ming said:
My friend was trying to convince me to get myself a copy of WoW. I almost agreed after like 2 months, but when he asked me again yesterday he told me that there was a monthly subscription of £9.99 which totally put me off coz I'm not really into RPG games in general.
hmmmm Ming i gotta state mmorpgs arnt really like rpg games i wouldnt compare any game in existance that has a mmo title to it to a console game with the exception mabye of FFXI. They are kind of a cross between action game and rpg in a mass world. So they have a monthly subscription price tag for server matinance plus an up front cost. They are great fun when you get started playing them but i have been playing mmorpgs since the inception of meridian 58 or whatever (first real mmorpg) they have grown boring to me.
If you do decide to get into stuff...... Dont get addicted lol its quite easy to get addicted to these games =/. I'm currently playing a game called Second Life .... well to call it a game is odd i use it as a platform both social and development wise but as i say it is what you make of it.... For those of you interested
www.secondlife.com its free for a basic account in the states dont need credit to sign up out of the states you need pay pal or credit. There is both a teen and adult grid.... Please stay on the one you belong on though hehe. Also a side note there are quite a few free mmorpgs out there....
FLYFF for instance (fly for fun)
Silkroad
Ran (still in beta i think may be free)
Gate to heaven or something along those lines
Quite a few of the titles from E-games
there are some free mmofps as well
enemy territory
america's army
War Rock (closed currently be back up on pre release in 15 days but will be free to play) very very good game i might add....
Then the community based games like second life, there.com, Oz world, some bits of active worlds, and several others.
Many titles out there are free not all are good Flyff by far would be your best bet if you like tradition mmorpgs as well as silkroad and ran..... flyff and silkroad on one hand are hard to get onto as they are widely popular and very good games
. I highly reccomend SilkRoad or SecondLife for longer time play. I say second life because most games do not hold my interest and this has for close to a year now (few weeks and im there a year woot)
Subscription fee's for second life dont exist currently unless you want them to and there is no incling taht there will be
. They are legit and you can trust them with credit info or paypal info
Its free but they require it for verification. Premium accounts start at 9.95 usd with tier payments for the more land you want in game, i pay about a total of 50 usd but i choose to. Premium vs basic there is no difference either other then land ownership and a higher weekly stipend which arnt a big deal if you manage to get a job or make some content in world
. Its quite fun and you can trade in game money for real money legitamately. If you manage to hit it big you can do quite well To