True medieval mmorpgs?

MainManiac

This fantasy crap is really getting on my nerves. Theyre all the same. Does anyone know of any true medieval mmorpgs? They don't have to be pure, I consider lord of the rings to be a light touch of fantasy because the armors and cities are generally realistic.

thanks

Yozora

How about mount & blade?
I've actually not played it, but it looks like something I would get into if I ever gave it the chance
Too bad the only way to control my gaming addiction is to avoid them completely!

MainManiac

Ive played it, the gameplay is really clunky though

p.s. I meant mmorpg :P If I was talking about a match based game Chivalry: Battle for Agatha would have already been my choice when it comes out

Paradan

cant think of any off hand
checked the list at mmorpg and doesnt look good

low fantasy just isnt popular with the kids. they want armor with more spikes than a porcupine, swords so big that even if they were aluminum they'd weigh a ton, nuclear arrows and mages that fly around shooting fireballs out their ass.

eld

When you start digging for a truly medieval mmo you'll find that quality will be consistantly worse than if you'd just gone for something like world of warcraft, but as yozora mentioned, mount & blade.

It might not be an mmo, but you'll definitely get some large scale multiplayer medieval battles out of it.

MainManiac

I have mount and blade and wow, MB the big battles are just swing like an idiot fests

supposedly mortal online was good but its dying

ScudzAlmighty

War of the Roses?
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again, not mmo but maybe a little closer to what you're looking for?

MainManiac

Wow that looks real cool, q2 of 2012, interestng

Ace-Angel

There are a few like Mortal Online, all of which are escaping me right now.

In the WTFis series from TotalBiscuit, he shows a games like Diablo which is an MMO.

You also have Drakensang online.

Age of Conan maybe?

Vindictus is another one.

LOTR online goes without saying.

Dungeon and Dragons maybe?

Problem is, your mileage may vary, no single game is going to go dark and girmey in the world of MMO, unless they have a strong fan-base a la WOW or LOTR.

Although, if you're forgiving enough in your needs, I would say GW2 would be a killer choice.

PatrickL

There is of course Chivalry: Medieval Warfare to consider once it releases. It's not an MMO, but it's first person and brutal!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08ErrjBwg9E"]Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Gameplay Trailer - YouTube[/ame]

cholden

DAoC still up?

SnowInChina

there are also a dozens of ultima online freeshards with custom rulesets and items and such.
still one of the best mmo´s if you ask me. if they were to remake it i would totally play it

SoulReaper

Well, how about path of exile? http://www.pathofexile.com/ , it's not really medieval but it is a dark action rpg somewhat like diablo.

Zombie Acorn

SnowInChina wrote: »

there are also a dozens of ultima online freeshards with custom rulesets and items and such.
still one of the best mmo´s if you ask me. if they were to remake it i would totally play it

I agree. The day production on Ultima Online 2 was ended was a sad one. Im not sure what it was about the game, but my friends and I would talk about it even years after we stopped playing.

Kwramm

one of the old style UO shards could work for you - although it'll appear rather dated by now. Plus there's a huge learning curve if you come from, let's say WoW. But it's one of the best open world MMOs, where you can really do whatever you want and can still manage to be successful. I'd say the closest thing to old UO would be games like Oblivion or Skyrim in the way you can manipulate the world.

Lotro - there's only 1 real spellcasting class in there, and even though it has elves'n'dwarves it feel very low fantasy. There's a lot of attention to detail in that game which I really like, although overall the gameplay is similar to WoW.