MMO Games you can play on a netbook or an old/new desktop computer

[Zardon]

Since a lot of people ask this question, I decided to create a thread on it. Feel free to discuss the topic. I'll make a list.

Note: The list will grow longer as time goes but always consider that on old desktop pcs, the computer specifications will be old and outdated. The more outdated and the lower the system specifications are, the lower minimum requirements you have to look for when looking for an MMO game. So for netbooks and old desktop pcs, you gotta look for a game that will work on minimum/low specifications.

MMO Games you can play on a...


Netbook:


Old Desktop PC:


New Desktop PC:

[NightCandy]

A few of my friends with netbooks and crusty old laptops play Maplestory, because they can. (At least two of my friends have said exactly that: they play Maplestory because it will run on their netbooks.)

My desktop is old for a computer, and even the upgrades I did to it over time have gotten old. (P4 1.8GHz.; 1 GB RAM; Radeon 9250) Even some otherwise fairly low spec free-to-play games are out of my reach because I lack pixel shader 2.0.

The other (work) computer I play on is similar but just a little better all the way around (processor, RAM, and video card).

Here are some of the MMO games I have played on both, sometimes after making some changes to the settings, particularly video settings:

EverQuest (1)
World of Warcraft
Lineage 2
Dark Age of Camelot
LoTRO (with the low res client),
DDO (mixed performance).
Perfect World International
Jade Dynasty
Ether Saga Online
Battle of the Immortals
Fiesta Online
Asda Story
Shaiya
Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine
Mabinogi

I'd like to add EverQuest 2 with the caveat that it took significant tweaking to play it on the oldest of the computers I use back when I played it before, getting the graphics down to their lowest settings and using every tip and trick I could google up, but when I went to play EverQuest 2 Extended, the "free" version, the performance on this old thing was awful. It was pretty much unplayable, even for me, and I am a ridiculously patient person. I hadn't played EQ2 for quite a long time before that, though, so perhaps there were upgrades I don't know about that pushed it out of my range.

On the slightly better computer with a video card that DOES support Pixel Shader 2.0:
Runes of Magic
Allods Online
Aika Online


I also have a pretty new laptop (less than a year old), which has let me play a variety of newer games, including Warhammer Online and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. There was only one exception: Age of Conan ran, but was unplayable because of graphical problems with the laptop's video. (That's not really surprising though.)

[NightCandy]

I recently picked up a headstart for Odyssey Classic from this very site-- easy for my old computer. How is it on a netbook?

[Zardon]

Something I have to work on is putting the system requirements information into the game profiles.

But umm...

Odyssey is a fairly basic hack and slash MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). It is designed to run on lower end computers, some as slow as 66mhz. Instead of focusing highly on visual, and aural elements, Odyssey tends to focus on gameplay value, and replayability. This guide will demonstrate how the basic functions work and ideologies players should hold.

So the game should be playable on a netbook. Looks like a browser game to me.

[NightCandy]

Originally Posted by Zardon

Something I have to work on is putting the system requirements information into the game profiles.

But umm...



So the game should be playable on a netbook. Looks like a browser game to me.

I downloaded a client. I don't see where it is playable in a browser.

[bugpop]

a lot of mmo game that can play in old pc but you must choose lower on graphic option