World of Warcraft, Ultima Online, City of Heroes. These are all Massive Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games (or MORPG's) and they all cost money. Money to purchase (anywhere from 20-60 dollars) and money to play which adds up fast at fifteen bucks a month. Now I freely admit that I have paid for these games in the past and in the case of WoW I have paid HUNDREDS of dollars to play them online. But no more!
Thanks to the free MMORPG industry in Southeast Asia the free model is now coming envogue here in the states as Lord of the Rings, Dungeons and Dragons and Everquest 2 all have moved to a free to play model where even the cost of the game is nothing, zero, zilch...er...nada. To be sure in this model you are restricted in classes and races and will pay piecemeal for the honor of no limitations on character creation but given the fact that the main questline is available and for many so to is crafting and player vs player (or PvP) this is hardly a travesty.
Hooray for free!
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