WOW is the blockbuster MMO from from Blizzard, set in their Warcraft universe. The screenshots included here are from the original release of WOW. The client has been updated continuously, and with the Lich King release was brought into full Hor+. We've updated the info here, but left the original screenshots.
This DR is out of date for the current state of the game (June 2014). Please see the entry for Pandaria.
Dungeons & Dragons Online (DDO) takes the grand-daddy of all RPG settings, and brings into the modern MMO world. The game is set in the new DnD setting of Eberron.
Originally released as Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach, then renamed to Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited for the free to play launch; the current version has no subtitle.
RPG from the mind of Peter Molyneux. In Fable, the players' every action determines their character's skills, appearances and moralities. Life stories are created from childhood through adulthood and on to old age. Players may choose the paths of righteousness or dedicate their characters' lives to evil; observing as they transform into reflections of their actions and decisions. As players' characters develop, the world reacts to them and their actions. People comment on their successes, failures, appearances and behaviors.
Asheron's Call is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game. The original Asheron's Call release was in November 1999, followed by an expansion pack in 2001 (AC: Dark Majesty), and most recently in 2005 (AC: Throne of Destiny). While players aren't required to purchase the latest expansion pack, players are required to install the graphics update that shipped after this expansion. This graphics update included support for DirectX 9.0 and more flexible monitor resolutions.
The Temple of Elemental Evil is a D&D RPG from Troika Games and Atari. It is a re-creation of the classic tabletop RPG module with the same name, updated with D&D 3.5 rules. You lead a party of adventurers to the world from an ancient evil force embodied by a mysterious temple.
AutoAssault is a post-apocalyptic mmorpg where you drive in cars with weapons mounted everywhere and fight NPCs and opposing factions. There are 3 factions in all, humans, bio-meks and mutant, each has its own terratory and all can travel to the arena where PvP is possible
Final Fantasy XI: Online (FFXI) is the first Masivly Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) developed by Square-Enix. This game features the ability to choose from 5 different races and up to 18 jobs [class] (with all expansions installed) and allows you to change your job at any time throughout the game. Your character lives in a world known as Vana 'diel where the beastmen are threatening the very way of life for all races in the world. Adventure with your friends completing missions and quests to become the strongest and help stop the beastmen from advancing.
Neverwinter Nights is a Dungeons & Dragons RPG from Bioware and Infogrames. You create your own custom hero character, and you must singlehandedly defeat an evil cult, stop a plague, and thwart an attack on the city of Neverwinter. Extremely modular design and toolkits allow you to experience and endless amount of freely downloadable adventures, both to be played alone and in multiplayer.
The Dark Age of Camelot DR needs to be completed at some point
Guild Wars is an online game with some resemblance to Roleplaying games. It's quite popular, no doubt due to having to pay no monthly fees. The game offers an MMO experience in the different town, where the "countryside" and missions are "instanced."
