Guild Wars vs Salem
Guild Wars
Guild Wars is an MMORPG that brings a fantasy world to your screens full of quests to complete, skills to master and enemies to defeat. The game features a variety of different professions to choose your character from. Characters can then be upgraded in their skills and weaponry with experience points. An epic campaign mode offers an exciting PvE gameplay where players can interact with a dynamic environment. Moreover, multiplayer game modes include guilds, arena battles, co-op missions along with dungeon battles. A strategic use of skills is required in the combat system and players have the freedom to switch between FPS and TPS gameplay.Looking for a fun yet older MMORPG? Try out Guild Wars and delve into a fantasy-based setting full of challenging campaigns and nail-biting multiplayer contests.
Salem
Salem is an old-school and somewhat obscure (but fun) sandbox MMORPG that unlike Wurm Online has a stronger emphasis on its in-depth crafting system and survival aspect rather than building.Similar to Wurm Online though, Salem is not a voxel-based game, but you are still able to mold the game environment through resource gathering, mining and digging in a way that reminds me of the currently-shelved MMORPG, EverQuest Next: Landmark. Of course, although not exactly the focus of the game, you can still build your homestead and the process is quite similar to Wurm Online except that it occurs at a much higher speed.
Not to mention, the game world in Salem is simply humongous to the point where it feels like an actual world. Salem also borrowed some features from ArcheAge where open-world PvP is the norm, so you'll need to be vigilant at all times, but players who kill and steal for no reason will be labelled as criminals and can be punished.
However, as good as it is despite being an indie MMO and all, Salem does have its fair share of flaws due to its low development budget. So, we'd recommend you to take a look at Salem without carrying along any high expectations. It's a pretty good MMORPG like Minecraft, but if you're expecting a Minecraft clone, you may end up disappointing yourself.