Originally posted by smilingbob

Pardon the repeats... this is my list so far tho. I too think these types of games are the future of mmos, so I've been keeping tabs on anything I find.

 

Quotin myself from another post:

 

"The ones with good graphics are Fallen Earth, Darkfall, and Mortal Online.

Fantasy Earth Zero is cartooney and heavily instanced, but pretty creative.

Xsyon is in prerelease (basically you pay for open beta).

Return of Warrior (Risk Your Life) and Spellborn I can't seem to find a download for which isn't corrupt.

There's also Dungeons and Dragons Online, but it also has a miss roll... If you don't mind that, it's a really creative game, and really immersive.

Age of Conan, and Everquest II's autotarget systems make them sometimes feel like they are aim based.

 

That's all I know of that I can think of right now. The main reason why target based games seem like they are all the same is cause the combat (which is what takes up most of your time) eventually becomes like whackamole. Whackamole isn't fun when you do it for 4-8 hrs a day. You don't have this problem with aim based games.

 

Theres a bunch of aim based games coming out, too. Most notably Tera. There's also Vindictus, and I think The Secret World is going to be aim based. And then there's Divine Souls and Land of Chaos Online, and probably more, but I'm still looking."

I honeslty wouldn't even bother with The Chronicles of Spellborn. I believe it's shutting down.

Originally posted by Neophine

alright, I know that u prolly know better by now, because this thread is rather old...I KNOW!

but look, I believe its time for some post with some truth to it, so here goes:

 

dude, you'd have to be pretty messed up to like 2D and or sidescrolling mmorpgs....if u rly do, maybe u should just stick with that....just sayin'....

But if ur rly ready for a good 3D(!) mmorpg then get this:

I agree, non target combat is the standard of the future, and I was psyched to hear that player skills will matter in mmorpgs. BUT ur list....dude darkfall rly sucks and even google doesn't  know a game called spell bound.....Chronicles of Spellborn sucks as well.......

but here are the good news: if ur willing to pay for the game: mabinogi heroes will be as great and awesome as blade and soul, but before u pay for stuff like that, why not try the REAL next generation stuff: TERA!!!!! it will kick ass so bad dude I'm telling u it has graphics like other games have cinematic trailers and it will be the greatest online game ever created, so if u wanna pay, pay for tera.....

If u dont wanna pay......I was in the CB of a game called divine souls, which is f2p, it has a steampunk theme and is non target but plz look into urself, next CB will prolly start this month....http://divinesouls.outspark.com/

also the CB for a game called vindictus is currently running, I didn't get into it, but the gameplay looks kinda like prince of persia, which made me prefer divine souls....

personally I won't pay monthly for any online game, so divine souls will be my game from now on......I can only repeat, if ur ready to pay, DON'T MISS OUT ON TERA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

-peace

 

You do realize that Vindictus is Mabinogi Heroes......