Runes of Magic Free MMORPG

Try "free" online MMORPG game named Rune of Magic. http://www.runesofmagic.com/en/index.html

Here is some info about the game from Wikipedia:


Runes of Magic is a free massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) developed by the Taiwanese developer Runewaker Entertainment and adapted for the English and German speaking market by German company Frogster Interactive. After going through an open beta phase, the game was launched on 19 March, 2009. The game client is a free download, and there is no monthly subscription fee, because the service is funded by real money transactions (RMT) in the Runes of Magic Item Shop.

Gameplay

Players create a character from one of six character classes, such as warrior or priest, and explore the fantasy world of Taborea while undertaking quests and fighting enemies. Characters can create items by practicing their crafting skills, avoiding combat altogether if the player wishes to play non-violently. Upon reaching character level 10 players are able to choose a secondary character class to increase their avatar's abilities. Core abilities from the secondary class are usable when the player remains in their primary class and vice versa, for instance a warrior with a mage secondary class is able to cast attack magic while still equipped with warriors' more effective armor. Runes of Magic currently features more than 1000 quests for players to attempt. Players may swap between classes by speaking with the housekeeper which lives in their accommodation, each player has their own private dwelling. Each character's home functions as a meeting place, where other players can be invited, as well as a visual demonstration of their progress within the game, since it increases in size as character levels are gained.

The game's dungeons are split into three types; large player-versus-player open-world dungeons, small instances for six players and large instances for thirty six players.

Reception

Runes of Magic has been compared to World of Warcraft and also referred to as a clone, but Eurogamer's Daniel Etherington discounted this and stated the view "misses the point." Etherington stated that World of Warcraft "was a success because of how well it built on MMO conventions, how it refined them", adding it was unsurprising that World of Warcraft is so influential "but conversely it's got no great claim on gameworlds defined by cod-medievalism and pick-and-mix mythology". Wesley Yin-Poole of Videogamer.com stated "The guys at Runewaker have clearly constructed Runes of Magic with World of Warcraft running in the background." He stated that despite being "somewhat of a WoW clone" and free-to-play, Runes of Magic contains elements which World of Warcraft does not, and that the latter's developers "would do well to consider."

According to Frogster 20,000 players created 100,000 characters on the first day of the game's open beta; December 15, 2008, rising to 450,000 characters by February 2009. Online gaming website Massively's Shawn Schuster highlighted the range of crafting abilities in the game, as well as the ability to gain proficiency in them all without penalties. "Runes of Magic has these features we see in a triple-A MMO, yet it's a free-to-play RMT-based game."

Taken from another forum thread

I've created a char and tryed it out. It's quite a enjoyable game for being free. You should try it out

I would've almost leave Wow for it... not!

It's definately one of the best free mmorpgs I've played. And I think I have tried most of them.

Others that I liked:
Flyff
FreeRealms - www.freerealms.com
Florensia - www.florensia-online.com
Perfect World
Dragonica

I once played an PW private server with like 15 people that was quite awsome.. ive never tried runes of magic though.

i hate wow i never would play it other mmorpg i didn't tried except of Archlord since some friends talked about it for a while.