I currently play http://www.ogame.org but they've recently started this program that allows people to gain unfair advantages via OGame Officers that increase certain aspects of the game. These Officers are unfortunately "hired" for a monetary amount. Anyone know any good free MMORPG's that don't take over your life too much like WoW and are totally free?

isn't matrix online free now?

On the paid front, looking forward to conan.

For simpler fun I'd give cosmic rift or infantry a go... still great games.

http://cosmicrift.station.sony.com/main.jsp

Yeah, Infantry is a great game. I have put way to much time into it... I am now a Super Moderator on it. Hit me up if you need help, alias is nap.

I don't think that an MMORPG EXISTS that won't take over your life unless it sucks royally.  Even the text-based MUDs were super-addicting.

If your looking for a good free MMORPG that check out Planeshift

Runescape is pretty good (and free!)

Cheating on Runescape is pretty good and free too.

Whats the POINT of cheating on an MMORPG? Unless you suck so bad you'll never get to the endgame on your own

http://www.dragonfable.com - very lame but fun. theres also bots which is a bit of fun.

Back in the day MUDs were the shiznit.  I'll have to check all these out, I didn't know a 'free' MMORPG existed.

Iam waiting for Warhammer Online, I would never pay a "free" mmorpg because you can never be sure they won't shut down at anytime. I prefer to pay when I invest time in games and decide when I want to quit and not the company that is providing the game.

Hey guys, any Games based on real life?

ash1023,the only big one I can think of is secondlife

I am shocked that nobody here has mentioned Project Entropia, now called Entropia Universe.  They just licensed the "CRY2" engine from the people who are bringing out Crysis, possibly one of the prettiest new games to be released.  Entropia Universe is completely free to download, but you can dump money into it if you want a quick boost in the game.  And like Second Life, it's economy is transferrable to real world cash... so of you are really good at the game, you can actually earn money off of it.

Pretty cool. What's it like to play though?

Haven't seen this one yet. Keen to check it out...

Try google these

Trickster Online

Knight Online

Silk Road

9Dragons

Those are just a few of tons of Free MMORPGs, though quality does vary in most.

http://www.freemmorpglist.com/games_rpg_mmorpg.html

http://Duels.com

Entropia Universe looks nice, maybe i will try when i get a new HD , this one is filled up already...

http://www.cybotsgame.com

Actually, I wrote this one.

(no really)

Entropia looks really good. I am getting it as soon as I get a computer that is worthy enough to run it! Huge potential to make serious cash if you know what you're doing. Also the exchange rate is fixed at 10PED = 1USD - so that's pretty cool, plus there's a stock exchange etc.. It looks amazing, and I think this is going to be the next big thing.