One of the central fixations of this year's Develop conference, held in Brighton earlier this week, is what will happen when the kind of experiences offered in the emerging free-to-play games market start to regularly rival those provided by their more traditional counterparts. In other words, who will manage to thrive in these strange new waters, and who will be swiftly dragged below and ground against the rocks?
Pirate Galaxy, a stripped-down science fiction MMO from German developer Splitscreen Studios was one of the best examples of this lurking threat available: a game that not only illustrates the staggering leaps free titles have made in the last few years, but also hints at a few of the ways in which the free-to-play financial model can in turn impact the fundamental design of games.
For people who are now bored of the usual fantasy type of MMO games, here is a short list of some space-themed MMORPGs.
MMOGames is bringing you the Top 5 Sci-Fi MMOs and MMORPGs of 2011. These are our picks for the Sci-Fi MMOs and MMORPGs that we enjoyed most this year and we hope you enjoy them too.
Black Prophecy is pretty cool.
It's kinda sorta like Eve Online Except it's Way more action, less grind but no what you do effects everyone thing.
Greetings gamers and welcome to another installment of the MMOGames.com Monthly Top 5! This month we're taking a look at Science Fiction (Sci-Fi) MMOs; prepare the jump to light speed, captain!
