Top 5 Best MMORPGs of 2012

#2 The Secret World

The Secret World is another foray into the MMORPG scene by MMO veterans Funcom. Officially in development since 2007, and lead by The Longest Journey creator Ragnar Tørnquist, the developers have had much time to polish and perfect the game.

The Secret World borrows its setting from the Cthulhu mythos, and is described as a world filled with "magic, mythos, conspiracies and dark horrors." Three factions—the Templar, the Illuminati, and the Dragon—vie for world dominance, just as they have throughout the ages in the history of The Secret World. The game is set in the modern world, and incorporates mythology real and false history, urban legends, and ties each of these elements into an elaborate backstory.

Entirely story-driven, The Secret World will have an overarching plot that gives context to the player's actions within the game, and it can even be played in single-player mode.