Wasn't sure where to put this, hence the off topic tag.


I'm fooling around with Dragon Age 2 at the moment.

Now I know people will disagree and have troll opinions about this, but to me Dragon Age does have interesting lore. Without talking too much bullcrap, I wondered which fantasy MMORPG would come close to that sort of a Dragon Age MMORPG, assuming EA/Bioware would never develop (as if that would ever happen ).


There is a ton of scifi MMORPGs, including Star Trek, Star Wars and Eve Online; the latter being likely the greatest MMORPG-example for my beloved Homeworld(tm) ever since.


Now, there is an even larger pool on the fantasy MMORPG side if I were to be looking for a Dragon Age'esque MMORPG.

Which one do you think is a viable canidate?
If you can, try tossing in less popular MMORPGs (Whether f2p/asian/failprojects, whatever)


Please note that this is probably more about PVE than PVP, so let's not get deep into pvp talk. Roleplaying + PvE is actually more of a thing I'd be looking out for .

I think I can scratch a few:


~ Obviously, WoW does not really fit in.
The world seems too happy and dandy if you ask me. Missing the actual seriousness it once had.

~ Daoc, grandfather of PvP and actually neat world for tons of RP,
but it sort of falls short regarding a Dragon Age.


On the other hand,
maybe Rift is a viable canidate for a Dragon Age'ish MMORPG following the mentioned aspects?

It is a WoW-Clone, no doubt about that, but there seems to be more darkness into it.

 

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Rift could possibly be a good candidate for what you are looking for, I just hope you are ready to run around closing rifts 24/7.

 

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I don't much substantial to add to the thread other then to say that Dragon Age was a ton of fun!

Rift or EQ2.

 

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I enjoy RIFT. I think I'm just tired of the "WoW-genre", sadly.

 

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Thanks, guys !

Agreed, the WoW-genre killed itself.


I think you guys are right about Rift. I know it is a clone, but it looks like you can do more in the game.

Dragon Age's lore and world and stuff has a nice dark taste, too. Kind of looking for an MMO that doesn't have that "all dandy and happy mood" everywhere. Elves in alienages, dirt kicked in their eyes - Very cool and new approach (probably not truly "new, but an interesting idea).

Honestly, I wish EA/Bioware would have done a DA mmo, even if it would have been a WoW-Clone (just like SWTOR), it would have been worth tons just for the lore. I know DA2 was dumbed down, but there's some great things about it after all.

Okay, enough ramblin' from me

 

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How is SWTOR a wow clone?

I resubbed RIFT a few days ago. While I've only done PvP so far, that's all I really do, it's been fun. There's also a LOT of new additions to the game's UI/interface/options since the last time I played. Which is impressive, considering these things were already pretty awesome at release.

 

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It isn't an MMO, but if you haven't played Dark Souls(XBOX and PS3) I would highly recommend it.

It lacks story pretty much all the way through, but the gameplay more than makes up for it.

 

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Because there are tons of aspects that look the same. Nothing is really innovating. Although I have to admit, there is a tad of Age of Conan in it .

Videos and what I've seen so far looks very WoW stle. This is the case in Rift too, but Rift/Trion has taken something and added things from other games as well; like the Rift system itself, it resemmbles the Public Quest thing from Warhammer Online.

Don't want to go into detail with SWTOR though, it's a dead horse m8.

 

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