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Excellent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I don't know how this game played before, but I have been playing since December 2001 and have found the game to utterly enjoyable. There may have been many bugs that plagued this game on initial release but Funcom is doing an excellent job about getting patches released. At this time the game is a complete joy to play and has been reviewed by many computer magazine as one of the bests MMORPG of that has been released.

Anarchy Online is the most complete MMORPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing AO for some time now, I tried it when it first came out and then it had some teething problems. Funcom has now removed almost all the bugs, and they have added lots of gameplay and new content. In my opinion you meet nice people in AO, and the graphics are just amazing. The story is beatiful put into the game. I have also played some other MMORPG, but none of them has the same quality as AO has.

Excelent game...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I don't know what's up with everyone else who's reviewed the game, but as of the writing of this message, I have not once had any problems with AO, other than an occasional skip in the major population areas that (newsfalsh!) ALL MMORPGs do. And I don't have a stellar computer either. 1ghz, 512 megs ram, TNT2, cable modem. And I've had no problems. The game is fun, and when you get to the higher levels, what do you do? Well you could become and engineer or fixer and make weapons, jewlery, etc... Or you can move the story along by doing missions.

To each their own.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: October 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Despite it's problems I actually enjoy this game. Sure as hell beats the current offerings on the market (AC, EQ, UO, etc...)

Worst Online Game Ever

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is without a doubt the worst excuse for software i have ever tried. The game is buggy beyond all belief. It you can get past the games bugs then you have to get past the billing dept's bugs which even though they charge your credit card the freeze your account and send you an e-mail saying you have not paid them. Once in game the graphics are great. However the game plays is repetitive, combat is hit the "Q" key and wait for the outcome. I wish i had back my money and time from this ... game.

A bright, shining, broken promise.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you're thinking of buying this game and reading this, you'll want to know the following things:

1. Be very comfortable and familiar with your computer system. Ideally, you'll have built it yourself. If you're not comfortable editing registry settings, doing full backups, rebooting frequently, installing all sorts of drivers, and doing dozens--if not hundreds--of system-level tweaks, you may want to avoid this game. This game is seriously in late-beta condition. At best.

2. Be able to operate independently, as there is next-to-no in-game or out-of-game support. If you have a problem, you are on your own; do not expect customer service from Funcom.

3. Be extremely patient. You may have to install, re-install, patch, and re-patch up to two dozen times before you ever enter the game. And every following patch, you'll run the risk again.

4. Be tolerant of the company's mistakes. You'll find every patch a thrill as the time you've invested in your character wasted with a couple of keystrokes. Class balance and game balance vary wildly from patch to patch, and, with the rare exception, never for the better.

Buy this game, install it, and play it, and you'll be wasting not only your money, but your time.

This game is 80% done

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Anarchy Online is about 80% complete. The problem is, the 20% that's missing is the fun part.
The graphics, skill system, sound... they're all awesome. But the monsters all act the same, and the game is terribly unreliable. The game was released with serious bugs and it hasn't improved measurably.
What's more, the requirements on the box are hogwash. I ran it on an Athlon 1.4 with 512MB of RAM and a Geforce2 MX video card and it still had performance issues in busy areas.
All of this would be bearable if there were some reason to keep playing. The only thing to do in the game now is level, and that's no basis for a MMORPG. You level, and then what? Level some more? Why? It's frustrating.
It's obvious that the game was released too soon. It's too bad. They've got 80% of it done.

Been there, did that, never got a T-shirt

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Hmmmmm, where to start?

I signed up right after release (better known as the Beta-5 phase to those who played it) and stuck with it for a couple months. Got my character up to 60, so I played it quite a bit; joined a new guild, had my friends who always played....

And just got so sick of entering missions, not knowing what had been completely "nerfed" in the last patch. One day I go into a mission, green monsters are easy; next day I do the same level mission and get my a** kicked. So playability, while varied and in a sci-fi atmosphere (hella-cool, why hasn't it been done before?) is completely variable from one day to the next.

Three weeks later I visit the main message board, and it's the same as when I left... a recent patch has pissed off 3/4 of the game's population...

Final analysis: Wait for the spin-off, hopefully done by a company who has their act together a little more.

Sandar
AkA Bloodsnatch LVL 60 ADV (now deceased :(

Very good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have played the game since beta2, and it has done nothing but get better. This game is very much different than any other MMRPG out there, and I highly recommend you pick the game up.

Safe to go in the water!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I agree with the newer reviews, this game has finally lived up to what it promised to be 2 years ago. Funcom finally got 99.99% of the bugs worked out, as well as added TONS of high-level player content. What did I find different when I took them up on a 7-day Free Trial after an almost 2-year absence? Responsive Customer Service, Balanced Classes, Quests, Static Dungeons galore, working guilds, ARK Guided Tours of the Planet, acceptable lag in only the most insanely overpopulated zones, trade skills galore, people actually role-playing, .... this list could go on for a while. If you hated canceling your first subscription because of the potential you saw in this game, now would be a good time to give them another try - they've really got their stuff together this time!

While AO has some nice eye-candy, it is nothing more than poorly coded beta-software. Customer Support is non-existant, yet they charge more than any current MMORPG out there.

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