Depending on what you think of the combat (however it is getting reworked eventually… apparently), ESO is another really good horizontal progression MMO which I’ve poured thousands of hours into over the years

EDIT: Although haven’t played for a bit over a year now, can blame WoW for that

This is basically like watching the enshittification of our Android devices live

From the article:

That said, it’s worth pointing out that, while a fully free version was in the books, Bully Online had a paid early access release that may have drawn scrutiny from the IP holder’s lawyers.