It can be done.

[Kanati]

Over the past few days I have been getting quite burnt out with RS. The things they have you do in this game get very mundane. It is just so repetitious that after a time I tend to dread getting online to train any further.

 

 

 

I am not saying I hate the game. I am not saying I am quiting. I am simply saying that from time to time I need a break, a change of pace.

 

 

 

So as I was looking over the Internet, using my friend Google, I come across two very interesting things. Now with all this ranting and raving between f2p and p2p, the argument has seem to come to the bottom line that if you don't pay then you don't deserve anything. Now this I am not going to argue or want to see argued in this thread. Instead I wast to show that there are companies out there that thrive just fine with f2p games. Some of these games even dwarf RS in game play and in graphics.

 

 

 

I could list two games that I am playing at this time, but for the sake of this web site's owners, I will not publicly name them so to not advertise none RS games on a RS site. But I will describe some details found in the games as to show how far a free to play game can go with no fee what so ever.

 

 

 

In both games that I have found, you can have multiple characters under a single account. One has 2d graphics while the other is full 3d rendered. The 2d game is very much like RS in look and feel but deals a lot more into customization of your individual character. Hardly will you ever find two characters that look anything like one another. There is no actual class system but the skills are stand alone and can be molded into class if the player so chooses. The play world is huge with boats taking you from one land to another and it even has a beginner's island to get you used to the game controls. The only real difference, other than graphics, is that the character control is both mouse and arrow keyed. Makes for easier movement.

 

 

 

The 3d game has several worlds you can move around in. You can teleport to these lands from the various cities in each. The monsters are very vivid and have a good AI. The graphics in general are amazing. I can't believe something of this design is actually free. There are four classes to choose from with each their own look and skill ladder. I cannot go into more detail than that because I haven't played it very long nor have I gotten to know much of the player base.

 

 

 

One thing about these games is that the 2d seems very RS in as the player base seems to have the same attitudes being perverted, cutthroat, and a little juvenile; but the 3d game is more complex and tends to have more of a mature player base. The 3d game has PvP aspects that each individual player can turn on or off. The 2d has no PvP that I have seen thus far. Both worlds are huge with large varieties of monsters and dungeons. It is very easy to get lost in either game.

 

 

 

Now I don't mean to sound like I am bragging on either game. I don't want anyone to think that I think any one game is better than the other. I am only describing them to show that there is a way to make a MMORPG for free and have it quite favorable to play. So like my topic reads, "It can be done."

[glasscube]

Now can I ask you this, can it be done on a java game engine through a broswer?

[cky021]

waht are those two games

 

they sound like they mitebe interesting to try out

[Kanati]

Now can I ask you this, can it be done on a java game engine through a broswer?

 

 

 

The 3d game is browsered. It resembles the look of diablo in the way things are animated. It is very flashy and nice to look at while playing. The 2d game can be optioned for full screen or windowed. They are not java but their requirements are so low, anyone could run them on the weakest of machines. Put it this way. My laptop runs them just fine with only 248 ram. That is more than enough by far.

 

 

 

waht are those two games

 

they sound like they mitebe interesting to try out

 

 

 

Out of respect for the rules of this board, and to its admins, I cannot publicly display their names as that would be advertising for non runescape. I want it to be made clear I am not advertising for other games. I am only talking about the possibility of running a fully functional MMORPG with scheduled updates, for free.

 

 

 

Something I left out, thought the 2d game is completely free, the 3d game has the option to buy items from what they call an e-store. You buy these items with real money and use them to help your char, or chars, to lvl or grow in skill. It is more like a donation with a return gift.

 

 

 

If you would really like to know what these games are, I don't think it would bother anyone if I told you over a PM. Be forewarned though, that the games do have an annoyingly long download. However it is a nice change of pace for when RS gets a little tedious.