If you can’t beat them, join them!

I’ve been so busy with Second Life that I’ve missed so many things in the local MMORPG scene!

It seems that the trend this past few months was to go Free 2 Play as seen with the release of Ragnarok Online’s free to play Valkyrie Server and Rising Force (RF) Online free to play update. These news may be old to many but they are new to me.

I really need to get back into the MMORPG loop because the last news I heard was the closing of Philippine ROSE Online after it became Free 2 Play. Are we going to see the same thing happen with RF and RO? RF and RO Philippines will not be closing down soon because they still have a fairly large user base. Just look at Khan Online Philippines, it’s still up and running.

I’m not a big fan of RF or RO but I remember saying to myself that the only time I’ll even consider playing these two titles again is when they become Free 2 Play. I guess faith wants me to play these games again. LOL!

If I can get my hands on a CD installer then I might install and play these games again just for the hell of it but if I’m going to download the installer, well, I’m not sure. Like what I’ve said, I’m just not a big fan of RF and RO left a bad taste on me.

Anyway, my guess is that Game Publishers are getting enough returns in their investment to keep this Free 2 Play subscription model because if not then we wouldn’t see titles like RO or RF changing from Pay 2 Play to Free 2 Play.