[player-driven MMO] Wurm Online

[Tamas]

Kind of like a fantasy EVE Online (with shittier graphics). Seems to be free if you stay on the custom or pre-made kingdom territories, must pay to enter proper wilderness.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/12/05/wurm-welcome-wurm-online-emerging-from-six-year-beta/

cool story from like 2 years ago:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/03/24/pitchfork-media-a-portrait-of-wurm-online/


By all probability way too much of a time sink to hold my interest. but it was surprisingly engrossing to dick around in the forest next a starting city, slain a wild cat with considerable effort, fail to recover its fur, filet it's meat, cook it with blueberry, and make one wall-tile worth of planks.

The whole frontier feeling is very much ongoing even near the starting spot. I was wondering in a clearly player-built neighborhood.
Got dark, heard noises of somebody working, saw lights at a farm (people have pretty nice places with animals and shit. Must be a lot of effort), approached out of curiosity. Saw this guy run out to meet me. Guess didn't want my sword and shield bearing ass near his livestock Emote-smiled at him to preserve my life which he returned, and I went on my way.

Again, no way I am going to spend enough time with this unless we decide upon building a Languish Estate on a server or something.
But clearly there is big potential in this game.

[Maximus]

Well there was, until Notch left to develop Minecraft. The remaining dev, Rolf is about all PvP all the time.

Which is a shame. Wurm had many things to offer but the combat system was not one of them.

[ulmont]

Again, no way I am going to spend enough time with this unless we decide upon building a Languish Estate on a server or something.
But clearly there is big potential in this game.

There was, until you posted that you liked it.  You are: worse than Tim.