Other free games
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 4:22 pm
I know ive mentioned to some of you that I know a decent ammount about free online games. I just thought i would throw a couple out there to see if anyone had any desire to try some of the ones i have found in the past. Some are fun but got stale fast because I didnt know anyone in them, and the ones that fit the mmorpg genre really depend on that. So without any more comment, the games:
Grand Chase
http://grandchase.ntreev.net/Download/gamedownload.aspx
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This is one of the ones I stuck with the longest. It has a good balance of Dungeon Crawling and PVP (4 player dungeons and 6 player pvp)and I was on a bit of a 2D kick at the time, but i loaded it up the other day and a decent amount has been added since i left about a year ago. To sum it up its a 2D side scrolling/Platform Brawler. 3 characters are available initially, and 5 more can be unlocked through questing(4 Female, 4 male). Each character(most) have 4 jobs that can be unlocked as you progress, each playing considerably different from the other, but not necissarily more powerful. If you can look past the somewhat cutesy appearance and the fact that the 3 starting characters are all female, its a pretty fun game.
Rakion:
http://rakion.softnyx.net/Guide/Install.aspx
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So this one is in 3D and its been moer like 2 years wince i have played it, the PVE is a little less engaging, but the pvp is pretty fun. You have 5 classes and everything is instanced, same as grand chase. The quests are all time based and rated on speed. The pvp mode most play is interesting...its called golem. The closest thing i can think to relate it too is Onslaught. You have a golden golem mid map and a golem at each teams base. Each team rushes to the middle to kill the golem(it has 2 sperate health bars for each team) and the player that kills it turns gold. That player is now the only one that can damage the enemies golem, so the offensive team is trying to defend their golden player while the defensive team is trying to kill the gold player, which will respawn the golden golem in the middle.
I would add Dungeons and Dragons:Eberron to the list, but its still in beta and I get the feeling not too many here are interested in a real MMO. This game was one that required a subscription until now, they are going to switch to a microtransaction model where you can buy little perks here and there but the game is still fully playable without spending anything. I beleive it goes live sometime in september, so i will post more when that happens. So...if anyone is interested in either of these games(preferably Grand Chase) let me know.
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Grand Chase
http://grandchase.ntreev.net/Download/gamedownload.aspx
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This is one of the ones I stuck with the longest. It has a good balance of Dungeon Crawling and PVP (4 player dungeons and 6 player pvp)and I was on a bit of a 2D kick at the time, but i loaded it up the other day and a decent amount has been added since i left about a year ago. To sum it up its a 2D side scrolling/Platform Brawler. 3 characters are available initially, and 5 more can be unlocked through questing(4 Female, 4 male). Each character(most) have 4 jobs that can be unlocked as you progress, each playing considerably different from the other, but not necissarily more powerful. If you can look past the somewhat cutesy appearance and the fact that the 3 starting characters are all female, its a pretty fun game.
Rakion:
http://rakion.softnyx.net/Guide/Install.aspx
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So this one is in 3D and its been moer like 2 years wince i have played it, the PVE is a little less engaging, but the pvp is pretty fun. You have 5 classes and everything is instanced, same as grand chase. The quests are all time based and rated on speed. The pvp mode most play is interesting...its called golem. The closest thing i can think to relate it too is Onslaught. You have a golden golem mid map and a golem at each teams base. Each team rushes to the middle to kill the golem(it has 2 sperate health bars for each team) and the player that kills it turns gold. That player is now the only one that can damage the enemies golem, so the offensive team is trying to defend their golden player while the defensive team is trying to kill the gold player, which will respawn the golden golem in the middle.
I would add Dungeons and Dragons:Eberron to the list, but its still in beta and I get the feeling not too many here are interested in a real MMO. This game was one that required a subscription until now, they are going to switch to a microtransaction model where you can buy little perks here and there but the game is still fully playable without spending anything. I beleive it goes live sometime in september, so i will post more when that happens. So...if anyone is interested in either of these games(preferably Grand Chase) let me know.
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