Wizard101 is a 3D MMORPG developed and published by KingsIsle Entertainment, featuring a magical setting with a polished and unique graphic style which will make playing the game an amazingly  entertaining experience.

The players take the role of young wizards newly enrolled in the Wizard Academy, this giving the game a Harry Potter-like feel. In character customization the player can choose from several hair and face styles along with clothing. Oddly enough the players can’t choose their own names, but they must mix and match names from three lists in order to create their name – this feature comes, probably, from the desire to make the game as child-friendly as possible. Afterward the new Wizard must answer a series of questions in order to choose their specialization, one of the seven featured in-game: fire, ice, storm, life, myth, death, balance.

The combat is card-based. In a duel the player starts off with randomly chosen cards from their deck, cards which can be customized to fit the player’s style, gameplay and situation. The combat is slow paced, but the card-based concept is well designed. The game offers the player a rather small PVP experience – only duels. Players can only access certain areas and in order to access the other parts of the Wizardry world they must pay a subscription or buy the new zones piece by piece.

Easily the most exciting aspect of Wizard101 is the high-quality animations. Every card in a players deck is accompanied by a detailed animation that really adds to the immersion and combat. Unlike other free games that rely on flashing lights and pretty colors, Wizard101 oozes quality that you'll struggle to find in other free MMO games.

With a cartoony graphics and an interesting card-based system, Wizard101 is a well crafted game which many may find entertaining, even though only a small portion of the game is available to play without payment.