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This Game Rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Though it has yet to come out, it is the most anticipated expansion pack coming out. Asheron's Call (issued in 1999), was the turning point for many MMRPGS. Asheron's Call brings infinate entertainment, excitement, and awe with their great graphics, monthly update ( including new content for the players), allegiance systems, quests, and more. Dark Majesty, will add even more to it.
Dark Majesty brings the current players, as well as new-comers, Housing, new lands never before seen, new Quests, and updated graphics to make your 3D card work as hard as it can. This is a great buy and will be great once it arrives. For those of you interested? GET IT! BUT, beware! Once you enter Asheron's Call:Dark Majesty...you may be forever addicted...
-Beregond (Thistledown)

Addicting and fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game I have played in a long time. I even have friends from work now that are beginning to play it and they like it as well. Recommend it to anyone that loves roleplaying game.

FUN FUN FUN - But xp chains and combat macros are a bummer

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing since beta2 of Asheron's Call and I have to say during the first 2 years the game was the most immersive online roleplaying game I've had the joy of experiencing. It's still in my opinion one of the better MMORPGS out.

This game has the most content for any online MMORPG (and you get more of that with Dark Majesty) to date but many of the quests are poorly documented in game (hard to find without other people or having to look on 3rd party websites).

What ruined the immersiveness for me is the online community moving away from the roleplaying aspects and playing the game for experience and hunting. From my perspective what ruined the closeness that people used to have was many factors but mainly xp chains which factors around monarchys for experience points rather than friendship (People in the olden days didn't know about xp chains and joined on the basis that you liked your patron not because you had to pledge to him/her for xp chain placement). Combat macroing has also ruined this online world because it also adds to this moving away from playing the game for exploring, friendship and immersiveness. Combat macroing is for experience points and that's all.

~~~PROS~~~

-Rich lore (story line) that sets up the story of why you're here and why these Empyrean people that used to live in this land of dereth have disappeared.

-Low system requirements - I'm still able to run the game on a pentium 166mmx with a voodoo1 card. The system requirements may say minimum 300mhz but I'd say 300mhz is more of a recommended requirement because 166mhz with a voodoo1 and 64megs of system memory run the game fine! And though the game may be 4-5 years old it looks much better than screenshots give credit for.

-HUGE world and HUGE amounts of content and always getting more content through monthly patches

~~~CONS~~~

-If you move away from the games story line and immersiveness (which is easy to do if you run into the xp oriented people) the game becomes a hack/slash fest and all there really left to do is kill things (Look beyond that and you'll have fun).

-Combat macroing ruins quest dungeons and immersiveness.

-XP chains ruin the player interaction and makes the game move to a mindless kill the same monster quest. XP chains have had a chain effect slowly moving people away from forming groups around friends to making these groups formed around greed, and the soul purpose of forming the groups for self based XP.

Can It Get Any Better Than This

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing AC since shortly after beta on the original, and have been a hardcore fan ever since. This game has it all: fun quests, great people, and a huge variety of stuff to sm00sh! It's hard to get bored with this game. When you're not hanging out at the mansion or lifestone chatting with your friends or patron and other allegiance members, you're out killing the monsters of Dereth, attempting to reach the pinacle level of 126! Definitely worth playing, who knows you might even find a "spouse"! (Yes, you can even get married in AC!) Just don't forget to get a house! Or where else shall you live? ^_~

Best MMORPG ever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

More quests and more fun to play than any other game.

Thistledown Player from Ohio

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

ACDM is the expansion to the phenomenal game Asheron's Call. I have been playing this game for 3+ years now and I have yet to grow bored. There are so many things you can do in this game from ridding the isle of evil, cooking, fashion coordination and curstom tailoring to just sitting around chatting with old friends.

I have yet to find another game that could ever compare to AC. The player base is loyal and giving (with some bad apples tossed in for flavor) and the friendships made are everlasting :D

Two and a half years ...and still playing!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I had never played an online MMORPG before this one. Nor had I played ANY type of RPG at all. This game hooked me, and hasn't let go. It's much easier to learn to play than other games out there. And it's updated monthly with new content -- not just to stomp out bugs. The lore of the game is amazing, and unlike other games, you're not tied to a certain profession just because you are of a certain race. And the characters in the game are thankfully different than the usual "elf, orc, bard, halfing" menu. Since I started playing Asheron's Call, I've tried Dark Age of Camelot, Asheron's Call 2 (ugh), Star Wars Galaxies, and the Sims Online. (Also tried Second Life in open beta). None of these games has mesmerized me like Asheron's Call did. Look at the price -- it's inexpensive! Try the free month's subscription, and if you end up on the Thistledown server, say hello to Dierdre the Pain!

Fantastic, overlooked game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

AC is the ideal online game for those people who, like me, often can't schedule four or more hours for a play session. I need to take my gaming where I can find it, and dropping into AC for a 30 minute session is extremely satisfying. Longer sessions are, of course, more fun, but there is a lot to be said for a game with this much depth, where you can log in, explore and hunt, and log out before the kids' nap ends.

King of MMORPG's

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Don't buy AC2! If you want an excellent AC experience, stick with the original. Monthly updates keep the story changing, not static and same old same old, though the popular quests remain in the game. Excellent game, entertainment never ends!

Top notch gaming

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Great world with more stuff to do than can do. Great for playing with family and friends when away from home(at schol or something). Evolving world, new adventures and changing landscapes. Can own houses in world.

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