Kokul’s World

Here are some great online games that you can play for FREE on low end computers. This is kind of a follow up to my previous post where I talked about great games you can play on those lower end computers. However most of those games don’t have much of an online community left to play against in multiplayer, if any at all. So for those who still crave a multiplayer challenge here are some free games for you:

• Gunbound World Champion
  This is a very cool 2D platform game very similar to worms where players are organized on teams and take turns shooting each other. The shooting isn’t that easy since you have to adjust the angle, account for wind, and find the right power to shoot at. To make it harder, these factors always change as you are facing other players. Terrain is destroyed so you may lose your vantage point. Unlike worms, this game has a large variety of mobiles you can use. Mobiles are the machines/living forms that you use to shoot other people. Their attacks vary, and each has it’s advantages against a certain other. Very large online community.
   
• Gunz Online
  A 3D third person shooter with a large online community. It also tosses in some Matrix/Prince of Persia style elements like the player can run up walls, run across gaps by running along walls, do a variety of aerobatics such as front sommersaults while shooting to add a lot of variety to the game. The game features a vareity of equipment you can buy such as swords, bazookas, machine guns, rifles, and a large number of guns where you hold one in each hand.
   
• Survival Project
  This is a 2D fighting game where you take on a character, use a variety of different cards such as axes, bows, magic, boots, etc to improve your stats. You can fight against other people and team up with others to go on quests. Although many think the 2D style of graphics may ruin the game, it actually doesn’t. The graphics are colourful and vibrant, and the gameplay is great fun!
    
• 02 Jam
  This isn’t a game I’ve actually played, but I’ve heard positive comments from many others and read many positive reviews about it. In this game, you be that aspiring musician you always wanted to be. You can make music in this game and share it with a large and helpful online community. You can team up with your friends and make some rocking songs, or go solo. Either way, your artistic desire to create music is fulfilled.
    
• Neopets
  I’m pretty sure many of you have heard of this game. Although it isn’t real-time online where you interact with others in real-time, I think it is worthwhile to mention. The point of this game is to create a virtual pet and raise it. You have to take care of it, by feeding it, grooming it, even giving it books to get smarter. You can do a lot with your pet, battle it against other pets like a Pokemon battle, build a house for it, create a shop to sell your wares, create/join a guild, play flash games to earn neopoints, even buy your pet a pet! It’s addictive and fun to play. Perfect for those who want a pet, but can’t have one in real life.
    
• Runescape
  First off, I would just like to say, this game has A TON of players. Although the graphics may not be great, the gameplay definetely is. Runescape is an online game that is run through a java web-based client. You live in a mythical world of various monsters. You can make your way through the world through a lot of ways. You can improve your skills and be a fighter. Improve your mining skills and sell ores. Improve your smelting skills to forge new swords and armour from ore and sell them. You can even improve your fire makings skills, wood chopping skills, and even fishing skills. You can make fire to cook food, fish, fight monsters, and mine. The name for this game comes from the Runes you collect to cast spells. If you want to be a powerful player in this game, you need to collect runes and you should also pay for the premium membership as well (even though for casual playing you don’t have to).
    
• Conquer Online
  Conquer Online is like Runescape, except with a far larger community and better graphics. Conquer Online I feel has better gameplay too. There is more variety with the equipment you can have. There is also classes in Conquer Online, 4 to be exact. Conquer Online is set in the Ancient Chinese world where Kung Fu is a dominant skill that everyone knows. You can make your way through mining, hunting monsters, killing other players, and collecting their loot and selling it in shops if you want. As I said before, the equipment choices are large. In fact, the combinations are endless. You can trick out your sword or armour a variety of different skills like Elite, Refined. You can add gems to increase power or the amount of experience gained. Not only can you hunt, but you can own a house, get married, join in guild wars, and just plain make new friends online.
     
• Flyff
  Flyff was created to fulfill people’s dreams to fly. It is like Runescape and Conquer Online where you level yourself and your skills while earning money and making friends, but once you reach level 20, the real fun starts! That is when you can fly! It is very cool to fly across the world instead of having to walk. You can also directly control the flying instead of just click where you want the character to go. Flying is also a lot faster. Try it out. A lot of people play. No matter where you go, you will see other players playing as well.
     
• Ragnarok Online
  Never really played this game. It is like Flyff, Conquer Online and Runescape. But then again so are a lot of online games. This game has recieved many high ratings and positive comments. So check it out. Large gaming community there as well.
     
• Anarchy Online
  Never have played this game either. Seen the reviews and ratigns on MMORPG.com and it has one of the highest ratings for a free game. Although it is a couple of years old, and the graphics look dated, the large online community of players find it anyways. So you try it out. What have you got to lose?

Hope you enjoyed this list of games. If you have your own, leave them in the comments and please add a few sentences for a description of the game. I’ll add it on to the list.