
Interestingly, more technical players can "do the hustle" and make tons of gold in the MMO's rather huge auction house.

Likewise, they can live a normal life and rely on things like fishing, mining, and leatherworking to make a living. Players of Runescape can go the typical adventurer's route and level up their combat skills as they fight enemies and do quests. In the world of Gielinor, players make a name for themselves as adventurers. Like with most MMOs, the game takes place in a fantasy setting. Now on its third iteration, Runescape runs with C++ and remains as free-flowing as ever. This MMORPG began way back in 2001 when Jagex created this 3D browser MMO with Java. The Guinness World Records recognizes Runescapeas the MMORPG that's the world's most-updated and the largest as well.

Franchise fans will love the level of depth the MMO takes in terms of questlines and lore in general. RELATED: 5 Discontinued Action Games That Almost Changed The Genre (& 5 That Are In Development)ĭespite its rather dated graphics, SWTOR boasts an experience rich with Star Wars lore that further expands the non-canon Legends side of the hit franchise. It also has a morality system that allows Sith-aligned individuals to make "good" decisions and Jedi-aligned players to make "bad" decisions. However, players of the game don't just become Jedi and Sith, as they can play the MMO's 1,600 hours' worth of content as classes such as a smuggler, a bounty hunter, a Republic Trooper, or an Imperial Agent as well.

In Star Wars: The Old Republic ( SWTOR), players take the role of a warrior in either the Galactic Republic or the Sith Empire. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away lies the Old Republic, a time of representative democracy before Supreme Chancellor Palpatine established his Galactic Empire in the main Star Warsseries.
