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Hyrrix
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Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Posts: 282
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By popular demand: the ever-returning question about Free MMORPG's covered. Now, a lot of people will tell you that they don't exist, others will show you examples that they do in fact exist.
The reality is that some text-based MMORPG's (or MUDs) are indeed free, as well as some temporarily open beta tests of MMORPG's. But generally the rule goes that you shouldn't expect the same quality in these games as in the subscription mmorpg's.
I have so many people seen complaining about why MMORPG's charge a monthly fee. Because some people know a lot more about this than me... Here goes what Raph Koster has to say about this: http://www.legendmud.org/raph/gaming/busmodels.html
(more to follow later, probably.
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Hyrrix
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A free mmorpg, most of you might have heard of already:
http://www.planeshift.it/
Planeshift. To quote:
The objective of the PlaneShift Team is to create a virtual fantasy world in which a player can start as a peasant in search of fame and become a hero. We will focus our efforts in the reproduction of a real world with politics, economy, many non-player-characters controlled by the server that will bring to life our world even without players connected!
We want to give FREE access to everyone, without the need to either purchase the game or pay a monthly fee. Servers and bandwidth will be donated by sponsors.
Our virtual world is persistent, and this means you can connect to it at every hour of day or night and you will always find players and npcs wandering our realms. You will be able to disconnect and reconnect again, the server saves the actual status of your character including his possessions.
You will use a client program to interact with our world, that enables you to have a 3D view of the surroundings.
Here are 10 reasons why you should become a player and a fan of PlaneShift:
Planeshift is a great place to find new friends from all over the world!
PlaneShift is a virtual world where you always dreamed of living
PlaneShift is the first 3D MMORPG to be free for players
Thanks to our open development process, the game will be expanded endlessly for years to come
Planeshift is a game made by roleplayers to bring you all the immersion you need from a virtual world
A unique setting, realistic combat rules, great magic system with hundreds of spells
No budgetary constraints will stop development of the world or prevent the addition of new ideas
You can build your house, your castle, your realm
You have the option to live as an adventurer or as a normal citizen, both paths rewarded in game
You can submit comments, ideas, bugs and the dev team will take those into account in future releases
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