ArchLord becomes freeware - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 17th Aug 2007, 09:37

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/08...mes_freeware/1

Codemasters has announced that ArchLord, the MMORPG it released in February, is being released for free. No fees whatsoever.

iwog · 17th Aug 2007, 09:51

This news is greeted with a resounding meh. As you said there are already several other free MMO's so what makes this one so special?

Jamie · 17th Aug 2007, 10:31

Even if it's free I doubt many people will invest their time in playing this game. Much LOL in this story.

naokaji · 17th Aug 2007, 10:50

well... i dont think many will pick it up...
sure, free is nice, but,
one cant play two mmorpgs at the same time anyway.... (excluding wow due to its feeling of achievement for casuals system)
you simply cant split the time, knowledge, love and dedication it takes to play an mmorpg to its full potential on to several mmorpgs....

also... switching an mmorpg isnt easy... you've achieved so and so much in the one you play currently... so you dont want to give up and start from scratch again.

proxess · 17th Aug 2007, 10:57

It also has to compete with all the gPotato games: Rappelz, FlyForFun, Corum Online, Space Cowboy Online. Also for all those who can't afford to play on original servers of games like WoW or L2 and play on the crappy free servers that lurk around.

plagio · 17th Aug 2007, 11:07

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ArchLord, the MMO nobody wanted, is now available for free so you can not want it cheaply.

lol

perplekks45 · 17th Aug 2007, 11:21

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We are ecstatic to be in a position now to release [the news that] Archlord...

... is dead?
I won't get it just because it's free and thus the game will be forgotten pretty soon... already?

MilkMan5 · 17th Aug 2007, 11:47

What other free MMORPG games would you guys recommend?

I want to start playing them, but not sure what to play.

I know that WoW is good, but what else would you recommend.

DriftCarl · 17th Aug 2007, 12:51

What I am looking for in an MMO is lastability. I will invest my time in a game that I KNOW is going to be around for a while. It is why i liked SWG(before the NGE patch) I enjoyed building up the towns and people coming to my town. No its dead I will never play it again. I play WoW now because its still alive and kicking, and will be for some time. Content is still there and im far from done. I am also in Warhammer Online beta but I just cant force myself to play it. Not that its bad or anything, but that feeling of the character being deleted after beta just puts me off. I know i entered beta to test the game but really I wanted to play it for free

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My next game to try will probably be pirates of the burning sea, it looks different to the other MMO's out there and even if it doesnt last very long, it will still be enjoyable for a time.

Vash-HT · 17th Aug 2007, 15:08

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Originally Posted by DriftCarl

What I am looking for in an MMO is lastability. I will invest my time in a game that I KNOW is going to be around for a while. It is why i liked SWG(before the NGE patch) I enjoyed building up the towns and people coming to my town. No its dead I will never play it again. I play WoW now because its still alive and kicking, and will be for some time. Content is still there and im far from done. I am also in Warhammer Online beta but I just cant force myself to play it. Not that its bad or anything, but that feeling of the character being deleted after beta just puts me off. I know i entered beta to test the game but really I wanted to play it for free

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My next game to try will probably be pirates of the burning sea, it looks different to the other MMO's out there and even if it doesnt last very long, it will still be enjoyable for a time.

Thats insane man, Warhammer Online is THE MMO I'm waiting for, I doubt I'll even start another one until it comes out.

Amon · 17th Aug 2007, 16:12

Going to give this a try.

Neogumbercules · 17th Aug 2007, 21:12

I beta tested this game. It sucks. End of story.

One funny thing I noticed though, EVERYONE was one of those moonwhore girl people because every costume I saw for them was super sexy with lots of ass and booby action going on.

iwog · 17th Aug 2007, 23:47

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Originally Posted by Neogumbercules

I beta tested this game. It sucks. End of story.

so thats why it didn't make any money. And this makes me laugh every time i see it.

Veles · 19th Aug 2007, 02:37

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Originally Posted by MilkMan5

What other free MMORPG games would you guys recommend?

I want to start playing them, but not sure what to play.

I know that WoW is good, but what else would you recommend.

MMOs aren't generally good games, even WoW isn't that good, it's just popular. The problem with MMOs is they are more like work than play, initially they may be fun, but eventually they just end up being horribly monotonous, and you continue playing because you feel you have to. The most important thing for MMOs is a good community, if you don't get into a guild/group/crew/whatever with a good bunch of people, the game will be a lot worse. I've played a few MMO's in my day, and only two spring to mind that I thought were actually good and worth playing.

1) Puzzle Pirates, can now be played for free, kind of like a limited trial with no time limit, it was a very fun game, but some changes got put in place that made the game not very enjoyable, just around the end of the beta a few years back was the best it was at IMO. Last time I played it was a few years ago, might have changed for the better now, it's certainly got larger at least, but I think that was part of it's charm back in the old days, it was a relatively small community so everyone was friendly too each other instead of everyone thinking "Oh, here's another noob"

2) EVE Online, very cool game, although I had to give it up since I didn't really have the time or money for it, but it was a lot of fun during the few months I played it.

EDIT: Oh, another one, quite unusual, but I thought Shot Online, a golfing MMO, was actually a lot of fun, completely free too, not played it in ages though.

GuardianStorm · 19th Aug 2007, 20:15

i got this game for fairly cheap, and installed it, cursed its complete lack of wide screen handling (game wont even load with a wide screen for me), then tried playing: i found it bad to put it lightly.

most games have some kind of introduction ("go to the the bloke with an exclamation mark above his head" type thing) but Archlord had none. i wandered round (badly movement with wasd is diabolical, clicking with the mouse works, but is annoying after a short while) clicking on anything that might give me a quest or information or anything. i still have no idea what i did to get quests, but i then found my next problem.

The map is unclear: "head to this place and kill stuff". fine. but was this place marked on a map? no. did i have an indicator on a mini-map or even a compass bearing? no.

i tried playing the game several more times but in the end uninstalled it and continued with Guild Wars. If you hadn't guessed, i don't recommend the game.

Amon · 20th Aug 2007, 15:13

Uninstalled.

17th Aug 2007, 09:37	#1
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,940	ArchLord becomes freeware http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/08...mes_freeware/1 Codemasters has announced that ArchLord, the MMORPG it released in February, is being released for free. No fees whatsoever. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

17th Aug 2007, 09:51	#2
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DriftCarl Multimodder Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 198	What I am looking for in an MMO is lastability. I will invest my time in a game that I KNOW is going to be around for a while. It is why i liked SWG(before the NGE patch) I enjoyed building up the towns and people coming to my town. No its dead I will never play it again. I play WoW now because its still alive and kicking, and will be for some time. Content is still there and im far from done. I am also in Warhammer Online beta but I just cant force myself to play it. Not that its bad or anything, but that feeling of the character being deleted after beta just puts me off. I know i entered beta to test the game but really I wanted to play it for free . My next game to try will probably be pirates of the burning sea, it looks different to the other MMO's out there and even if it doesnt last very long, it will still be enjoyable for a time.

17th Aug 2007, 16:12	#11
Amon inch-perfect Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: cannoning into the reds, Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,456	Going to give this a try. __________________ Defunct Socket 939 San Diego 4000+::2GB PC3200::Radeon 9600 SE 128MB::200GB HDD::24" Dell 2407WFP-HC::WinXP x64/x86 dual boot Dell Vostro 1500 laptop::Socket P Merom T7100::2GB PC5400::Go 8600m GT 256MB::660GB HDD::15.4" WXGA+, 24" Dell 2407WFP-HC::WinXP::Fanatec 911 Wheel+Pedals

17th Aug 2007, 21:12	#12
Neogumbercules Ultramodder Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,494	I beta tested this game. It sucks. End of story. One funny thing I noticed though, EVERYONE was one of those moonwhore girl people because every costume I saw for them was super sexy with lots of ass and booby action going on. __________________ Abit AB9 Pro, Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 CPU, 2GB Corsair DDR2 6400, nVidia 8800GT, Seagate 160 GB HDD.

19th Aug 2007, 20:15	#15
GuardianStorm Ultramodder Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 1,464	i got this game for fairly cheap, and installed it, cursed its complete lack of wide screen handling (game wont even load with a wide screen for me), then tried playing: i found it bad to put it lightly. most games have some kind of introduction ("go to the the bloke with an exclamation mark above his head" type thing) but Archlord had none. i wandered round (badly movement with wasd is diabolical, clicking with the mouse works, but is annoying after a short while) clicking on anything that might give me a quest or information or anything. i still have no idea what i did to get quests, but i then found my next problem. The map is unclear: "head to this place and kill stuff". fine. but was this place marked on a map? no. did i have an indicator on a mini-map or even a compass bearing? no. i tried playing the game several more times but in the end uninstalled it and continued with Guild Wars. If you hadn't guessed, i don't recommend the game. __________________ Sites: My Site :: My blog Tools: Project Log Previewer Curent Projects: Dark Vortex Finished Projects: Yarrrbox :: Laptop Stand :: Bench PSU MK2 :: FS2 Guides: How To Bend Metal

20th Aug 2007, 15:13	#16
Amon inch-perfect Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: cannoning into the reds, Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,456	Uninstalled. __________________ Defunct Socket 939 San Diego 4000+::2GB PC3200::Radeon 9600 SE 128MB::200GB HDD::24" Dell 2407WFP-HC::WinXP x64/x86 dual boot Dell Vostro 1500 laptop::Socket P Merom T7100::2GB PC5400::Go 8600m GT 256MB::660GB HDD::15.4" WXGA+, 24" Dell 2407WFP-HC::WinXP::Fanatec 911 Wheel+Pedals