Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC)

Game Reviews for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC)

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  • dendennis
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    This game has become pretty great recently...they've re-jigged start zones and although they are trying to appeal to a wider audience (and rightly so) the gameplay has not been affected as NPCs are now easier to access.

    Good game if you are a bit WoW-ed out....Amazon were selling this for 99p a while ago so definitely worth a go at that price.

    A shame that the customer drop off rate was quite high but now they condensed the servers the game isn't quite as "lonely" and I've noticed quite an influx of new characters in the early zones.

    Recommended
    Nov 11 2009 · Like ·
  • bozotanada
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    A good game with a favorable control scheme. Recent updates keep bringing old players back for more. Low level cap of 40 is disappointing if you think about it. However the game has a fun atmosphere and because of large groups of players the game can get really fun. Try it for free first and if you enjoy it GET IT!
    Oct 26 2009 · Like ·
  • Cheezey
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    It's a shame that it really didn't live upto the hype. I'm really not sure it even knew what type of game it wanted to be either. It had masses of open world pvp areas (RvR) but 90% of the player base (at least during the time I played) spent most of their time in the instanced Scenarios (Similar to WoW Battlegrounds), leaving the open RVR areas near empty. It was also such that queuing for those battlegrounds could only be done from the perspective races area, leaving 2 out of 3 unplayed. It presented itself most as a problem when it came to the T3 areas, in the Tor Anroc Scenario was the only one played, despite it being heavily exploitable. The leveling in the game on launch felt horribly paced, going from relatively smooth progression in the T1/T2 zones to feeling as if you hit a brick wall very early in T3. I went through all the Racial Pairing Zones for my level, and was still no-where near to leveling and this was despite also grinding public quests and scenarios in an attempt to boost the xp gain. It was effectively the straw that broke the camels back, I stopped playing soon after and haven't been back since.

    I didn't get to experience the End-Game in War, I have heard it's not very inspiring anyway, but even if had been it would of meant NOTHING because of horrid leveling process. It felt like it had been rushed out the door, lacking polish that might have been acceptable in the days of DAOC's launch, but not in the modern gaming world.

    I will say there was one positive from the experience, the Public Questing System, sadly thats about the only one that comes to mind.
    Aug 30 2009 · Like ·
  • boocha
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    Great ideas and RvR (PvP) is just more fun than in other mmo's. Still it lacks players and PvE content isn't that great.
    Aug 1 2009 · Like ·
  • amphigory
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    Not a bad game, much better than Age of Conan.
    I do like the Public Quest system, and wish more MMOs would adopt this type of "group" quest instead of forced raiding.
    Over time though, the game felt like a ghosttown!
    The mistake was releasing too many servers.
    Also, it just became boring.
    Jul 30 2009 · Like ·
  • Magusx
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    Poorly optimized game upon release and designed so that there is no actual realm-versus-realm combat outside of their version of battlegrounds. Not impressed at all.
    Jul 23 2009 · Like ·
  • VonBaronZ
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    Mythic took a gamble with Warhammer. An MMO with PVE focussed gameplay? If you go into this knowing the PVE is not that well developed, and there is little feeling of exploring a world, you might enjoy the realm vs realm PVP.

    If you like your MMO's high on adventure and immersion, stick with WOW.
    Jul 7 2009 · Like ·
  • openedge1
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    WoW in a PvP world setting. Truly mindless grind for PvP non-fun.
    Sorry
    Jun 30 2009 · Like ·
  • Gozz
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    Gameplay is awesome, if only the servers weren't so desolate this game would be perfect. Never a dull moment.
    Jun 14 2009 · Like ·
  • gumboot
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    I love this game. It's great to be able to login, join a warband, and be engaged in a raid encounter or keep siege within five minutes. Over the months I've had some great fun in RvR and some interesting encounters in PvE. It only misses out on 5 stars because, like darkbrigade says, it needs polish. Actually what it needs is a thorough bug fixing development cycle...
    ...Just played a session or two of the new Land of the Dead content. As well as great new content and gameplay ideas, there have been some serious enhancements to existing user interface elements. This game is now officially polished, so I'm giving it a fifth shiney star!
    May 22 2009 · Like ·
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