One of the Best Online MMORPG [Archive]

SpectreWolf

02-14-2005, 06:36 PM

I have played a majority of the games out there right now. I would have to say, hands down, City of Heroes has been the most entertaining. You don't have to be into super heroes to enjoy it, either. There is a ton of content throughout the levels (there isn't a focus on getting to the allowed level cap, IE, the highest level). They seem to be updating constantly. Just recently they released issue three. Issue three was a content update which added a whole new area for levels 20-30, fixed a ton of problems, tweaked some powers, and changed alot of media (An example is the different villains who use guns have better sounds and each gun type has a unique sound now). I am sure there was more added, but I can't be bothered to look at the changelog. Issue three was released January fourth and they already have a majority of the next update developed. The next update allows player versus player arena battles where you can choose locations from the game (very neat) and fight one on one, in teams, or in supergroups. It also keeps track of your wins, if you feel like keeping score. Not to mention alot of anime inspired costume choices.

There are a ton of different powersets, both primary and secondary (you choose one of each). The melee damage archtype, called a scrapper, can choose a katana, longsword, claws, martial arts, dark melee attacks, or...I forgot the others, but those are only the primary powersets :o. CoH also has, I believe, an award winning costume creator. I have only seen two people with my powers (I have only seen one of them in game). I have seen no one with the same costume as me. Any combinations of powers is playable, it really isn't possible to "gimp" yourself. There are a ton of interesting villains to fight throughout the game, ranging from ex-military mercenaries who focus on air superiority to hordes of mafia to zombies. I have yet to meet an unfriendly person in the game :D. It is relatively easy to get a group and most people in the game are patient. Not to mention you have four or five travel powers which are, alone, fun to play with. Superspeed, Superjump, teleportation (not from city to city, real teleportation), and flight. Anyone can use these. Not to mention you get a comic every month, for free :cool:. Jumping from skyscrapper to skyscrapper is just the coolest thing. The cities and zones are to scale, which is a big plus for travel powers. There are no weapons, armor, or items; this is a very innovative part. There are power enhancing "items", you put these on a power and they increase range, conespread, damage, accuracy, hold time, etc. depending on the enhancement. That is as complex as it gets. Along with one time use "powerups" if you will. There are ones to heal part of your HP, another to fill a bit of your endurance bar, one to increase damage, one to increase your defense, one to your resistance to holds/stuns/sleep, and another to revive you when you die; but you never have to rely on them, ever. I actually didn't use them much. There is no way to twink anyone, you can't find some rare loot to get an advantage, this is great for casual gamers. OH, forgot to mention this, there is no auto attack! You have no special attacks, just attacks or rather you only have special attacks. You have a "mana bar" if you will called endurance. When you use an attack it subtracts a bit from the bar, more powerful attacks use up more of the bar.

Sorry for the long post, just wanted to share my thoughts :p.

Other mmorpgs have appeal, but they seem to stick to the same cookie cutter type of gameplay.

Para

02-14-2005, 07:21 PM

You could also look around in this forum. Many people post different games and all have their appealling features.

Little

02-14-2005, 07:36 PM

This is hard to say...

Phantasy Star Online (PSO):
-Good gameplay, have some action elements ^^
-A lot of weird but fun quests.
-Have limited dungeons, and you just repeat the same dungeons with different difficulty to progress(level/hunt rare).
-(Unconfirmed) Apart from PSO BB, which is JP only, all the others are full of hacker kids, who enjoy ruining your fun.

Ragnarok Online(RO):
-Cute graphics in a 2D world.
-Somehow addicting...
-(Unconfirmed) Up until I left, the GM(Game master, like moderators in forum) did a bad job, famous for rolling back/punishing bots alongside with innocents, while innocents pay the heavier price; or banning innocents and letting the cheaters live...
-Incomplete job system, there are skills that have no use, since the day the class/job was introduced... not to mention, the job/class aren't really balanced ^^;

Final Fantasy XI(FFXI):
-Good graphics(on computer)
-Avaliable on PS2/PC
-An anime-style story...
-Battle is command based like every FF, you perform things like weapon skill, and create skillchains with others, while mages doing magic burst with your skillchain ^^;
-Heavy party play, you can't do anything unless you are in a full party of 6 people(with tanker(meat shield), damage dealers, and healers).
-Time consuming, unless you have a static party with friends, you have to spend a long time waiting or making a party, if you are unlucky... and this lead to the next point.
-Unbalanced job system created by party-oriented gameplay, because everyone want to level fast, so, best party setup is often demanded, which lead to the unbalanced job system. Meat-shield classes are more popular, as every party need one of them. Healer is always welcome. Mages are always welcome as they are unique to their own. Melee damage dealers, such as dark knight, monk, dragoon, samurai, ranger, are less wanted due to the over population of them, and overlapping party role: you only need 2 melee damage dealers normally, and since 90% of the list is the jobs listed above, the chance of getting picked isn't high(also the elitist wannabe problem, that I will avoid mentioning). Not to forget, certain party can be assembled without meatshield nor melee damage dealer, and they are just as effective as the basic setup... *goes on for hours nonstop whining*

World of Warcraft(WoW):
-Good background graphics.
-Western comic style design, and story.
-I don't like the character design much, I prefer anime-style.
-They took the lessons from other online games, and corrected it... reducing the chance for a-holes to annoy you.
-There are still some job/class that aren't balanced.
-The clothing graphics are just a flat layer of skin, if not at most 2 layers of clothing, compared with FFXI's multi-layer of clothing(think of it as common PS2 offline RPG).
-There seem to be some connection issue...

These are the 4 games that I played, and love, I still like every one of them... so it's hard for me to say which is the best. I hope my opinions/experience/comment on these games help.

To others who might be offended for whatever reason, these are all my personal opinion.

animekraz

02-15-2005, 01:02 AM

i guess i should tell you guys one more thing... :) .... i kinda played a MMORPG but then cancelled the account ... it was EVE-Online... a good game but one has to INVEST.... literally... massive amounts of time in the beginning... i heard that after investing 4-5 months, people were able to reach to a level of "expertise" where they could pilot any ship they wanted...

Suffice to say... after spending 2 weeks on this game... i cancelled the account... and that experience was like a nightmare... but now I want to play a game that won't require TOOOOO much time... and easy for a beginner... :)

I really appreciate all of your suggestions... :)

CroZz

02-15-2005, 09:09 AM

Now, the reason why I got hooked into World of Warcraft is because even a noob with no equipment or gear and buddies(i.e no sponsorship whatsoever) can play very decently and enjoy the game. In fact, the difficulty curve to "get there" meaning getting it all made and stuff is much flatter. You can easily become a powerful characther if you basicly just kill stuff do quests and party up to do elite quests. The quest rewards in the game is REAL rewards. Not some headgear junk and is usually useful although for only specific characther classes but since there are so many quests identify the ones whose reward you can use. (i.e Tunic of Westfalls from killing Van Cleef is a good choice, or Triprunner Dungarees from killing Thermapplug). Its an easy to solo game although there is significant rewards if you party up, very significant. The only problem with WOW is that it takes time to get used to the system and master playing each different class. But isn't that the fun of playing a computer game? To master the controls and beat the challenge? :)

z4rd

02-19-2005, 05:56 AM

Nobody mentioned Lineage 2 yet?
Granted, it's nowhere near the level of WoW but it's not exactly a bad game... at least it's better than RO.

Faylar

03-05-2005, 08:56 AM

Might want to warn people that WoW has terrible service, customer support and GMs at the moment. Only recently, this happened:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=1764309&p=1&tmp=1#post1764309

don't worry, it's still a great game, but just be careful. Should such acts like this continue (yes, there are a few 'unneeded' banning situations for quite some time now), blizzard is going to lose out a lot of customers.

On the funny side, EQ2 seemed to be attempting to pull people from WOW to its game :P

http://eq2vault.ign.com/pagetools/pagetools.php?act=printnews&id=5774

Take care.

Kikklik

03-05-2005, 09:08 AM

wow has no real side activities to boot. you just seem to lvl in that game. all of their side activities are incomplete, unthoughtout or outright crappy.

Cloud28

03-05-2005, 02:27 PM

ROSE Online is very fun to play
Ro is also good and you can play free at private servers

Also theres a number of good open beta games such as Gate to Heavens, Knight Online, Priston Tales(but its only free until you get to level 39 i believe).

Faylar

03-06-2005, 12:02 PM

"Must....resist...temptation to kill..."

Games like ROSE, RO, Priston Tale doesn't seem to appeal at all to me. It's just grinding and grinding. Most of the time I'm looking at the exp meter bar...it's must more fun than looking at me kill stuffs. Maybe I'm missing something out in the game? I dunno.

Cloud28

03-06-2005, 07:01 PM

Maybe try Gunbound? lol, man i loved that game

BlankVoid

03-06-2005, 07:38 PM

GB? lol i still remembered that...it was the most famous online game for awhile..but GB isn't consdiered MMORPG is it? o_o

Cloud28

03-07-2005, 09:51 AM

well, its rpgish lol

Faylar

03-07-2005, 11:05 AM

Yeah, gunbound sure is fun when you are bored. No I'm serious, I used to like it :)

ethere

03-08-2005, 02:12 AM

Avoid Korean games if you don't like grinding.

You'll probably like WoW, nobody has ever complained about grinding in WoW :)

Para

03-08-2005, 07:22 AM

Avoid Korean games if you don't like grinding.

Thats why i play psobb :D

JaroG

03-08-2005, 06:24 PM

WoW has a good system on paper but it doesnt challenge players like RO does even though the graphics are inferior RO gameplay is better even without a storyline and FF 11 is a annoyance to lvl in its good game if u have TONS of time

Faylar

03-09-2005, 10:15 AM

From what I see, RO is based on pure grinding action and there's almost nothing to do aside for farming for rare items/money (thus botting comes in, which frustrates most bot-less players) and leveling.

Games like WoW and EQ, the challenge is not in leveling. Leveling is just the first step to the 'real' game, the part where raiding comes in, the part where you have to wait for 40+ to 72 players to come online just to kill one particular boss mob and gain access to more items and more secrets. Other than that, there are side-skills (aka tradeskills) you can invest your time/money into.

That's the difference between these two genres of MMOGs.

FF11 isn't really an annoyance. Once you get a good party for two hours, you can get pretty good exp, better if you are killing fast. The only annoying thing is getting a horrible party (which happens 70% of the time to me) and get wiped over and over again. That's the frustrating part.

Fieth

03-09-2005, 03:42 PM

Just wait till Guildwars comes out in a month. Or if you dont want to wait go with WoW.

Faylar

03-10-2005, 05:55 AM

WoW is now 'leaking' some more infomation on Battlegrounds now, so for those interested go to www.worldofwarcraft.com

eMKa

03-10-2005, 06:19 AM

I played all beta GuildWars test and this is awesome game,much better than WoW or Everquest.Waiting for official release:)

Dracolich

03-10-2005, 06:35 PM

Yeah Guild Wars seems pretty good, also if you don't care to answer how are they going to make that game free? i mean there are no "free" games out there all of them need you to pay a fee of some sort be it for "packs" or "new content patches" or "expansions" whatever they call it and some don't charge a monthly fee like WOW but generally have really bad support and such so what makes Guild Wars different? don't missunderstand me i'm interested in this game that's why i'm asking to see if i'm gonna buy it or not since all i've seen so far has interested me much....

YamatoX

03-12-2005, 06:31 PM

I personally like City of Heroes alot. Its pretty addicting, especially creating a character. I've probably made close to 30 different characters due to the excellent costume creator. I guarantee you won't see two of the same heroes unless it was planned that way.

FTC

03-12-2005, 06:52 PM

Gunbound is an addictive game. It requires some skill and some patient thou. Many ppl just "try" this game for like a day and get bored (obviously because they're losing too much).
I'm playing Lineage2. And I think it's good. Can't wait to lvl up my clan and participate in castle siege. ( private server :P )
WoW ... humm, I dun wanna p2p. Beside I'm not a Warcratf fan XD. But if I have a chance I'll give it a try.

Dis

03-13-2005, 12:53 AM

Serious Gamer = FF XI
Casual Gamer = WoW

Kikklik

03-13-2005, 08:25 PM

guildwars is like cs but with rpg chars. ro is pretty good if you're in a good guild. wow is, well, i've played it and hated it. i can't say much now since it's been a while since i've seen the game but while i was playing the alliance outnumbered the hoard 3 to 1. raids just didn't work. the craft system was mostly useless and give a craft feeling since you just type in a number and leave. the mounts were jokes. they couldn't have been less creative with mounts. priest don't heal so that kinda always peeved me a little. city of heros i liked but exp was kinda slow. if you don't care too much about graphics try fairyland. it's like super pokemon and tamagotchi.

http://www.fairyland-europe.com/

RyuujinTek

07-15-2005, 09:56 PM

EXPLINATION ON HOW GUILD WARS IS GOING TO BE FREE:

In games such as WoW and FFXI you have all the characters in one large world (and yes, broken up into smaller servers). Putting all those people in one large area puts a noticeable strain on the servers that run them (hence why they are down a lot. More people join WoW and are on at once, hence the large amount of crashes). What Guild Wars does is breaks down all the areas outside of town into seperate instances for just your party, this party being limited to 4 at max. Having separate instances for each party gives the ability to keep an almost invisible strain on the servers, and allows for a stable, low cost per month server fee.

Ive played Guild Wars, final Fantasy XI, World of Warcraft, and Everquest 2......Everquest is obscenely expensive for what it is.......EQ2 seems like any other generic Korean RPG, grind grind grind, get new equipment, grind grind grind.

Guild Wars is very fun, and free. A casual player can level maybe twice in a day, and feel accomplished of all the quests they've done. The fact that its free only adds to the amazing gameplay.

World of Warcraft.....on this list of 5, its 4. right above EQ2. The random crashes degrade from the gameplay. I played a character up to level 40, and i have to say, ive had more fun hooking up my stereo then trying to get a party to certain instance dungeons and quests. The game relies too heavily on person to person interaction, and 80% of the community does not want to co-operate. The community slowly degraded from launch and ended up relying on party play.

Final Fantasy XI, the best of all ive gone over so far. This game really rewards you for leveling up, as next level new equipment, and new parties are around the corner. Party influence is a large, and quite noticeable factor in the game, as everyone is willing to help, and always willing to give advice (compared to WoW, where you will most likely find people telling off lower level members). The world is Huge, almost twice the size of World of Warcraft, and same with Guild Wars. You take a whole day to walk to beautiful places like Holais Peak, and you feel rewarded with a beautiful view,and a good local community............this game is amazing.

In my opinion, get Guild Wars defiantely, the community is good, and the game overall is fun.......for a P2P game get Final Fantasy XI, you need to be involved, but its still worth it.

Faylar

07-20-2005, 11:33 PM

Serious Gamer = FF XI
Casual Gamer = WoW

Kinda disagree with you there on WoW = Casual Gamer. I've played WoW for 6 months and I agree that it's casual player-friendly from level 1 to 60. Heck, it only took me 1 month to get to 60. Once you hit 60, if your guild focuses on PvE, be prepared for Everquest endgame redone with a lot less raid mobs. Up to now, people are doing Molten Core, Molten Core and more Molten Core. If your guild focuses on PvP, you are going to compete with the hardcore gamers to get the best items. The honor system requires you to PvP consistantly to get rank...so much for casual play.

If you ask me, if you want casual play, City of Heroes is pretty nice, but it gets boring pretty fast for a hardcore gamer like me.

EDIT: For the best MMORPG, it's Everquest hands down. I hit pretty high levels in FFXI, COH, WoW, etc and the only game that makes me feel like returning is good ole' EQ.

And Vaguard: Saga of Heroes will rule the MMO world!.

EDIT2: Why is the Everquest word linked?

Denamic

07-21-2005, 12:03 AM

-FFXI is very addicting, but can leave you hanging for hours just looking for a good party. Can feel like work sometimes. But I still like it.

-I tried WoW at my cousins'. It was pretty fun, but I'm unimpressed.

-Lineage 2 is grinding action through and through. With the exeption of getting PKed from time to time.

-RO is on par with Lineage 2 when it comes to grinding, if not even more. But it's still oddly addicting. A fun game.

-Guild Wars is teh stuff! You CAN grind for your cash and levels, but it's much more rewarding to do quests and missions for it. Relies heavily on the skill of the players, so much that a level 10 group with skilled players can beat the crap out of a group of inexperienced level 20 players in GvG. The goal is not to reach max level, level 20, but to balance you character and to hone you own skills as a player. And, of course, to keep your guild dominating everyone else in the wars. You might think it's easy, and just find a good chain of skills and spam it untill your enemy is dead. It's really not.

COSTAS123

08-24-2005, 01:18 AM

City of Heros = good grfx,unique character and litle anime style,boring after 40 lvl.
World of Warcaft=Very nice grfx,not anime style characters but he has good fight and litle strategy raids and many to many quest even at final lvls.
Rangarok online=good but 2D i wana imagine that game in 3D. Hell!!
FFXI=Sucks. RF online banzai!!! now in Europe/Usa
EQ2=Very good grfx but Heavy for Med PCs,not anime style characters,many race and profesions but not good as WOW.
Guild Wars=Very good grfx,anime style characters,but only 20 lvl and 6 type characters,and you are Alone on the missions BUT its Freeeeee!!!
Eve online=Is good game but no action is for the ppl who are lazy
Matrix Online=Nice grfx,Good! Beat up with Click on icons not good gameplay
RYL=Good grfx,Action! game,good equips,anime style characters and moves
Anarch online=nice but old.
I have play many Beta/Trails MMOrpg and i left it behind.
I wana try Rose online Xhia,Tantra,PS BB,and if can the D&D online.

And Soon:
(Granado Espada)http://ge.hanbiton.com/en/index.htm
(The Lord of the Rings) http://lotro.turbine.com/
(SUN) http://www.webzengames.com/
(RF Online)http://www.codemasters.co.uk/games/?gameid=1822
(Tabula Rasa)http://www.playtr.com/

PS Sorry for my English :p

kerudo

10-31-2005, 02:48 PM

but now I want to play a game that won't require TOOOOO much time... and easy for a beginner...

If you'd like to spend less time playing while more time enjoying, Guild Wars is a great game. It's not really an MMO though so you'll have to get used to the different type of playing style. It's been called a Co-op RPG, it's really great fun and you really don't have to spend massive amounts of time to level, leveling is pretty much the last thing on your mind when you play GW. Anyway if you've already found your game that's cool, I'm just lettinng you know that GW is out there.

PS: I was addicted for a few weeks, but it got boring for me because I wasn't in a great guild, it's pretty important to join one because it gets you more involved in the game

Sobakasu

11-24-2005, 05:37 PM

If you're interested in something free, MapleStory is a fun little game.

Locke2

11-25-2005, 03:58 AM

Imho you should try Lineage II. It's not so complicated as FFXI, you can exp Much more easier.. :)
Also you can download the client freely from the official site www.lineage2.com
and if you dont want to play in the official server i can find LOTS of unofficial servers, obviously for free :D
I think the only bad thing is that you can easily get PKed at lower levels, since L2 is mainly a pvp mmorpg...

AJParrish

11-26-2005, 09:54 PM

i say the best one is a frree one Called FlyFF perfect game its free and fun

Denamic

11-29-2005, 02:56 AM

Okay.. If you really want a really good, free mmorpg, and don't really care about graphics, you should try mudding.. since graphics are virtually non-existent in MUDs. MUDs are incredibly addicting, and once you get a hang of it, after a day or two, the fact that's it's only text doesn't bother you anymore. Also helps improving your speed-reading skills. I've never played orpgs with communities like that before. Try asking for help on the newbie chat, if there is any, in just about any other kind of orpg. I'm pretty sure they won't be giving you a good weapon, 10000 gold and free tutoring in how things work. I recommend Lusternia (http://www.lusternia.com/index.php). A great RPing game with lots of war and killing each other in it.
Good graphics doesn't make a good game.

madjoker37

12-08-2005, 01:49 AM

WoW ftw!!!

Lord Chaos

12-13-2005, 10:15 PM

Much better and more sexy graphics in Lineage 2

Denamic

12-13-2005, 10:32 PM

Meh.. Lineage II is only about boobs, grinding and PvP. It gets old quick.

xaero

12-13-2005, 10:47 PM

I agree~! Mud rocks~!.. extremely addictive.. but the problem is choosing the er.. whazzit called.. Host? that suits you.. I love Archaea.. but I don't like the classes available.. Sojourn has nice classes and races but I don't like the build.

xaero

12-13-2005, 10:49 PM

I'm just waiting to say "D&D Online!"

Conrad

12-28-2005, 02:06 PM

Yarrrr....

Eve online=Is good game but no action is for the ppl who are lazy

As a guy who played this game for three months, I wouldn't say its a game for the lazy. For laidback yes! but not for the lazy! If ye only play through the boring tutorial and just doing repetitive mining and mission you won't enjoy the game. The biggest mistake that new player assume this game is just like any other mmo, where you run around doing mission.

This game have no level limitation nor profession/job/career. Your character develop through skill training which use real time (yes, you may think this is lazy, but this is actually is an agonizing thing). As yer character develop ye can fly better ship and use more modules to fit in your ship -AKA customize.

The market is pretty much player driven. Prices are competitive as the items that are on sell are player crafted. NPC only sell basic stuff, but the more advance and usefull stuff are purely made from player (including better tech ships).

And the PvP is unforgiving!(There's yer action!) If you lose, you lose your ship (literally)! You won't find your ship respawned back in your hangar if you get killed. Just imagine having to lose your hard earned ship by a pirate ambush or in PvP... this isn't for the lazy. After your ship get destroyed, you won't die instantly. You still have a chance to escape in a pod. If they get your pod, say hello to dreaded penalty: having your hard earned skills being wiped in half! Unless you remember to upgrade your clone to keep your skillpoints intact.

The PvP relies on brain, the right ship, and the right setup for the job. Bigger ship and how long you play the game isn't the nescessary factor, it's all depend on tactics, teamwork, and brain. Unlike other MMO where you can't kill high lvl player.

Each race aren't restricted, that means you can fly the other guy's ship. And can be whoever they want, let it be a miner, manufacturer, researcher, pirate, trader, bounty hunter, etc.

The only grind you do is money grinding. And this game isn't for those who doesn't enjoy it (usually young people).

Denamic

01-02-2006, 07:54 PM

Unlike other MMO where you can't kill high lvl player.
Ehem.. Guildwars.
Use your skills with your skills, and you'll come out on top.
You may quote me.

TTHX

01-02-2006, 08:16 PM

I enjoyed Guild Wars for quite some time. The Christmas specials were fun, snow ball fights! :D

Haven't played in awhile though, focusing on building my gamecube collection. :p

jamesuh

01-03-2006, 10:32 AM

The first mmorpg I played and really liked was Nexus TK: Kingdom of the Winds. Wow, I really loved that game. It was so addicting and fun, and even the grinding was fun! Waiting for drops, etc. It has all the things an mmorpg needs, and it is very interactive and fun. But I don't recommend playing it now, I'm pretty sure nobody plays. But it was a very fun game :]

Conrad

01-06-2006, 09:11 AM

Arrr....

Ehem.. Guildwars.
Use your skills with your skills, and you'll come out on top.
You may quote me.

Haven't played that one, may comment on it later if I play it. The thing that amuse me about that MMO that is a free game like conqueronline. How do they manage to survive without customer paying cash? That still baffle me

Denamic

01-07-2006, 06:06 PM

Donations and/or supporters with big moneh, perhaps?

Conrad

01-15-2006, 05:29 AM

Arrrr.....

Donations and/or supporters with big moneh, perhaps?

Unlikely without having the developer/GM putting a big ad on their site or ingame with the writing ,"Please help this game alive by donating through paypal!". And most players doesn't care much where they get the money to keep the game alive. Sponsors would be possible, but I don't see those.

Denamic

01-15-2006, 05:52 AM

Perhaps the money from purchases is paying the servers, which should be really low maintenance, and salaries. When the money flow is slowing down, they'll release new chapters. They're currently running a free for all pvp campain, at january 20th, to get more people hooked.

Faylar

01-24-2006, 08:03 AM

I came reallllllll close to geting Eve Online, but they don't sell game cards here; I'm only 17. No wait, I get get a debit card now! :D

Maybe I'll try Eve after all :p

Denamic

01-24-2006, 08:18 AM

EVE is a high quality game. I'd play it, but it's kinda not my style, so I think it's better not to start playing it.. again.

JR RAD

01-27-2006, 03:40 PM

Well there's an open beta games that I tried. It's between FF Online/Lineage 2/EQ here's the website http://www.ferentus.com/ and just to let you know not all characters are available yet and there's no quests but this game IMO got potential and yes you can control your character with K/B you just have to hit the little circle thingy on bottom right corner twice. Next is Silk Road Online, the gfx is almost like Guild Wars but set in Asia the server is in Korea I think but it's in english for most part and you only can control your character with your mouse :-( here's the website http://www.silkroadonline.net and yes both of these games are free to play for now since it's in open beta so go and try out these games and if you like it please share your enjoyment with others.

Faylar

01-28-2006, 10:12 AM

I'm going to try silkroad, but is there a easier way to download it? What other download programs are there that are mostly spyware free. Don't mention Download Accelerator...I've tried it.

JR RAD

01-28-2006, 01:02 PM

I'm going to try silkroad, but is there a easier way to download it? What other download programs are there that are mostly spyware free. Don't mention Download Accelerator...I've tried it.

No not really considering if you dl from off site beside the official and respectable gameing sites you might run into a virus. Sorry but I dl within 3hrs the client wasn't too big for Silkroad so tuff it out man and if your on dial up then I feel for you really and even if you did finally get it through dial up then the ping will be huge since their server is located in Korea (I think).

Grizzablo

01-28-2006, 10:17 PM

hey now dont bash on the L2 I finally got a char to 75 today lmao only took me like uber uber uber long time... if you LOVE to grind play L2... cause it will turn your love into hatred... if your not up to the cause hehe...

Faylar

01-29-2006, 12:47 AM

tdevi1

01-29-2006, 01:35 AM

coming from evercrack (Everquest) i think most MMO's nowadays suck.

Everquest back a few years ago before they dumbed it down into this Lazy MMO instancing crap, was very very fun.

You took the ups with the downs. Yes people took your npcs, yes people camped endlessly, yes grinding. But in the end as much as i can complain about it, it was a very good experience.

The only downside of everquest was that it takes ALOT of time, the top guilds put in nearly 30-40 hours a week of gaming. If you didnt, you wouldnt have a chance of see-ing the end game stuff with the uber loots. Very.... detrimental to life if you dont have control over yourself.

With that rant out of the way i'd suggest you wait on Vanguard: Saga of Heros. The ex-developers of EQ during the former years are developing this.

Booca

01-29-2006, 02:31 AM

Yeah i just finished up at fanguard, sigils show off of vanguard saga of heros and that game is looking damn good and they still haven't fully finished it yet.

Faylar

01-29-2006, 10:35 AM

No not really considering if you dl from off site beside the official and respectable gameing sites you might run into a virus. Sorry but I dl within 3hrs the client wasn't too big for Silkroad so tuff it out man and if your on dial up then I feel for you really and even if you did finally get it through dial up then the ping will be huge since their server is located in Korea (I think).

Mmm, I'm not using dial up, but I'm not using a good broadband host either. Mine is taking about 6-8 hours to dl at 10-20kb/sec. Dial up is worse if I remember...about 5kb/sec? lol

Anyway I'm going to heck it and get download accelerator.

EDIT: Oh right about Vanguard, it looks in great shape now...it's gonna be tons bigger than EQ. If you guys played EQ name me how many zones you haven't explored or heard of before after you left the game. Vanguard is gonna be immersive according to Brad...maybe they can recapture what I felt in Everquest Classic last time that stuck me to the game for 2 years. *thought bubbles floating away*

But then again, you guys heard of Age of Conan? It's E3's Editor's choice and Game of E3 or something like that...lots of awards after it's being presented for E3. It looks hella good, like Vanguard. When I first heard of it I was like "OMG what kinda name is that?! And made by...wtflol FUNCOM?! LOL it's gonna suck", but from the looks of it, I was wrong. I anticipate that both it and Vanguard are going to be on a stalemate in terms of subscribers and eat up all those EQ2 and WoW players of today. Most WoW and EQ2 players I know are just waiting for either of these games to come out.

But unfortunately, I do not have the time I use to have for EQ...so if Vanguard's gonna be like EQ...sorry I can't play that kinda game anymore.

Visit the site: www.ageofconan.com

JR RAD

01-29-2006, 10:37 PM

I don't use dial up. Neither do I use some super broadband. It's 12KB/sec, that means around 7-8 hours according to my computer. Anyway, read my post...that's not the problem...the problem is that the download halts halfway and I need a program that will help 'resume' and 'save' the download from where I stopped.

Well some of the dl that I do online sometimes hang on me too and one of the reason is that my zone alarm (aka firewall) pervents me from dl the whole file. I just shut it down until it's done, but that's my problem that I have mabey the same thing is happening to yours, it's just a thought don't bite my head off not because it taste like sweet..sweet gummy bear flavor it's just that I do need to see and hear things when I play my games.:p

neferefer

02-03-2006, 02:33 PM

Gate to Heavens is awesome. Good graphics and its free, but its kinda grindy. FlyFF's also really cool

JR RAD

02-04-2006, 12:50 AM

Gate to Heavens is awesome. Good graphics and its free, but its kinda grindy. FlyFF's also really cool

Yea but most of those Chinese/Korean MMORPGS that is out all looks and feel like lineage 1 or 2 engion

zellkaiser

02-05-2006, 01:55 AM

Guild wars. once you buy it, its free for the rest of your mmorpg'ing online life.

COSTAS123

02-05-2006, 04:35 AM

yes guild wars is good but not absolute mmrpg like World of Warcaft
you are alone:( on the giant world

Denamic

02-05-2006, 07:51 AM

Alone? Only if you actually choose to be alone. You can do the quests alone, with AI mercenaries. You can do the missions alone, with AI mercenaries. But it's far more fun if you gather a group of people in the cities and do it with them. Or even join a guild, I recommend you do that, and ask anyone of them to come with you. You are definitively not alone.

Fusilier

02-06-2006, 07:35 AM

Yea but most of those Chinese/Korean MMORPGS that is out all looks and feel like lineage 1 or 2 engion

Yeah,what's up with that anyway? :\

nikey

02-07-2006, 12:05 AM

all this is good games yeah.. but
they cost something some of em.... ex Guild wars and wow and so on..
altho flyff, roseonline, Maple story and dofus is free isnt there any other games thats free of charge?.

sclf

02-07-2006, 12:11 AM

Dont waste your time, read something instructional. You play one mmolrpg you played them all, and ill say that every time. Your looking to compete againsted people try the real world, or make your own by making the genre better. Wait a min nvm waste your time if your still in gradeschool,hs.

Lineage sucks / been dead since they astablished the american servers 3x 400 players at anytime <
Lineage 2 sucks with gold farmers (dark elf women are hot)
Cute fast game Ragnarok is ok if you dont care about bots
WoW FFXI to much time of useless blinking lights. Gold Farmers if you dont care about.

Most of the others suck suck , if you live in a lonely place and lack social outings then go ahead.

zellkaiser

02-07-2006, 05:52 PM

btw dont go to everquest.. bad.. horrible horrible.. money spending exp grinding game.

sclf

02-07-2006, 05:54 PM

only grinding i want is with a asian women

radialsystem

02-09-2006, 11:43 AM

Ragnarok online grinding is terrible, but its cute and addicting, as has been said. The good thing is that there are a ton of private (free) servers that are more updated than IRO and have higher rates (i.e. each mob gives you more experience, and drop rates are raised) Then if you decide you really love the game you can go p2p. Or you can stay on the private servers.

Lineage 2 is possibly the most beautiful MMO ive seen. And very sexy. Its pvp everywhere, which can be fun, or dangerous. Theres a lot o botting and gold farming, and GMs never seem to do much or listen. But, the new chronicle just came out yesterday, might be fun. Also, its a game you can walk away from. What i mean is, you can leave at any time. Theres no partying or events that you NEED to be there for. Its always annoying when my friends ditch me for a WoW instance or a FF11 raid. Lineage, if you leave early you havent wasted any time, and people will forgive you.

WoW has great gameplay so i hear, but the character design was too ugly for me. Also, the end game is ridiculous. New instance needs like 300 people? be prepared to give up your social life if you want to get good.

FF11 is for carebears. No strong PvP element. Then again, most L2 players call WoW carebear...

Or you could wait... RO2 is coming out in the next year hopefully, RF online looks promising, who knows what else.

Gennai

03-01-2006, 08:00 PM

Dude, take my advice, go for Ragnarok Online (Private servers) or go and Play FlyFF It's a great game(s)

zephyranthez

03-01-2006, 10:33 PM

FlyFF is not that good. I'll say go for RO(yeah, private server, if u want u can even find PK server where u can do PK (Player Killing) almost anywhere besides towns)
Next, I did played Lineage2 private server. I'll say, if u don't have constant party/friends, u'll not enjoy this game..... in your low lvl, u will lose most PvP, cuz the PvP is very free.... and u will also level up rather slowly until u can reach your lvl40 jobchange.... I only played this game to lvl 25.....
For WoW, my old friend is playing it and he said it's good. I'm not sure how good it is, cuz I myself never played it.
FFXI... I also never played it, so no comment -_-

COSTAS123

03-02-2006, 08:23 AM

look i think a game online like WoW is ltl RPG and Action hack and slash but is have to easy party creations easy to find members and WoW,FFXI like games is not solo games as for me i wait SUN,Age of Conan,Haxley,RO 2 to play for the moment only games with fun is WoW City of Heroes and ltl Guild Wars after all its free game hmmm free games Run online is good free game.
I play the beta Dungeons&Drangons online a good game good GFX but to much dice like stuff.

Shamensyth

03-02-2006, 08:57 AM

FlyFF is good too. :d

But I like Tantra better. :)

lijuliju

03-06-2006, 06:46 AM

Shattered Galaxy.
www.sgalaxy.com

its MMORPG cum MMORTS. its a very interesting and unique mix. not something u come across often. in fact, its totally different from regular online games.

anthonyuranus

03-06-2006, 07:29 PM

W.O.W.?
thats pretty good

ggfc2

03-06-2006, 07:56 PM

hehe I played Shattered Galaxy a while ago

It got repititave and.. . you know.. boring :(
but its better if you payed for it( extra. units etcetc)

Denamic

03-07-2006, 02:57 AM

I've tried FlyFF too. It has the potential to become a good PvP game. But it still is waaaay too repetative for me. I want to develope a strategy on defeating my oponets with my group, instead of just toggle autoattack and wait.. Like in FFXI or GuildWars.

Akoren

04-09-2006, 11:39 AM

I heard Eve Online is one of the hottest MMORPG around.

Is that right?

I saw the game demo yesterday and I found it most captivating!

Dunno whether it needs high internet connection speed or not?

Denamic

04-09-2006, 02:57 PM

No it doesn't.
It's not the hottest, but it's really, really good. I'd resume playing it, but it's a bit slow for me..

Throwa

04-17-2006, 04:35 AM

ragnarok online for the win

Conrad

04-17-2006, 05:28 AM

Arrr...

@Akoren
I think I already stated that I've played eve-online several pages ago. Eve-Online is really good. The reason why it isn't the hottest because it lack of media advertisement like WoW. And also the gameplay isn't suitable for some players where WoW seems suitable for all kinds.

The game is pretty slow paced depending how you play it. While the PvP is pretty harse and fast paced. This is where newbies can kill a 2 years old player with the right tactic (unlike most RPG where bunch of low level players can easily slaughtered by one high level player due to level bonuses). Having bigger ship doesn't mean you can instantly win, even two or three interceptors (small ships) can easily subdue a poorly setup battleship.

You will find the skill leveling system quite grueling. Instead of gathering XP points, you can just train them to level up which takes real time (for example; a rank 1 skill takes 15 minutes to train to lvl 1, training it to lvl to takes 1 hours, lvl 3 takes 6 hours, and so on). The skills will continue training even you offline.

The rest yer can find out yerself lad. Just visit their site eve-online.com and register for 7 day trial account or just read the forum.

Eve-Online will use new graphic engine in their next patch with the coming of Vista and DirectX 10.

Edit: BTW, any news about Ragnarok Online 2??

HongFire

04-17-2006, 05:41 AM

$19.95 a month is too expansive. :(

Conrad

04-17-2006, 04:06 PM

Arrrrr....

I know. But it's better than having to pay for a content update. Eve-online content update is free because it's in patch files. Which like alot like Lineage 2 that doesn't charge for the expansion.

I hope there are any other MMO that doesn't charge for expansion/patch update.

z3roShiN

04-18-2006, 07:20 AM

has anyone played RF online??, looks pretty good..

HongFire

04-18-2006, 07:29 AM

I haven't try it. Is RF on free beta now? I heard it's ok. I don't think I am gonna waste any money on MMorpgs unless I am sure the game is good and there are no cheats and ebayers. And no morons :P

sOt0nGz

04-18-2006, 07:47 AM

Maple story (http://www.mapleglobal.com) stays free forever.. its about being cute -_-

Please use Internet Explorer

Due to technical reasons, you can only access MapleGlobal.com by using Internet Explorer.
If you are already using Internet Explorer, please click on the link below to download the newest version.
GoonZu (http://global.goonzu.com) - The world's 1st economical mmorpg.. its about making money and its really fun
Silkroad Online (http://www.silkroadonline.net/)
Shattered Galaxy (http://www.sgalaxy.com/) .. well I dont advise to start playing now. Everyone else have so many reincarnations. Joining now only makes you feel inferior.
HF also have a small anarchy group here (http://www.hongfire.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12804).

There is always the free Ragnarok private servers.

Spotlesseden

04-19-2006, 11:22 PM

in my opinion, the two best one right now are FFXI and WOW.

i don't see any good MMORPG coming out soon. most new or coming soon MMORPGs don't have much potential to challenge FFXI and WOW.
and FFXI is 4 years old. it still have very good graphic and i like the art style.

need some crazy people to come up with good and refresh ideas and have the money power to make a good MMORPG.
something like "The world" from .hack, it would be cool.

HongFire

04-19-2006, 11:47 PM

FF XI is abit too time consuming. It takes 2 hrs to make perfect party inorder to hunt. And the monster all look the same which makes it boring. I am not sure about now but it was how it was before.

Zykei

04-20-2006, 02:28 AM

WoW if you like to sit there hrs on end (watched my friend play at an internet cafe @_@) to solo yourself to 60 then this is the game for you!

FFXI if you like to interact with ACTUAL PEOPLE and people are generally nice and more mature then WoW. But the leveling curve is INCREDIBLY LONG, took me a year to get to lvl60 Redmage... The storyline however is very interesting :kakashi:

Guild Wars; it's not even an MMORPG, but still...waste of money if you ask me... The story, the gameplay, the people, and everything else generally suck. No offense to the people playing :P The one thing that is sort of impressive is the PVP, THATS ALL! Otherwise, its just a faster paced version of WoW without the monthly payment.

BTW, I stopped playing FFXI and Guild Wars. And NEVER have/will play WoW. And indeed I'd like to see a MMORPG version of .hack :grin: