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Free MMOGs
muess
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There are quite a lot of these out there nowadays. Can anyone recommend any they have tried and give some reasons if/why they're worth a play?
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EVE-Online has a free two-week trial, if that counts. Why we fight.
(Please do not gift. My game bank is already full.)
May be a bit outdated though.
It's in G&T because it was made before the MMOE! forum.
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=14349
This one is newer, although it is less organised.
It seems to have strong Ultima influences. The client is tiny compared to most (a mere 14mb), and the registration process only takes a few minutes. Definitely worth a shot.
Scions of Fate
Kind of neat, it's a "casual MMOG" with an Asian setting. Pretty bland but a fun distraction for a few days.
MU Online
It's like Diablo. But it's not very good.
If you want to try it out, I'll hook you up with some plvling and a guild. Server: SnowWhite, Whisper: Serphimera
http://www.piratekingonline.com
And anythingelse I would like to mention Rappelz and Scions of fate
It's good.
It went free a little over a year ago.
You get what you pay for. The closest to 'good' is Guild Wars, but there are many arguments that it isn't really an MMO, more large chatrooms with instanced group runs outside of the cities.
The one thing good I can say about it is it keeps actual money influence of the game to a minimum despite relying on cash purchases for all its income, so you truly are never overmatched by someone that will actually spend real money on this.
The thing about Maplestory is that your character always has room to grow, and the striation of the level groups is beautiful: there will always be people under you that you can impress and there will always be people over you that you can anticipate. The leveling is a grind if you can't get a good party (it can go fast if you know what you're doing) but the admirable, addictive thing about it is the economy. People can get so rich they can afford to throw money around and away that would take care of a lesser character for 20 levels, and they can afford to get in the risky market big leagues, gambling against the system to blow their entire cash reserves without bending an eye. Because of NPCs inflation is never a problem, and it's interesting to see an economy run entirely by players without help from the game. With this game, you can have a taste of what it feels to be truly rich. That is,
if you won't pay for Eve Online.
Cons: Hackers abound that you can care to report (the GMs just banned about a thousand recently; they do that kind of thing with major patches and especially changes in the cash purchase mechanism, like Target cards). I like to make it a kind of side quest.
In conclusion, it's not something you pick up and get deathly tired of after a while, but something you play, retire for a year, and play again as if you've never left off. Requires little skill, but continually rewards your sense of progress.
Other pros:
Holiday themed quests, gameplay updates aren't too sparse, each person can have 3 characters per server, which is like 21 now, lots of monsters that make you appreciate your level
Other cons:
Shallow gameplay and mechanic, bad music, bad controls if you don't have joy2key
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I've played Guild Wars for well over a year now, and for the most part it's pretty good. (The expansion games to the original have been disappointing IMO)
Of the MMO's I've tried, it's the only one that really stuck with me... I think you can get the original game for pretty cheap from online vendors now, and there's no monthly fees.
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=15305