It seems World of Warcraft’s success has not gone unnoticed. Though many MMORPGs borrow features from one another, some games take it a step further. Gates of Andaron is such a game. For anyone who’s seen or played WoW, the graphic and interface in Gates of Andaron will look familiar. The graphic style may be cartoony but the bright colors work well and make Gates of Andaron an attractive game. The user interface is also clean and easy to use thanks to the source material. Both factions have the same 3 race and 6 class choices listed below:

Races: Fairy, Human, Werebeast

Classes: Archer, Wizard, Priest, Summoner, Warrior, Assassin.

Publisher: GameForge
Playerbase: Medium
Graphics: High Quality
Type: MMORPG
EXP Rate: Low
PvP: N/A
Filesize: 808MB

Pros: +Large game world. +Varied classes and races. +Tons of quests available, all easily tracked and managed. +Realm vs Realm PvP.

Cons: -Tragically inept translations. -Slower paced than other free MMORPGs. -Not the most original game out there.

While Shaiya brings little innovation to the table in terms of gameplay, providing players with a simple and familiar MMORPG environment to discover and explore, its unique ‘Ultimate Mode’ – whereby a players character is deleted upon death, should attract elitist players from across the globe. With several race and class choices, an interesting backstory, and a beautiful world to enjoy Shaiya should provide an enjoyable MMORPG experience to fans of the genre, but won’t be attracting many newcomers to the scene.

Publisher: Aeria Games
Playerbase: Medium
Graphics: High Quality
Type: MMORPG
EXP Rate: Medium
PvP: Duels / Faction based
Filesize: 955MB

Pros: +Good interface. +Easy to learn quest and battle systems. +Unique radar and map. +Perma-Death system

Cons: -Difficult to progress in the beginning. -Slow experience gain on some difficulties. -Limited character customization.