Each week we find more and more free games that do not quite fit into the freeware mold. Games that do not require a subscription fee to play, but encourage player usage of money through microtransactions or special subscription services. This is Playing For Free, a column that showcases these games.A popular model of free-to-play games is the action-shooter model. This may be because players do not feel like paying monthly for what they are already playing (see: Call of Duty 4, Unreal Tournament), or it might be because they are easier to do than the traditional MMO model. Regardless of just why developers do this, Exteel is a good entry into this sub-genre of the free-to-play game. Run by NCSoft (the company that runs Guild Wars and City of Heroes, among others), it links directly into their system, much like the rest of their games. You might not give it the attention that a serious MMO might get, but it sure is fun!
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Playing For Free: Exteel originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:00:00 EST.
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