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Hey

I am looking to play a online RPG, or MMORPG.....whatever.

I used to play WoW years back and more recently Lord of the Rings Online. Both games I enjoyed but didn't have the time to fully dedicate to the game, both of them have got a little boring for me now.

I am looking for a smiler type of game to play, good community of players, not to graphically demanding (im running a core2,2gb ram, 8800GT), no monthly subscriptions, and most important a game that I can just pick up and play when im in the mood....not one that will make me feel like I need to lose my life to play the game to its max :)

Any ideas? If I can get it on steam then....even better!

Ta!
 
Have you looked at Guildwars?

pauLAW said:
Hey

I am looking to play a online RPG, or MMORPG.....whatever.

I used to play WoW years back and more recently Lord of the Rings Online. Both games I enjoyed but didn't have the time to fully dedicate to the game, both of them have got a little boring for me now.

I am looking for a smiler type of game to play, good community of players, not to graphically demanding (im running a core2,2gb ram, 8800GT), no monthly subscriptions, and most important a game that I can just pick up and play when im in the mood....not one that will make me feel like I need to lose my life to play the game to its max :)

Any ideas? If I can get it on steam then....even better!

Ta!
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pauLAW said:
Its never been one I have looked at to be honest. Ill have a look for some reviews :)
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It seems a lot more suited to the casual player from what I have seen.

I'm in the same boat as you but continue to play LOTRO simply because its Tolkien. It takes me ages to progress but I love being in the world.
 
Steam recently came out with a list of F2P MMO type games.
Forsaken World, Global Agenda, Champions Online FFA, Spiral Knights.
Forsake World seems to be the fav of some people I know who have tried them.
 
Had a quick look at Guildwars last night and its quite cheap on steam, loads of expansions for it....so it seems? Big world I take it?

Mark3h do you play Forsaken World? I looked at the screenshots for it and it reminded me a little of RF Online?
 
Guild Wars is 100% instanced, just so you know. Once you're outside the city hubs, it's all just you and your group.

Try DDO Online too. Fairly generous F2P model, although you do eventually hit a ceiling where it becomes necessary to fork out.

Forsaken World I found really derivative and boring, just another churned-out eastern grind-fest.

Global Agenda is really good, but once you hit about lvl 15 it's all just lobby and instances.
 
Global Agenda more of a TF2 clone then a traditional RPG.

EQ2 now free with EQ2X and Conan just went F2P. Or check Steam, loads of deals on it right now.
 
Runes of Magic - http://www.runesofmagic.com/en/index.html
WoW Clone but it has an item/cash shop. The main difference is there's a dual class system, so you can have a Mage/Priest. They each need to level up but you can use skills from the other class.

Dungeons & Dragons Online - http://www.ddo.com/
I never really played this, not my type of game. Perhaps more people will be able to help you.

Perfect World - http://pwi.perfectworld.com/
This is my favourite MMORPG of all time, I've played this game for years. It's a chinese styled MMORPG, has loads of classes and a reasonable number of instances. It has a cash shop but Perfect World has a system where you can trade in-game coin for currency used in the cash shop. It has European server's coming soon so I'll notify you when that happens. :P I'd highly recommend this game****

Shaiya - http://shaiya.aeriagames.com/
I have no clue what the userbase is nowadays but it's an average game.

Atlantica - http://atlantica.nexon.net/
This game has a unique turn-based-system, it works a bit like chess! I'd highly recommend trying this game out!

Allods Online - http://en.allods.gpotato.eu/
Again, another WoW clone but less popular than Runes of Magic.
 
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Perfect World - http://pwi.perfectworld.com/
This is my favourite MMORPG of all time, I've played this game for years. It's a chinese styled MMORPG, has loads of classes and a reasonable number of instances. It has a cash shop but Perfect World has a system where you can trade in-game coin for currency used in the cash shop. It has European server's coming soon so I'll notify you when that happens. :P I'd highly recommend this game****
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I found it to be another soul-less asian grinder. Better then average but still nothing special. Same for Shaiya.

Astaeri said:
Atlantica - http://atlantica.nexon.net/
This game has a unique turn-based-system, it works a bit like chess! I'd highly recommend trying this game out!
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I've heard bad things about this one at higher levels. Heard the cash shop become almost mandatory, so it will cost you a lot to play.

Which was what killed off Allods Online before it even got started. Shame as that game had promise.
 
Yeah, I'm the kind of player that loves a bit of grind, Aion was right up my street. :P
It only gets grindy around level 60 where you need to kill mobs to level up but there's a few new instances that are dailies designed to help levelling.

The Atlantica thing is definitely true but It's still a great game to try. :)

Vindictus also comes out soon for EU, one of the most popular games in Korea and the US at the moment.
 
Thanks for all the recommendations I will have a look into them all when I get home...Perfect World sounds good.

Did any of you guys play LOTRO? did you like it?

Cheers
 
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