- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
- Date added: September 21, 2005
- Total Downloads: 11,021,230
- Downloads last week: 2,332
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1224 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
In the ever-expanding and competitive realm of MMORPGs, Knights Online has a sturdy reputation for offering the most for free. A heavily-populated game, with nearly 300,000 people online when we played, Knights provides a familiar fight-and-quest medieval milieu that encourages interaction with other players but doesn't demand it.
For a free download, the graphics are top-rate. As you acquire weapons and armor, your character's physical appearance changes to reflect both the new implement of death being swung and the new pants you're wearing. The POV changes are fairly smooth and occasionally disorienting for it. There also is a paid upgrade version that opens up a community that allows you to sell items at a higher rate and more power.
The user subscription has another benefit: consistent access. The game is so popular that free players are blocked during peak hours. There are the usual drawbacks of cheaters and complaints about customer support, but the biggest problem we encountered was the installation. On top of the massive install file, we were required to add 13 patches with absolutely no documentation; it was only from the Web site's player forums that we learned about them.
All that being said, it's a fun game that can magically obliterate your free time--and leave you happier for it.
Publisher's description
From K2 Network :We invite you to the world of Knight Online, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that utilizes a party system where you help your fellow players to advance. A prominent and exciting feature of Knight Online is the involving, persistent, large-scale war between players. Upon registering and creating your character, you must choose between two nations: El Morad, the nation of the human race, and Karus, the nation of the Orc tribes. The successful player will seek to join forces with others of his or her nation in order to obtain victory. By enduring battles, that character may also become a hero in the Knight Online World. He may also receive a title and reward from the King, become the lord of his own castle, and even rule over a city. Version 1.282 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
Version 1.299 may include unspecified updates, enhancements or bug fixes.
Note: This is a very large (283MB) file and may take several hours to download via dial-up modem.
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User reviews of Knight Online 1.299
- Average user rating: 3.2 stars out of 1224 votes
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172 out of 223 people found this review helpful
Version: Knight Online 1.299
"Enjoy the game but DON'T SPEND YOUR MONEY"
Pros: Awesome graphics and good story line. That's all the pros I could find.
Cons: Too many bugs, too many cheaters, too many hackers, too addictive, no customer support, etc, etc.
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109 out of 124 people found this review helpful
Version: Knight Online 1.299
"Not abysmal, but far from good."
Pros: Getting everything set up is very easy. It's a clean install, no hangups or bugs during the first install. It does download patches, but at a quick rate on fast connections. Once you begin, the "Ohh" factor takes over and you are immersed in the graphics and the sound. Graphics aren't high-end, but for their level aren't laughable. There are thousands of players all around, active players. The view is switchable between Third person, far third person, free, and first person. That is great for some games, and it doesn't suffer here.
Cons: Once that "ohh" factor wears off in a matter of hours, you begin to realize how much this game is lacking. There are bugs upon bugs, upon bugs. You can report the bugs, but the developers do not seem to notice. The chat function is unexplained, and for the most part just random banter. Class spells don't get anymore impressive as levels increase. The party system favors leechers, as with all party systems of this sort. The player community is borderline, because of the lack of translation skills, rudeness, and overall sense of "Gotta be the best by any means. you teh suck111!!!111." Of course, the population is a plus, but also a minus, as players will nearly always intrude on another player's kill, either on purpose or by accident.
Items can be deleted for absolutely no reason. Not just items you pick up fairly, but pay items as well. Public humiliation serves as punishment for rule infraction on the webpage, which is a is no-no for gamer's reputation. There are also many flaws in this games hack detection system that punishes innocents, and lets the guilty get off scot-free.
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74 out of 83 people found this review helpful
Version: Knight Online 1.299
Cons: DONT PLAY THIS GAME! GM's are very poor in suport.Game very Buggy with people hiding in walls killing you Rangers KS whole area's IT's a bug rangers have.People abuse the micro's.Please READ this:I was banned over there pay pal system Not working right.I was trying to buy power up items.Which wasnt show me receiving nothing.when it all came down to it.RICK the GM told me I was banned over miss use of the pay pal.Clear if they checked my Char. or account I didnt receive not 1 item.When the 10.00 and 5.00 dollar went though.I asked for my money back.Beucase i was unable to get unbanned.I even called pay pal and my bank to help fix this.Rick and the other didnt seem fit to return my money.I HAVE SCREEN SHOTS OF ALL THE MESSAGE!.PLEASE read KOL fourm before playing it is not wise to play here
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48 out of 56 people found this review helpful
Version: Knight Online 1.299
"Very good.......until the new patch. plz dont download unless u like cheaters"
Pros: -Good game play
-Fun
-Event in game
-Huge world to explore
-wide selection of character
Cons: I have been playing for 6 month now, this is the best FREE online RPG i have ever played!!!
Until the new patch, the release of KE
THERE HAVE BEEN
-many hackers
-many cheaters
-many bugs
-many glitchs
-crappy Game Moderator
-Alot of people that dont cheat are leaving the game
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39 out of 44 people found this review helpful
Version: Knight Online 1.299
Pros: Great game if it wasn't a scam for your money.
Cons: Its a trap. First of all you download this game because it looks good and YAY its free. Well its only free if you don't mind playing a laggy game with a very disrespectfull staff and community. If you are paying for anything in this game then you are loved by staff. They will also love ya if your paying for these updates and power ups that will make the game play better and fix bugs that for some odd reason still don't get fixed after you buy these updates. Now if you don't pay and try to play this game for free. Staff ignores you, your items are constantly erased because they are duplicated, and you will only get bombarded by insane bugs the farther into it you go. The point of this game is for people who hate americans to trick you into start playing this "free" game. Once your in they will do everything possible to get your money. While the players from other countries seem to get along just fine without spending a fricken penny. This game is a scam to get your money in one way or another. If your willing to pay then just buy an MMORPG and play that. This game is not worth you time, unless of course you enjoy being harrased.
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