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Nuclear_Suspect

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Hi there.

If you know what NeoCron is and just want to join without reading my post you can find the links to account creation/client download here [http://www.onrpg.com/boards/showthread.php?209871-Post-Apocalyptic-Cyberpunk-MMOFPS-Neocron-2-goes-free-to-play]


About NeoCron:

NeoCron was released in 2002 as the first FPS MMO RPG and sufferred from bugs and an almost non-existant PR program, hardly anybody knew about the game which is a real shame since it did so much to break the norm of MMO's like:
It was FPS
There wasnt skills in the sense of 'Strong Attack' 'Net Shot' and the like
A rather brutal story
Multiple factions you could play each with their own stories and motives from drug runners, gunrunners, terrorists, somewhat derailed law enforcement and mercenaries.
The ability to kill ANYONE you wanted, WHEN you wanted, even allies, team members and enemies without their consent. (Note: Theres an implant called 'Law Enforcement' if you had it in your skull you couldnt attack anyone, get healed by anyone without it or join a clan. If you took it out then you were 'Free game' but could join a clan and fight anybody wouthout the implant)
Grand vehicles like tanks, quads, gliders, bombers and hoverbikes with chaincannons.
Big apartemnts which you could customize to your hearts content.

Now, NeoCron never got all that far, when it had been out for under 2 years, the big elephant in the room was released (WoW) and things started going downhill with the population, it survived for another 5 years or so untill it was nearly empty barred a very loyal fanbase.
So ReaKKtor (The Devs) started making another game but really didnt want to kill their firstborn, so NeoCron is still running in some back alley of their servers for their more popular game, but instead of closing it down they handed over the reins for the server to volunteers and made it completely free to play, no catches, no freemium and no cash shop, just sign up, download and play!

So if you want to join pop over to Account Creation [http://launcher.neocron.com/account_create] and then download the client [http://neocron.com/index.php?id=39](Warning: noisy homepage)

I will of course answer any questions about the game and try to help as much as I can.
 

WoW Killer

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It was free to play for quite a while if you already had an account. Something to do with the company getting blacklisted by Paypal, so they just stopped charging people. Or something.

Anyways, not played in years, but I may give it a go sometime. Fun game.
 

Nuclear_Suspect

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WoW Killer said:
It was free to play for quite a while if you already had an account. Something to do with the company getting blacklisted by Paypal, so they just stopped charging people. Or something.

Anyways, not played in years, but I may give it a go sometime. Fun game.
Quite right, but as you said it was only for former customers, now everybody can make an account and play and creating an Escapist clan could be quite fun, heck with enough cannon fodder we could rule the whole map ;)
 

Genocidicles

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I remember reading about this game in PC gamer back in the day. Might give it a go, if it'll work on my crappy computer.
 

tme

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Hoggedy damn, I remember this one. I played out all my Shadowrun RP fantasies there. Meetings with other runners, Johnsons, runs, underground legwork. And I remember being proud as hell of creating my first nail gun. It was crap, but it was my crap.
 

Benpasko

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I made an account, seems cool so far. Reminds me a lot of System Shock. My ign is The Minotaur, feel free to friend me or whatever.
 

Lucyfer86

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Oh hehe, i remember reading the review on this one long ago.

Does anyone really play it anymore?
I just wonder, who's gonna pay the upkeep, i keep hearing that it has no restrictions and no cash shop?
 

Denamic

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Man, I forgot about this game.
I used to play it way back when, but then my graphics card died and I couldn't play most games on my integrated piece of shit, and I ended up forgetting about it. Such a blast from the past. I'm amazed it's still around, seeing it had virtually no PR even back then. I'll have to pick it up again at some point.