A themepark MMO features linear paths winding around the content that is largely static. There might be different branching paths, like choosing one leveling zone over another, but despite that it's a themepark.
WoW is and always has been a themepark.
FFXIV is a themepark.
A sandbox features some amount of emergent content generated by players that can change the environment.
EVE is a sandbox.
Archage is a kind of a sandbox, some call it a sandpark.
How was vanilla WoW NOT a themepark MMO?
WoW is and always has been a themepark.
FFXIV is a themepark.
A sandbox features some amount of emergent content generated by players that can change the environment.
EVE is a sandbox.
Archage is a kind of a sandbox, some call it a sandpark.
How was vanilla WoW NOT a themepark MMO?