I need a new FREE MMO...

[Caer Seraphim]

You want a new FREE MMO, or an awesome new FREE MMO? If you're looking for the latter, which you obviously should be, stop by and check out NEStalgia. Totally awesome old school fun. Small, tight-knit community, parties of three taking down pixelated monsters, damn near no grinding for grinding sake (i.e. plenty of cool quests), pvp tournaments, and a development team that isn't lightyears away from the player base.

You said you wanted a FREE MMO? How about one that pays you instead? Pixel artist submissions are being accepted now, so if you can draw cool monsters, we can fight 'em.

As far as the "new" part that you're asking for, it's a little over a year old. Hop in and try to see if you can spot one of the many faces of Caer.

http://www.silkgames.com/nestalgia/

 

[Carlston]

DDO online.

Even the free content is fairly enjoyable, better class of player than say WOW, and no 12 hour a day expected dedication, fairly fun for a casual mmo

 

[el_kabong]

Dungeon Fighter is pretty fun, and its definitely different from Runescape.

Second. If you've ever been a fan of side-scrolling beat-em ups like Gauntlet, Final Fight, and their ilk, Dungeon Fighter will definitely tickle the nostalgia bone, while at the same time offering a pretty solid MMO experience.

 

[Voxgizer]

Maplestory.

Are you sure? I've heard that maple story isn't free.

It is.

On topic: I'm going to fly the flag of Dungeon Fighter Online like a few others. You can turn the setting down and not really lose much. I'd recommend watching some videos of it first.

There are also a few sites dedicated to DFO, not sure if I can name them in a post as it might be called advertising. Maple also has a few sites in the same vain. They deal mostly with builds, strategies, guides, and things like that in both cases.

 

[sora91111]

It's not really a straight up RPG, but Global Agenda is fun.

 

[Kasper Gundersen]

I don't know if the game meets the requirements, but Shadow Era is a really fun game... but only if you like car- playing

 

[Firia]

Have you by any chance played Eve Online? It's the only MMO I'll touch. It's beautiful to look at, fun to play, and if you're good enough at making in game money (isk) you can fund your own account.

Spoiler: how do I do THAT?

CCP, the company that produces Eve, basically addressed that some people are willing to buy in game money with real money. So they sell items called "PLEX." The player market decides their value. So you buy a PLEX from CCP, which is an ingame item that allows you a month of free game time. You can use it, or sell it.

YOU can be a buyer of this PLEX from the player market, and basically fund your eve play time this way, using in game ISK.

One thing I really enjoy about Eve is that when while I was out at school, my character was training skill real time. I didn't have to grind experience. I hate grind. In Eve, you can do missions (Quests in any other game), and it'll give you money, political standing, and access to good items and implants. Or you can take your fun into your own hands, and go rouge with pvp or piracy. The game really doesn't restrict you. You operate within it's boundaries, and from there the sky is the limit.

If you're interested, message me your e-mail, and I can shoot you a 21 day free trial. Normally you get 2 weeks, but if someone refers you, you get 21 days- an extra week.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Vindictus(if you live in the US),Runes of Magic,Allods Online(very similar to WoW).

I am a WoW player myself,been playing since launch and still going.

 

[Charli]

Maplestory.

Can't really get lower system requirements than this one. So if that's your strict order give this one a go.

 

[Dediles]

ok, this thread has gotton way to hectic. thanks for all the sugesgions. bye

*closes tab*

 

[w1ndscar]

Tried MapleStory yet? Its free and stuff, I'd also suggest All-Points-Bulletin. Both are good free MMOs

 

[MegaManOfNumbers]

I hear Vindictus is pretty awsome.

 

[corsair47]

i found a list of pretty much every free mmo in the universe:
http://mmolist.blogspot.com/2006/04/e-games-and-numbers.html

 

[Mechsoap]

Well guild wars, lord of the rings online, and dungeons and dragons online springs to mind...

 

[Firia]

EDIT- my laptop can barely run runescape on high graphics

here's a rundown of what's been suggested for ya, based on that statement (most of the posters here don't seem to realize just how slow your laptop is):

-Anarchy Online -probably viable, may run slowly (my roommate's suggestion)

So here's the thing about this suggestion. Anarchy Online was originally coded terribly. Funcom bought the original team, fired half of them and put in their own people for the expansions. The expansions are all coded well, but the base of the game- the foundations are poorly coded. What the code does is render EVERYTHING in the players view distance, regardless if you can see them or not. It loads what people are carrying, what mobs are carrying, and all that little detail that isn't fully necessary from however far your max view distance is. As a result, it lags even the finest computers.

I LOVED Anarchy back in the day. I played the hell out of it, and I often consider going back thanks to its free-ness. But on a slow laptop, I wonder just how well that poorly coded foundation will work out.

 

[Mister Benoit]

ProgressQuest is the best game EVAR!

Progress Quest is a tad too difficult for new comers though.

 

[blankedboy]

Dungeons and Dragons Online is good if you have a friend (and preferably ventrilo).

 

[EternalFacepalm]

Could you please give some specs? It's really hard to know what it'll run. Use Speccy [http://www.piriform.com/speccy/download], for instance.

 

[nbamaniac]

ProgressQuest is the best game EVAR!

Progress Quest is a tad too difficult for new comers though.

Sure it may have the difficulty curve of EVE online but after surpassing that curve, it's simply awesome.

Proof? Don't fret! http://progressquest.com/testimonials.php

 

[DarthAcerbus]

Guild Wars is a good choice; 30 bucks for the trilogy, and another 10 for the expansion if you buy it in the next few days. And it means you can prepare for Guild Wars 2!