I figured i should ask this i my community but are there any free to play mmorpg games for low end systems that you enjoy or would suggest to others? i havent dove deep into the genre so i could use something made for a beginners.

What mmorpg would you like to suggest to me and others please explain briefly why you chose said title.

  • mushroommunk@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 days ago

    You can’t get more low-spec than the OG of mmorpgs, and that’s MUDS. I haven’t played any in a while so I can’t recommend any specific ones, but it’s where I’d start again personally.

      • mushroommunk@lemmy.todayEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I’m younger than my comment makes me seem lol. All my college had was old SPARC machines in one of my most boring classes so needed something to do that those dinosaurs could manage. Good memories though

    • calliope@retrolemmy.comEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      I am fond of one that’s been running for about thirty years and has a very friendly user base, Alter Aeon.

      I actually need to log in again, now that I mention it.

      • nocturne@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        I have been playing on Toril/Sojourn since 93 and there has been some iteration of it running since 92.

        Next time I fire up mudlet I am going to check out alter aeon.

  • AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    It may sound crazy, but a game like older titles with fan servers like Toontown or even just Club Penguin would probay be good for a beginner.

    Both Club Penguin and Toontown were originally made for kids, so the difficulty ceiling shouldn’t be all that high. Unless you are doing any content that is PvP type stuff like the Club Penguin card game or the racing in Toontown. The mechanics of both MMOs are simple enough to grasp, IMO. Though, with Toontown there will be a lot of quest grinding. Basically all boiling down to beating enemies in the end.

    Those are the more beginner friendly MMOs that I can think of. The other ones I was thinking about ( RuneScape and Dofus alongside the 2 sequels Wakfu and Waven ) wouldn’t fit onto my list either because I have no idea how beginner friendly they are ( RS specifically ) and/or have some other issue like the amount of things that might need a membership or some other purchase IRL to do, which is kinda fair considering they’re free to play MMOs.

  • CodingCarpenter@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    The original guild wars just relaunched with a bunch of quality of life features. It’s a lot like old school wow. I’m running it on a low specs Linux machine

  • rklm@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    Old School Runescape

    It’s different from other MMOs but has remained unchanged graphically since 2007.

    There are free-to-play worlds, which serve as the intro/demo for the game, however that experience can last a long time. Completing all free quests is a fun goal.

    Once you’re knees deep, you can effectively play for free by buying your game time from other players with gold, but it’s challenging to get to that point. I wouldn’t expect to get there easily without buying a couple months of membership.

    Edit: I forgot to explain why it’s fun lol

    First of all, it’s a point-and-click style game, which was made for an audience of mostly children, so there is a ton of content that should be easy to digest…

    That being said, OSRS gets regular updates and the modern content can be extraordinarily challenging.

    I was a mythic raider in wow (with front page parses), I’ve done savage in ffxiv, and I was even Exarch in Tera Online, and OSRS provides content that takes me weeks to beat (and I have been playing actively on and off since 2004).

    The game is a vast sandbox full of well designed content. It has a well balanced combat system with a low skill floor and a high skill ceiling and almost unlimited potential for skill expression.

  • lath@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    Lord of the rings online is old, grumpy and with a lot of stories to tell.
    But it may be hard to get in. Also, you may get bored long before you reach the end.

    • JessyKenning@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      Here to second lotro. If you like lotr you’ll probably like this game. It’s obvious that the people who made it love lotr. Game play can get repetitive but overall I think it’s fun. I’ve been playing this game on and off since 2011.

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    so I think they are still kicking but the cryptic mmos. champions, start trek, and neverwinter did not even use graphics cards very well and were mostly about cpu and they are practically 15 years old and did not require the highest spec at that time. I mean they have update and maybe a 15 year old machine might have some issues but you can also lower the specs as needed. champions being the oldest and in maintenance mode the longest is particularly low spec.

  • nocturne@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    I was looking for another mmorpg yesterday too. I miss them, but do not want to start ff14 or wow again.