Posted By: GuybrushThreepwood
MMORPG - 05/27/18 06:01 PM
MMORPG = Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game there are other MMO, shooters and strategy games but I only play the RPGs.
Once upon a time you had to buy them. You either bought them outright and could play as much or a little as you wanted (Guild Wars: Prophecy [originally just Guild Wars], Guild Wars: Factions, Guild Wars: Nightfall [all can be linked into one giant game], Guild Wars 2) or bought the game and received a 30 day subcription with it after you had to pay to keep playing. Most MMMORPGS started out this way (World of Warcraft aka WOW, Star Wars: The Old Republic aka SWTOR, Wildstar, Blade & Soul etc). Now they've all gone "free to play". Which means you can download them and play for free.. However there are always limitations. Most common being to number of characters you can create. Usually subscribing increase this, but from what I've read this is not the case with Blade & Soul, everyone gets 2 characters. Wildstar you get 2 but its not difficult to get the omincoins needed to unlock more. In fact its so easy I now have 10 Wildstar character. I'm an altaholic (one who can never get enough characters). The word "main" (the character you play most often) is a foreign term to me, I know what i means but can't understand the mindset.
Most MMORPGS are fantasy games in which magic and mythological creatures are reality. Best known example of this World of Warcraft (WOW). The Guild Wars series (GW) also falls into this category. Most fantasy games tend towards European mythologies. There are also more Asian flavored games like Blade & Soul. The original Guild Wars mixed these with Prophecies being European, Factions being Asian and Nightfall being African in flavor. There are also science fiction games the best known probably being Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR). Wildstar is a comical mix of fantasy and science fiction, with both magic and advance technology. Guild Wars 2 has magic, guns and explosives as technology is just beginning to advance in that world.
Because they are now free to play I can download and try out more than was once possible. (Thats a hint of what to expect from me in the near future here in the Darkside.
Once upon a time you had to buy them. You either bought them outright and could play as much or a little as you wanted (Guild Wars: Prophecy [originally just Guild Wars], Guild Wars: Factions, Guild Wars: Nightfall [all can be linked into one giant game], Guild Wars 2) or bought the game and received a 30 day subcription with it after you had to pay to keep playing. Most MMMORPGS started out this way (World of Warcraft aka WOW, Star Wars: The Old Republic aka SWTOR, Wildstar, Blade & Soul etc). Now they've all gone "free to play". Which means you can download them and play for free.. However there are always limitations. Most common being to number of characters you can create. Usually subscribing increase this, but from what I've read this is not the case with Blade & Soul, everyone gets 2 characters. Wildstar you get 2 but its not difficult to get the omincoins needed to unlock more. In fact its so easy I now have 10 Wildstar character. I'm an altaholic (one who can never get enough characters). The word "main" (the character you play most often) is a foreign term to me, I know what i means but can't understand the mindset.
Most MMORPGS are fantasy games in which magic and mythological creatures are reality. Best known example of this World of Warcraft (WOW). The Guild Wars series (GW) also falls into this category. Most fantasy games tend towards European mythologies. There are also more Asian flavored games like Blade & Soul. The original Guild Wars mixed these with Prophecies being European, Factions being Asian and Nightfall being African in flavor. There are also science fiction games the best known probably being Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR). Wildstar is a comical mix of fantasy and science fiction, with both magic and advance technology. Guild Wars 2 has magic, guns and explosives as technology is just beginning to advance in that world.
Because they are now free to play I can download and try out more than was once possible. (Thats a hint of what to expect from me in the near future here in the Darkside.