MMOs that might not be formed if they weren't free to play

MMORPG are large worlds for multiple players where you can exist next to other players. For MMO, the game community is the most important aspect, because without it many shortcomings of the genre become much more obvious.

MMOS also lives and dies according to their payment model; Whether the game is free, purchased once or requires a subscription, it can have an impact on how successful the game is in reality. Below we will look at several free MMOs, which were eventually unsuccessful or completely turned off, but maybe they could be better unless they were free.

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Blade & Soul

Blade & Soul is Wuxia MMO with one of the best action fighting and movement in the genre. The trend you will start seeing in this list is a game that is with the same name or a slightly different name or on another platform or another model of payments, and everything is very confusing to watch.

This is no different for Blade & Soul and the number of different versions of the game that has been released over the years certainly does not help new players. If you searched the game name and saw three different versions from which you can choose how you even choose? Although it is a variation of the same game, the new player will not try to analyze all this information.

Maybe if Blade & Seoul was released as one unified buy-to-play game, it would do better. Extensive cash trade certainly does not help.

7

Tera

Tera is an interesting case that directly proves that games sometimes do better when they are not free. Originally, Tera released as MMO buy-ince and had one of the best combat and artistic directions at that time. About a year after the launch, however, the game moved to the free model to play, and that is where things started to move downhill.

First, the game recorded a sharp increase in popularity because the new players checked it, but the experience of paying and the increase in robots and gold dealers quickly destroyed. Tera eventually closed its PC servers in 2022, but console servers are still going.

6

Savior

The Savior tree is another MMO with great potential, almost completely destroyed by its monetization. The game has a beautiful and different artistic style, a fun action fight, a lot of classes with which it is experimented, and beautiful music that accompanies every area.

However, it is also cured by some of the most serious monetization in any MMO, including the need to gambling for new classes using a premium currency and a payout bundle that allows you to skip grind. Despite all this, the Savior tree is still online, albeit with a decreasing number of players.

5

Ark

Although it is not technically a flop due to its relatively active gaming base, the lost ARK definitely suffers from its free model. Free games or games with free trials often have robots problems, but the lost ARK is on a different level. Boti work at all levels of the game, up to the point where you are running informal dungeon runs, puts you in a party without real players.

The game is also strongly gatetted and motivates spending money in the cash register to speed up your procedure. It's not a technically payout because you still have to play the game, but paying players will have a much easier time than the invalid ones.

It's a shame, because the game Diablo-Esque Action RPG Action is very fun and there are some great moments in the campaign.

4

MAPLESTORY 2

Mapestory 2 was free of charge with one of the worst epidemics of shoes in any MMO. The game started great, with the 3D version of the eternal classic maplestory, but the robots quickly took the world, to a point where you are no matter where you went, you would see how robots try to sell gold.

As you can imagine, it is extremely exceptionally for most players and the numbers have begun to drop rapidly. In the end, Malestory 2 servers were turned off, but it might not have been so if they at least deal with the robots, or even shifted to the buy-order model. However, the original Malestory is still online, so not everything is lost.

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Bless unleashed

Bless Unleashed is the latest repetition of Bless Online, MMORPG event with a beautiful open world, which unfortunately suffered some of the worst publishers of neglect in the genre. After the original game was done badly, it was re -launched when the blessings were unleashed on the brackets, then later on the PC.

Despite these re -launching, players could never move around the shameless cash nature of the game, and eventually Neowiz, the publisher, sold the game Valofe, which ignored it largely. Bless Unleashed has not seen new content in the months, but we cannot help but wonder what would happen to the purchase or subscription model and dedicated to the support of the game.

2

The secret world legends

The secret world is a dark urban fantasy MMO with some of the best tasks in any MMO. The original game was released with the Buy-to-Play with an optional subscription and for yourself it is quite good. Writing, story and settings were praised by players, but somewhat general struggle held him back.

The game was eventually re -launched as Secret World Legends, a free version that plays in 2017, while the original game continued to work. However, cash trade and insufficient support for Secret World Legends and have prevented the maximum of the original game, which shows that the buy-to-play model worked better, at least in this case.

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Silkroad online

Silkroad Online is a historical fantasy of MMORPG set in the silk road of the seventh century between China and Europe. The main feature of the game is its triangular conflict system that allows you to be either a trader, a thief or a hunter. Traders try to deliver their goods along Silk Road, while hunters protect them and thieves try to steal the goods.

This system led to some incredibly absorbing game, but unfortunately the game is overthrowed by its large grind. In fact, the game is so rough that robots are just a accepted part of the experience, and most devotees lead them to easier time to equalize.

Silkroad online is by no means a flop, but it is certainly long in the tooth, because it was originally launched in 2005. Without any significant changes in the main systems since then, the Silkroad gaming base has slowly decreased online. This means that it is still online and maybe it could revive it again.