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Summary: I may be new to this whole thing but.....
Review: I'm a Counter-Strike player. I love live-action, hardcore, adrenaline racing, screaming and swearing, Counter-Strike type games. Quake3, Jedi Knight 2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, etc. These are my kind of games. I saw this beta in a weekly email I get, so I figured I would try it. I like Final Fantasy sure, but I figured this would get boring, or just be [weak] to begin with. Well I was completely wrong. We all agree that the environments are beautiful, but I for one thing the whole game is amazing. I am an official addict, and the only cure will be in November when this college student can't afford to pay-to-play. The interface may be a bit clunky and awkward at times, but the sheer magnitude of character development is amazing. This isn't just about monster hunting and hack-and-slash. This is an MMORPG, see that ends with RPG, meaning that Interaction between Players is a key part of the game. You form a Community, an Allegiance, a Kingdom, or whatever. If you want a game that combines beautiful (stunning even) visuals, an extremely wide variety of ways to develop your character as an individual, and a strong social system (RPG, remember, it's an RPG), then I HIGHLY recommend this game. And this is only the beta I've been playing......
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Summary: AC2 - Great game - I cant wait for it to come out!!!
Review: I am a LONNNNG time Asheron's Call 1 player...Strong Points of AC2: * Crafting your own weapon / armor
* Several classes (Lugian, Human, Tumerok)
* CLosely matched LVL of player vs monsters - no more LVL 50 players killing a LVL 300 Tusker.
* Skill Point Sell Back - UN-Train skills you no longer want or need.
* Quest Logs - Keeps track of your quests and their status - and can watch a movie/storyline for furture reference.
* Cross Server Chatting - You on Thistledown can chat with a friend on Frostfell
* Intense Graphics - especially for GeForce 4 owners
* Amazing EAX support - supurb 3D sound
* The Monthly Patches - will MAKE this game!! ...Darth Bow
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Summary: AC2 is currently the best MMORPG out there
Review: Back in the early days Asheron's Call was one of the best online RPGs becasue the team at Turbine updated and changed the world every 3 or 4 weeks and was always adding new stuff. The only things holding it back were its poor graphics and lack of any other races with any real diversity. Asherons Call 2 addresses all these issues. There are now 3 races that are each incredibly different. You progress through the game using skill trees and each races' trees have totally different skills. Whats even better is if you choose a skill that you dont like you can untrain it at no penalty whatsoever. There are also some other new features like crafting which is tight. I thought I wouldnt like the fact that there are no NPC's in the game and would never go to a town again but I found that to be untrue. Towns can give your crafting a bonus and so I always head there after some good looting. The game is still based on killing stuff so if that isnt your thing stay away, but if you do then you should give their new PVP and Kingdom vs Kingdom a try. This is a great game and it isnt even out of beta yet.
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Summary: A person who is happy with the Beta
Review: I have been an avid fan of MMORPG's for over 3 years now. I understand that does not make me an expert in the field, but I played AC for 2 years, and DAOC for a year. I loved AC because of the constantly evolving storyline each month. I really loved the interfaces and a whole bunch of the game mechanics of DAoC, but the story line was stagnant and nothing really ever changed. I started to play the AC2 beta again about a month ago, and I think that things have really changed into Phase 2 of it. The gameplay still does have issues, but it is still in beta. The story is that war broke out on the face of Dereth and to escape the Great Cataclysm, Asheron lead the people into underground caverns. After a few centuries, all of the people started to re-emerge. The elders knew this because they sent out a scouting party once a generation; this time they came back. Once the humans (all one race now) emerge, they find the landscape twisted and many of the places they one knew gone. So, it is our job to rebuild and reclaim that which was ours once and is now over run by monsters who were changed by magic into nightmarish creatures. A good many people who played AC will recognize that many of the creatures are from the original, just got a face-lift. But, in keeping with a good story, not only humans were able to seek refuge in caves. Our once enemies, the Tumerok's and our some-times friends the Lugians were spared as well. We have an alliance in effect now, but that might change in a future update. Starting out the game, you have a choice of the three races. Each race is geared towards a specific class (Tumerok - magic, Human - missle, and Lugian - melee) but this is not a requirement and you will have a change to learn what each class can do. Also, with the classes, you have a change for prestige classes. Example: your a 15th lvl Tumerok Missle character and you wish to take one of the prestige classes which would give you the title of Claw Bearer, or Hive Keeper and more specialized skills. It is possible to not take one, but more difficult in the higher levels so I've heard. You are able to boost your character based on earning experience and putting skill points into skills you take. Once you have spent the required skill points to take a skill, you simply highlight the skill, and click on the arrow to raise the skill. The amount of experience to raise the skill increased porportionally to how high the skill is. Crafting is the only thing in the game that is really boring sometimes. It is not nearly as cumbersome at the DAoC crafting methods of money, and items. To craft, you merely pull up your crafting window, drag and drop the required items in (every loot item has a salvage rating on it whether it's wood, or stone, or iron), and then hit craft. There is a failure chance, a craft a poor item chance, a success chance, and a craft a superior item chance. The player crafted items are MUCH better than most drops for that tier of crafted items (there are currently 6 tiers of items). The only thing is that they degrade with use. My tier 2 stuff would decay in 3 days. I can't remember Tier 3 or higher. It is enjoyable in that you are not tied to a town, or a mule anymore. It's all about you - crafting, hunting, going to the vaults and getting the lore slideshows to see the original downfall of Dereth. (I can't wait to see the monthly updates to find out more about the fall of Dereth.) Also, there is a player vs. player element and a Kingdom vs. Kingdom element much like in DAoC :) Kingdoms are Order (a neutral good order founded by Asheron to promote good - a typical hero would be here (I have to be good), but has room for evil under the guise of good), Dominion (a lawful society that was founded by the Virindi - think totalitarian) and lastly Shadow (a chaotic society that was founded by Bael'Zahron and is now run by Isin Dule - anarchy in the sense of no rules; can be good(free spirit - solo player) or evil (random killer). Each kingdom has room for good and evil. These three kingdoms will fight on the Kingdom vs. Kingdom servers. The game play has it's share of lag times, of times when the servers are down, but all-in-all, a very fun enjoyable game and I can't wait for retail especially since I've been able to save my name now ;)
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Summary: "Worst MMPORPG EVER!"
Review: This is probably the worst MMPORPG ever created. It's beautiful in terms of graphics and Turbine has done some great content and updates with the first Asheron's Call, but this is just a clunker. It's the gameplay. It's just boring. Various "classes" all pretty much play the same and mostly, you just hit the autoattack and they go do their thing. Whether your character is swinging a sword, firing arrows, or shooting magic bolts, it's all pretty much the same. Support abilities are so weak they really aren't useful. It reminds me more of a Diablo II without the "twitch" aspects of a pure videogame. Grouping is very dull because it's really just assembling a lot of firepower. The chat interface is very primitive, nothing like is found in EQ or DAOC. It kind of makes you realize just how lucky we've been with MMPORPGs. They all have their problems, but for the most part they all have good things going for them as well. But really, not this one.
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Summary: Excuse me
Review: Ok, now...I have never played AC before but I have kept in touch to most of what is going on through other sources and by reading some of the reviews posted here by some beta testers I just wanted to point out like another reviewer did; that this game is still in the BETA stage so therefore it isn't meant to be a version that is going to be highly enjoyable (most beta's aren't simply because it is an extension of the development process in that many aspects of the game are still being implemented and improved) or highly accessible activity.
So basically all I am stressing is that visitors to this review page not see the negative reviews (which in my opinion are ridiculous since the actual game has not even been released yet) and think that this game will not be that great. I am sure from the experience of AC this game will be capable of making some outstanding improvements in a number of areas. I am just defending the fact that this game is still in its Beta stage. Like I said, I have not played AC and I cannot really talk about actualities here. I am an AO player and in a few months I am looking forward to trying out some more MMORPGs to see if I would care to move on or not. Thanks
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Summary: Improved graphic but nothing new
Review: Nothing new here really compared to Dark Age Of Camelot except for better graphics.
If you like running around in a "dead" world wasting your life beating on monsters day out and day in just to get xp and a higher lvl that no one cares about anyway, this game is for you.
Otherwise wait for another more creative and intresting mmorpg game to come out and do something else during that time.
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Summary: Boring....
Review: I play Asheron's Call, and I love the game. So when offered the beta test for Asheron's Call 2, I jumped at the chance to try it out. One word describes the game....BORING. I have never been so bored when trying to play any game. The graphics are pretty but....the game play is horrible. I gave up on playing the beta because I saw it as a complete waste of time. I know it is definately not worth the price they have set for it for when it comes out.
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Summary: Asheron's Call 2 disappointment at beta
Review: I have been a long time customer of Asheron's Call 1. I was recently invited to beta to play Asheron's Call 2. AC2 is a dummied down clone of Diablo and Dark Ages of Camelot. When I first encountered this game I was extremely disappointed with the content and skill/trades/armor system. I'm hoping that before it is released to retail that some of the kinks are worked out. It is impressive graphics wise, but we all know graphics do not make the game *cough Dark Ages of Camelot cough*.
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Summary: Well I'm a AC2 Beta Tester as well...
Review: ...and I love the game, so don't assume negative feedback from a beta tester is the only feedback out there. I've spent plenty of time in MMORPGS, and here is my opinion: no, I will not write a post that uses nothing but superlatives and says AC2 is the best game ever in the history of mankind. I can't tell you that yet, its still BETA. What I can tell you is that I liked what I saw, and I believe it has a lot of potential. The basic concept is AWESOME. The main reason it is "boring" to another reviewer is because there's hardly any CONTENT at this time -- Turbine is stress testing and working out bugs. But the basic system is great, I'm very happy with it. If you came from AC1 and expected AC1 + better graphics you will be disappointed. This is a very differnt game from AC1 (thank god). If your coming from DAoC or EQ or a host of other more popular games, you will very likely find AC2 to be a bigger better improvement with more possibilities and more fun factor than any of those previous games. As a beta tester, my opinion is that AC2 has a great foundation and shows enough potential to convince me to but the game retail! So now you have two almost opposite opinions -- it means you're going to have to check it out for yourself. :)
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