All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'mmorpg' on The Great Games Experiment All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'mmorpg' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'mmorpg' on The Great Games Experiment en-us City Of Villains City of Villains is a massively multiplayer online role-playing computer game based on the superhero comic book genre, developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCSoft. Released on 2005-10-31 (Halloween), the game is integrated with their previous release, City of Heroes. The gameplay centers on defeating a variety of computer controlled opponents within a three-dimensional world using various powers and attacks, sometimes with the help of several other players.

As City of Villains is an expansion to City of Heroes as well as its own standalone title, it features several changes that are unique to its players, unless they also have a copy of the original game. One of the primary changes to the game was the ability to play as a supervillain, with new Archetypes (classes) and powers unique to Villains. Other changes to the game include:

  • An instant-access mission system.
  • Player vs Player areas for hero vs. villain conflict.
  • Build your own Super-Villain lair.
  • Sharper and more detailed graphics, ragdoll physics, and other visual improvements.
    • ]]>     09 Feb 2007 12:34:51     Fractured Universe Ages ago, the universes were all connected through fantastic portals created, some say, by the gods themselves. These portals were used by royalty, travelers, merchants, peasants... anyone that had need to travel from one world to another could use them.

    Whomever, whatever, however they were created was lost through the ages. Everyone believed that since the portals had existed since the beginning of time then they would last until the end of time. But then things changed.

    Nobody knows exactly what happened. The disappearance of the portals are as much a mystery as their origins. The portals didn't all disappear at once. No, as my great-great grandfather tells it, it took about a year until the last known portal from this world to another was gone. The year was called the Year of Chaos.

    Today, everything changed...
    ]]>     21 Nov 2006 05:57:43     Frostwinds An adventure; an epic! Frostwinds is a massive multiplayer online roleplaying game with players from all over the world. Make new friends, join a party, travel as pack, and unite to take down mythological creatures of legendary strength! Featuring dozens of monsters, hundreds of items, and endless quests for hidden treasure and glory, Frostwinds players will always find an adventure waiting for them in this vibrant community. Join Frostwinds today, and let the adventuring begin!
    ]]>     30 Dec 2006 03:50:18     Witch Gate Witch Gate is a MMORPG based on the future of a word destroyed and reborn. At the end of the 6th age of man a Great War broke out. The explosions from the nuclear bombs knocked the world off of its axes and the planet broke into pieces. This did not destroy the world but instead formed a new world where people existed on the floating parts of the broken earth. Passage between the chunks of earth was made possible by teleportation gates created at the time of the great holocaust...
    Eons passed, man begins to change and forget. The radiation from the Great War of fire had mutated humans into new races of beings. Each of these sects populating different parts of their broken world. All was fine until one of the tribes known as the Finn (Dark Elfs) learned of a great secret left by the Ancients.. A legend that the broken world they lived on could be healed. This is where your quest begins~
    ]]>     29 Jan 2007 12:04:51     Fury
    No Ganking, No Grinding, No Waiting, No Wimps!

    Fury is the ultimate competitive online RPG. It takes the best elements from MMO's such as combat, advancement and teamwork, and blends them with the best parts of the FPS genre including instant action, fast pacing and diverse game types. This dynamic gameplay cycle lets you fight, earn rewards, and use your rewards to customize your avatar. Since there's never any time to get bored, you can choose to play for as short or as long as you like.
    ]]>     04 Jan 2007 07:16:28     EVE Online One of the most rich and complex multiplayer environments available, EVE Online offers players the opportunity to inhabit a single-sharded world with a wider range of gameplay choices than most MMORPGs. Monthly fee.

    A number of community created videos can be downloaded from the Community Videos section. The "Great Northern War (Timeline)" is highly recommended.
    ]]>     09 Dec 2006 09:27:34     Element Online Element is a platform MMORPG project. You start as a little white blob, and depending on how you play and what you buy, it changes.

    Most of the servers require a free program called Hamachi to play. It's included in the zip. For more info, go to:

    http://www.hamachi.cc

    Our Network is:
    Name: ElementOnline
    Pass: IM1337

    If you need help setting it up, let me know, I've helped a lot of people get this thing up and running, I know what I'm doing.

    Controls:
    Arrows: Move
    Click: Interact
    F4 Fullscreen

    To get in a battle, collide with an enemy.
    ]]>     24 May 2007 03:55:41     Perfect World Perfect World is a full-feature 3D online game based on the rich Chinese mythology world of Pangu and the generations of gods that paved the way for the creation of civilizations. Anchored with abounding creative elements and features that breaks the ground for the next level of 3D online gaming, Perfect World bestows players to be their own legend and create their own Perfect World.
    ]]>     15 Apr 2007 05:44:18     Ashen Empires The Time of Gold
    Long ago, before the thinking races had tamed the horse or built the first cities, the rune-guardians of Ashen Empires mastered the magic of the runes, learned to control animals and plants and perhaps even weather... and then vanished.

    Centuries later, the peace they had fashioned still endured. Food was plentiful, customs were calm, and people had no ancient hatreds to blind them. The thinking races — humans, night elves, orcs, and other folk — did not wage war upon one another. Wise rule, hard work, and brisk trade ensured prosperity. Knowledge was shared, dangerous beasts kept outside the frontiers, and all the land was a single nation.

    It was a golden age...

    But golden ages do not last forever.


    The Time of Darkness
    No one knows where they came from, the dark warriors. Suddenly they were everywhere, speaking languages not known to the people of Ashen Empires, seizing knowledge of the runes wherever they could find it. They used the runes to create items of terror — weapons, armor, implements of torture, objects that wrenched mind and soul. These runic devices corrupted the spirits of all who used them.

    As the armies of Rune Warriors grew, so grew the resolve of the people of Ashen Empires to destroy them. The desire for peace, even the very concept of peace, was abandoned.

    Lotor, a nobleman of Krythan — and later king of that region (once Ashen Empires was sundered into warring nations) — was the first great defender against the Rune Warriors. He built armies of his own, made peace among nations that had been founded upon strife, outmaneuvered his enemies, and gave hope to a world that had all but lost it.

    And even though the war grew long and Lotor grew old, he found a warrior to succeed him as the hope of Ashen Empires. Talazar, the Sword of Krythan, a noble fighter no Rune Warrior could stand against, led Lotor’s armies to victory again and again.

    He was a hero for all the world.

    But such heroes do not last forever.


    The Time of Ash
    In time, the armies of Krythan defeated the Rune Warriors and assembled all their runic artifacts. King Lotor summoned his twelve greatest warriors, Talazar among them, and commanded them to take the artifacts far away — to hide them where the eyes of the thinking races would never find them. The twelve accepted their duty and rode from the capital with these items of evil.

    But none ever reached his intended destination.

    Each warrior — some after mere days of travel, some after months — succumbed to the corrupting influence of the rune artifacts. One by one their thoughts turned to personal gain, power, lust, revenge. One by one they abandoned paths of humility and self-sacrifice to prey upon the people of Ashen Empires.

    Some became bandit-kings, leading armies of raiders into more civilized lands. Some became solitary riders, thundering through the night on missions sane folk would never understand, their names invoked only in whispers, only to frighten children. Some died, only to have their heirs accept their rune artifacts and continue their legacies of pain.

    Some disappeared. This was the fate of Talazar, once the greatest of heroes. Those who saw him in the time before his disappearance say he was no longer a man, no longer quite human.

    Centuries passed, centuries in which the land did not heal, the nations did not reunite, knowledge did not prosper. Beasts crept into once-civilized lands. Kings fought kings even when the rune artifacts had no part to play in their squabbles.

    This was a time of slow, inescapable suffering.

    But even times such as this do not last forever.


    The Time of Renewal
    In recent years, prophecies have hinted that a new era was dawning, a time of change and instability, a time when the ugly balance of the Time of Ash could be lost... for better or for worse.

    Sixteen summers ago, in the nation of Krythan, a boy-child of Lotor’s line was born and given the name Lotor. He survived to reach his age of majority and this summer not long ago received the crown of Krythan, taking the royal name of Lotor II.

    Not long after, military forces claiming to belong to Talazar began laying waste to towns and cities in the western regions. They claimed not to follow some descendant of the original Talazar, but the corrupted warrior himself, and tales filtering from those distant places say that he is now a demon, a thing of inhuman places and unknowable intent.

    Heroes, men and women skilled in fighting, have become more numerous in recent summers, some flocking to the side of Lotor II, some joining the forces of Talazar, others seeking their own way in this increasingly turbulent land.

    And you are one of them.

    Your skills and courage are enough to make you the master of any little village, the champion of any petty nobleman... but that is not enough. The challenge this new era poses calls to you. You can tip the balance of power — toward Lotor, toward Talazar, toward some fate no one can predict.

    This chance waits before you, but you must act soon.
    ]]>     18 Apr 2007 12:50:32     Granado Espada Granado Espada, also known as Sword of the New World, is an Age of Exploration fantasy MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) developed by IMC Entertainment. Set in a detailed fictional gameworld that mirrors the 17th century and the European colonists' forays into the New World, the game allows players to explore the newfound continent of Granado Espada in a hunt for treasure, adventure, and fame.
    ]]>     15 Feb 2007 05:52:25     Lord of the Rings Online The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (LotRO) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) set in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth during the time of The Lord of the Rings. It is being developed by Turbine and, while the release date has yet to be announced, is expected to launch in the spring of 2007. It was previously called Middle-earth Online, and was a joint production with Vivendi Universal Games.

    The Lord of the Rings Online is set during The Fellowship of the Ring after Frodo and company leave The Shire. Players will be able to meet the characters from Tolkien's story, including some of the Fellowship.

    As of now, there are 7 playable classes with 4 different races.
    ]]>     26 Jan 2007 09:44:28     The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is the world's first and only MMOG based on the Books of J.R.R. Tolkien. Players can experience the most famous fantasy world of all time, exploring and adventuring their heroes through the vast reaches of Middle-earth in the fight against the forces of the Dark Lord Sauron.
    ]]>     18 Feb 2007 09:30:29     Pirates of the Burning Sea Pirates of the Burning Sea is an upcoming PC massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the Age of Sail. It is currently in closed beta, and scheduled for release in June of 2007.
    ]]>     01 Dec 2006 02:00:01     City of Heroes and City of Villains - Good vs. Evil Edition In 2004 City of Heroes was launched, bringing the world of comic books alive in the first massively multiplayer of its kind, and winning numerous awards. in 2005 City of Villains arrived representing the dark side of the struggle between good and evil, and again received heavy critical acclaim.

    Today the battle continues. Players have created millions of unique heroes and villains and set off to fight crime in Paragon City or become inafmous villains in the Rogue Isles. City of Heroes/City of Villains Good Versus Evil Edition includes both award winning titles in one box. The only question is whether to protect Paragon City as a crime fighting hero or help the evil Lord Recluse bring it to its knees.
    ]]>     02 Jun 2007 01:26:34     Egg's Ultima Online EUO is an Ultima-based online RPG with many influences, varying from Diablo-style hack'n'slash to NetHack quirks. It is closely tied to the Origin Ultima V RPG.

    Created originally by eggmceye to be a rogue-like game named Balrog in 1998, it was quickly turned into an Ultima-like game with the discovery of an Ultima 4 tileset created by Josh Steele, giving the game its retro feel. Over the past nine years, it has slowly evolved into an online RPG with a small but growing fanbase spanning two servers, each one incorporating slighty different gameplay.

    In those nine years, the game has grown from a four player only server to one that incorporates a full Ultima V magic system, including the Runic alphabet, crafting and creature taming. It also contains numerous easter eggs in tribute to NetHack.
    ]]>     03 Mar 2007 07:44:19     Lineage Lineage features 2D isometric-overhead graphics similar to those of Ultima Online and Diablo II. The game was designed by Jake Song, who had previously designed The Kingdom of the Winds, another MMORPG. Players can choose one of five character classes: elf, knight, wizard, prince/princess, or dark elf. Gameplay features classic RPG elements reminiscent of Dungeons & Dragons, such as killing monsters and completing quests for loot and experience points, levels, character attributes (charisma, strength, wisdom, etc.), and alignments (neutral, chaotic or lawful). Lineage's stat, monster, and item system was originally largely borrowed from NetHack with MMO elements added, but recent updates have introduced more original content. Player versus player combat (also known as PVP) is extensive in Lineage. Players can fight other player characters by joining a "bloodpledge" (an association of players almost like a clan in other games) and then attacking a castle or fighting a pledge war.
    ]]>     02 Jan 2007 07:45:31     R.O.S.E. Online ROSE Online is a World of Seven Planets that draws visual and thematic inspiration from fairy tales, fantasy, science fiction novels and literary works involving a quest for truth and meaning.

    The main theme of ROSE online is the story of the Visitors: creatures created by the Goddess Arua to save her seven planets.

    Source: Level-Up! Games
    ]]>     16 Apr 2007 08:40:03     star trek online For over 40 years, the world of Star Trek has entertained, challenged, and inspired the imaginations of young and old alike. Now, behind the well-secured doors of an unassuming San Francisco office building, Perpetual Entertainment has assembled a crew of the entertainment industry's finest to create the most ambitious realization of the Star Trek universe to date: Star Trek Online.

    Helmed by game industry veterans from Electronic Arts, Blizzard, LucasArts, Activision, and Rockstar, as well as legendary creative talents from the Trek television shows and motion pictures, Star Trek Online will catapult players into a massively multiplayer experience unlike all others. Familiar friends, terrifying new enemies, exotic locales and dangerous missions will come to life as players rise through the ranks of Starfleet and come together to protect the ideals - and the very existence - of the Federation.

    Prepare to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life forms, defend civilizations, and boldly go where no one - and no game - has gone before.

    Enlist and Engage.
    ]]>     27 Jan 2007 01:00:39     Illutia The Beginning




    Thousands of years ago a species that would later call
    themselves "Lutians" rose from the center point of Yue,
    known as "Vita Genero." These strange creatues had an ability
    forsaken to all other creatures; conscious thought. The Lutians
    view the Yue as a source of power and use it for many purposes
    including magic.

    Many Lutians believe that they were chosen by the Yue,
    others believe that they, like other living things were the
    result of random creations by it . This led to many
    wars and still divides many lutians today.

    Over the last hundred years some very strange things
    have emerged very close to Vita Genero, where the first
    Lutians emerged. These creatures came to be known as the
    Nosaeron. They have caused many kingdoms to fall around vita genero,
    and seem to have no purpose other than to destroy all life.

    Now two kingdoms, Patrian and Ipcus, are fighting over the
    nature of these creatures, The king of Patrian believes that
    these creatures have somehow disrupted the Yue to use their power
    to rule the world, and the king of Ipcus believes that the Nosaerons were
    created by the Yue to get rid of the Lutians. The one and only thing the
    two kings can agree on is that they must find the true nature of these creatures
    and stop them at all costs.Both kings have ordered a call to arms of all their citizens
    to discover the true nature of the Nosaerons, and seal them away forever.



    General Notes

    Illutia is a 2d anime mmorpg began under the original name
    "Aspereta" In April of 2003. It was released mostly just as a test
    run to see if there was still a market for 2d mmorpgs. Aspereta
    became more popular than the small team ever imagined with over
    50,000 accounts in less than a year. This encouraged Crazed Monkeys
    to push hard to meet the expectations of their fans.

    Now as of June 2005 Illutia (formerly Aspereta) is finally ready for
    beta. We hope you enjoy this new version of the game as it is capable
    of much more than we could have dreamed of for Aspereta.





    About the Developers

    We're a group of hardworking gamers, programmers, musicians,
    artists, and volunteers who are still in love with 2d games and
    refuse to let them die out! We are also huge fans of the anime
    genre! We hope you enjoy playing it as much as we enjoyed making it!

    -Crazed Monkeys
    ]]>     08 Feb 2007 07:04:27     Hassassin This game is based in the 8th -12th century about the very first assassins in the world. These assassins, in arabic, were called Hassassin. This MMORPG is a battle between hassassin guilds to get the most territoy in the 4 countries you play.
    ]]>     11 Feb 2007 04:09:19     Arden: The World of William Shakespeare The Synthetic Worlds Initiative is constructing a synthetic world,
    Arden, based on the works of William Shakespeare. When launched, Arden
    will provide users with a fun experience that also immerses them in
    the narrative, language, and culture of the world's greatest writer.
    It will also serve as a laboratory for research on macro-level social
    phenomena, and the impact of the technology on those who use it.
    ]]>     28 Mar 2007 12:04:19     Crowns of Power A totally free and new MMORPG from Rampid Interactive. Small servers with intense PvP and PvE action. Still in beta testing phase.
    ]]>     06 Dec 2006 07:17:42     Soul of the Ultimate Nation Webzen introduces Soul of the Ultimate Nation, the first title to incorporate console-style game mechanics into a classic MMORPG.

    With action-packed intensity, stunning graphics, unique battle systems and a captivating cast of characters, Soul of the Ultimate Nation is an epic medieval tale in a world of emperors, armies, magicians and monsters set to an original soundtrack by Howard Shore, Academy Award winner and world-renowned composer of the theatrical score from the acclaimed "The Lord of the Rings" films.
    ]]>     29 Jan 2007 06:22:04     The Legend of Ares is a free 3D, MMORPG game developed by MGame USA Inc. It is currently in Open Beta. Like most 3D MMORPGs, it is a point and click game, where players can attack monsters, pick up items, and talk to NPCs.

    The game contains two nations which a player can choose to join, Holy Empire and Religious Alliance; four classes, Knight, Spearman, Archer and Sorcerer. To become a stronger character, the player must kill monsters for EXP (experience points) to level up. As a player advances in levels, it is possible to pick fights, not only with monsters, but with players of either country.

    Players can form guilds which allow for more social interaction, other people to quest with, and the addition of a cape and guild tag. They can also engage in guild wars, involving two guilds fighting each other. Upon reaching level 40, players can take part in scheduled territorial wars, and fight against members of the opposing nation.

    Ares, Greek god of war, has become resentful of his fellow gods, and wishes to gain more power in order to defeat them. However, the Greek city-states are already warring, and Ares must find new lands in which war can be started. At the same time, the land of Arabic is at a restless peace, with the leaders of both The Holy Empire, and The Religious Alliance ready to break it. Ares travels to Arabic, appearing to Emperor Damion of The Holy Empire as a crow, and incites him to attack the Alliance. Athena, Ares' sister, gains knowledge of this plan, and also travels to Arabic, and informs the native god Kulam of the foreign gods intrusion. Under her guidance, Kulam convinces Aleria, the daughter of Alliance leader Abner, to retrieve an artifact that could confine Ares and prevent him from completing his plan.
    ]]>     29 Jan 2007 07:05:17     DO Online The beginning…
    At the end of 19th century at a Chinese antique store in ChinaTown, San Francisco, a boy was playing an old casket named ‘Karma’ and as he opened the door to the ancient Chinese style house inside the box, he falls into ‘Karma’. As he wakes up, he finds himself in a Chinese house inside the box and he opens the door to the outside to find out that the ancient Chinese continent is in front of his eyes.

    Before the history of China even began, there were enormous forces that conquered the entire continent, called Lawful, Chaotic, and Evil Faction by people.

    Nobody knows how it started, but they were fighting each other until only one group remained, and this war is the ‘Thousand Year War of the Continent’. Nobody could predict for sure who would become the last standing group.

    However, a small incident happens at the Five Mountain Range located on the edge of Middle Earth that puts the end to this war. Lawful Faction, once with powerful influence over the whole continent, starts to crumble under the effect of Chaotic Faction’s occult artifact, named ‘The Ark of Heaven’, and Chaotic Faction who secretly applauded the befall of Jung Faction grabs hands with Lawful Faction, as they find themselves in uncertain position with their weapons lowered once pointed at the other.



    The overlords of Lawful and Chaotic Faction immediately deploys carefully selected 8 promising next-generation martial artists in order to seal the ‘the Ark of Heaven’ at the Sun Temple which is one of 4 primary bases of Evil Faction.

    There was a Follower of Tao who was leading this party of 8 to the Five Mountain Range, who was known as Tutor of Five Elements. As they were in the process of sealing after getting rid of the combat masters of Evil Faction who were protecting the ‘The Ark of Heaven’ at the Sun Temple, they get themselves drawn inside of the “The Ark of Heavenâ€
    ]]>     03 Feb 2007 03:04:33     Forgotten Legends Forgotten Legends is a new MMORPG using the Multiverse engine.

    There are a vast number of design features in Forgotten Legends that make our game different to others. The main difference is the way players level and the way the combat system works. Players will be able to attain higher levels of skill and power without the grind that occurs in the majority of other MMOS. The combat system is very strategic with huge amounts of customisation for players who like the freedom to design the way their characters fight.

    On top of this, we have based the game on 2 other concepts, freedom and variety. Players have more freedom that other games - whether it be being able to completely change your battle style, what faction you fight for, or where you go. When it comes to variety Forgotten Legends offers players more than they could imagine with numerous viable ways for players to advance in the game.
    ]]>     22 Feb 2007 08:42:11     Crepuscule Crepuscule is a MMORPG game, based on a modified Ultima Online client with nearly completely rewritten server.
    Main action of the game happens in a really huge city, several really different guilds fights with each other trying to gain influence and control the city of Systeria.

    Web site for more: http://www.au-crepuscule.com/
    ]]>     02 Mar 2007 06:35:45     Elddem Elddem The MMORPG is a completely Free 3D MMO with many quests and items to find and do. Currently more information can be found at http://www.elddem.com. We will add more information here soon!
    ]]>     01 May 2007 07:41:00     StarQuest Online In StarQuest Online, players can assume the persona of a character living, exploring, fighting, and possibly dying in the 23rd century. As an intrepid fleet officer, swashbuckling pirate, devious smuggler, deadly bounty hunter, wealthy merchant or ordinary civilian, players shape this world and its history into whatever they wish.
    ]]>     01 May 2007 11:53:47     Minions of Mirth Minions of Mirth is a single player game and huge MMORPG with tons of features, all without a monthly fee. Choose from 12 races and 16 classes and play on 3 different realms - this game is HUGE! Multiclass your characters with secondary and tertiary classes to increase their power! Summon and play as many different monsters from Dust Mites to Blightborn Dragons. Create and modify characters in game on the fly, and control a party of up to 6 members through a single avatar. Minions of Mirth is not your typical MMORPG.
    ]]>     22 Sep 2006 06:05:48     World of Warcraft Four years have passed since the aftermath of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, and a great tension smolders throughout the ravaged world of Azeroth. As the battle-worn races begin to rebuild their shattered kingdoms, new threats, both ancient and ominous, arise to plague the world once again. Rich in legend and filled with adventure, the World of Warcraft awaits! For the first time, players experience the lands of Azeroth from a new, in-depth perspective. As heroes, they explore familiar battlefields, discover new lands and take on epic quests and challenges in Blizzard's massively multiplayer, on-line, role-playing game. Welcome to the World of Warcraft.

    A monthly subsription fee is required.
    ]]>     25 Nov 2006 05:25:09     Saga of Ryzom The Saga of Ryzom is a wholly original MMORPG fusing science fiction and fantasy. Ryzom Ring (R²), Ryzom's first and free expansion, evolves the Saga introducing the first ever MMO scenario editor!

    Universe
    Planet Atys is a living world, with five rich and diverse ecosystems. A powerful AI technology makes flora and fauna interact dynamically with each other and the ever-changing environment.

    Freedom
    Choose and fully customize a character from any of the four races of Atys. The skill-based action tree then allows gain experience in fighting, magic, crafting and/or foraging as well as customizing your own spells and special attacks (thousands of possible combinations!).

    Roleplay
    Your actions influence the story arc. Large-scale events are organized around players' wishes to provide more entertainment.

    Consensual PvP
    Different types of PvP combat coexist in The Saga of Ryzom, and - since not everyone likes PvP - you can choose whether or not to get involved. If you are looking to engage in players combats, the game offers various possibilities: Duels, GvG, FvF and full PvP.

    Community
    Available in English, French and German, The Saga of Ryzom enjoys a friendly and mature community. Ensuring good communication between players and developers is a key priority, so both can work hand in hand

    Free Trial for Ryzom is unlimited. You can spend as much time you want on the noob island. Noob island in itself is a good game. There is no level limit, although it becomes very hard to level after you get near 50.
    ]]>     26 Jan 2007 11:26:53     The Repopulation You awaken in unfamiliar surroundings to find that earth has been destroyed. You are part of a Repopulation effort on Novus Orsa, Alpha Centauri. This Post-Apocalyptic multiplayer RPG aims to break the boundaries of modern MMORPGs.

    Players can join or form societies in their effort to rebuild humanity. Innovative PVP systems will pit society vs. society while working together, and against one another at the common and conflicting goals.

    Unique features include a completely dynamic quest generation system that breaks the molds set in previous titles. Player created societal systems, tournaments and sporting events. We promise to show you things you have never seen before.
    ]]>     23 Nov 2006 08:46:24     Phantasy Star Universe While Phantasy Star Universe is a hack and slash role-playing game similar to the Phantasy Star Online (PSO) games, it takes place in a (presumably) different fictional universe and has many new features. Like most of the PSO titles, PSU is playable in both a persistant (massive multiplayer) online network mode and a full featured single-player story mode.
    ]]>     26 Jan 2007 10:16:31     Darkwind: War on Wheels Darkwind: War on Wheels is a turn-based, massively multiplayer, persistent-world car-combat wargame that is currently in open testing (November 2006). The game currently features race, deathrace, and arena combat leagues. Long-term strategy runs to a real-world timescale and is carried out using the website.

    In my confusion, I have put the screenshots over on my personal profile page: Sam Redfern
    ]]>     13 Nov 2006 03:01:07     City of Heroes Soar high above a towering metropolis in City of Heroes, the massively multiplayer online game where you and thousands of other players take on the roles of super-powered heroes, fighting to save Paragon City from a rising tide of crime.
    ]]>     13 Dec 2006 03:28:38     Ragnarok Online Enter a world filled with magic and riches, a world of endless possibilities and adventure… Welcome to Ragnarok, an online fantasy world where you can be almost anything you choose to be. Level Up's flagship game and the country's first and BIGGEST MMORPG!
    ]]>     30 Dec 2006 06:57:10     Age of Time "Barbie horse adventure" is a fair description. Except you can kill the horses. And other people. And arrest people and beat them while they are in jail. And blow them up with dynamite.

    It's a persistent online fantasy action game.
    ]]>     10 Oct 2006 02:52:07     Kal Online Kal-Online is a free MMORPG packed with beautiful graphics, a large online community and a huge arsenal on weapons, creatures, spells etc.
    ]]>     05 Jan 2007 10:42:52     Wurm Online From their website:

    "For Wurm Online (henceforth called Wurm) to be something special and not just another 3D fantasy massively multiplayer game, we realized that we had to actually implement the features that players have demanded since the dawn of these types of games. Other 3D games have promised these features and still have them on their 'upcoming features' list unless they dropped them when they realized they'd never make it. Why? Because Wurm is built on technology that can make it happen and other games are not.

    The first technological advantage of Wurm: it is done in Java. This means that we can reach gamers on operating systems that usually have few if any of these types of games to play. We also consider Wurm to be the first 3D java game that actually looks better graphically than most PC games while still being playable.

    The second advantage: Wurm is tile-based. This means first and foremost three things:

  • We have more manageable data structures
  • We may stream terrain
  • Line of sight in the client may be outrageous

    • Now, none of these possibilities are easy to implement but we have succeeded. This is the glory of Wurm and the foundation that the game rests upon.

    An example of the technological advantage:
    Because we have such manageable data structures, we may have millions of individual trees on one map.
    For example, streaming the terrain gives us the opportunity compared to other games:
  • trees and plants grow
  • you can cut down trees
  • and you can plant trees

    • Other effects are for instance:
  • you can terraform by digging and dropping dirt.
  • you can pave roads
  • grass and other types of vegetation compete to be predominant
  • you can dig out caves in the mountains
    • * some terrain can be converted to farmland where you grow crops of various kinds"
    ]]>     24 May 2007 02:20:35     A Tale in the Desert 3 Ancient Egypt was a land steeped in history, achievements and wonder; a feral continent capable of turning bleak as quickly as bountiful, fallen as suddenly as fertile. Yet through it all, its robust people have woven a rich tapestry and, with the aid of a staunch belief in their almighty, overseeing gods and pharaoh, they constructed a civilization unlike any other in all antiquity. Relive a time when greatness was born not of weapons and armor, but of productivity and solidarity. Do you have what it takes to rise above the hardships you will face?

    Its setting of historically real Ancient Egypt is not the only aspect which makes A Tale in the Desert III unique among MMOGs. It also lacks combat, focusing instead on socioeconomics as a path to character advancement. In addition, players are able to have a lasting effect on the virtual world; the game reaches an endpoint, after which a new chapter or “Tellingâ€
    ]]>     27 Jan 2007 12:43:44     Everquest The pioneer in 3D MMORPG games. Still around and still fun.
    ]]>     27 Nov 2006 05:16:25     Hero Online Massively multiplayer online role-playing game produced by Netgame based on a story written by three generations of Chinese novelists. Hero Online is free to play with cash shop items available, much like Legend of Ares, another MMORPG created by Netgame, or RuneScape, created by Jagex, and many other MMORPG's. The player, when creating a character, is not only able to choose the gender of his/her character, but what kind of weapons their character will be using. These weapon proficiencies may or may not affect the job class people will choose when they reach a certain level for job change. Each of the four characters specializes in his or her own weaponry. For example "The Ruthless Blade" is currently the only character in the game with the ability to wield a bow.

    As of July 31st 2006, Hero Online had its official release and is no longer in beta.
    ]]>     29 Jan 2007 07:10:26     Tearsol In Tearsol Online, the player takes on the classic role of a lone protagonist, adventuring for wealth and fame while uncovering an ancient conspiracy of church and state.

    Players may claim their own land plots and design their own buildings from the ground up, while developing their characters and taking part in events designed by other players.

    The entire package can be ran on a range of operating systems and hardware configurations, without any installation. All assets are downloaded immediately as they are required, making this the ultimate office, school or library pastime!
    ]]>     07 Jan 2007 04:13:35     Lineage 2 Experience an immersive and dramatic fantasy world known for its unique political and economic systems.

    Engage in regular castle sieges, exciting monster encounters, and epic clan vs. clan warfare.

    You'll need tenacity, cunning, and strategy to survive!
    ]]>     12 Dec 2006 06:21:37     Stick Online Stick Online is a free MMORPG platformer game that takes place in a huge and seamless 2D world. Players gain levels, equipment, weapons, and skills in order to fight enemies, as well as other players.
    ]]>     26 Feb 2007 04:26:09     Dungeon Runners Something stirs in the darkness. A hot earthy smell wafts up from the dank depths. Nails scratch against limestone, dripping water echoes off cavern walls, ancient chains rattle in stagnant air. What lies in the eerie depths below?

    Dungeon Runners is an online role-playing game that's free to download and free to play!

    As a brave hero, you'll explore dangerous dungeons, battle ferocious monsters and discover incredible weapons, artifacts and loot.

    Choose to play as Fighter, Mage or Ranger in a realm of terror, magic and adventure. Unlock powerful new skills as you gain experience on your journey into the unknown.

    Whether fighting evil hordes as a lone warrior or teaming up with online friends to carve a path of destruction through your foe, Dungeon Runners will quench your deepest dungeon-crawling thirst.
    ]]>     08 Feb 2007 07:18:18     Anarchy Online Anarchy Online (AO) is a science fiction MMORPG released in June 2001 by Funcom. It is one of the few popular MMORPGs that makes use of a science fiction setting as opposed to the more common fantasy setting.
    ]]>     27 Nov 2006 03:04:52     Asheron's Call 2 Asheron's Call 2 was the short-lived would be successor to the successful mmorpg Asheron's Call. The original title enjoyed great popularity, with speculation (uncomfirmed by Microsoft) that subscription reached as high as 120,000 players at it's peak. Asheron's Call 2 did not meet the expectations of the publishers, having launched in November of 2002 with "Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings" and continuing on with the "Legions" content expansion until the plug was pulled on December 30, 2005.

    The original game still lives beyond it's sequel, now having been returned to the control of the developer Turbine Entertainment Software, and has moved on to it's second expansion "Asheron's Call: Thrones of Destiny", currently the latest content available.

    As for Asheron's Call 2, although players were chiefly approving of the content, gameplay dynamics and greatly enhanced graphics, the original Asheron's Call player base was somewhat divided, and at release the game suffered initial problems of server instability, engine bugs, balance and combat flaws, and critical chat system problems. Also of note are the high system requirements, challenging to many gamers of the time, and perhaps even moreso to the rpg community in particular.

    Although Turbine and Microsoft proved capable and commited to addressing the many release issues, the game never overcame the poor launch. Although the publishers have not disclosed the numbers, it is estimated that Asheron's Call 2 peaked briefly at about 50,000 players, and was closer to 10,000 at the time that is was cancelled.

    Additional Game Features:

    • Brand new graphics engine, new combat system and an updated interface.

    • Third person adventure in a subscription based mmorpg.

    • Combat, exploration and adventure in the persistent lush fantasy world of Dereth.

    • Free monthly (or sometimes bi-monthly) content updates.

    • Create from a choice of 3 basic races, each with dozens of branches on the skill tree available to develop a unique character.

    • Complex gameplay and combat systems based on a hybrid class-skill system. Player rank levelling according to XP, increasing and unlocking skill potentials.

    Developer: Turbine Entertainment Software
    Publisher: Microsoft, subsequently Turbine Entertainment Software
    Released: November 22, 2002

    System Requirements
    98SE/2000/ME/XP, 2 GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, 128MB DirectX 9.0-compliant video card w/ T&L and vertex shaders, 56K Internet access, compliant sound card
    ]]>     23 Jan 2007 11:28:53     Aion Believe in Angels. Believe in Demons. Believe in Aion.

    Aion is the most visually stunning MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) ever made. Cutting-edge graphics redefine your expectations of online role-playing and reveal a world where angels, demons and dragons wage a war that will determine the future of the world.

    Your role in this war is pivotal; every action and decision meaningful and important. Fate rests on your shoulders and you determine the evolution of Aion's story through brutal warfare, brilliant strategy and political power.


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