Escapist.... I need another MMORPG!

[babinro]

Guild Wars

I don't have a lot of MMORPG experience, but this game works great as single MMO if you like not having to rely on others. It is also free from monthly payments...and inexpensive to pick up these days. That said, it is somewhat dated (coming out a year or two after WOW) with the sequel coming out as early as 2011.

 

[commanderelk]

If your looking to go outside of the box and leave the fantasy setting Pirates of the Burning Sea went free to play recently Its not super easy to learn but the RvR and naval combat can be a lot of fun. i highly recommend at lest trying it out.

For fantasy mmo's I'm currently playing the trial for Age of Conan pretty fun so far.

As for those saying Guild Wars, while i used to find it fun to play it really doesn't full fill
the requirements of a mmo (or at lest to me) its more of a multiplayer role playing game

 

[Kouen]

Requiem

www.playrequiem.com/

 

[Circusfreak]

there are no good ones at the moment. let's just keep waiting for real the MMOssias. (maybe that upcoming TheSecretWorld thing will be good.)

EDIT: FireFall looks pretty awesome aswell (its in closed beta now)

 

[Dimensional Vortex]

RuneScape is sort of free, I don't pay for it and it advertises itself as the world's no. 1 free MMORPG, i've been playing for about a month and it's really fun.

not to be offensive, but I'm not touching Runescape with a 1000ft pole, purely made out of a million incredible hulks and iron men, which are then set on fire and have over 10,000,000 somethings of electricity shot directly through them, even this conversation is dangerously close.

Guild Wars

I don't have a lot of MMORPG experience, but this game works great as single MMO if you like not having to rely on others. It is also free from monthly payments...and inexpensive to pick up these days. That said, it is somewhat dated (coming out a year or two after WOW) with the sequel coming out as early as 2011.

I might pick myself up a copy of it, I asked my local store but I they didn't have it, I will try again. But isn't Guild Wars 2 coming out soon? Should I wait for that if it will be better.

 

[DaJoW]

Guild Wars was great fun when it came, haven't played it in years though. No monthly fees, and you can play as a necromancer

 

[Lunar Templar]

Requiem

www.playrequiem.com/

id say this, if your unwilling to actually TRY Vin,(and from the sound of it, you haven't) Requiem is fun, bloody and not uncommon to see a head or limb roll or bounce away from the corpse fair warning, it can, in fact, be brutal, but by and large manageable (i stopped playing cause the launcher stopped working >.> had the same issue with DDO to)

 

[Dimensional Vortex]

Maplestory just got the Big Bang update. Everything is better now, so I'd strongly suggest that you give that game another shot. Really, pretty much everything people have complained about with the game over the years have been fixed these last couple of months.

Yea but I hate Nexon, they are asses who don't care for their player base. You have proved my point with your comment, why would it take them years to get around to fixing massive problems when it would only take them a few months. All these new classes are annoying as hell with their ridiculous damage, flashy skills, actual story lines and more. Instead of just adding in a bunch of new classes who are really only a previous class with flashy skills and increased damage, why wouldn't they let the people who stuck with the game for years win? There were players who spent years getting to level 200, players who really deserved it, but they just got spat on when they are out damaged and out leveled by some 11 year old git who picked they strongest class.

 

[KiKiweaky]

If your into pvp warhammer online is good been playing it for 2 years. I never did pvp in guildwars but I'm deffo going to do alot more of it now, since I found I realy enjoyed it. Give the trial a go its free for 10 days never know you may like it.

 

[Kouen]

Requiem

www.playrequiem.com/

id say this, if your unwilling to actually TRY Vin,(and from the sound of it, you haven't) Requiem is fun, bloody and not uncommon to see a head or limb roll or bounce away from the corpse fair warning, it can, in fact, be brutal, but by and large manageable (i stopped playing cause the launcher stopped working >.> had the same issue with DDO to)

time 2 fix that broken compy

 

[Jasper Jeffs]

Aion is a pretty good PvP game. They increased the level cap to 55 a while back with a free expansion, a long with increased drop rates, and more quests/PvE content. Be warned though, it's a fucking grindfest with a shitload of money sinks. It took me like 4 months to get to lv50, and I spent the majority of my time levelling killing llamas and crabs. They have some stupid trial system where someone who is playing it has to give you one, plus it only lasts 2 days and isn't a good representation of what to expect.

I'm just playing WoW and waiting for Guild Wars 2/Star Wars/TERA, like most MMO players.

 

[Jester00]

flyff.

 

[AnAngryMoose]

*snip*

City of Heroes I would highly suggest. Fun if you feel like going it solo, even better if you get in a full team, if only for the complete and utter chaos. Cant think of any others, since you stated all of the ones that I am at least slightly familiar with. Oooh! Guild Wars! Yeah, you could also play Guild Wars. That's fun. Hell, you don't even have to be around people if you don't want to, and there's optional PvP, as far as I know. BUT. There's also the option to make an already max level, but PvP only character.

Unfortunately, the PvP community in City of Heroes isn't great considered how the Devs broke it.

I'd suggest Aion Online. It's a PvPvE game.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Requiem

www.playrequiem.com/

id say this, if your unwilling to actually TRY Vin,(and from the sound of it, you haven't) Requiem is fun, bloody and not uncommon to see a head or limb roll or bounce away from the corpse fair warning, it can, in fact, be brutal, but by and large manageable (i stopped playing cause the launcher stopped working >.> had the same issue with DDO to)

time 2 fix that broken compy

reinstalling didn't help, its fine though, they took my Possession form away, and that
PISSED
ME
THE
FUCK
OFF!!!!
i soloed that, and that last leg is in a RAID zone, thanks Requiem -.-

 

[Thundero13]

RuneScape is sort of free, I don't pay for it and it advertises itself as the world's no. 1 free MMORPG, i've been playing for about a month and it's really fun.

not to be offensive, but I'm not touching Runescape with a 1000ft pole, purely made out of a million incredible hulks and iron men, which are then set on fire and have over 10,000,000 somethings of electricity shot directly through them, even this conversation is dangerously close.

Guild Wars

I don't have a lot of MMORPG experience, but this game works great as single MMO if you like not having to rely on others. It is also free from monthly payments...and inexpensive to pick up these days. That said, it is somewhat dated (coming out a year or two after WOW) with the sequel coming out as early as 2011.

I might pick myself up a copy of it, I asked my local store but I they didn't have it, I will try again. But isn't Guild Wars 2 coming out soon? Should I wait for that if it will be better.

Ok, now I don't mind that but i'd like if you told me why?

 

[Dimensional Vortex]

RuneScape is sort of free, I don't pay for it and it advertises itself as the world's no. 1 free MMORPG, i've been playing for about a month and it's really fun.

not to be offensive, but I'm not touching Runescape with a 1000ft pole, purely made out of a million incredible hulks and iron men, which are then set on fire and have over 10,000,000 somethings of electricity shot directly through them, even this conversation is dangerously close.

Guild Wars

I don't have a lot of MMORPG experience, but this game works great as single MMO if you like not having to rely on others. It is also free from monthly payments...and inexpensive to pick up these days. That said, it is somewhat dated (coming out a year or two after WOW) with the sequel coming out as early as 2011.

I might pick myself up a copy of it, I asked my local store but I they didn't have it, I will try again. But isn't Guild Wars 2 coming out soon? Should I wait for that if it will be better.

Ok, now I don't mind that but i'd like if you told me why?

Well it has (or had) terrible graphics, I'm not into its combat system at all, I don't like the third person view, it isn't immersive (for me), it seems like it would be a hassle at later levels and it seems like a game that was made years ago for crummy computers but has been kept going. I have tried on several occasions to enjoy the game but alas, they have all ended dismally. I'm sure it is a great game to a lot of people out there and if you like it I'm happy for you, but this is something I preferably not play or have anything to do with it.

P.S. A game the advertises itself as number 1 is generally ran by thick idiots. When a game is advertising it should advertise the features that make it unique, the features other games don't currently have. If a game relies on being number 1 as an advertising technique they are clearly simple, don't care about their adverting or didn't spend enough time and effort tooo make the add presentable and eye catching.

 

[Vikor243]

May I recommend Final Fantasy 11? The game is a subscription-based game and comes with 30 day Free Trial. It is an outdated game but the game is being consistently updated.