Drakensang Online

TLDR; highly recommend if you are ok playing solo and only expecting to enjoy the first 100-150 hrs or so. You will have a great time playing through the questline and learning all about the world and character progression... until you hit all the new changes. All the new content is grindy, repetitive, usually buggy, and more frustrating than fun. Raising the level cap just made it harder to keep up with all the other players around, and if you don't have insane hours to play the limited time events you won't really progress any more or be competitive. The vast majority of the playerbase are old players who have a lot of time on their hands. Or money. There are really only 2 alive / playable servers, so if you are looking for a social experience this might not be for you. Also unfortunately because this is a dying game the devs keep adding more random nonsense like battle passes ("season pass") for no reason (the reason is money actually), but as long as you don't mind closing popups on login they don't bother you to spend money too much. Don't get me wrong, I love this game. It is my favorite MMORPG despite its flaws, and it is genuinely free to play and fun up until level 50. You can easily get to level 50 without paying, and even if you don't complete the events the gameplay loop is interesting and rewarding enough the first few times you play them. Most of the campaign quests and gameplay basics have up to date wiki or forum posts you can use if you get stuck (just don't bother with looking for anything post-lvl 45). I know I'm in the minority of players who are chilling at <lvl 100 but I genuinely enjoy playing this game. I've made a handful of characters over the past decade and I'll keep playing from time to time until it finally dies. Also, because this is a random game from 2011, the female player model is so ugly in most of the cosmetics it's not even tempting at all to purchase/grind for them! Don't believe me? Look up the golden warrior costume.