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I was originally not a Online gamer myself because I was primarily a Console Gamer myself but around October, a friend introduced me to Second Life. He kept telling me about all the awesome things that was in it. Now, I have a Kick-ass avatar, some really cool stuff to go with it and I built my first object. It looks like the weapon in the game Okami for the PS2.

HOWEVER! For weeks I have been running around with my super cool avatar but lo and behold! There is one problem, it is EFFING BORING!!!

I thought that there would be more stuff to do but all you can really do is to run around and just talk and buy stuff. Nothing more.

Soooo.....I got desperately bored and remembered I still had an account at FusionFall back when it was in its beta stage. Fusion Fall isnt that bad. Its slightly more engaging than Second Life. It lacks adequate combat systems, leaving you to get hit reguardless of how well you dodge. However, that is apparently fine being that it is a kids game.

I am becoming increasingly skeptical playing this when launching the game and others, more likely WoW players will turn to see cute little cartoon characters on my screen.

I want to go back to playing with the big boys now. I cant pay for subscriptions and I dont really like gore and first person shooters BUT  I wont mind playing any kind of game really.

I LOVEZ Adventure games and I was told by another friend that Blade & Soul is supposed to be good. I saw a trailer and other than the blood, I would give it a try. (as long as it doesnt cost anything)

PLEASE!!! I am DESPERATE FOR A NEW COOL ONLINE GAME!!! Does anyone have any suggestions????

Final Fantasy 14 is my suggestion.

For having played Final Fantasy 11 (the last online installment) for 6 years, I can say it will be good.

Try Runescape. The free trial will last you days of play time. No matter what you will keep coming back to it. Also its browser based and not very taxing on your computer so even low-end computers can play.

Originally posted by starfoxx31

Try Runescape. The free trial will last you days of play time. No matter what you will keep coming back to it. Also its browser based and not very taxing on your computer so even low-end computers can play.

You cant even group in runescape, why people play it still I have no idea.  I quit playing the second I realized why I was having so much trouble inviting someone.

Originally posted by starfoxx31

Try Runescape. The free trial will last you days of play time. No matter what you will keep coming back to it. Also its browser based and not very taxing on your computer so even low-end computers can play.

That is by far the dumbest suggestion I have ever heard...

Originally posted by Hyanmen

Final Fantasy 14 is my suggestion.

How is he suppose to play that? Didn't realize it was out, yet.

If I understood well it has to be a free to play entirely or at least without subscription. There are a lot of f2p:

New ones, aika I think it is the last released but I think it is only european atm. If you like animeish style I would recommend grand fantasia, pretty nice and simple and the cash shop is mainly about fluffy stuff and leveling help, so it is not extremely limiting to ignore it.

Many people like DDO, and Runes of magic should be a good choice. If you are a patient person allods might be for you but end game require expending money. Anyway, nothing is completely free.

Good luck

Originally posted by csheadsh0t

Originally posted by starfoxx31

Try Runescape. The free trial will last you days of play time. No matter what you will keep coming back to it. Also its browser based and not very taxing on your computer so even low-end computers can play.

You cant even group in runescape, why people play it still I have no idea.  I quit playing the second I realized why I was having so much trouble inviting someone.

Why people keep saying that....you CAN group in RuneScape. Its even better there, since you don't have to invite anyone, just start to kill together. You can share loot, and you get the same exp as you were fighting alone.

Originally posted by Sinella

Originally posted by csheadsh0t

Originally posted by starfoxx31

Try Runescape. The free trial will last you days of play time. No matter what you will keep coming back to it. Also its browser based and not very taxing on your computer so even low-end computers can play.

You cant even group in runescape, why people play it still I have no idea.  I quit playing the second I realized why I was having so much trouble inviting someone.

Why people keep saying that....you CAN group in RuneScape. Its even better there, since you don't have to invite anyone, just start to kill together. You can share loot, and you get the same exp as you were fighting alone.

Are you serious?!? I NEVER KNEW THAT... Dude, wtf, why has no one told me this all this time I never thought that was possible Im going to give that game a try now.

Originally posted by csheadsh0t

Originally posted by Sinella

Originally posted by csheadsh0t

Originally posted by starfoxx31

Try Runescape. The free trial will last you days of play time. No matter what you will keep coming back to it. Also its browser based and not very taxing on your computer so even low-end computers can play.

You cant even group in runescape, why people play it still I have no idea.  I quit playing the second I realized why I was having so much trouble inviting someone.

Why people keep saying that....you CAN group in RuneScape. Its even better there, since you don't have to invite anyone, just start to kill together. You can share loot, and you get the same exp as you were fighting alone.

Are you serious?!? I NEVER KNEW THAT... Dude, wtf, why has no one told me this all this time I never thought that was possible Im going to give that game a try now.

Yes, I'm serious, in every multi-combat area you can kill monsters with other players. There are bosses which noone can kill alone, you need grouping for that. Use your own clan chat setup to share loots, it works like party chat too.  I suggest you to try not only the combat features, but other non-combat skills too. 

There is a brand new dungeoneering skill now, it came out like a week ago, you can play solo there but its much more fun with groups.

I really wouldn't mind playing anything about anime. I really want to play something with a plot and good gameplay.

I'm really new to Online Gaming; are there MMORPG's that have developed plots and Platforming gameplay??

Or would I only find that on Consoles?

like maplestory or gunbound? the former quite shitty imo

Storyline? if you mean adventure game storylines ala monkey island: lets just say you'll be a little downhearted when you start an mmo (they tend to have pretty rudementry storyline if any, mostly your a hero that needs to save some kind of doomed world , so heres your rusty axe, get killing).  As for platforming? well the lego game coming out is full of platforming, so i guess you could try that when it comes out.

Most MMos are like this: Create a character, run a quest (which in most cases involves why you are doing what your doing) go out, collect stuff or kill stuff for that person.  Come back, get rewarded, go out do the same thing with harder stuff.

What most (i believe) MMO player look for is three things when picking an mmo:

1.  The type: anime, realistic, Asian that sorta thing.

2. style of gameplay: PVE, PVP, PVPVE, FFA looting.  The game of course can have a mash of them but whatever it favors in depends on whether someone will usually play it or not.

3. whether or not there are friends: most people will go along with a game if their guild or friends go there, as almost all mmos get boring after a while, the people make it interesting when said person runs out of content that is new.

Really if your not picky, just look through a list of free mmos: find something that may look interesting, play it, if you don't like it, you can go from there.

Second life and the like (there and such) are social games. So they tend to have almost zero combat in them.  while most other mmos tend to be the other way around. (mostly combat, light on the social)

PS: the three i listed are based off of my experiences of what I and other players look for. Reason are different for everyone so they may vary.

Dude,

I have the answer to your problem

Dungeons and Dragons Online

Free to play, great combat mechanics (where you "dodge" by moving out of the way) and it looks pretty good.

That or if you can afford to shell out the cash for Guild Wars. Other then that, it's hard to recomend a F2P. You need to keep in mind they are designed to back you into eventually using the item shops.

Try Nestalgia? Here's a video preview of it. Classic console RPG imitation of Dragon Warrior / Quest.

Originally posted by jackeccs

like maplestory or gunbound? the former quite shitty imo

Dragonica is pretty interesting and fun...until the carpal tunnel sets in. heh

Originally posted by Vicieron

PLEASE!!! I am DESPERATE FOR A NEW COOL ONLINE GAME!!! Does anyone have any suggestions????

Yeah . .. get a job!!

: P

heh

On a more serious note, Guildwars is the funnest game that I have not had to pay monthly for. It is only like 20-30$ for the trilogy box which is what I would recommend. There are lots of players in it and it is definitely worth the money. I cannot tell you what free games are worth playing as I have money so I play the funnest ones . .. maybe santa could hook you up?

Actually there is MO that has a free beta. Do a google search for Mortal Online to find out more. I have seen many mixed reviews and have not played it myself so not sure but it is the closest game out there to what I think the funnest game is (Darkfall).

Actually Return to Castle Wolfenstein will always be my favorite free game. I am not sure if people still play it but you can get it from planetwolfenstein.com or some such?