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Ah, Like Eating A Plain Potatoe

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 29 / 37
Date: August 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have been an Asheron's Call player for 5 years, and having witnessed the deterioration of the game I love from a thriving community into a desolate world, I had few expectations for the expansion pack, Throne of Destiny.

For those players who have spent any time in AC and are thinking of returning, the Throne of Destiny content is simply more (extremely) high level content. There is a new land mass, and some new XP rich dungeons, and a couple new quests, etc. In my opinion, there is very little value in what is provided. Yes, Turbine released a new land mass, but they had over 5 months without providing their customer base with monthly updates to do so.

And the new graphics update? It's ok. The textures are improved, but the feel of AC remains the same. The graphics aren't going to suck any new players into the game, and won't cause returning players to be so *in awe* that any large quantity of them will stay and play for 6 months.

The game, and the devs, is still the same. Player vs. Player is actually on life support now due to the new augmentation gems. It is even harder for a melee to kill a mage. And with high level mages having melee defense, forget about it!

If you have never played Asheron's Call I would urge you to reconsider purchasing this product. There are very few under level 100 (yes, you read that right) players to explore the vast amount of dungeons and quests available to you. Towns are empty, and most allegiances are sparse. There is little online community. I would wager half the server population at any given time is bots...macro bots, trade bots, buff bots, portal bots.

Asheron's Call is a game that got away from the developers. Early on, the dev team began providing content and altering game play for the betterment of uber players in the form of XP farming dungeons are mega-loot. The more this occurred, the faster the game, and its social aspects died.

All that remains of Asheron's Call now are the elite players who live online. There is little to no community in game. Throne of Destiny will not alter this reality, it merely adds more fuel to the already raging fire that killed AC.

Don't spend your money. It will be bargain bin in a month. The game is dead. And one more note...this game is being kept alive by a 3rd party application: Decal. That will give you a hint about the development team's feeling towards exploits and cheats.

Great Game, Wonderful community

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: December 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing AC for going on 5 years now. I have many friends in the game, and am a member of a very active clan.

Seems like nobody plays AC without having passionate feelings about it. Even the nay-sayers act like they've had their favorite toy trifled with, and are bitterly disappointed.

The game is very well balanced with tons of content for all levels. It has exciting, heart pounding quests, and hunting for solo or group play. And there are a lot of people that play the game for the purely social aspect. Camaraderie abounds in my and other clans.

Nice Expansion for Asheron's Call

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: August 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Asheron's Call was published in 1999 and been going ever since. Never a "market leader" such as Everquest or World of Warcraft, but still has a loyal fan base.

This expansion, the second for the series, focuses on improving the graphical user interface (GUI), improving the graphics in general, adding new land masses and content for all levels, a new playable race, and new content aimed for the people higher up in levels such as augmentation gems.

Overall the expansion pack meets all of these goals. The new content is challenging and some very fun quests added. The addition of rares and augmentation gems are two nice bonuses. If you like AC then get this pack. New players interested should give it a go too.

WOW

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: July 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is an amazing game i mean wow its very adicting also people on here are very very VERY nice unlink most online games when people treat you like trash like higher lvls on this game give you meony and help you start up trust me this game is very fun!!! Theres monsters you can be a mage archer and a warroior and some other people but its so much fun buy this game and test it out theres some people who have been playing since 1996! (the frist one) TRUST ME THIS GAME ROCKS!!!!!BUY IT TODAY!

Turbine blows it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: August 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have played Asheron's Call since it was a beta and sad to say, I have moved on after this poor attempt to save the game on Turbines part. Other than the graphics update, they have done nothing more than fluff the game like any other normal monthly event, paying $29.** for this is insulting to say the least. Time to move on and I might suggest World of Warcraft, awsome fun and great content!

Review by Yobe the Mage

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: August 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I expected more changes in the game's most recent upgrade, but was disapointed in the few changes they made. Consequently, World of Warcraft is kicking Asheron's Call's butt. Too bad because at one time Asheron's Call was the best multiplayer game on the internet. Now World of Warcraft is dominating by a huge amount. Thanks for the chance to comment.
Jim French

Asheron's call is Great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: September 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have played the game since 2001 and the Throne of Destiny expansion is terrific. The monthly patches, the double xp and increase major and rare drop weekends, the live events, have been very exciting. There are new staff members that have made the game better than ever. The new graphics are are going to get even better, with the best upgrade coming in a near future patch. The new race, land mass, quests and dungeons and lore have brought a lot more content to an all ready great game. I have seen the xpansion bring people back from games like WOW.

Asheron's Call? the bomb.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: July 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I Have been Playing Asheron's Call since 1999 (on and off) and i am currently playing, this game is very well put together and is very well liked, especially to the people who dont concentrate on a plot or story line, once you finish the tutorial, your free!, the game is great and the new expansion material is very creative and fun. The enviroment is also very nice, there are many many people who will help you (the people who are mean can be reported at a last resort, but mainly ignored), including me =). just for a warning, the different servers may vary. also if you dont want to die alot and get frustrated DONT PLAY DARKTIDE IFSO, it is a PvP, or Player Versus Player Server, meaning once your out there your a free kill to anyone. if anyone new kids, need help im Grasp Of Demon, or Death's Sage, on the MorningThaw server (Note: in my opinion, its the best, please join!)
Thanks,
Gamer Name, Grasp

About 2 years too late

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I played AC for about two years and I LOVED it. I quit shortly before Turbine took complete control. I do miss the game, but not $29.99 miss it. Maybe at $10 I'd give it another shot. Cheats and exploits destroyed the soul of AC years ago and this expansion comes too little too late to save it. When I quit in 2004, servers were already down to 1/2 the population they were at Dark Magesty's release, and I'd be willing to bet that close to half of them were an unattended macro bot of one kind or another.
From reading the other reviews here, I get the impression that Throne of Destiny is below expectations. Can you blame Turbine? They were working on Dungeons & Dragons Online, Middle Earth Online, and expansions for both AC and AC2 simutaneously. Wouldn't you put more effort into a possible blockbuster like DDO, or into beating dead horses like AC and AC2?

Fine if you are over level 180

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: December 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First on the new graphics... I have not seen them yet as they have not been released.
For all new items you must be over at least level 130 to get to the new island, except a few dungeons camped by people macroing.
All patchs that have come out since release are aimed toward extream high levels. Or melee. Case in point GW quest last month. No low level could kill a pumpkin lord. The buffer was camped by a level 210 to get the goodies. This month content is all mage resistant if you are under level 150. The one new orb intrduced into the game is buged. The so called event you had to be over level 100 to attend.
I have been waiting since release for a answer from their tech support on migrating problems with 2 of my accounts. They offer no support unless you want to make a long distance call.
So unless you are a high level melee or very high level mage do not waste your time and money on this. It is not like the old days where they added something for everyone.

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