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Not really. It's a single player RPG with the ability to play with a couple friends. ORPG implies it's only played online, like Guild Wars.
Very good. That's exactly how it works, and it's exactly why the forum is split like it is. People don't make topics about P2P games here. You can actually play WoW for free though...
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Well I still think it can be labeled as a Online RPG to some extent because your playing a RPG Online with other people and because you can actually level up together and find rare items together while playing different classes to support each other I pretty much consider it a Online RPG to some extent...
If you goto IGN.com and look up "Phantasy Star Online" the game is under the "Online RPG" section but yet you can play all the PSO games offline by your self or Online with other people... Also what would you consider the Diablo series than because your can play Diablo 1 and 2 offline but also online and lots of people consider Diablo a Online RPG...
But yeah you can play WOW for free but only in private servers which aren't allowed to be talked about here anyway and if your mean free trials as "Playing WOW for free" than thats more like demoing the game and not really playing it... That would be like saying I played DOOM 3 for free because I downloaded the Demo... Oh and lots of people make topics about P2P MMORPGs here.. Hell theres even a topic named
"World of Warcraft and Guild Wars: A Comparison' a couple topics down from mine and you can also goto search and type in Everquest and Vanguard and find topics on those...
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IGN Quote: Doesn't sound much like the typical Phantasy Star game, does it? Phantasy Star Online is more like Diablo 3D, with a big emphasis on action and group-oriented teamwork. Even though it strays from its namesake, the game seems to work well – though the demo was only ten minutes long, it showed off a stable networking system with little visible lag, and a level of graphical polish that's never been seen in an online RPG. We're talking about lush, incredibly dense environments -- the forest stage was damn pretty, with no frame-rate hiccups or other unsightly blemishes. This is second-generation Dreamcast stuff for sure.
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http://dreamcast.ign.com/articles/085/085813p1.html
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