Summary

  • Free-to-play MMOs like Crystal of Atlan rely on microtransactions for sustainability.
  • Games like Throne and Liberty and Final Fantasy 14 offer unique mechanics and story elements.
  • Action-packed MMOs like Warframe and Neverwinter cater to combat-focused players.

Free-to-play has almost become the expectation for MMOs, as opposed to the payment and monthly subscription model of the olden days. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Crystal of Atlan is another example of this, acting as an MMO where t🐽he majority of content is free, and which sustains its💧elf on microtransactions, mainly in the PvE section.

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But if you're looking for games that scratch a similar itch to Crystal of Atlan, there are a lot of other games out there. These others are certainly not a one-♔to-one copy of CoA, but they are all free-to-play MMOs. Some share a few mechanics with CoA,𝄹 while others do much more their own thing.

8 Throne And Liberty 🅘

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Throne and Liberty
MMORPG
Systems
Top Critic Avg: 73/100 Critics Rec: 54%
Released
October 1, 2024
ESRB
T✨ For Teen // Blood, Mild Suggestive Tꦿhemes, Violence
Developer(s)
NCSoft
Publisher(s)
NCSof💃t, Amazon Games
Engine
Unreal Engine 4, Unreal Engine 5 🧜

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

Multiplayer
🐼 Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
Number of Players
1
Steam Deck Compatibility
Unknown
OpenCritic Rating
Fair
X|S Optimized
Yes
File Size Xbox Series
40.49 GB

The Western release of Throne and Liberty wasn't too long before the release of Crystal of Atlan, and🌄 Throne and Liberty is actually my second favorite game on this list. It skews a bit more classic MMO structure than CoA, but it does have some compellingly unique mechanics (and a genuinely good story) that really make it stand out from the crowd.

What impresses me the most about Throne and Liberty is the weapon system, which is essentially the class system. It's one of the most flexible I've ever seen, and it is one of my greatest gaming joys to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:grab two weapons and figure out how to make 𒁃them work with each other.

None of this is mentioning the countl༺ess, countless hours I have spent fishing in Throne and Liberty. The fishing is truly delightful.

7 🐼 Final Fantasy 14

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Final Fantasy 14
MMORPG
Systems
Released
August 27, 2013
ESRB
T for Teen - Language, 𝔉Mild Blood, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence
Engine
♍ Originally the Crystal Tools engine, but currently it's a custom engine using parts of the Luminous E🉐ngine.
Multiplayer
Online Co-Op, Onlin♈e Multiplayer

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

Steam Deck Compatibility
Playable
PC Release Date
༒ August 27, 2013
Xbox Series X|S Release Date
🦄 March 21, 2024
PS5 Release Date
൲ May 25, 2021
How Long To Beat
99½ Hours
How Long To Beat (Completionist Runs)
ꦰ 3347 Hours

Final Fantasy 14 has been through a meat-grinder of changes over the years, but it's come out the other end of it a game that I find very charming. It's a trait that I think it shares with CoA; both of them have littleജ touches spread around the world that make it feel like a lived-in universe. With the amouꦓnt of time you spend in MMOs, that can make or break the experience for me.

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Final Fantasy 14 might not have the best combat around, but it makes up for that in the sheer wealth of things to do. As with most MMOs that are as long in the tooth as FF𝕴14, it has had so many expansions that for someone jumping in new, there are quite literally years worth of things to play through.

6 Warframe

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Warframe
Third-Person Shooter
Systems
4.0/5
Top Critic Avg: 74/100 Critics Rec: 53%
Released
March 25, 2013
ESRB
M for Mature: Blood🌠 and Gore, Violence
Engine
Evolution Engine

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

Multiplayer
﷽ Online Multiplayer
Cross-Platform Play
PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S ꧅ ⛄
OpenCritic Rating
Fair
How Long To Beat
꧃ 🃏100+ Hours
PS Plus Availability
N/A
Metascore
85
Platforms That Support Crossplay
✃ PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One &꧅ Xbox Series X|S

For someone on the more action-oriented side of CoA, you might enjoy a game more 💝like Warframe, which takes the pace of CoA and plays it at twice the speed. Warframe is not just the fastest MMO on this list, but outside of racing games, it's one of the fastest games, period.

While the speed of it might make my dilapidated hands ache, what (unsurprisingly) draws me into Warframe is the outrageous build potential between the Warframe 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:and weapon customization. Few games give you the amount of control over how every aspect of your kit works, and after no less than a🔥 few hundred hours, I am still unlocking new options all the time.

Few things fill me with as much glee as running into a mission, getting stomped into dust, then going back to my ship to rebuild my kit from the ground up and returning to be the one who stomps, ⛦as opposed to the one getting stomped.

5 ♍ Star Wars꧟: The Old Republic

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Star Wars: The Old Republic
Systems
Released
December 20, 2011
ESRB
T for T🐠een: Blood and Gore, Mild Language, Sexual Themes𝔍, Violence
Developer(s)
BioWare
Engine
HeroEngine
Multiplayer
💙 Online Multiplayer, Local Multiplayer, Local Co-ꦓOp

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

Platform(s)
PC
How Long To Beat
♌ 130+ Hours 🥃

CoA strikes a healthy balance between gameplay and storytelling, and one o♏f the best examples of an MMO that does this well is Star Wars: The Old Republic. Every time I load this game up, I'm delighted in how well-ཧincorporated the story and the world is with the gameplay.

There's nothing quite like getting to spend time in a galaxy far, far away. As someone who grew up watching the box-set VHS of the o⛎riginal trilogy until I was confident I could recite the movies from start to finish, any🎐 chance that I get to play a game where I end up with a blaster and/or a lightsaber feels like coming home. SWTOR captures that feeling perfectly.

4 �𝓀� Neverwinter

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Neverwinter
MMORPG
Systems
Top Critic Avg: 73/100 Critics Rec: 45%
Released
June 20, 2013
ESRB
T For Teen due to Violence, Blood 🌳
Developer(s)
ꦬ Cryptic Studios
Publisher(s)
ꩲ Pe꧅rfect World Entertainment, Gearbox Publishing
Engine
Cryptic
Multiplayer
Onl♏ine Multiplayer ꦐ

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

Platform(s)
PC, PS4, Xbox One
OpenCritic Rating
Fair
How Long To Beat
50 Hours

The combat in CoA is extremely smooth, and is a noticeable upgrade over many other MMOs in that department. But one that keeps pace with that combat is Neverwinter. While it might have been outshined by other D&D releases like Baldur's Gate 3 and the Dungeons and Dragons movie that was so good we'll never get anot🎀her, Neverwinter deserves its flowers, too.

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If you♚r focus in CoA is on combat, Neverwinter is one of the best games on this list to move over into. It's had years to refine its systems into something that makes sense for new players, but is still rewarding for players who have spent hours with it, too.

3 Palia

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Palia
Simulation
MMO
Systems
Top Critic Avg: 77/100 Critics Rec: 67%
Released
August 10, 2023
ESRB
E10+ For Everyone 10+ Due To Alcohol Reference, Fantasy Violence, Mild Language,🌳 Mild Suggestive Themes, Use of Tobacco
Developer(s)
🌌 Singularity 6, Inc.
Publisher(s)
🐎 Si𝔉ngularity 6, Inc.
Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Multiplayer
൩🃏 Online Co-Op

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

Number of Players
1-25
Early Access Release
꧃ 🏅 August 10, 2023
Nintendo Switch Release Date
🃏 December 14, 20ꦯ23
OpenCritic Rating
Strong

Palia is one of the most unusual MMOs out there, but there's something really attractive about its lower-stakes, la🔯id-back world. While CoA is centered around combat, that doesn't mean you can't walk around and simply enjoy spending time in the world. A lot of effort has been put in by artists and world designers to make it a place that feels like a pleasant place to walk around in.

Palia takes that to the next level. It's a game (nearly) devoid of any form of combat, and is instead centered around making a nice little place to live and hopping around the village to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:enjoy the company of others. It's a world I really enjoy booting up as I'm heading to bed, and I've been surprised at how chi🌊ll and friendly the community seems to be.

2 🌠 🐷 Blade And Soul

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MMORPG
Systems
Developer(s)
NCSoft
Publisher(s)
ꦡ NC America
Multiplayer
ꦡ Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op

Platform(s)
PC

Blade & Soul is a game that's going to be more familiar to the Eastern audience, but has gotten a Western release now, too. Aesthetically, this is probably the game that shares the most with CoA of any on th𒆙e list, but the similarities don't stop there.

Blade & Soul is a very action-oriented MMO, and is another example of one that takes a lot of tra💫ditional MMO combat ideas, and refines them. It's got both PvE and PvP, and for those that enjoy the cosmetic market, there are a lot of outfits to g🌸rab, too.

1 🎃 DC Universe Online

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DC Universe Online
Action
MMORPG
Systems
10.0/10
Top Critic Avg: 74/100 Critics Rec: 60%
Released
January 11, 2011
ESRB
t
Publisher(s)
𝔉 Daybreak Game Company
Engine
havok, unreal engine 3
Multiplayer
🥂 ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Online Multiplayer

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
PHYSICAL

Franchise
DCU
Developer
🥀 Dimensional Ink Games

DC Universe Online has been around for a long time for one simple reason: it's good. Great, in fact. There is no game that captures a comic-book world as perfectly as DCUO, but that doesn't mean🌱 it's just for people who can't help but smile when super-speeding around Gotham and Metropolis.

It's me. I'm the people who smile.

DCUO's combat system is very easy to understand, but has a high skill ceiling. I have spent hundreds (if not thousands) of hours in PvP over the years, leveled more than 200 characters, and could draw you a map of every instanced PvE mission up to Tier 4. I say this not to impress you with numbers, but to say꧃ that if you're looking for another MMO worth your time, DCUO is that game.

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