Full version of Anarchy Online free

[Mr. Natural]

Source Blues News:
Full Version of Anarchy Online Now for Free
Friday October 8, 8:37 am ET
- 14 Days Included - Subscriptions from Just 7,95 USD Per Month

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2004-- Funcom announces a new pricing model for Anarchy Online with a free full version of the heralded MMORPG to all new players. Funcom is at the same time also extending the included tryout period for Anarchy Online from 7 to 14 days, giving newcomers a chance to evaluate the unique depth and entire range of qualities in the ultimate sci-fi MMORPG.

"Anarchy Online has established itself as one of the finest MMORPGs on the market, and with this initiative we believe that even more players will try our game," said Funcom's President/ CEO Trond Arne Aas. "Not only do we significantly lower the entrance barrier with a free full version, we are also offering 14 days of included subscription to all new accounts. With subscription rates starting as low as 7,95 USD / EUR per month we feel confident that AO will remain highly competitive in both price, quality and accessibility."

Anarchy Online features:

* Enjoy unparalleled character customization, including 80 character skills, hundreds of special attacks, thousands of items and a wide range of clothes, weapons and armour. No other online game delivers more character customization and depth.
* Explore an epic and believable sci-fi universe with an involving and deep backstory
* Experience fast-paced gameplay with more action and intensity and less camping.
* Choose your playing style and select one of 14 different professions. Soldier, special agent, pet profession, healer, technological expert, trader or adventurer...you choose.
* Go solo or join groups and guilds, AO is packed with fun content for everyone
* Instanced dungeon areas mixed with a wide range of static dungeons and quests means that there is always something to do, even for that half hour session.
* Express yourself through voice, emotes or chat in a fantastic social environment with clubs, bars, guild houses, player apartments, social clothes and much more.
* Fight thousands of exciting monsters in a fantastic player versus environment gameworld, or challenge human opponents to conquer land in large PvP areas.
* Immerse yourself in a world with a fantastic musical score and unique art direction.
* Enter AO more easily with dedicated beginner areas
* Travel in style with futuristic flying vehicles available to all professions, and access all areas efficiently and fast.
* Superior in-game Customer Service including a greeter to help ease your first few steps on Rubi-Ka.
* Join a friendly, large and established player community.
* And much much more....

Go to http://www.anarchy-online.com/tryout to download the free full version and find information on subscription plans.

More information, videos and screenshots can be found at www.anarchy-online.com

The free full version with 14 day included subscription does not include access to the expansion packs Anarchy Online - Shadowlands and Anarchy Online - Alien Invasion, which must both be upgraded separately.

ABOUT FUNCOM - Funcom is an independent developer and publisher of computer and console games with a focus on Adventure Action and Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG). Funcom has provided outstanding entertainment since 1993 and continues to expand its track-record of 24 released games to date. Recent successes include the multi-award winning The Longest Journey, the award winning and critically acclaimed Anarchy Online - The Notum Wars and the heralded masterpiece Anarchy Online - Shadowlands. For corporate information please visit www.funcom.com. For information about Anarchy Online visit www.anarchy-online.com .For information about Dreamfall visit www.dreamfall.com . Images and information for press can be found at ftp://Press@ftp.funcom.com/
Contact:

Funcom
Jorgen Tharaldsen, +47 22 92 59 26
pr@funcom.com

[SupaTroopa]

Keep in mind you are only getting the original game and have no access to the 3 expansions with the free trial (which is still cool if you want to check it out).

[Nyghtfall]

I tried the 14-day trial once, long before the free version became available. The learning curve is ridiculously high, and the in-game UI is anything but intuitive. Most of the game's useful/necessary documentation is available only through the official site and fan sites. If you're looking for an overly complex MMORPG with a unique sci-fi setting, AO is the game for you. Personally, I'm stickin' with City of Heroes.

[U.2.K.]

I am not a fan of MMORPG games, because i dont like paying for anything game related on the internet. I only spend my money at Amazon, so can someone tell me is there any " single player modes " or ............just multiplayer?

I bought this one game call : Nerocrom or something, cost me 15 bucks. Thing is, i didnt know you had pay to play :lol: :mad:

[Rafal Dudek]

I am not a fan of MMORPG games, because i dont like paying for anything game related on the internet. I only spend my money at Amazon, so can someone tell me is there any " single player modes " or ............just multiplayer?

I bought this one game call : Nerocrom or something, cost me 15 bucks. Thing is, i didnt know you had pay to play :lol: :mad:

all MMORPG's require money for sever maintance, support, and content updates =]

[SupaTroopa]

Yeah Anarchy Online has a monthly fee - $14.95/mth. It is an online only game. It's "solo friendly" as can be (although the Alien Invasion expansion is absolutely worthless unless you're in a guild) but you gotta pay-up to play.

As mentioned above it's fairly complicated at first (but nothing remotely difficult to learn with some time) so I can't recommend it to anyone new to MMORPG's.

As Nyght mentioned it's critical to reference web sites for quest information/locations and the boards for answers so I always run AO in windowed mode and it's pretty convenient.

[Quantum Ninja]

all MMORPG's require money for sever maintance, support, and content updates =]

Except for the upcoming game, Guild Wars.

[Rafal Dudek]

Except for the upcoming game, Guild Wars.

thats not an MMORPG.

[Quantum Ninja]

thats not an MMORPG.

Well, if you want to be technical, ArenaNet is calling it a CORPG (Competive Online Role-Playing Game), but it's still basically an MMORPG because it takes place in a persistent online world with thousands of players.

From the official FAQ (http://www.guildwars.com/faq/default.html):


Is Guild Wars an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game)?

Guild Wars has some similarities to existing MMORPGs, but it also has some key differences.

Like existing MMOs, Guild Wars is played entirely online in a secure hosted environment. Thousands of players inhabit the same virtual world. Players can meet new friends in gathering places like towns and outposts where they form parties and go questing with them. Unlike many MMOs, when players form a party and embark upon a quest in Guild Wars, they get their own private copy of the area where the quest takes place. This design eliminates some of the frustrating gameplay elements commonly associated with MMOs, such as spawn camping, kill stealing, and lines to complete a quest.

Guild Wars takes place in a large virtual world made up of many different zones, and players can walk from one end of the world to the other. But Guild Wars eliminates much of the tedium of traveling through the world. Players can instantly return to any safe area (town or outpost) that they've previously visited just by clicking on it in the world overview map.

Rather than labeling Guild Wars an MMORPG, we prefer to call it a CORPG (Competitive Online Role-Playing Game). Guild Wars was designed from the ground up to create the best possible competitive role-playing experience. Success in Guild Wars is always the result of player skill, not time spent playing or the size of one's guild. As characters progress, they acquire a diverse set of skills and items, enabling them to use new strategies in combat. Players can do battle in open arenas or compete in guild-on-guild warfare or the international tournament. But engaging in combat is always the player's choice; there is no player-killing in cooperative areas of the world.

Finally, unlike existing MMOs, all characters in Guild Wars inhabit the same virtual world -- they are not divided onto different servers or shards -- so players can always team up with or compete against any other player in the world.


The only major differences they list from most MMORPGS are that "when players form a party and embark upon a quest in Guild Wars, they get their own private copy of the area where the quest takes place," which is similar to instancing in World of Warcraft, that players can instantly travel to any destination they've already visited, and that there are no separate servers - everyone is in one massively populated world. Those changes don't sound drastic enough to label Guild Wars as not being an MMORPG.

[Rafal Dudek]

Well, if you want to be technical, ArenaNet is calling it a CORPG (Competive Online Role-Playing Game), but it's still basically an MMORPG because it takes place in a persistent online world with thousands of players.

From the official FAQ (http://www.guildwars.com/faq/default.html):



The only major differences they list from most MMORPGS are that "when players form a party and embark upon a quest in Guild Wars, they get their own private copy of the area where the quest takes place," which is similar to instancing in World of Warcraft, that players can instantly travel to any destination they've already visited, and that there are no separate servers - everyone is in one massively populated world. Those changes don't sound drastic enough to label Guild Wars as not being an MMORPG.

call me when they add epic scale sieges and raids.

Just because you have one big server where all characters are sitting in a chat lobby, doesnt mean anything. So you take up to what? 7 other people with you to embark on a quest and think this is an MMORPG?

MMORPG label requires a constan ability to interat with other people, not just the ones in your group. Persistant world means nothing to me unless the scale is large enough =]

[Chylde Roland]

I don't believe it's illegal to look at those kinds of sites, but you may get into trouble if you try doing any of the exploits in the actual game. At the very least, I would expect you would get permanently banned from the game.

Parsonally, I wouldn't take the chance.

[Bruenor]

Banzaroo, you are a spammer, this is the second time you have pitched your pay site sneakily. Goodbye to you. :mad: