The Most Complex MMO EVER Made – Wurm Online
The First Sandbox MMORPG?
Two things that probably shouldn’t go together right? And yet, for years, many studios have attempted to jam these two things together.
But today I want to talk about one of the most sandiest of sandbox MMORPGs, the most complex attempt you have ever seen, and arguably one of the first of its kinds to go this deep…Created back in 2006 by the legendary inventor of Minecraft himself, notch , I give you, Wurm Online
Released in 2006, Wurm Online was the brain child of Rolf Jansson and Markus Persson, AKA Notch who invented Minecraft. You might be wondering what game engine this title is using, it is of course Java… to clarify, Wurm is developed in Java and uses OpenGL for rendering the game
In 2007 notch would leave Wurm to go onto other projects.
However, Wurm chugged along and to this day you can download and play Wurm online for free from the steam store. So that’s exactly what I did… and boy… was it an adventure…
Is it a MMORPG?
So what makes this game a MMORPG, as appose to just a survival game you might be asking. That’s not something I labelled it as, that’s what it labels itself as.
For me, there’s an lot of elements, which make it more of an MMORPG. The combat has the typical tab targeting style of an Oldskool MMO, it has all the social elements of one, and is certainly massively multiplayer. I would say as well that it has a large Role Play element to it, it’s just whether you want to take it further to a full blown RP experience.
Yes it does have survival elements to it, but it doesn’t fully commit to your typical survival elements.
Funnily enough, after i published my video, i found out that they had an update which was going to make the experience a lot smoother for new players. I haven’t had the chance to try this out for myself yet, but this is actually what the Devs commented on my video.
Should You Play Wurm Online?
All in all, I had a good experience with Wurm Online, but there are some issues that still need to be addressed. This game isn’t for everyone and i personally think that’s what makes it so great. Hopefully my video will bring some new players to this title, because I think it deserves a chance!