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Title: Free Realms
Post by: wdwdreamin on November 18, 2008, 03:05 PM
Saw this posted on another board and wanted to pass it along to my nobs friends:

    
Beta sign-up has begun!

What is Free Realms, you ask? From their website:

Quote:
Free Realms is a free 3D virtual world with stunning unique graphics and fun, quirky activities. Free Realms is an attitude. It's innovative, dynamic and deep. Welcome to Free Realms, where there's so much to see and explore!
It will apparently be a "child safe", free-to-play game, with added content for a monthly membership fee ($4.99), as well as an in-game cash shop.

Check out the promotional videos at http://www.freerealms.com/whatIsFreeRealms.vm


Also from the other board:

Underage Restrictions

Please note that underage accounts will be subject to certain restrictive controls for enhanced protection of children in our online environment. Sony Online Entertainment hopes to make Free RealmsTM a safe place for people of all ages!

The restrictions are as follows:


Quick Chat
Quick chat is a version of real-time text conversation between users that gives the user choices of pre-determined phrases and words. Players under age 13 are only able to select and view text from a list created by Sony Online Entertainment and are NOT able to insert any personally-created text.

Limited Forums Participation
Free Realms supports a Community Forum for users to socialize and chat about the game. Sony Online Entertainment takes its oversight of this fan forum seriously; as a result, our Community Team will be moderating the content posted to the forums by players. Players under age 13 will not be able to access this site other than content created by Sony Online Entertainment, however parents are able to change their child(ren)'s permissions to permit their child(ren) to view the forums, via a parental password, if they wish to do so.

Limited Profile Functionality
Each Free Realms account is provided a player profile page displaying his/her character images, game achievements, news items, collections, gallery, character stats and more. Players under age 13 are permitted to communicate through the quick chat system to post comments on friends' profiles using pre-determined words and phrases, but are not able to input user-generated chat.


The game looks really awesome--I love how it looks like it will be so flexible, so everyone can play their way.  I signed up!


ETA:  The original quote from the other board also included a link to IGN but it didn't copy over for me.  There is more info on the game, screenshots, and videos.  Be sure to check out the 2nd video--it really has a lot of info!

http://pc.ign.com/articles/890/890388p1.html


Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: wdwdreamin on November 21, 2008, 04:07 PM
Did anyone else sign up?  I was hoping to bump into some friends when it opens.
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: Happy on November 21, 2008, 04:26 PM
Dream:
I did not sign up.  It does sound interesting.  Right now I been trying to drop games due to less time available to play.  Please keep us updated on how it goes.
 
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: littlebelle on November 21, 2008, 04:35 PM
I did it seems to have the feel of wizards I love the graphics. But more of a wait and see. I though elfs would be awesome when we first saw the preview. But then they made the character flat.BUt still giving elf a wait and see approach.
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: wdwdreamin on November 25, 2008, 01:35 PM
For those who are interested, I found a brief article with a little more game info:

http://kotaku.com/5026243/free-realms-+-the-best-mmo-at-e3 (http://kotaku.com/5026243/free-realms-+-the-best-mmo-at-e3)

Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: Kаsiks on November 25, 2008, 02:31 PM
I read once the last article you posted, I thought it was a good game but since then, I've played other games. I might try it once though.
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: wdwdreamin on March 18, 2009, 10:35 AM
Came across these links on another board:

Beach Area Preview:http://www.gametrailers.com/player/46754.html (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/46754.html)

Interview Part 1: http://g4tv.com/xplay/videos/37266/H...e-Preview.html (http://g4tv.com/xplay/videos/37266/H...e-Preview.html)

Interview Part 2: http://g4tv.com/xplay/videos/37269/H...t-Preview.html (http://g4tv.com/xplay/videos/37269/H...t-Preview.html)

I keep hearing that Beta is supposed to open soon and that those of us that pre-registered will be getting invitation emails, but I haven't heard anything yet.

Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: goldengourd on March 18, 2009, 11:21 AM
I did preregister for the beta quite some time ago, but still haven't heard anything yet.
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: wdwdreamin on March 26, 2009, 03:56 PM
Came across this article today on IGN:

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/966/966524p1.html (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/966/966524p1.html)

Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: wdwdreamin on April 13, 2009, 07:44 PM
Finally got my invite yesterday and set my character up tonight.  We are not allowed to discuss the game so I can't really say much.  I will say the game looks great and even though I felt a little lost I did have a great time with it!  My name there is Christine Sweetdream.  If anyone else gets in, let me know.  Hopefully I'll get some more time to explore tomorrow and maybe I'll have figured out how to add friends by the time I hear from you!! 
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: mir4mad on April 19, 2009, 04:38 PM
princessmadiro has been playing almost every day now since she got her invite last saturday. It reminds me of wizards but what is soooo nice is  that princess can walk around and do almost everything using the mouse! Her title was approved as Princessmadiro. I haven't had a chance to create my character yet. It looks too task oriented for me so not sure i will play it very much but I'll give it a try soon.
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: DreamTulip on April 21, 2009, 07:38 AM
I got my invite last week (I signed up months ago) and am now DreamTulip (human) there.  I sent in a message to help because I read that you couldn't change your title but at the time I didn't realize that we could put a different one from the drop down options.  They were great and replied and chaged it right away for me. Woot for excellent customer service!  :)  It does seem like a great game so far, it does have a Wizard101 like feel but a lot more variety and not all battle based like Wizards.  I know we can't say much about it, but I hope to see some familiar titles there.  PM me if you want to try to set up a time to meet up.
~Dream
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: littlebelle on April 21, 2009, 08:34 AM
Well I downloaded the the game last night. And it just confuses me. The sight movement with the mouse makes me dizzy and I am just not getting it. Maybe I will give it another try on the weekend.
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: wdwdreamin on April 21, 2009, 10:38 AM
Stick with it littlebelle!  It's confusing to me too, but I'm starting to get it.  Their forum has been a great help.  There's some members there that are putting together guides that have been helpful to me.  And I think the developers do plan to add more in-game tutorials/help eventually.  I did get my wdwdreamin name approved.  Setting up a meet may be the best way to set up friends though. 

Since we can't talk about the game here, if you get stuck, send me a PM.  I'm far from an expert but I'll help when I can.
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: Kаsiks on April 21, 2009, 11:50 AM
I signed up yesterday, and got my invite today , Time to test  :clap1:
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: wdwdreamin on April 22, 2009, 12:20 PM
There is an official announcement over the FR forums stating that the NDA has been lifted are we are now allowed to talk about the game anywhere!!
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: Kаsiks on April 25, 2009, 06:11 AM
I am not really hooked to the game but for those of you who are playing, which job do you prefer ?
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: wdwdreamin on April 25, 2009, 08:51 AM
So far, I'm a level 15 chef and level 7 miner, both of which I've enjoyed.  Will be working on pet trainer too.  DH likes combat stuff so he is having fun beating up baddies as a brawler and ninja--not sure what levels he's at.  It's kinda cool we can both enjoy the same game!  Although he makes way more coins doing combat than I get in my non-combat jobs, something that I've mentioned to the developers.
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: Purrypaws on April 30, 2009, 04:16 PM
Just registered in this game as Purrypaws..
Seems fun, get a bit dizzy from the movement, but perhaps as I learn to control my character it will be better..so far..I made stew!
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: wdwdreamin on April 30, 2009, 06:13 PM
Just wanted to brag a bit that on the Leaderboards for Copper Mining Score I am number 10!!!   :wavet:  Woot!  Probably won't stay there for too long as more people play but it's kinda cool for now!

Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: Purpleduck on April 30, 2009, 09:35 PM
Just wanted to brag a bit that on the Leaderboards for Copper Mining Score I am number 10!!!   :wavet:  Woot!  Probably won't stay there for too long as more people play but it's kinda cool for now!



Congrats gf!   :clap1:
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: papaduck on May 01, 2009, 02:15 PM
Signed up this afternoon.......now all I have to do is figure out how it works. :hmmmm:
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: wdwdreamin on May 01, 2009, 05:21 PM
It took me a bit to figure things out but I learn more each time I play.  The official forums have helped.  You have to be a paying member to post there, but anyone can read it and they have added one area for non-members.  Also, another site, http://fr.zam.com/ (http://fr.zam.com/), has quite a few guides and keeps adding more all the time.  No payment required!  :)

Once everyone gets settled and figures out their way around, we'll have to set up some friend meets.  You have to be on the same server to see/add friends, though I thought I remember reading something that said they were looking into changing that in the future.

I'm really enjoying this game now that I've played a bit.  There's lots of different things for me to do, depending on what I feel like when I sign in.  I signed up for the paid membership which gives me even more choices.  And they'll be adding more stuff over time.  Think this one's a keeper!!
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: papaduck on May 07, 2009, 11:36 AM
As I said, I signed up.......character name "Drake Oddwing", now all I have to do is get into the game....... :P

Keep getting a message, "there was an error downloading the game". :td: Beginning to irritate me a bit. :bm:
Title: Re: Free Realms
Post by: wdwdreamin on May 07, 2009, 04:24 PM
All I can recommend is that you contact Sony.  I know others have had various tech problems as well, although everything went smoothly for both me and DH.