DDO is free to play?? Not for us in Europe. And why RoM is not on the list? I think a big factor in choosing the games are the graphics besides of the gameplay. At least all of the listed games have 1 of the best graphics compared to other games in their genres. And also mostly unique. But RoM graphics are neither unique nor beautifull in any meanings. The chars are looking as if they were made of modeling clay. Simply its not on an up to date standard of 2009. In best case its a 2006 standard graphic.
Ok, I post here too often, going to stop now... Only one thing: I'm from Europe, and I not only play Turbine's Free to Play DDO, but I run big, Polish D&D Online Portal : ). Please don't make a false impression that Europeans cannot play F2P DDO.
To be honest, I dont care what kinda portal you run. But if you dont mind you can tell me how to play it free... I registered my self a while ago, played the 14day trial (okok I played only 10min of that 14days and never played again.) but now cant log on anymore.
But honestly, who needs DDO if he can afford the monthly fee for a P2P game.
First of all DDO is NOT F2P, only a portion of it is, most of it you have to subscribe to or purchase modules for certain content, that is in no way F2P.
How can you call this game the best free to play? Its not even fully free to play. They make you pay at some point later in the game if you wish to contuine with your character. A free to play game does not charge to keep playing. They may have a cash shop but you dont have to buy to play. Thats a free to play game.
For your persistence in dungeon delving and earning favor...you earn Turbine points that can be spent in the DDO store where you can buy those sigals for level advancement and P2P adventures. It is free you just need to be persistent and patient if you don't want to spend cash...all the Turbine points you earn with characters you create, even the ones on other servers, stack on your single account. It is possible to get level 20 and do all the adventures without spending a single penny. What other F2P game gives you that. This in my opinion is the best F2P game out there.
Getting old is mandatory...growing up is optional.
Quite funny this "DDO isn't F2P, Runes of Magic or *insert random F2P here* is truly F2P!".
Anyway it's quite ironical how a stagnant game maybe even on life support managed to become the best in a new category as soon as it changed from P2P to F2P. Just shows the quality in that category.
LOL almost 85% of the content is locked unless you buy it or go VIP. hontestly this is why i quit,because it is NOT a true F2P mmo imo. A true f2p mmo has 75% of the content already unlocked at least if not all to be f2p...just goes to show that Video games are going the way of hollywood movies HA!.
Whilst we are on the P2P to F2P "best game" category I am interested that Spellborn has missed a mention.
It is an exceptionally innovative title, great fun and suits the causal nature of a F2P game ( no $ verse max-grind to achieve stuff). It is based on skill. Although I think that this is why people don't get it, it requires a lot of reactive playing not sequecial number button hitting whilst standing still.
EivilSar, Deathhand of International Spellborn PvP
LOL almost 85% of the content is locked unless you buy it or go VIP. hontestly this is why i quit,because it is NOT a true F2P mmo imo. A true f2p mmo has 75% of the content already unlocked at least if not all to be f2p...just goes to show that Video games are going the way of hollywood movies HA!.
Ah, do you people know a thing about Free to Play MMOs? Do you really think there are MMO games which are 100% free?
No, there's none. And there won't be any. But "Free to Play" is an accurate term - it means just that: you are able to play for free. Get used to it, it's not like developers depend on charity or donations for their hard, daily and past-time work.
And when it comes to being "free", DDO does it best - it's actually the only F2P MMO in which playing 100% for free is possible at all. On our portal we're even organizing events which help people earn Turbine Points for free on, all servers.
Ah, do you people know a thing about Free to Play MMOs? Do you really think there are MMO games which are 100% free?
No, there's none. And there won't be any. But "Free to Play" is an accurate term - it means just that: you are able to play for free. Get used to it, it's not like developers depend on charity or donations for their hard, daily and past-time work.
And when it comes to being "free", DDO does it best - it's actually the only F2P MMO in which playing 100% for free is possible at all. On our portal we're even organizing events which help people earn Turbine Points for free on, all servers.
You make a point these carping critics should take to heart - no commercial undertaking is truly entirely free. They've got to sell you gPotatoes, or expansion packs, or gear, or ads, or something.
Borror0 suggested the term "Freemium" - used in other similar settings - to describe DDO and other free-to-play-some-of games. That said, DDO is free in a sense that Warhammer and Champions On-Line are not.. you CAN earn enough store points and loot enough level sigils to play the entire game for free - it is mathematically possible, and there is no free player level cap.
I'm thrilled to see MMORPG acknowledge the quality of the game and leap Turbine has taken in turning it into a free/premium/subscriber game. This is the model the rest of the MMO industry will have to follow eventually to survive. It sure is nice that our hidden gem of a game was first out the gate, and that the change has gotten it the players it deserved.
Those of you dismissing it in this forum need to come try it for a few weeks. You have nothing to lose and you might have a lot of fun.. so long as you don't insist on yet another WOW clone.
RoM is a great game and has much of what any p2p game would have but the fact is DDO was designed as a p2p once it went f2p its features and quality easily trump anything on the market. Though I did find it funny RoM wasn't on the list.
I have to say that DDO is a terrible game... the combat is "ugh", and the game is even more instanced than guild wars! lol yea I played this game for about a week before I couldnt get myself to log in to it... I would have definitely gone Atlantica Online or RoM for best F2P.
Why not nominate the other games which have "unlimited trials" as F2P? Because at the end of the day DDO has a very similar model.
Anyone who has ever seriously played DDO knows that the amount of Turbine Points earned while playing is minis cal, making it nearly impossible to purchase adventure packs to continue to advance. Is it possible? Yes, but after your done I couldn't imagine your mental state.
Is it F2P? I think so but there are lots of F2P models out there. I consider my EVE account more F2P then my DDO.
Should they have won this award? I don't play enough F2P to judge but Turbine needs some credit. They took a dieing AAA MMO title and using their spin on F2P seem to be increasing their market share. Of course this is all speculation and personal observation. So gratz to Trubine!
I don't really mind D&DO winning but as someone else mentionned, why did Runes Of Magic get nominated for "Best New Game of 2009" and not in "Best F2P MMO of 2009" puzzle me. And by that I mean that Runes Of Magic is strong enough to rival many P2P MMOs enough to be considered amongst "The Best New Game of 2009" but doesn't make the cut for F2P titles?
I don't know what's happening anymore....I'm confused...
It was one the most disappointing games i ever tired.Not that it is the wost game,but carrying a title of such grandeur ,warrants a triple AAA release of the product.I was totally turned off by how cheap the game is,it looks like some indie console developer made it.
Oh well i know there is millions of people out there playing ANYTHING and everything,so trying to make sense of what goes on in the gaming world is useless.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
yeah mmorpg, keep burning ur reputation doing notices like this....how can a not free to play game can be called as free ? and worse how can it be the BEST F2P, lol u sold guys must thing all the gamers are idiot... keep going.
Yes, show us your intelligence. Oh wait, you just did.
I don't really mind D&DO winning but as someone else mentionned, why did Runes Of Magic get nominated for "Best New Game of 2009" and not in "Best F2P MMO of 2009" puzzle me. And by that I mean that Runes Of Magic is strong enough to rival many P2P MMOs enough to be considered amongst "The Best New Game of 2009" but doesn't make the cut for F2P titles?
I don't know what's happening anymore....I'm confused...
DDO should not be apart of this because for quite some years it was P2P, which may or may not have given them an edge over games who have used the F2P model since they were developed.
yeah mmorpg, keep burning ur reputation doing notices like this....how can a not free to play game can be called as free ? and worse how can it be the BEST F2P, lol u sold guys must thing all the gamers are idiot... keep going.
Please list a F2P MMO that doesn't get money out of those wishing to experience the game with all it has to offer without having to part with money at cash shop for the game? They all have business model that make players part with money in order to experience something bigger and better that the game has to offer. Do you think all F2P MMO's are run by little elves at the north pole for free? They have running costs which are met by its core player base paying money for better perks,so of course DnD is entitled to be listed as a F2P MMO!
DDO was a P2P MMO which now uses a hybrid P2P/F2P revenue model, no way is it a F2P MMO. Are the staff at MMORPG.com actually thinking this through? We don’t need a Crappie F2P MMO award anyway, they are rubbish, please stop trying to sell them to us.
This game went f2p because it is horrible and noone was going to pay the monthly fee. So they add microtransactions and now it because Best f2p of 2009 ? It just goes to show people will play anything without a monthly fee.
Mate...mate...
It was never horrible. Actually it was always quite good. But it was DIFFERENT
MMO that is 100% based around instances and plays like PS3 Demon Souls - thats highly unusual.
Subscription system was just wrong for that game from ground up.
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Ok, I post here too often, going to stop now... Only one thing: I'm from Europe, and I not only play Turbine's Free to Play DDO, but I run big, Polish D&D Online Portal : ). Please don't make a false impression that Europeans cannot play F2P DDO.
To be honest, I dont care what kinda portal you run. But if you dont mind you can tell me how to play it free... I registered my self a while ago, played the 14day trial (okok I played only 10min of that 14days and never played again.) but now cant log on anymore.
But honestly, who needs DDO if he can afford the monthly fee for a P2P game.
First of all DDO is NOT F2P, only a portion of it is, most of it you have to subscribe to or purchase modules for certain content, that is in no way F2P.
some F2P games i enjoyed:
Luna
Bright Shadow
Runes Of Magic
Cloud 9
For your persistence in dungeon delving and earning favor...you earn Turbine points that can be spent in the DDO store where you can buy those sigals for level advancement and P2P adventures. It is free you just need to be persistent and patient if you don't want to spend cash...all the Turbine points you earn with characters you create, even the ones on other servers, stack on your single account. It is possible to get level 20 and do all the adventures without spending a single penny. What other F2P game gives you that. This in my opinion is the best F2P game out there.
Getting old is mandatory...growing up is optional.
Credible sites are giving this award to Runes of Magic.
I half expected MMORPG to give the p2p award to Aion (lawl), but DDO over RoM? Really?
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Quite funny this "DDO isn't F2P, Runes of Magic or *insert random F2P here* is truly F2P!".
Anyway it's quite ironical how a stagnant game maybe even on life support managed to become the best in a new category as soon as it changed from P2P to F2P. Just shows the quality in that category.
LOL almost 85% of the content is locked unless you buy it or go VIP. hontestly this is why i quit,because it is NOT a true F2P mmo imo. A true f2p mmo has 75% of the content already unlocked at least if not all to be f2p...just goes to show that Video games are going the way of hollywood movies HA!.
cus it was nominated for best mmo of 2009 already
Playing EVE
Played Darkfall, Played Wow,
Whilst we are on the P2P to F2P "best game" category I am interested that Spellborn has missed a mention.
It is an exceptionally innovative title, great fun and suits the causal nature of a F2P game ( no $ verse max-grind to achieve stuff). It is based on skill. Although I think that this is why people don't get it, it requires a lot of reactive playing not sequecial number button hitting whilst standing still.
EivilSar, Deathhand of International
Spellborn PvP
Ah, do you people know a thing about Free to Play MMOs? Do you really think there are MMO games which are 100% free?
No, there's none. And there won't be any. But "Free to Play" is an accurate term - it means just that: you are able to play for free. Get used to it, it's not like developers depend on charity or donations for their hard, daily and past-time work.
And when it comes to being "free", DDO does it best - it's actually the only F2P MMO in which playing 100% for free is possible at all. On our portal we're even organizing events which help people earn Turbine Points for free on, all servers.
Polish Sword Coast Legends Portal http://www.swordcoast.pl/
SwordCoast.pl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwordCoastPL/
SwordCoast.pl Twitter: https://twitter.com/SwordCoastPL
Polish Neverwinter Portal http://www.neverwinter.com.pl/
Polish D&D Online Portal http://www.ddopl.com
DDOpl Twitter: http://twitter.com/DDOpl
Great DDO PodCast by Jerry & co. http://www.ddocast.com
Ah, do you people know a thing about Free to Play MMOs? Do you really think there are MMO games which are 100% free?
No, there's none. And there won't be any. But "Free to Play" is an accurate term - it means just that: you are able to play for free. Get used to it, it's not like developers depend on charity or donations for their hard, daily and past-time work.
And when it comes to being "free", DDO does it best - it's actually the only F2P MMO in which playing 100% for free is possible at all. On our portal we're even organizing events which help people earn Turbine Points for free on, all servers.
You make a point these carping critics should take to heart - no commercial undertaking is truly entirely free. They've got to sell you gPotatoes, or expansion packs, or gear, or ads, or something.
Borror0 suggested the term "Freemium" - used in other similar settings - to describe DDO and other free-to-play-some-of games. That said, DDO is free in a sense that Warhammer and Champions On-Line are not.. you CAN earn enough store points and loot enough level sigils to play the entire game for free - it is mathematically possible, and there is no free player level cap.
I'm thrilled to see MMORPG acknowledge the quality of the game and leap Turbine has taken in turning it into a free/premium/subscriber game. This is the model the rest of the MMO industry will have to follow eventually to survive. It sure is nice that our hidden gem of a game was first out the gate, and that the change has gotten it the players it deserved.
Those of you dismissing it in this forum need to come try it for a few weeks. You have nothing to lose and you might have a lot of fun.. so long as you don't insist on yet another WOW clone.
RoM is a great game and has much of what any p2p game would have but the fact is DDO was designed as a p2p once it went f2p its features and quality easily trump anything on the market. Though I did find it funny RoM wasn't on the list.
I have to say that DDO is a terrible game... the combat is "ugh", and the game is even more instanced than guild wars! lol yea I played this game for about a week before I couldnt get myself to log in to it... I would have definitely gone Atlantica Online or RoM for best F2P.
Too crappy to make it worth paying a subscription, but for free you can't beat the price!! It's worth twice that much, easy.
Congrats DDO on failing upwards.
Why not nominate the other games which have "unlimited trials" as F2P? Because at the end of the day DDO has a very similar model.
Anyone who has ever seriously played DDO knows that the amount of Turbine Points earned while playing is minis cal, making it nearly impossible to purchase adventure packs to continue to advance. Is it possible? Yes, but after your done I couldn't imagine your mental state.
Here is a link that explains it:
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?p=2396345#post2396345
Is it F2P? I think so but there are lots of F2P models out there. I consider my EVE account more F2P then my DDO.
Should they have won this award? I don't play enough F2P to judge but Turbine needs some credit. They took a dieing AAA MMO title and using their spin on F2P seem to be increasing their market share. Of course this is all speculation and personal observation. So gratz to Trubine!
I don't really mind D&DO winning but as someone else mentionned, why did Runes Of Magic get nominated for "Best New Game of 2009" and not in "Best F2P MMO of 2009" puzzle me. And by that I mean that Runes Of Magic is strong enough to rival many P2P MMOs enough to be considered amongst "The Best New Game of 2009" but doesn't make the cut for F2P titles?
I don't know what's happening anymore....I'm confused...
I deleted DnD after the first day.
It was one the most disappointing games i ever tired.Not that it is the wost game,but carrying a title of such grandeur ,warrants a triple AAA release of the product.I was totally turned off by how cheap the game is,it looks like some indie console developer made it.
Oh well i know there is millions of people out there playing ANYTHING and everything,so trying to make sense of what goes on in the gaming world is useless.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
How the Hell is DDO free to play ? Free to try and get interested maybe, but to enjoy it totally you must pay.
Two Free 2 Play game that kill your list are
Perfect World
Runes of Magic
Both murder your list and are totally free to play Forever....
Trialling Allods Online at the moment in Beta and from what i've seen its better than all F2P games i've tried as of yet.
Yes, show us your intelligence. Oh wait, you just did.
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DDO should not be apart of this because for quite some years it was P2P, which may or may not have given them an edge over games who have used the F2P model since they were developed.
Please list a F2P MMO that doesn't get money out of those wishing to experience the game with all it has to offer without having to part with money at cash shop for the game? They all have business model that make players part with money in order to experience something bigger and better that the game has to offer. Do you think all F2P MMO's are run by little elves at the north pole for free? They have running costs which are met by its core player base paying money for better perks,so of course DnD is entitled to be listed as a F2P MMO!
DDO was a P2P MMO which now uses a hybrid P2P/F2P revenue model, no way is it a F2P MMO. Are the staff at MMORPG.com actually thinking this through? We don’t need a Crappie F2P MMO award anyway, they are rubbish, please stop trying to sell them to us.
Grats turbine
DDO is not only completely free to play , but also probably among best MMOs all around.
Mate...mate...
It was never horrible. Actually it was always quite good. But it was DIFFERENT
MMO that is 100% based around instances and plays like PS3 Demon Souls - thats highly unusual.
Subscription system was just wrong for that game from ground up.
They changed it and now this game is AWESOME
Stop the scam of calling any of these games "free to play" and use the correct honest term
MICROTRANSACTION
Anyone who really thinks these games are ment to be "free" needs to realize no business would EVER make a game with no ability to generate PROFIT.
Wake up people, nothing in the business world is free.