Daimonin Review

Site: http://www.daimonin.org/

Daimonin is an open-source, 2D, isometric MMORPG. Here is the project page at sourceforge - http://sourceforge.net/projects/daimonin/files/Experimental/.
You can try the game on a free public server at the official website or download the client and the server and run them.
Daimonin offers vast world with many quests, races and genders. The game features large number of quests.
You can download map editor and create your own maps.

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Dragonica News

Since 15 October 2009, Dragonica is announced fully live. Till then the game was Open Beta state. The live version is released with a new expansion – Tales of the Damned. It has several new features – new dungeons, new areas and of course - new bosses.
The new version comes with long waited pets – now players can have a pet like Husky the Dog, Felix the Cat and Griffon the Bird.

For more information visit http://en.dragonica.gpotato.eu/

Eternal Lands

Site: http://www.eternal-lands.com/

Eternal Lands is a free MMORPG game under development. It is not so well-known mainly because it is not developed by some large and multinational game development company but a small team.

I really enjoy this type of games – they are not so perfectly working but you can touch part of the game development process. You can visit the developers page and the forum to learn more.

In EL characters are not bond to a profession, they can learn any skill they like and change it anytime. Players can choose between six playable races: humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes, orchans and draegoni. I didn’t find much visual difference between the races though.

Knight Online

Site: http://knightonlineworld.gamersfirst.com/index.php

Knight Online is a popular MMORPG developed by MGame Corporation. The game is free to play and download, but with some premium services. The site here is the US official, there are also two other servers – the Korean and the Japanese.
Knight Online is set in a fantasy world of magic, knights and battles. Right at the beginning you are thrown in the conflict between two enemy nations and you must choose a side!

The game has four starting classes – Warrior, Rogue, Mage and Priest. The first job change is at level 10.

Gameplay
At the beginning every new player starts with a mission to defeat one big worm and save his future virtual friend – Seed (or Max). Your virtual friend will help you with information and tips about the game world.
Leveling up is similar to most other games – players obtain experience through killing mobs and doing quests, obtain stats points per each level and develop their character with great deal of individuality.
If you want to level up faster in Knight Online it is better to start some quests and fight mobs while doing the quests. Also you can improve your weapons and armor through crafting.
The in-game currency is called Noahs. Players can obtain Noahs through killing monsters, doing quests, trading and so on.

PvP
The game offers often wars, castle sieges and other events. Players can duel other players from their nation and fight for National Points and Ladder Points players from the enemy nation.

Quests
The game has many quests – very similar to many other MMORPGs – kill n mobs or collect m items.

Downloading the game.
I personally don’t like games without own client hosting. They redirect you to some big file sharing sites with a lot of ads and spam/scam content. On the official site you see that your download must be something like 900mb and on the file hosting servers you see 400mb exe. And all of them store an exe with different size. All file hosting servers listed in the official game site. So which is the correct one? I don’t know.
This is not very pleasant approach for a serious company and game. I am not sure I can trust such game. Maybe I haven’t seen the exe on the official site? I don’t like this part ruining otherwise marvelous impression.

Overall impression
Knight Online is a very good game with cool PVP system and fascinating gameplay. Very fast it became one of my favorite games.

This post in my blog - Game news, reviews, cheats, fun - http://godsector.blogspot.com/2009/10/knight-online.html

Star Trek Online (STO)

Are you a Star Trek geek? Are you a MMORPG fan? Both?

Star Trek Online Closed Beta is available for new registrations. You can try and be accepted on the official site - http://www.startrekonline.com/.

In STO you can experience 25 century universe. You can face the vast space as a Federation Captain or a Klingon Warlord. According to the official site the player will have the opportunity to customize his own space ship to better represent his personality. Star Trek Online will feature space and ground combat.

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