Is it me or are the Free to play games way more fun than the games you pay 60 bucks for..
I think people that make free to play games are more focused on the game instead of the Money.

I got like 300 games on my steam and i'm still playing more F2P games than the games i've bought.

What are your thoughts about this?

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For example, Team Fortress 2.
The items you can get in the shop are also able to find ingame.

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Of course Team Fortress 2 is an example of a good F2P game, but what are some other ones?

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Well, AdventureQuest is one.

I have to admit, there aren't that many Good F2P games today.

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Oh you're bringing non-multiplayer flash games into this? Hah.

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I've never said it had to be a multiplayer game.

;)

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When it comes to flash games it's no surprise they don't need money since most flash games are hosted on sites like Newgrounds, Kongrate, ect, but F2P MMOs demand money.

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That's not even on steam is it?

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He didn't say it was on steam?

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'I got like 300 games on my steam and i'm still playing more F2P games than the games i've bought.'

So he was talking about steamgames.

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he was simply stating that he counted 300 games on steam

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"I've got like 300 games on my steam"
A free game does not add to your game list on steam.
This doesn't necessarily mean he plays F2P games on steam.

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Indeed. It generates more money than a paid game just because of this.

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yerp, but for example if you want to open crate you actually pay money

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But in past, you have to buy TF2 to be able to play it :C

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Neopets?

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Planetside, I've already gotten a bunch of hours on it and it just recently got out of beta

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You can get everything out of it without paying, except for the camo, which is all cosmetic shit

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f2p games make more money than paid because of the many micro transactions people buy,just look at Nexon they make soo much profit off of their f2p titles its unbelievable.They were even planning to buy out EA earlier last year. Why do you think EA wants to go down this route and make all of their games f2p :(. Don't get me wrong some titles like TF2 and LoL work great as free to play but alot make you feel forced into buying everything you want anyway because you can't be bothered to grind 100 hours to get 1 gun.

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Smaller publishers make even more money from their investments due to niche (region) targeting.

Most of the 'MMO' sites covering these games are bought by advertisers to the point where they're press release junkyards. Usually it's a large publisher like PWI or Aeria, but you'd get the odd smaller title wanting to cash in in the first week.

EA likes F2P because they're not making much headway in the DD realm (Origin is a failure business-wise) and making F2P titles is an easy way in - not to mention all those mobile titles they have. They're one of a dedicated few who really believe in the "console/AA experience" going micro-transaction and succeeding. Crytek is another with their russian shooter.

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The gameplay is what gets the money. Devs need to strike a balance where they are getting enough money to run the game without having to make it pay-to-win. If people don't like the gameplay, they won't play the game and the devs don't get any money.

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. One of the best completely f2p games i ever played.

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Don't forget Planetside 2.

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League of Legends updates every month, no buy to win

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well the rune site system is a bit of "pay to win"

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They are only to be bought with IP, which is the currency you get for playing games.
And theyre not expensive.

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you can't buy runes with real money

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What the two above me said, runes are IP only, so you actually have to play to obtain them.

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+1 for DF

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Dwarf Fortress isn't F2P.

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then what is it? alpha ofc... but who cares? :P Btw

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And what has that to do with F2P?

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You dont have to pay at all to enjoy all its features? Unless you limit f2p term only to mmo's

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RaiderZ is one, largely because there is store content, but it's more luxury than compulsory or obligatory, making it a great game for people who don't want to pay and just want to play.

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Isn't raiderz published by perfect world?

Yeah, thats going to come crashing down.
Blacklight is threading the needle when it comes to P2W and publisher douchebaggery.

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Tribes:Ascend

The developers seem to care a lot about gameplay, balance, community, and entertainment. Also someone who doesn't pay a cent can function just as well as people who have accelerated their gear accumulation with money. It's definitely not pay-to-win.

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Tribes: Ascend. You can unlock all weapons, perks, classes and upgrades without paying money. There are no restrictions on maps or game modes as well. Very nice F2P-FPS.

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^this

Tribes FTW

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Tribes is above my skill level, it moves way too fast for me. That being said the company that makes it (Hi-Rez Studios) is full of really awesome people and if for nothing more than how cool they all were to me in person, I recommend any of their games (Tribes, Smite or Global Agenda)

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path of exile. You can play even skills tree xD : http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree

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Wow! Thats a really big skill tree, I just registered for the beta when I saw this :O

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i'm waiting for beta something about six months...

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+1 Best example of totally awesome F2P game out there IMO.

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Tribes: Ascend
MechWarrior: Online
PlanetSide 2
Vindictus

And tons more, you only need to know where to search...

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its simple,DotA 2 one of the best f2p games along TF2...

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Have you try Travian?

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Firefall, End of nations, World of Tanks, World of Warplanes, PlanetSide 2, Star Wars The Old Republic is F2P up to level 50, and Im sure there are a lot of other good ones too

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a lot of them. and, see for yourself = better

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Do you mean F2P with microtrans or regular freeware?

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I guess both,
With F2P they aren't on a so called Deadline or something so they got more time to make a game more enjoyable.
But i guess that's a bad argument because they can still make updates and stuff.

I don't know, i guess i like F2P more, it has something different than those expensive games.

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some yes, some not.

... and I hate F2P games with a P2W item shop

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I agree,

For example take Runescape, i really enjoyed that game back in the day.
Today they got all these weird shops and stuff, they pretty much ruined the game.

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RS isnt P2W since it's not based on PvP

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there is none.
f2p games earn money true premium memberships or buyable content.

As far as fun f2p games go,i'll name WoT,it's a really awesome game.

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But still to play with your friends, you have to pay money.

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well games like End of Nations dont have any buyable content that effects the gameplay so its not pay to win but it does have cosmetic items because they have to make money somewhere

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Saying free to play games aren't in it for the money is as precise as saying big name publishers aren't in it for the money.

And on that note, games that cost 60 bucks generally suck. You should take more of a look into the indie market.

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Yep, most of the Indie games are better than the ones costing you 60$.

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I hate to be a grammar nazi, but, better*

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Thanks.

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*butter

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*No.

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Most games priced ~$60 on PC are usually pretty good. Dishonored, Far Cry, and a lot of other AAA titles are great. Sure maybe you don't like COD, but Black Ops 2 made over $500 million in it's first day so obviously a lot of people like it and are willing to pay $60. There are always games that suck, and honestly I believe that the indie market has a much larger ratio of bad games to good games. I agree though that a ton of indies don't get the attention they deserve.

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America's Army. They may be trying to use it as a recruitment tool, but they're definitely not in it for the money, and damned if it's not a quality game. The original was kinda meh, but they're up to v3 now.

And is it Rage or Ravaged? One of those, anyway. F2P and looks fun as hell, if the videos are any indication.

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Rage and Ravaged are both not FTP.

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As long as the F2P games aren't P2W then its a good F2P game. Personally I prefer straight up free games. Alien Swarm has been my favorite for those, too bad the community died out and not much people heard of this great game nor knew how to install the custom maps (which weren't too hard to do).

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Yeh, I remember playing Alien Swarm, and then suddenly no-one was playing :/ I enjoyed that game :D

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Mechwarrior Online,

Hawken,

Cosmic Break,

Warframe (although it has a pricey cash shop),

RaiderZ last time I played anyway (Alpha),

Blacklight Retribution,

As far as single player games go, there are countless free RPGs that are amazing, especially if you like Roguelikes.
Some of my favorite Roguelikes are:

TOME,

Rogue Survivor,

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup,

Powder,

NetHack,

Flare (not really roguelike, but fun),

I really don't care if a game is free or $60 (as long as neither are P2P). Some of my favorite games are free and some I've bought the collectors editions ($100+). All depends on what you are willing to try. Obviously for free there is a ton of crap, and even worse communities, but there are diamonds out there waiting to be found.

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No.

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+1 Mechwarrior Online.

Tons of fun if you can find a group to join up with...

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I'm on the same boat. For some reason my most played games are all f2p. It might be because people here don't buy that many games. Currency is a very big issue.

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i enjoyed alot hours (alot more than any games that i have bought) in Alien Swarm and I still think it as a very fun game

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pathofexile best game ever

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+1000

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+100000000

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It really is an awesome game. I like the fact that they listen so well to the community with the development of their game. I think this will be one of the top tier games, like TF2 and Dota (2).

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If the Gotham City Imposters' team option worked half as good as most games work in Alpha, then it would be a great game!

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No Super Monday Night Combat love here? C'mon guys...

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Because it is horrible?

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Agreed. MNC > SMNC

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Some, if not most F2Ps from the start (there are a ton, of course only the "better" ones get more exposure) are developed around the idea "how can I monetize this part of the game?" which ruins the game.

Probably depends on your preferences though. I don't play any F2Ps except for Dota2, last one I tried was LotRO and that got boring for me fast. Not that it was bad, it's even a good model of a free-to-play, as you can even get the $$$ equivalent points (Turbine points was it) from achievements in-game.

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Alot of F2P games on steam have microtransactions or DLC available. Even though fun games like Dungeons & Dragons are free, A LOT of content isn't available. You can 'earn' it by grinding... but it's very slow to be worth it.

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Best game ever, steam://install/480
paste this into browser address bar, then hit enter

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Crashes everytime I try to play.

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Dota 2 815 hours, tf2 221 hours, Skyrim 114 hours .. nuff said.

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^this

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You can play a F2P game and get all the item you have to buy for free.

How?

Just join a private server :) That's what I did when I played Metin 2 about 6 years ago.

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Planetside 2 and Blacklight REtribution. Better than Halo or Call of duty.

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Blacklight is an unbalanced mess.

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Planetside 2 has brought me more laughs and fun than most $60 shooters.

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Realm of the Mad God?

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+1

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It really depends which game. There are F2P games that are better than some games you need to buy and there are games you need to buy that are better than F2P games. I guess that 60$ was for CoD so I must say yes - F2P games are better than CoD!:)

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can't agree with you...
TF2 - absolutely badass
Spiral Knights - yes very cool and nicely done F2P modal
Hawken - oh hell yeah

just about every other one i've tried - NO... utterly disappointing
some are almost enjoyable but only for a little while - Forsaken World and another one kinda like it but can't even remember the name now (because they just get so "cookie cutter")
but most of them fall more in the Fallen Earth bucket of get me the hell outta here

I do see some interesting looking ones that I haven't tried and probably will at some point but so far i'm left disappointed with F2P other than a few gems that stand out

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District 187 is okay, the problem with free to play games is that they have a lower budget.

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I created an account on Hawken site but still didn't try it :\
Maybe I will afterwards :)

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I think you just buy shitty games

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Me too

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