First, I'd like to start off with League of Legends. Those who have played it are probably addicted to it, although most of you probably have just seen one of the ads that are all over the place that say "PLAY FOR FREE", and you probably think it's just some bogus game that's not worth your time.
IT IS. It's the only RPG that has actually managed to fine tune PVP to a science, and managed to keep it balanced between over 100 friggin' characters that you choose from.
Try it. It's free, so you have no excuses. Difficulty curve is perfect, which is a huge plus, considering it is a strictly PvP based RPG.
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Many of you have probably heard of Cave Story (an RPG-esc megaman with cartoony graphics and somewhat depressing plot), but I'm sure almost none of you have ever heard of Iji (Not to be confused with the gaming company that has made Gunz and other third person shooters).
Iji is like System Shock 2 or Deus Ex in a platform shooter. 'Nuff said. Storyline is pretty standard, and you may be turned off by the graphics, but considering the game was made for free by a single person, you gotta cut him some slack (I guess Cave Story was too, but they're both good games). Great game, lots of secrets, fun stuff.
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Battleships Forever is an RTS, also freeware, and it's probably nothing like you've played in a while. You control giant spaceships in 2d space warfare. Each ship has it's own weaknesses (Usually something like SHOOT THEM IN THE A**), and you gotta position your ships accordingly. Tanks in front, missile shooting escorts on the sides, and the big lazery thingy in the back. Storyline is bland, but probably one of the better RTS's I've played. Comes with a ship editor that a lot of people use to create some form of artwork, usually armed to the teeth with lazers and gravity beams. There's no limit on how big or odd your ship can be, and you can program almost everything about it. Might take some time to learn how to do everything, though. Only problem to the game is that it's way too short. Can beat it in about an hour and a half, which is especially bad because the game actually gets pretty good by that point, when you have every single huge battleship at your disposal, and you can actually pick your entire armada by that point.
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Last one on the list: Terraria. Many of you probably know Terraria and are giving it a thumbs up, but MOST of you probably are too infatuated with its retarded three-dimensional half-brother Minecraft.
Terraria is a 2d platformer, with RPG concepts, focuses on killing anything that moves that's not trying to take your money, and maybe build a house here and there. Minecraft focuses on building the biggest thing possible, and maybe try and scare off a monster or two.
If you prefer building things, stick to Minecraft. If you actually want to KILL something, like bosses, over 100 enemy types, using magic, guns, arrows, bombs and swords, then go for Terraria.
Terraria is a much better game, but Minecraft is a much better Sandbox. I prefer killing things over building things myself.
It's a decent list, all of them but Terraria is free, and even then, it's worth the money. I've spent more time on these games than a lot of modern games, like Gears of War 3 and Lost Odyssey (but then again, I couldn't STAND Lost Odyssey, longest fights EVER.).
Only mainstream game that I've actually liked more than these four would have to be Skyrim. And it's f***ing Skyrim. I suppose D3 would be another, if my computer could run it (DAMN YOU UNSUPPORTED GRAPHICS CARD!) But I digress.
Go, download one or two of these, blow stuff up, come back, and spread the word that not all free games are worthless. Have fun.
IT IS. It's the only RPG that has actually managed to fine tune PVP to a science, and managed to keep it balanced between over 100 friggin' characters that you choose from.
Try it. It's free, so you have no excuses. Difficulty curve is perfect, which is a huge plus, considering it is a strictly PvP based RPG.
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Many of you have probably heard of Cave Story (an RPG-esc megaman with cartoony graphics and somewhat depressing plot), but I'm sure almost none of you have ever heard of Iji (Not to be confused with the gaming company that has made Gunz and other third person shooters).
Iji is like System Shock 2 or Deus Ex in a platform shooter. 'Nuff said. Storyline is pretty standard, and you may be turned off by the graphics, but considering the game was made for free by a single person, you gotta cut him some slack (I guess Cave Story was too, but they're both good games). Great game, lots of secrets, fun stuff.
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Battleships Forever is an RTS, also freeware, and it's probably nothing like you've played in a while. You control giant spaceships in 2d space warfare. Each ship has it's own weaknesses (Usually something like SHOOT THEM IN THE A**), and you gotta position your ships accordingly. Tanks in front, missile shooting escorts on the sides, and the big lazery thingy in the back. Storyline is bland, but probably one of the better RTS's I've played. Comes with a ship editor that a lot of people use to create some form of artwork, usually armed to the teeth with lazers and gravity beams. There's no limit on how big or odd your ship can be, and you can program almost everything about it. Might take some time to learn how to do everything, though. Only problem to the game is that it's way too short. Can beat it in about an hour and a half, which is especially bad because the game actually gets pretty good by that point, when you have every single huge battleship at your disposal, and you can actually pick your entire armada by that point.
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Last one on the list: Terraria. Many of you probably know Terraria and are giving it a thumbs up, but MOST of you probably are too infatuated with its retarded three-dimensional half-brother Minecraft.
Terraria is a 2d platformer, with RPG concepts, focuses on killing anything that moves that's not trying to take your money, and maybe build a house here and there. Minecraft focuses on building the biggest thing possible, and maybe try and scare off a monster or two.
If you prefer building things, stick to Minecraft. If you actually want to KILL something, like bosses, over 100 enemy types, using magic, guns, arrows, bombs and swords, then go for Terraria.
Terraria is a much better game, but Minecraft is a much better Sandbox. I prefer killing things over building things myself.
It's a decent list, all of them but Terraria is free, and even then, it's worth the money. I've spent more time on these games than a lot of modern games, like Gears of War 3 and Lost Odyssey (but then again, I couldn't STAND Lost Odyssey, longest fights EVER.).
Only mainstream game that I've actually liked more than these four would have to be Skyrim. And it's f***ing Skyrim. I suppose D3 would be another, if my computer could run it (DAMN YOU UNSUPPORTED GRAPHICS CARD!) But I digress.
Go, download one or two of these, blow stuff up, come back, and spread the word that not all free games are worthless. Have fun.
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