Rift

Rift (previously known as Rift: Planes of Telara) is a fantasy free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Trion Worlds. Rift takes place within the fantasy world of…

84 1 March 2011 Free to play

Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy

Rift is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Trion Worlds, released 1 March 2011 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It is free to play.

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What Rift is

Rift is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Trion Worlds and released in 2011. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Gamebryo.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Telara is the focal point of the elemental Planes: Air, Fire, Water, Earth, Life, and Death—and one point where every one of these Planes intersect with each other. Each Plane is governed by a dragon-deity, a personification of that elemental force. Through the actions of the Dragon of Extinction, Regulos, the various dragons have united in an alliance known as the Blood Storm, for the purpose of invading Telara and gaining use of the intersection of all of their realms. In the past, the Blood Storm was defeated by the inhabitants of Telara with the help of the Vigil, the most powerful of the native gods. Regulos was cast out into the elemental Planes, while its five compatriots were…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) and Multiplayer.

How it was received

Rift holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 79% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Players rate it 76, 8 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Dual Core 2.0 GHz or better, 2 GB of RAM and Nvidia GeForce FX 5900, ATI/AMD Radeon X300, Intel GMA X4500 or better.. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 15GB.

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What it launched against

Rift launched on 1 March 2011, within three weeks of Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm and Total War: Shogun 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm, Total War: Shogun 2.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →

Screenshots

All media

Dlc

Rift: Storm Legion

13 November 2012

Rift: Nightmare Tide

22 October 2014

Rift: Starfall Prophecy

16 November 2016

Expansions

Rift: Storm Legion

13 November 2012

Quick answers

Rift — frequently asked questions

When did Rift come out?

Rift was released on 1 March 2011 for Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Is Rift free?

Yes — Rift is free to play.

What are the minimum PC requirements for Rift?

At minimum, Rift needs Dual Core 2.0 GHz or better, 2 GB of RAM, Nvidia GeForce FX 5900, ATI/AMD Radeon X300, Intel GMA X4500 or better. graphics, 15.0 GB available of storage.

How many GB is Rift?

The PC version needs about 15 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("15.0 GB available"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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