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Summary: Not Bad...
Review: It is not surprising to see all these excited reviews about the game. Obviously most of these reviewers have not had any experience with Everquest or Ultima Online. AC keeps many of the characteristics brought to online gaming by the other two. So many of the exciting things you can see in Dereth can also be seen in Britania or Norrath. And it certainly falls behind Everquest in the virtual social life. You can survive alone in this game and in my opinion it is not a plus. What makes online games different is the opportunity to cooperate and compete with others. ÝF you can live in a game all by yourself, then why play it online? On the positive side, the game has a uniqe group of monsters and lands to explore. Many things to see, long roads to run. If you are a diehard online gamer, give it a try. Otherwise go directly to Everquest.
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Summary: This is an awesome game!!!
Review: I hated to see the previous review as the most recent review for AC. I have been playing the game since October 2000 and have not bought another game since. Every month Turbine releases updates (free-unlike EQ) which dramatically change the entire stream of gameplay. Not sure what the last guy was thinking, but I think hie review was a waste of time, so stay away from it! There are quests to save the world from various opponents! The are critters that you need more than one person to kill. There are places where you will not see a soul. It is a fun experience!
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Summary: Terrible
Review: Asherons Call is a terrible game.The game play is to easy and,all the servers are what some people called "Tweaked".Which means the whole point of the game can basically be given to you by someone else.It get VERY VERY boring after your free month maybe thats why it is FREE!!! I do not encourge buying this game....It is very time consuming and you will be glad to turn it off after your first month.
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Summary: Addictive!
Review: Be warned that once you start playing, you won't be able to stop! I have lost many a nights sleep in this game! Have tried UO and EQ... they don't compare to it! Buy this game and have a great time!
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Summary: Been playing since after Beta and best game I have ever play
Review: Before I bought AC I was interested in Ultima 9 which was a complete flop. Then, my brother had me play AC and one of the biggest things you notice are the graphics. Just clicking on the Life stone which saves where you will be teleport to is beautiful. All the magic is fun and most of the people are great. I recommend a video card that can support the modest graphic requirement. I think the ten dollar fee is accurate since the great people at turbin always update the game each month with new world events and climate to new armour, weapons, quests, and new lands. All of which you would have to pay for a new game completely anyways. But, with AC you never have to buy a new game because AC is always a new game each month =) I recommend this game if you want to be addicted I have been playing for 1 1/2 years and I don't plan on buying anything else until AC2 Thanks Turbin for a game you spent making for around 6 years I believe.
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Summary: Asheron's Call
Review: Asheron's Call offers an unthinkabally huge world for it's players to adventure in and explore. Over the course of the past year Turbine has gotten considerabally better at lag and down time, responding to its market really well.Pros: Excellent graphics, unique spell system, variety of totally original monster, and social system. Cons: Complete lack of role playing, a primarily classless system leaves most characters rather un-unique, little to do other than ..., very repetitive gameplay.
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Summary: WHY?
Review: I don't understand why you have to pay for a subscription after you've bought the game!! I mean, you buy the game and then you have to pay another ten dollars every month! I mean, come on people!
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Summary: Fun
Review: This game is very fun... though it is fairly addictive. For any one who wants to play something in the summer when they have nothing else to do, I would defintinly reconmend. It has best graphics when you have your inventory showing. Again, I think this game is great. Once you start playing it, you cannot stop playing. I WOULD DEFININTLY RECCOMEND IT! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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Summary: AC Kills EQ
Review: I started playing Asheron's Call as an anti-dote to forlorn Everquest addiction, and was pleasantly surprised. The lack of class/race options appears limited in AC at first, but actually the character creation and advancement system is much more intricate and customizable. AC also allows for much easier and more satisfying solo play-- you don't have to rely on a 12 year-old cleric to heal you at the right time in order to survive and get the good loot. There are a ton of dungeons and quests, and, yes, the world is huge. You feel as though you are immersed in a real world, epic in scale, and not stuck in a fish tank with an alarmingly high number of wood elf druids. Eq is generally thought to be graphically superior to AC, and while spell effects and combat aren't as visceral in AC, the player characters and landscape look better-- richer color, more of a 3-D feel. Downtime is much less pronounced in AC; in EQ, it becomes crippingly boring by 15th level. AC is a good time--the customizable characters are endlessly unique and entertaining, skills are actually useful and fun, and I want to play it ALL the Time. Can't wait for AC2.
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Summary: Ok... What do I do know?
Review: Asheron's Call is a basic RPG played online. You create your character from three different races of humans (basically English, Arabian or Japanese) and then assign skills and stats to customize your character. And then you're launched into the world of Asheron's Call. The first thing that strikes you is the scale of the game. It's huge. The second thing is the unavoidable question: What do I do know? Now here's what I did: After entering the game I wandered around for an hour or two trying to make scense of it all. I was then asked by another player if I wanted to swear allegiance to him (which meant that he would be my patron and help me get started with my char.). So I then followed my patron around for a few hours and did what he told me to do. I killed a lot of monsters and was given a lot of equipment. This quickly became boring and I quit playing and traded the game in at my local games store for a copy of "Sacrifice" (which was much more exciting). The main problem with an online RPG is, in my opinion, the lack of meaning or a goal. At least in the beginning. You just wander around and kill things. There's no quests. There's no nothing. Just wandering around in this huge (note: to get an idea of how huge it really is, read Douglas Adam's description of infinity in "The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy") world. Another things that really bothers me, is the fact that you have to pay a monthly fee ($... in this case) to play a game you initially paid a fair sum of money for (in my case, $...). Why is this? I'm sure there are some expences in keeping the servers going, but not $... a month for each player. On Microsoft's webpages, it said that there were over 200k people playing the game. Multiply that number by $... and you get the staggering amount of $... a month (no way it costs that much to maintain the servers). Capitalism rules, I guess.
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