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    FREE, quick, a bit complex, online games for Vista. Anyone knows?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by arlab, Feb 11, 2008.

  1. arlab

    arlab Notebook Evangelist

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    So, I've always liked to win people online. :)
    But I have no time to be playing and learning a major online game.

    Anyone knows good free games where I can find people to play at any time?
    Graphics aren't important. I like 2D as much as I like 3D.

    I'm not looking for something too much time consuming. Maybe a quick action game, even cards like Spades is OK (why have the online card games been removed from Vista???).

    Anyone can help?
     
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  3. arlab

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    Yes, I know that one. But race games aren't really my thing...
     
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    www.zone.com has a lot of online card games and other games too. You need to open it with IE though.
     
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    Are you talking about online multiplayer games, if so, I used to play a game caled Runescape a long time ago, but not sure whether its still running.
     
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    check chess :D there are many flash game sites :D
     
    mkarwin, Feb 11, 2008
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  7. arlab

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    Yes, online multiplayer games.
     
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  8. arlab

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    Not the online where you don't neeed to install the game. Those are usually bad..
     
    arlab, Feb 11, 2008
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    This simply does not exist.

    Oh Wait, Gunbounds, and Gunz, but they are both Korean mmo style games...
     
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    Theres Savage, it's a RTS (real time strategy) game but the fighter characters are each controlled by a player. Each team has its own commander, which sees the game with RTS view. The fighter players see the world with a 1st/3rd person view aswell.
    The commander builds things, make updates and researches, gives orders to the other players and has to have a good overview of the match. The fighter players just have to follow the orders and battle the enemies.
    It even has a Linux version, and it's free. Graphics are 3d; not "great", but nice.
    It's based on individual matches, so you play as you want, theres no feature which depends on gaming time, except for your own player skill.

    [​IMG]

    http://www.s2games.com/savage/index.php
     
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  11. arlab

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    Seems nice. But it's not free playing online.
     
    arlab, Feb 11, 2008
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    Ragnarok on private (or was it public?) servers lol
     
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    I want a Multiplayer game. Not an online game... My bad.
     
    arlab, Feb 11, 2008
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    Maybe Warsow? Quake-based FPS

    Or UrbanTerror
    Also Quake-Based FPS, but more Counter-Strike than Unreal Tournament
     
    Meemat, Feb 11, 2008
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