silkroad

Having recently come out of a rather nasty Texas Hold’Em Poker addiction on Facebook, I feel enlightened to talk to you about the benefits and evils of playing online games with complete strangers. Yes, they took all my money. But, as therapy as shown me, Poker has nothing to do with winning, it’s all about who loses last.

However, there are a number of more enjoyable ways to interact with new people on the internet. Including shooting them:

• Net Domino – OK so it may seem a dull start but wait till you get online. It’s fierce.
• World of Warcraft – The most fantasy fun you can have without dressing up
• Rakion – A medieval bloodbath: you and your friends must slay a Golem
• The Saga of Ryzom – Head-spinningly realistic and beautifully created virtual world
• SilkRoad Online – Trade or plunder the choice is yours, but you must get that silk. A great introduction to the multiplayer experience.
• Little Fighter 2 – Double Dragon-style manga Americana punching, kneeing and chuck-em- in-the-bins action.
• Dungeon Runners – Ugly monsters and squalid conditions, just like the Softonic office
• Quake 4 – Episode Four of the classic and still there’s Strogg and the Borgs to kill. When will the madness end?
• Audition Online – Shake your booty for strangers without paying an entrance fee or getting hit by a bouncer.
• Entropia Universe – It promises a real world with real currency but all I’ve found are plants with faces and gorillamen. Much better than this Earth place.

Love them or hate them, massive multiplayer online role playing games usually have this geeky aura of being extraordinarily difficult adventures, only intended for role-play lovers and heavy videogame players. If you share this idea, you should give a try to this game. SilkRoad Online is a good option to begin in MMORPGs, if you ever feel an interest in it.

The suitability of SilkRoad as an introduction for online role-playing games is due mainly to two facts: one, it’s absolutely free; and two, it’s really a very good RPG –that is, for a free RPG. So it’s a perfect choice for casual players who prefer not to get too involved, nor have to pay a monthly fee for playing.

However, if there’s something you’ll need to play SilkRoad, it’s patience. Loads of it. First, you’ll have to wait for the file to download, then for the EXE to be patched with the latest releases. After that, you’ll find yourself waiting to enter the over-populated servers and play. In fact, these lag issues are the main complaint of SilkRoad players.