The library of MMORPGs on mobile is surprisingly robust. I used to think an MMORPG on a mobile device didn’t make any sense as in my mind they’ve always been these games you sit at your computer and play for hours at a time. But in reality it makes perfect sense, as mobile devices have become incredibly powerful and they’re more or less always connected, and since the gameplay in MMORPGs can often be of the bite-sized variety the genre actually fits really well on mobile. There are also several types of MMORPGs on mobile. There’s the full-sized version that simply tries to emulate a desktop MMORPG but on the touchscreen, like Villagers and Heroes or Old School Runescape. Then there’s the sort of outlier like Lineage 2: Revolution which has all the trappings of a full-fledged MMORPG but allows you to tailor it to your specific tastes, either playing everything yourself or letting the game play itself for you, and everything in between. Finally, the most prolific type on the App Store is the free to play MMORPG which functions really similarly to a social RPG but with more robust multiplayer components. One new entry of this variety is World of Legends from Mighty Bear Games. Have a look.
What’s nice about something like World of Legends is that it’s designed from the start for mobile. It plays in portrait orientation and features a tap-to-move control system, so it’s the type of game that’s easy to bust out and pla...