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Best free MMORPGs

Get tons of MMO for less than tons of money

Words: on November 15, 2012
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  • jmcgrotty - March 15, 2012 9:13 a.m.

    Considering that no MUD's are listed on here, when in reality, they would make up all top 10 places on their own, this list has no credibility at all.

  • FemJesse - March 15, 2012 6:14 p.m.

    Yea cause everyone knows Gemstone III is the best MMO...

  • jmcgrotty - March 16, 2012 11:59 a.m.

    (Ignoring your sarcasm...) Gemstone 3 is no longer worthwhile, you're right. But that's because Gemstone 4 has been released. Even saying that, though, all the Gemstones suck and have sucked for years. Kudos for at least knowing it does exist, though. But, for every Gemstone that falls apart, you have Malevolence or Realm Of The Dragon. Even for more whimsical fun, but with a bunch of asshats running it, is Rubberoom. Luckily, there are over 1200 other MUDs out there and (almost) all of them are free, offering better storyline and gameplay than anything on this list. And theey are always advancing and improving, as long as the player base wants to. Let's compare: A Lord Of The Rings game? There are at least 27 MUDs that directly fit the bill and tons of copycats. A DC Comics game? There are at least 4 MUDs that are based on the DCU. Dungeons & Dragons MUD? Too many to even count. Superhero MUD? At least 23, including the DC ones and a fair number of Marvel ones. Everquest; Runes Of Magic; Free Realms? Since those are all generic genre games, there are hundreds and hundreds of options. I won't even count the number of Star Wars-based ones. The best part of it all is that, if a game genre excites you, but a specific MUD annoys the hell out of you, you can find another one with the same general gameplay but a crowd more atuned to your style of play. Seriously, there are very, very few negatives about MUDs (and I would say "no negatives" but won't hold myself to that by saying it), especially when compared to the ones on this list.

  • FemJesse - April 1, 2012 1:54 a.m.

    I thought it went without saying that the list was only mentioning modern MMOs. You know, the kind with graphics. I would consider MUDs to be their own genre at this point... Again there are those who would expand the genre to include MOBAs and Dungeon Crawlers as well. Multi-user, and multi-player is different in nature than "Massively." , Where would you pin Furcadia and Dragonspires? An MMO, a MUD, a GMUD or a glorified chat room.

  • psycho ninja 4 - March 15, 2012 1 a.m.

    I started playing DCUO last 2 months ago and i've been playing the shit out of it. Its really fun.

  • johnnyd1988 - March 15, 2012 1:13 a.m.

    cool ^_^, PC or PS3?

  • psycho ninja 4 - March 27, 2012 1:52 a.m.

    PC

  • johnnyd1988 - March 15, 2012 12:44 a.m.

    Reals of the Mad god and star trek online are both worthy contenders for this accolade ^_^

  • ET83phonehome - March 14, 2012 9:01 p.m.

    I think it's interesting to note how at least three of these games (Everquest II, DCU Online, and Free Realms) are backed by Sony, with DCU and Free Realms available on the PS3. I wonder if the fact that those two titles are available on a console helped or hindered their relative success. Maybe that should be another article: the relative dearth of MMOs on console and why they don't have quite the market pervasiveness their PC counterparts enjoy.

  • gamer123gamer - March 14, 2012 8:28 p.m.

    If DC Universe Online counts here (being free up until a certain point) then World of Warcraft should be on this list (for having the same thing).

  • Hollander_Cooper - March 14, 2012 8:56 p.m.

    DCUO has the option to play until level cap for free - WoW is only the first 20 levels.

  • ender66 - March 14, 2012 3:33 p.m.

    Love Rusty Hearts!

  • PhantomDave - March 14, 2012 1:44 p.m.

    How did Age of Conan not make this list?

  • Robx - March 14, 2012 1:42 p.m.

    These aren't bad, I've also found Champions Online and Age of Conan to be quite good as well. Even Shin Megami Tensei Imagine Online, remember having some fun with that one, fusing creatures and stuff.

  • aJAWSOMEocelot - March 14, 2012 12:37 p.m.

    Aion and Lineage II should have gotten mentions, I reckon.

  • QuickSticks45 - March 14, 2012 1:13 p.m.

    I agree with you on this, but I can understand why Aion wasn't included because it went free to play literally 4 days ago and sadly it was probably too late to be added.

  • Hollander_Cooper - March 14, 2012 1:16 p.m.

    Sort of. I want to test it out before we put it on the list. I played it when it was pay to play and it had some issues, and I want to make sure the F2P stuff isn't a scam (since sometimes it is). If it's good, we'll add it to the list!

  • majorsuave - March 14, 2012 12:36 p.m.

    I still wonder why EA does not put Dark Age of Camelot and Warhammer Online as F2P games. I would return to these superb games for sure, but I don't feel like paying for them now. Not anymore.

  • slimjim441 - March 14, 2012 12:36 p.m.

    Runescape blows ass, so does Free Realms.

  • OHMYGODIMONFIRE - March 14, 2012 1:04 p.m.

    Runescape is awesome. I spent many a days playing it back in Middle School.

  • EwoksTasteLikeChicken - March 14, 2012 12:28 p.m.

    WHERE THE HELL IS RUNESCAPE?!?

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