA-like limitation on simultaneous skill availability greatly reward creative builds and counter-building. See More

Top Con

Horrible controls

While the setting and powers almost make up for a lack solid controls that even other PS4 MMOs have (looking at you Star Trek Online), whether in first or third person, for some action minded players, the unintuitive controls make it interesting but virtually unplayable. Sad because with a better setup or more fluid control schemes, it could have been one of the greats!! A real shame. See More

PlanetSide 2

Top Pro

Open world MMO-FPS with huge persistent battles between 3 factions

Three factions are in constant battle for points on a map, with the goal of getting the most pieces on the map or the whole thing. See More

Top Con

Outdated graphics

DecisiveCoronus's Experience

The better battlefield, the arma for ps and xbox See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Co-Op:Online PvP

Top Pro

Vehicles

The vehicle options in game add a lot more depth to the strategy of planning attacks on the enemy. See More

Top Con

.Pay to win

PlanetSide 2 has pay to win mechanics meant to coerce players into paying for equipment to avoid the extremely long grind it takes to earn anything in game. A brand new player with a deep wallet can customize their gear to their preferred playstyle giving them an advantage over those that opt not to pay. See More

PrivateQucumatz's Experience

only mmofps See More

Top Pro

User selectable respawn points

Users can select where they want to respawn after death. There are even vehicles that provide new spawn points on the map that players can drive and leave. This creates a great element of strategy on where to place spawn points when attacking certain targets. See More

Top Con

Poor tutorial, hard to figure all mechanics out

PlanetSide 2 does a poor job at explaining how to play the game or what anything in the menus do. Equipment loadouts are confusing as well as a minefield of pay items. See More

Top Pro

Epic large scale battles

Elite: Dangerous

Top Con

Really complicated to learn

Looking up faqs and trade routes from first hand users will be the norm for figuring out many aspects of Elite: Dangerous. On top of this notes will have to be taken, which is made more difficult by the fact the game does not support in game not taking. So a pad and paper is recommended to remember all of the minutia of the game. See More

Top Pro

Very realistic representation of space & star systems

Elite Dangerous uses publicly available real world star maps that we have of the Milky Way consisting of 150,000 star systems. Although in the current beta, full access to the entire galaxy is limited, in the final game, you will be able to visit any of the 400 billion stars in our galaxy on a 1:1 scale. Stars that we do know of are properly mapped in place and are of the correct type given the information we have about them. Stars we haven't collected data on are procedurally generated which allows you to explore any of the 400 billion of them. Star systems are intelligently simulated using the "Star Forge", a generator that simulates the creation of a star system forming from its nebular cloud to determine what celestial bodies appear and what orbits they have. This feature leads to many varied and unique star systems possibly with planets that can co-orbit around each other, or with binary star systems, and infinitely more possibilities. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Genre:Space trading and combat game

Co-Op:Multiplayer

Controller Support:Full

Top Con

"Mile Wide and an Inch Deep"

The game has a serious problem with depth and requires the user to repeat the same few fun actions over and over again. The world is massive and beautiful but feels empty. The game gets stale quickly despite being visually stunning. See More

Top Pro

Exploration at every level of detail

Full exploration of the galaxy is planned, allowing you to be able to jump from star system to star system, and fly around within a solar system from planet to planet, eventually going all the way down to a planet's surface at a 1:1 scale in a later update. Planetary landings will require a lot of details to be developed and designed, but you can still see the level of detail shift in action when flying into a planet's rings, where getting close enough show the individual asteroids within, which you can then interact with through mining, or by having a battle among them. See More

Top Pro

Built with future expansion in mind

When Elite Dangerous come out, development won't stop. To build a game with the huge scope of Elite Dangerous, not all of it can be done at once, so the developers have adopted an approach of incremental improvement. Various game play elements are being designed as a foundation for later features. For example, although planetary landings aren't going to be available until a later update, the engine has been designed to be able to support going from lightyears away to meters away. See More

Top Pro

Great Oculus Rift integration

Elite Dangerous has very good integration with the Oculus Rift thanks to its cockpit view only gameplay philosophy. All ship UIs are part of displays that appear on each side of you that appear when you turn your head, so accessing the navigation or ship menus happens seamlessly just by looking in their direction. The game also uses the direction you are looking in for targeting, so your lock on target is whatever you're head is pointing at. By sitting in the cockpit of a ship, you are given a stationary frame of reference that helps prevent motion sickness associated with movement in game when you aren't actually moving. See More

Destiny 2

Top Con

Bungie does not care about their player base

Bungie will scam you every chance they get, only to hide behind their political agendas the moment they get criticism. See More

Top Pro

Really fun gameplay

Destiny 2 is all about killing aliens and destroying massive robots. To do this you have a wide variety of weapons and abilities available to you. This includes hand cannons, shotguns, assault rifles, chain lightning grenades, and many more. Each weapon and ability feels great to use, making destruction and mayhem that much more enjoyable. It's a well-rounded and enjoyable experience, which will keep you interested for dozens of hours. See More

RealisticRuda's Experience

I don't consider this game an mmo whatsoever. No global chat, no in game LFG, very lacking in content, and no trade system. To me, it's a short little sci-fi shooter that relies on DLC to flesh itself out. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Genre:First-Person Shooter, Multiplayer

Top Con

Greed

Now needs a ps+. See More

Top Pro

Massive environments that feel alive

The open-world environments in games usually have a lot of empty space, so you spend most of the time traveling without doing much else. Destiny 2 has large areas filled with enemies, world events, and activity in general, eliminating most of the downtime. Because of this it feels like you're actually visiting a planet inhabited/occupied by aliens, which considerably adds to the immersion. See More

KindheartedHaldi's Experience

Playing since beta See More

Top Con

Lacking content

The story is short. Post story gets repetitive very quickly, with a small pool of activities to choose from. See More

Top Pro

Excellent co-op multiplayer

Even though Destiny 2 doesn't have strict class archetypes like most MMOs, each class/subclass has its role in a group setup. So whether you're capturing control points in a PVP match or fighting a tough boss in a raid, you still need to cover for each other's weaknesses. This can be providing support to surrounded teammates, taking the attention of groups of aliens or just picking off troublesome enemies from afar. Because of this you learn to rely on each other and working together feels rewarding. See More

PerfectTaneRore's Experience

Very Expensive for a very little content... Boring as hell and never really improved the game since Destiny 1 See More

Top Con

Locked content

The basic game has a decent length story but once passed that you can run the same pve mission called a strike or do pvp same each time you get the next expansion. Once you have the last expansion there are still more guns to get but are locked behind another $30 purchase (Black Armory) and those with these guns we do a lot better in pvp. See More

Top Pro

Solid controls that don't detract from gameplay

Your character's movement, aiming your gun, and even driving your hoverbike feels really fluid and responsive. As a result you can make very precise movements, jumps, and shots in any situation, allowing you to land a headshot with your sniper rifle from far away while strafing with ease. See More

Top Con

Weapons and armor suck

The weapons that you get while leveling are continually getting better but once the game is finished and you are max lvl you will rarely get better stuff. See More

Top Pro

Improving your character is addicting

One of the main aspects online titles like Destiny 2 is character progression, which is done through leveling and collecting new equipment. Your character gets stronger and when you revisit missions/bosses that gave you trouble before, you can beat them with ease, which feels incredibly satisfying. This will push you to play just a bit more, collect a few more guns and armor pieces, defeat a couple more bosses, and before you know it, many hours will have passed. See More

Top Con

Guns and armor do not feel unique like in the prequel

In Destiny 1, the guns and armor felt more unique when compared to Destiny 2. In Destiny 1, a gun or armor could drop that had one set of perks or stats boosts, and then it could drop again with a different set of perks and boosts. Weapons and armor from the raids also gave unique looks as well as perks that helped for that raid. In Destiny 2 those raid perks are gone, making the gear feel no different than what could get from anywhere else. The lack of variation in the guns and armor just make it hard to care about what you get and kills the urge to try to find the best gun and armor for your character. See More

Top Con

Inconvenient customization

While most online games usually give you permanent color packs for customization, the shaders in Destiny 2 are divided into single colors that can only be used once. You can't preview your new color scheme either, so if you end up with something you dislike, you're stuck with it because you can't change it back. This also means you shouldn't use shaders on leveling gear since you're gonna replace it anyway. As a result most players don't bother with creating unique appearances and everyone looks nearly identical, which is bad for the social aspect of Destiny 2. The sad part is that even though the shaders can drop randomly in the game world, they can also be bought from the in-game store. This makes it feel like customization has been turned into a cashgrab by inconveniencing players. See More

Top Con

Content that was available at the start of the game ended up locked behind DLC

When the expansion Curse of Osiris was released, Bungie ended up preventing players without the expansion from being able to access the prestige versions of the first raid and nightfall strikes, as well as the PvP Iron Banner and Trials of the Nine. For the people who like to hunt achievements/trophies, this move effectively blocked them from earning them. Bungie has since patched things so players are not locked out of the prestige mode of the first raid, as well as nightfall strikes and Trials of the Nine when not using Curse of Osiris maps, making the achievements earnable again. Still, it was an extremely poor decision to lock player out of content they paid for and leaves the question as to will Bungie make another mistake with the next expansion. See More

ARK: Survival Evolved

Top Con

The game can become a grind

At the higher levels, it begins to take a very, very long time to level up (unless you're playing on a custom server). This can make the game tedious to play for some people. See More

Top Pro

You can share materials, dinosaurs, and structures by forming (or joining!) a tribe with your friends

Users can form a tribe with other online users to for a community. This community can now band together in order to build and grow as well as team up against other tribes. This makes for a fun experience with friends and other players as it requires teamwork in order to be successful. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Action-Adventure, Survival

Top Con

Hard for some PCs to run

Ark is kind of a resource hog - it's not very well optimized and that can cause many players to experience slow graphics. See More

Top Pro

Increased customization thanks to player-created servers

Ark has hundreds, if not thousands, of great custom servers. You can control things such as PvP, experience, gathering, and taming rates, set things up so there's no griefing (getting upset at someone bulling you or even a dino that keeps killing you), and the difficulty of the creatures. See More

Top Con

No more Early access, still buggy

Ark has been fully released on August 2017, but bugs are still easily found and many areas of the game lack polish. See More

Top Pro

The game makes you want to explore, craft, and fight to make the most of its progressive crafting system

Ark is unlike many survival games in that you attain levels as you progress. As you level higher and higher, you gain access to more craftable items. Some are just more powerful versions of lower-tier items (such as leather armor vs. cloth armor), but most are brand new (such as firearms, scuba gear, and saddles for more powerful dinosaurs). This really drives you to explore more areas to find rarer resources and fight stronger dinosaurs. See More

Top Con

Have to rely on dinosaurs

In the game you are a man but with an untampered game you are weak and worthless without dinos. Gather takes a long time and you will get 2 or 1 shotted by almost any dino. See More

Top Pro

Stunningly beautiful

The landscape, creatures, structures, even other players are all gorgeous. The textures are seamless, and the character/dinosaur models are just great. The environment ranges from lush green forests, to snowcapped mountains, to incredible coastal views. When you combine all of these things, it adds up to being simply breathtaking. See More

Top Pro

An absolutely fantastic community

The community for Ark is simply great. Whether you're talking about custom servers, the modding community, or just the playerbase in general, there's always people around to help out with any questions you might have. See More

Top Pro

You can tame and mount nearly every creature in the game

From the small quick raptor, to the massive vicious giganotosaurus, you can mount nearly any dinosaur in the game. There's huge, flying dinosaurs, aquatic dinosaurs, some that are like walking fortresses, and others that can take those down. See More

Top Pro

Good character creation

When starting a new game the player is allowed to choose between a man or woman, from there is a plethora of options for making a character with a personalized look. See More

DC Universe Online

Top Con

Pay to win

Top Pro

Great character customization and tons of available content

GenuineGabija's Experience

It's repetitive. Overall, gaming systems have evolved and this game has not. See More

Specs

Co-Op:Online Co-Op / PvP

Top Con

Brilliant IP, bad ownership/leadership

Top Con

Repetitive

You have to do everyday the same things over and over. It's not xp based but feat based. Not enough people to complete them and so to evolve. Plus, pay to win. See More

Top Con

Old graphics

The graphics in general haven't changed since the original release on PS3. See More

Top Con

Character customization

Hasn't changed since the original release date. The only new cosmetics require cash purchases. See More

Outriders

Specs

Steam Rating:Mixed

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