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2013 · GMO Gamepot · MMORPG · Role-playing

Wizardry Online

Wizardry Online is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game for PC, and a series in Wizardry Renaissance, developed by Gamepot and published by Sony Online Entertainment released on November 14, 2010 in Japan, and January 30 in North America and Europe via Steam. The game services ceased its operation on July 31, 2014 in North America and Europe, and later December 20, 2016 in Japan. An unofficial private server still exists.

Released: 30 January 2013
Platforms: Windows
Genres: MMORPG Role-playing
Developers: GMO Gamepot
Publishers: Daybreak Game Company
Series: Wizardry
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Fantasy Horror Survival
Country: Japan

About

Wizardry Online was a free-to-play MMORPG developed by Gamepot, Inc, based on the classic Wizardry computer games originally created by Sir-Tech. It was released in January 2013 before being discontinued in July 2014.

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Gameplay

Like many MMORPGs, players could create their own characters and explore and advance in an open world with other players that are also connected. A more dangerous addition to the gameplay was the potential for permanent death. The chance of losing your character can be reduced by sacrificing items.

Wizardry Online features five races as well as four classes. Similar to previous Wizardry games, a new character would receive bonus points they can assign to attributes. Each class has a requirement for a number of points in a one or more attributes in order to select that class. Open world player versus player (PvP) was also featured in the game.

Reception

Wizardry Online received mostly mixed reviews. GameSpot praised the game's interesting combat system and use of permadeath, but criticized the graphics and user interface.