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Knight Online is a MMORPG that is fully 3D and has outstanding graphics for a freeware game. You can form a party with other players and fight monsters to level your character or complete quests. You can choose to be either an Orc or Human, and they occasionally have wars between the two species. There seems to be different versions of this game. The one I listed is USKO, the United States version. Others exist and for the most part are the same, with slight differences in prices of items and experience from killing beasts. Play whatever one you want, because it is the same game, but know that your character will not port to another server. |
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Regnum Online is a free to play MMORPG that is developed in Argentina. The world is divided into three separate realms (kingdoms) that are at war with each other. The game has both PvE and PvP, many quests, and decent 3D graphics that are on par with many other commercial MMORPGs. You can choose to be a Human, Elf, Dark Elf, Half-Elf, Morlock, or Utghar. You can be a Warrior, Mage, or Archer, and each one has two subclasses that become available in later levels - Knight, Barbarian, Warlock, Conjurer, Marksman, or Hunter. The game does have a slight commercial side to it as they sell premium content, such as renting horse health and mana regeneration potions, and an experience boosting scroll. PvP consists of each a large area or War Zone in the middle of the world where all three kingdoms fight for control of forts and castles. Each kingdom has two forts and a castle that they must defend while trying to capture the structures of the other kingdoms. Players earn “Regnum Points” for kills and assists in battle and the rankings can be found on the official War Status page. Also be sure to check out the official forums - your username and password are automatically created and will be the same as your game account. All in all, I think this is one of the best games currently available for Linux and is one of the best free games for Windows. It is very fun to play and looks great. See the screenshot gallery to see what I mean. Better yet, download it now. |
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Dungeon Runners is a free to play, fast paced point and click MMORPG with premium content from NCSoft, the makers of Guild Wars. They have done a fairly good job of putting humor into the game, which shows up in the NPC dialog and even the names of items (such as cardboard sword). The graphics and movement of the game remind me of World of Warcraft but the combat is much more like Diablo. You can be a fighter, ranger, or mage. You start in towns full of other players and then go solo or as a party into a instanced dungeon (meaning it only exists for you and your party, you will not run into other players) just like Guild Wars. The problem with this game is that the game seemed like just an advertisement for a premium membership. I don't mind free-to-play games offering premium content for a price, but I just don't like how NCSoft always puts it in your face in this game. Please note: You must activate this game at the NCSoft store. |
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Regnum Online is a free to play MMORPG that is developed in Argentina. The world is divided into three separate realms (kingdoms) that are at war with each other. The game has both PvE and PvP, many quests, and decent 3D graphics that are on par with many other commercial MMORPGs. You can choose to be a Human, Elf, Dark Elf, Half-Elf, Morlock, or Utghar. You can be a Warrior, Mage, or Archer, and each one has two subclasses that become available in later levels - Knight, Barbarian, Warlock, Conjurer, Marksman, or Hunter. The game does have a slight commercial side to it as they sell premium content, such as renting horse health and mana regeneration potions, and an experience boosting scroll. The information in this review may change as the game continues to develop. There are still a few bugs in the game such as NPC dialogs that are not complete and show error messages (although this usually does not affect gameplay) and some spells not working correctly. The game client seems to be fairly stable but does crash on occasion. NGD Studios is constantly updating the game so most of these issues will (or already have) been taken care of, so don’t be discouraged by my complaints. PvP consists of each a large area or War Zone in the middle of the world where all three kingdoms fight for control of forts and castles. Each kingdom has two forts and a castle that they must defend while trying to capture the structures of the other kingdoms. Players earn “Regnum Points” for kills and assists in battle and the rankings can be found on the official War Status page. Also be sure to check out the official forums - your username and password are automatically created and will be the same as your game account. All in all, I think this is one of the best games currently available for Linux and is one of the best free games for Windows. It is very fun to play and looks great. See the screenshot gallery to see what I mean. Better yet, download it now. In-Game Commands Type these commands into the chat box. Commands must be prefaced with a slash(/) as shown here or with a hyphen(-).
Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts
Skills RegnumZG.com.ar has two nice webapps for skills, one is a Skills Notebook that gives you a nice breakdown of each skill including its mana costs, casting times, damage, cooldown time, etc. for each skill point. The other is a Build Trainer that allows you to select your level and figure out which skills to invest in. Linux Troubleshooting If the sound does not work in Linux - Create a file named .openalrc in your home directory and put the following information inside: (define devices ‘(native)) Create a symlink called libopenal.so in /usr/lib to the correct openal shared lib for sound to work (in my case /usr/lib/libopenal.so.0). You can do this by typing the following into a terminal as root:
Language Barrier The game is developed in Argentina and although some players speak at least some English, many players only speak Spanish. Here are some useful English to Spanish translations you can use in the game. (Update: there is now a server with English as the primary language.)
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Atlantica Online is a free-to-play MMORPG from Ndoors Interactive that features a time-limited turn based combat system which in some ways is similar to Final Fantasy. The game is supported through microtransactions from the game’s Item Mall, but the items are fairly expensive in my opinion. I have played several other free-to-play games that seem to serve only as an advertisement to spend real money without actually allowing you to have fun for free, but luckily this is not the case with Atlantica Online. You start out by picking the weapon (class), sex, and appearance options of your main character. Your main character will be the commander of a band of up to eight other mercenaries, for a total of nine characters. While running around in the world, you only see your main character. In combat, you will see all of your characters in a formation of your choosing. You have a limited amount of time (less than 30 seconds, depending on your level) to tell your characters to attack, guard (go into a defensive stance), or use some sort of magic. Combat does not have to be a solo endeavor as you can join a party with up to three other players. The game is set in a fairly realistic map of the world, where you can go to countries like India and Italy, towns like Baghdad and Berlin. Towns are safe havens that feature markets, banks, guild offices, and travel agencies that allow you to teleport to towns you have previously visited at a cost. One of my favorite features in Atlantica Online is auto-run, which will take you to a specific town, NPC, or quest destination while leaving you free to manage your inventory, chat with friends, etc. Be careful, if you run over a monster while auto-running you will be sucked into a battle, and since battles are timed you may get killed if you are AFK. Quests are one area of MMORPGs that I usually dislike due to the lack of variety, mainly consisting of “kill 10 of this animal” and “take this note to this character”. The bulk of the quests in Atlantica Online are just like this with some notable exceptions. There are quests that force you to use the in-game help system to find information and type the answer. Other quests force you to be social by sending an in-game mail, join a party, and add a friend. PvP consists of several different types of combat: duels where you fight one other person, tournaments (Free League) where you take turns fighting against players of the same skill (Division), weekly tournaments that are held three times on both Saturday and Sunday, and wars. A war is fought between two nations, each nation consisting of multiple guilds. Wars are the only type of PvP that are not 1-on-1. If you lose in war, you end up dropping some of your equipment. Atlantica Online has a depth to it that is rare in other free-to-play games. The crafting system is pretty expansive, you can join a guild, guilds can take control of towns and set tax rates at the banks and markets, and you can PvP. The game features a built-in mail system, in-game forums, and by far the best in-game help guides I have ever seen. Ndoors must have learned from their previous MMORPG games because they included things such as fixed prices in the market to control inflation and players can become artisans and teach crafting skills to others which encourages player interaction. Being free, there only downside to trying this game is the fact that the download is a fairly massive 2GB. |
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