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By Danny "Ralsu" Gourley

About
This List

Please refer to the Top
Ten
Free-to-Play Games Portal to find out how to get a game you
make or like on this list.

Two Weeks in
Review

In case you missed it, Ten Ton Hammer had some href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/Giveaways">HUGE giveaways
last week. In fact, you can still href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/giveaways/landing/10">add
your name to the list for a style="font-style: italic;">Stargate Worlds
beta invitation. The point of telling readers about this is to explain
why there was no Top Ten last week; I was very busy and had little time
to play.

Once the intensity died down, I finally lived up to my word
and tried style="font-style: italic;">Archlord.
I don't always agree with Managing Editor Cody "Micajah" Bye's take on
a game, but I cannot add anything to href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/index.php?q=node/685">his
review of Archlord.
While the translation has gotten better in the seventeen months since
Cody reviewed the game, the graphics have aged a little. And the grind
has remained the same. It's a wash for me. Archlord doesn't make the
Top Ten. It didn't do enough to grab my interest. One play session and
uninstall. Any readers out there disagree? href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=34729">Drop
me a line and let me know what I'm missing.

The List

The major
shakeups for NCsoft this week result in me dropping style="font-style: italic;">Dungeon Runners to
number 10. The big announcement on September 10 didn't do much to
instill my faith that Dungeon
Runners will have support for the distant future. I
welcome href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=34729">comments
from anyone at NCsoft who reads this Top Ten. Please prove that style="font-style: italic;">Dungeon Runners is
not going the
way of Mythos.

The fall for Dungeon
Runners means a step up for the rest of the list. I was
tempted to drop Magic101
down a few notches for what I consider a poor revenue model for this
list. It's still a free-to-play game, but it's really a free-to-play
trial. The official website even tells gamers that "Wizard101 offers a
Free Trial that never ends!" The breakdown of available features can be
seen href="https://www.wizard101.com/site/home2/wizard101/page_8ad6a4041bfab317011bfadee3d2001f">here.
I really like the game, though. I think everyone should try it. I can't
say what the revenue model will mean for the game's position on the Top
Ten. I haven't decided yet.

I expect more changes next week, as I am trying out style="font-style: italic;">Perfect World International
and Red Stone.
Plus, it's finally time for Runes
of Magic.

Here are my Top Ten Free-to-Play Games for this week.

Disclaimer:
The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed are those of the author
and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of
the Ten Ton Hammer network or staff.

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