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Hello guys.  I'm working on an article about free MMOGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Games).  It is intended to explain them to people unfamiliar with these kinds of games.  At this point, I'm trying to gather opinions on what are the most popular free MMOGs that represent each subcategory.  I would be very interested to hear your opinions.  MMORPGs is by far the most prominent subcategory, so any other types of MMOGs would be great (MMORTS, MMOSG, etc) - just remember that they must be free to play.  Thanks.
Last Edit: November 21, 2007, 05:57:40 am by Dapper Swindler
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I heard RF online and Eve went f2p.

But as far as intentionally free mmos go... Maple Story is the most popular I guess. It's the only one i've ever seen that had commercials.
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eve f2p?!
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eve hasn't gone f2p.

RF has though.
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lol Maple Story. XD (not)
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http://www.swordofthenewworld.com/

This game recently went f2p. It's really good graphically and apparently is a pretty fun MMO.
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ps guys the only reason I unlocked this topic is because he wanted in-depth opinions so unless you start giving them its going to get locked again.
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Thank you for your contributions.

EDIT:  NinjaPirate, I'm finding the answers thus far useful.

EDIT:  What is RF?
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RF online was at one time a P2P games that has since now become a F2P game. While for a p2p game, RF was ecckkk. Its a very grinding game, but it has good pvp.

Most f2p games are very grindy and pretty much offer the same thing as any other does. While there will always be a few gems in the rough, these ones can be a little hard to find.

Some of the best would be: 2Moons, Sword of the New world that has another game(I don't get how that works at all. Its like there are different studios that bought the game and one puts it out for free and the other makes people pay..... very confusing), I heard Arch Lord is free, but I have never played it.

Most of the rest are just total grinds.
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okay expert opinion time or whatever:
Normal MMORPGS:
-Perfect World (coming into Open Beta in English, in Chinese there was like more people playing this than World of Warcraft....)
-Sword of the New World

Room based MMO's:
-Gunbound
-Rakion

MMO Racing Game:
-Drift City

MMORTS (okay, this is room based too, but theres nothing like Planetside and free, it also isn't that popular):
-Savage: The Battle for Newerth

2D MMORPG:
-Maple Story

2D MMOSSS (Massively Multiplayer Online Side Scrolling Shooter):
-Dungeon & Fighter (note: This is a foreign game. It is also fucking amazing. It's like a fighting game (aka Street Fighter) but also with guns and a side scroller. It's crazy good!)


There's probably some others, but I'm kind of in a rush...hope you can find links (google is your friend), if you need any I'll go find them later!
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Oh, I assumed RF was an acronym for a game that I couldn't figure out.

Thanks for your input DarkNecrid.
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well it was "Rising Force Online" before, but I guess RF is cooler

also ArchLord is like Guild Wars im pretty sure now, F2P after buying software.

There have been very few GOOD free mmo's I have ever played, and they usually die out fast, 2Moons is pretty cool, and I guess this Sword of the New World game seems cool.....
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well it was "Rising Force Online" before, but I guess RF is cooler

also ArchLord is like Guild Wars im pretty sure now, F2P after buying software.

There have been very few GOOD free mmo's I have ever played, and they usually die out fast, 2Moons is pretty cool, and I guess this Sword of the New World game seems cool.....



Nope its completely F2P now. (Archlord that is)
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I played Maplestory about 2 years ago, got to level 56 and stopped.

Pro's:
-It's pretty fun to play with friends
-Has nice, fairly balanced classes
-Has good looking graphics
-Has a nice overall 2d engine
-Has pretty nice looking equipment/weapons
-Has flashy and fun skills

Con's:
-Extremely early grind
-Extremely boring grind(shooting the same exact thing thousands of times on the same map for the most effective grinding)
-Hackers(Hackers would bypassed the Gameguard and pass it on to script kiddies that continued multiplying into the thousands. Worst part was it took a hacker an insignificantly small amount of time to get into higher levels)
-NO PVP(That's right, absolutely no PVP)
-Only 2 instances, unlike WOW(People would literally wait for hours to get into the place where instances took place, constantly clicking as fast as they could on the entrace to get in, and once you've reach a certain level, you couldnt get in anymore for easy levelling and items.)

Overall:
Don't play it, it's a trap.
Last Edit: November 22, 2007, 01:36:09 am by Aztec
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its a trap as much as any mmo is a trap. all mmos have the same reward: fun. if you dont have fun, dont play it, but that doesnt mean no one should.
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archlord?I've heard that its now free.
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When it comes to playing the game after buying it from the store, I'd suggest

1. Guild Wars
2. Diablo 1 & 2

But completely free regardless of going to the store, I'd suggest...

1. RuneScape
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I've never herd of perfect world but it looks really interesting gonna register and play :D​.

EDIT: If any of you do register, mind doing me a favor and saying i referred you ? (i realise i didn't, but it wouldn't hurt any one) and for those of you who might try to make a bigger thing out of that, i'm asking thats all. thanks if yah do.

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Further edit: now that i think about it, i think i might have herd about this MMORPG a while ago since it looks really familiar.
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