Anarchy Online

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Summary: What could have been...
Review: Okay so you want to play AO? Save your money and wait for Asherons Call 2. The game is plagued with bugs even after over a year of non-beta play time. The leveling is only fun for the first 40-50% of your characters life and the it gets dull and monotonous with absolutely no storyline whatsoever. THEN you spend hours earning the xp you need to level and just before you level you die to one of the thousands of bugs and you lose EVERY bit of xp you had earned. You will get absolutely no help on anything from the in-game advisors. The other really sad part is that AO is NOT a large continuous world like real mmropg's are. Its divided into zones that you have to load when u enter each area of the world and alot of them you wont be able to get into because of these stupid invisible walls that make no sense whatsoever. Exploring the world on Asherons Call was super kewl because there were dungeons and areas with unique monsters everywhere, AO has made exploration stupid and pointless as you have to have a mission to access a particular dungeon. The playerbase is constantly shrinking as more and more people get tired of FunCom...and even getting a team now takes alot of time (and u have to have a team after level 50 because you cant solo anything worth killing anymore). I bought the strategy guide FunCom put out for the game and it was utterly useless and uninformative. Every time they do a patch to 'upgrade' or 'fix' things it always, without exception, creates even more problems and more player frustration. Buy a game thats gonna give you enjoyment do not waste your time and money on something that will simply make you want to turn your computer off.