If you don’t like browser based games but you like free games please check this older post with free mmorpgs here.

Runescape

Runescape is a pretty popular game and it’s around for quite a few years  (it was released in 2001). It’s a 3d java based MMORPG set in the fantasy world named Gielinor . The controls are the classic point and click and the view is isometric. Many say this is the best browser based MMO out there and I don’t blame them, the numbers speak for themselves; over 10 million active accounts. It is recognize by the Guinness World Records as the most popular free MMORPG.     

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Might and Magic Heroes Kingdoms

If you played Heroes of Might and Magic, especially the 5th installment the game will feel very familiar. It is a browser based (go figure it out ), turned based strategy. The game features 4 town types : Heaven, Academy, Necropolis and Inferno with their specific unit types (from Heroes 5), resources and schools of magic.
The goal of the game is to get into alliances with other players and with your powers combined to obtain Tears of Asha, which will allow the building of tear structures. There are 3 ways to obtain a Tear of Asha.
1. The Domination path: Explore the map to find the obelisk that provides the location

2. Wealth path: Build an oven that melts a lot of resources to create the Tear.

3. Honor path: Fight the NPC’s with army restrictions on yourself .

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Ikariam

I’m actually playing this game and I’m enjoying it a lot. It reminds me of the Civilization series . You start with one city on your little island, your citizens are sun bathing, you’re under the protection of the Gods, so everything is nice and dandy, but we can’t let it like this, can we? Well you can but it will be very boring . The goal is to expand your cities, build your armies and make other players life miserable and why not, take over the world.

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Travian

Who hasn’t heard of Travian ? This is one of the biggest and most popular strategy BBG. The game was developed by the German software company Travian games. It was translated into over 40 languages, and has about 5 million players on over 300 servers, so it’s big. The players can chose between 3 factions: the Romans, the Gauls and the Teutons each with their own characteristics. When you enter for the first time in the world of Travian you start as the leader of a small village with a population of 2 people. I guess they have a lot of “work” to do for populating your village . This game actually has an end game, which happens every 300 days. The ultimate goal is to build and upgrade a Wonder of the World to level 100.

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Lords online

This game stands out of the crowd with its high quality graphics. It is a strategic game based on the AD&D rules. Being a strategy game it involves war of course, because things tend to get boring without some action. The gameplay is based around the hero, which is a little different from most bbs strategy games. The player will construct buildings, train troupes, recruit heroes and gather resources. The troupes are led in combat by the hero who appears on the adventure map. If you played Evony online the game will seem familiar. Put in the equation, the hero based gameplay from Gaya and you have Lords online. You should try the game. it really has potential.

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OGame

OGame is a strategy game set in space, where no man has gone before. The Sci Fi setting is not very popular like the medieval fantasy one so the few games set in the future have their loyal players. The game began in the year 2000 and has about 2 million accounts by now. The new players start with one planet at a random location. The players can expand up to 9 planets from where they can launch missions, build constructions or make researches. The planets are gathered in 499 systems which form a galaxy. All universes in the game have 9 galaxies. I almost forgot, one system consists of 15 planets.

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The West

If you miss the old western movies, you should try The West, but that’s not the only reason . The game has clean nice graphics, very good interface which is friendly with new players. This game takes a different approach from the classic recipe: build a town, recruit your army and kick someone’s ass, it give you control of just one character, which you evolve, and then you can kick some ass . The town plays a central role in the game, it’s like your alliance. All players can contribute to build buildings which give everybody bonuses. You can get items, jobs , or can duel other players in towns. Although you can’t customize the appearance of your character you can customize the skills and attribute points. With all this and a unique combat system this is a nice game and you won’t feel like you waste your time playing it.

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Title:Runes of Magic
Website: Visit
If you played WoW this game will seem very familiar…but this isn’t a bad thing. The game has many new features to make it interesting…and the best part is that it is free. Currently the game is in open beta stage and already is fantastic. This only means is only room for improvement. In the first day of open beta 190.000 players joined the world of Taborea…this says a lot.

Title:9 Dragons
Website: Visit
This game is more for hardcore players then casual ones. It has a lot to offer if you give it a chance and you don’t uninstall it after the first hour of play. The game is about martial arts,it takes place in ancient China during the Ming dynasty the 9 Dragons era. It gathers many chines myths and legends so you could say it has a seed of truth in it. It’s more about the art in martial arts then the violent part like most games. Your goal is to become immortal, but not necessarily through blood and through meditation as well, so you have to learn something about the eastern philosophy so the game will make some sense. It has lots of minuses too, like the simple old looking graphics and animation or the control. It’s up to you to decide if is worth your time or not.

The Internet is full of free stuff,  and sometimes is hard to see which ones are worth your time. Today is time for the free MMORPG’s out there. I’ll make a list, not in a particular order, with the ones that worth your precious time. The list will be updated from time to time, so I wait for your comments with new suggestions.

Title:Runes of Magic
Website: Visit
If you played WoW this game will seem very familiar…but this isn’t a bad thing. The game has many new features to make it interesting…and the best part is that it is free. Currently the game is in open beta stage and already is fantastic. This only means is only room for improvement. In the first day of open beta 190.000 players joined the world of Taborea…this says a lot.

Title:9 Dragons
Website: Visit
This game is more for hardcore players then casual ones. It has a lot to offer if you give it a chance and you don’t uninstall it after the first hour of play. The game is about martial arts,it takes place in ancient China during the Ming dynasty the 9 Dragons era. It gathers many chines myths and legends so you could say it has a seed of truth in it. It’s more about the art in martial arts then the violent part like most games. Your goal is to become immortal, but not necessarily through blood and through meditation as well, so you have to learn something about the eastern philosophy so the game will make some sense. It has lots of minuses too, like the simple old looking graphics and animation or the control. It’s up to you to decide if is worth your time or not.

Title:Dofus
Website: Visit
Dofus is a Browser based MMORPG made in Flash, developed and published by Ankama Games, a French computer game manufacturer. It’s graphics is cartoon like and the combat is turn based, so there is a little tactics involved, but not too much to scare away casual players. Basically is a Pay to Play game, but it still also offers a limited amount of free content. Dofus is set in the world of Amakna (Ankama spelled backwards). As the Dofus community continues to grow, new areas and add-ons are added. The developers continually add new content as well as balance items/classes.

Title:Tabula Rasa
Website: Visit
Tabula Rasa is a MMORPG game that takes you, the player, into lush forest planets, volcanic moons, and exotic alien civilisations. Face off against powerful alien soldiers, armoured mechanoids and vicious creatures… so as you can see is…a 3′rd person SF game. Heavy ArmourUse a wide range of weapons and unique alien powers to help the Allied Free Sentients (AFS) in their desperate fight against extinction. Tabula Rasa combines a vast, persistent game world and ongoing storyline with fast-paced action, resulting in a striking new approach to the design of multiplayer online games.

Title:Dungeon Runners
Website: Visit
Dungeon Runners- The mother of all RPGS- like they say on the official site, is a fast paced, action RPG experience where you take on the role of a brave hero and explore dangerous dungeons, battle ferocious monsters, and discover unique items! Your hero can adventure alone or team with a party to hunt terrible monsters and reap fantastic rewards.

Title:Anarchy Online
Website: Visit
Anarchy Online is the first science fiction-based massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (Sci-fi MMORPG). Thousands of players world-wide can compete and cooperate simultaneously in a rich, futuristic world. The graphics, at today’s standards is kind of simple snd … ugly, but if you can past that is worth checking it out.   The sound, brought to you by the award-winning developers of The Longest Journey, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Speed Freaks, Championship Motorcross, and Pocahontas is doing a good job. Maybe for some of you the game is too complex…so the best thing you can do is try it out.

Title:Hero
Website: Visit
Hero Online is a masterpiece created by three generations of distinguished martial art novelists. The storyline is written by first generation martial arts novelist, Kum Kang, who utilizes a complex combination of story content and plot twists, free from prearranged paths, that brings a whole new gaming experience. The controls are not that good in this game either.

Title:Mu Online
Website: Visit
MU Online is a 3D MMORPG that takes you, the player, into a fantasy world full of excitement, adventure and monsters. It’s around for quite a while so you’ve probabily seen it…so you know what to expect. I really liked the events in game but after some time it becomes boring, there aren’t too many quests so all you do is hack and slash, slash and hack.

Title:Perfet World
Website: Visit
WanMei or Perfect World is one of the hottest and most played MMORPGs of this genre. Featuring a full 3-Dimensional environment with excellent environmental effects, graphics and gameplay, it is set to bring online gaming to the next level. Based upon a collection of ancient Chinese mythology, culture and history, the world of WanMei is a blend of fantasy and adventure. I didn’t quite liked the control but maybe it was from the lag. If you can get past the first half an hour then this is the game for you.

Title:Entropia Universe
Website: Visit
The Entropia Universe is more than a game. The Entropia Universe is for real. Real people, real activities and a Real Cash Economy in a massive online universe. You can buy everything in game with real money like land, houses and items.

Title:Requiem: Bloodymare
Website: Visit
Requiem: Bloodymare is a MMO for mature audiences that will immerse you into a dark world of bloodshed devastated by generations of scientific and magical abuse. You’ll need to fight against the grotesque monsters that stalk the cursed land, and band together with your allies to survive against the stronger, bloodthirsty creatures that only prowl at night. If you’re tired of MMOs without blood, this is the place where you should be.

Title: SilkRoad
Website: Visit
The online game SilkRoad is a 3′rd persson MMORPG which targets the unceasingly active world other than the existing online games which the has built the entrenched world. On the specious Silk Road, the merchants constantly moves for trading and burglars who intend to strip them of goods. In addition, there are hunters who specialize in removing such burglars. On the Silk Road which seems to be static, the hostility and secret strife in which various groups continuously engage for the benefit of their own groups inform the Silk Road world with new life.

Title:Dofus
Website: Visit
Dofus is a Browser based MMORPG made in Flash, developed and published by Ankama Games, a French computer game manufacturer. It’s graphics is cartoon like and the combat is turn based, so there is a little tactics involved, but not too much to scare away casual players. Basically is a Pay to Play game, but it still also offers a limited amount of free content. Dofus is set in the world of Amakna (Ankama spelled backwards). As the Dofus community continues to grow, new areas and add-ons are added. The developers continually add new content as well as balance items/classes.

Title:Tabula Rasa
Website: Visit
Tabula Rasa is a MMORPG game that takes you, the player, into lush forest planets, volcanic moons, and exotic alien civilisations. Face off against powerful alien soldiers, armoured mechanoids and vicious creatures… so as you can see is…a 3′rd person SF game. Heavy ArmourUse a wide range of weapons and unique alien powers to help the Allied Free Sentients (AFS) in their desperate fight against extinction. Tabula Rasa combines a vast, persistent game world and ongoing storyline with fast-paced action, resulting in a striking new approach to the design of multiplayer online games.

Title:Dungeon Runners
Website: Visit
Dungeon Runners- The mother of all RPGS- like they say on the official site, is a fast paced, action RPG experience where you take on the role of a brave hero and explore dangerous dungeons, battle ferocious monsters, and discover unique items! Your hero can adventure alone or team with a party to hunt terrible monsters and reap fantastic rewards.

Title:Anarchy Online
Website: Visit
Anarchy Online is the first science fiction-based massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (Sci-fi MMORPG). Thousands of players world-wide can compete and cooperate simultaneously in a rich, futuristic world. The graphics, at today’s standards is kind of simple snd … ugly, but if you can past that is worth checking it out.   The sound, brought to you by the award-winning developers of The Longest Journey, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Speed Freaks, Championship Motorcross, and Pocahontas is doing a good job. Maybe for some of you the game is too complex…so the best thing you can do is try it out.

Title:Hero
Website: Visit
Hero Online is a masterpiece created by three generations of distinguished martial art novelists. The storyline is written by first generation martial arts novelist, Kum Kang, who utilizes a complex combination of story content and plot twists, free from prearranged paths, that brings a whole new gaming experience. The controls are not that good in this game either.

Title:Mu Online
Website: Visit
MU Online is a 3D MMORPG that takes you, the player, into a fantasy world full of excitement, adventure and monsters. It’s around for quite a while so you’ve probabily seen it…so you know what to expect. I really liked the events in game but after some time it becomes boring, there aren’t too many quests so all you do is hack and slash, slash and hack.

Title:Perfet World
Website: Visit
WanMei or Perfect World is one of the hottest and most played MMORPGs of this genre. Featuring a full 3-Dimensional environment with excellent environmental effects, graphics and gameplay, it is set to bring online gaming to the next level. Based upon a collection of ancient Chinese mythology, culture and history, the world of WanMei is a blend of fantasy and adventure. I didn’t quite liked the control but maybe it was from the lag. If you can get past the first half an hour then this is the game for you.

Title:Entropia Universe
Website: Visit
The Entropia Universe is more than a game. The Entropia Universe is for real. Real people, real activities and a Real Cash Economy in a massive online universe. You can buy everything in game with real money like land, houses and items.

Title:Requiem: Bloodymare
Website: Visit
Requiem: Bloodymare is a MMO for mature audiences that will immerse you into a dark world of bloodshed devastated by generations of scientific and magical abuse. You’ll need to fight against the grotesque monsters that stalk the cursed land, and band together with your allies to survive against the stronger, bloodthirsty creatures that only prowl at night. If you’re tired of MMOs without blood, this is the place where you should be.

Title: SilkRoad
Website: Visit
The online game SilkRoad is a 3′rd persson MMORPG which targets the unceasingly active world other than the existing online games which the has built the entrenched world. On the specious Silk Road, the merchants constantly moves for trading and burglars who intend to strip them of goods. In addition, there are hunters who specialize in removing such burglars. On the Silk Road which seems to be static, the hostility and secret strife in which various groups continuously engage for the benefit of their own groups inform the Silk Road world with new life.

If you don’t know, Runes of Magic is a MMORPG, a free to play MMORPG that is. The closed beta just ended and now it’s time for the game to open its gates for all the players, in the open beta, witch starts on Monday. The game will be released early 2009. I’ll probably give it a try and I’ll tel you if it’s worth spending your time.

The doors of a World of Warcraft restaurant have opened in Beijing China. The interior is totally inspired by Blizzard’s MMO, the walls and ceilings being littered with artwork from the game, plasma screens dispay clips from WoW, and even the entrance is designed as a real-life recreation of the game’s opening screen.

The menu selection is named after characters from the game and the dinning room is called Hall of Snow Storms. Nice !

The owner of the restaurant created the restaurant in the hope that people who share his passion for the MMO would find a “comfortable gathering place”.

It’s sad when this happens in the MMO World. After Richard Garriott left Tabula Rasa last week to pursue “new interests.” , Tabula Rasa is leaving us. This is what they say on the official site ” So it is with regret that we must announce that Tabula Rasa will end live service on February 28, 2009. “

A little while ago, EA’s CEO John Riccitiello confirmed that they are working at a KotOR inspired MMO.Who’s on the team? None others than LucasArts and BioWare (KotOR’s “mom and dad”).The interesting part is that this new MMO might be coming out very soon. There are no official sources, yet, but the rumour is that on the 21st of october, an announcement will be made regarding the release date.