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[UristMcDwarf]

Title says it all. Games like WoW or Ultima Online, but preferably free.

[Sonlirain]

There is mabinogi if you can take the cutesey animy chibi kawaii style.
it even has a Bay12 guild.

[SharpKris]

Darkfall!

if you want something less "hardcorish" then Black gold online just went into open beta though it's the biggest amount of fluff i've seen in a while.

[nenjin]

The Secret World.

[Mephisto]

If you want to drop an M, there are games like Spiral Knights. It's mission-based, so no wandering around in an open world.

Guild Wars (1 and 2) lack subscriptions, so they're free once you buy the game. I played the original and loved it. some of my coworkers play 2 and love it as well.

I bought The Secret World a while back and there's no sub fee for that either once you've purchased the game. I've basically stopped playing, though. Great setting, meh gameplay.

There are also the myriad of free-to-plays. I've been meaning to get back into Lord of the Rings Online. An old college classmate used to love D&D Online.

[Spacefaye]

Games that lack subscriptions aren't free-to-play games... Why do people keep saying Guild Wars is free? It's not.

[DJ]

Haven & Hearth ¦]

[UristMcDwarf]

Haven & Hearth ¦]

He hates haven, I love it, hehe

[Spacefaye]

Only 2 games mentioned in here are free... The OP clearly stated he wants free games.

[Mephisto]

OP clearly stated games like WoW/UO, but preferably free. Simple reading comprehension tells me that nonfree is okay, though not preferred.

Also, no one ever said Guild Wars was free. The exact phrasing was "they're free once you buy the game." What the hell else am I supposed to say? You pay a subscription fee of $0 every month, so it's not free?

[Rakonas]

Yeah GW2 totally meets this, F2P is generally worse than buying a game and being able to play it forever. Anyway, I'd recommend Lord of the Rings Online, personally, I used to love it because progression is done so much more smoothly than most mmos I've played and the locations are all really nice with interesting quests. Only mmorpg I've actually reached max level in.

[nenjin]

Games that lack subscriptions aren't free-to-play games... Why do people keep saying Guild Wars is free? It's not.

Your own deeply useful contribution to the thread has been noted.

[Spacefaye]

He said games like World of Warcraft / Ultima Online that have the same gameplay, not the same subscription plan.

[Vendayn]

He said games like World of Warcraft / Ultima Online that have the same gameplay, not the same subscription plan.

There is no subscription. Its like buying a console game or game off steam. Buy once then that is it.

Unless you steal games, guess that is free.

Anyway. Gw2 is good, but out of all of them. I loved lotr the most for MMOs.

[Nelia Hawk]

TERA
vindictus
star trek online

recommending GW2 too.

(i think RIFT is free to play now... AION too i think, not sure... but havent played these two)