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This expansion is a slick-looking lifeline to new players!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: January 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

After playing this for a few weeks, I want to thank Mythic for a job well done.

The graphics are now even better, but my older 1.6 ghz athlon system with 512 RAM is now having trouble at times, even with a newer 128 vid card. This is not Mythic's fault. Rather than make us all abandon our powerful characters, their gear, and years of memories in order to experience a new game with sharper graphics and more developed quests, etc. (like Sony's Everquest), Mythic simply improves the existent game.

The quests that come in these new subterranean zones are plentiful and INTERESTING-- not just go out and gank mob X (tho that remains a staple of many). These zones are real eye candy.

Most importantly, the instanced dungeons and quests mean that once you log on, you can be grinding XP and getting loot in a couple minutes, and are not dependent on waiting around to cobble a group together if you do not have a long play session. I am a parent of a toddler, and I appreciate the chance to do something fun with an MMORPG when I can't commit to 2+ hours.

In fact, I was so impressed by how this expansion, coupled with Mythic's new autoleveling mechanic (kinda like "matching funds" for leveling), means someone COMPLETELY NEW to the game can jump right in and get their toon up fast. The previous reviewer is right. I successfully introduced two of my friends into the game for the first time and they are having a blast.

For people who have a full slate of level 50s on each server, this may not offer much, but for those of us who do not, and want to level up alts it's killer.

Solid expansion that makes game more fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: January 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Catacombs is a great addition to the mature MMORPG, Dark Age of Camelot. In addition to the new graphics, which puts DAoC on par with all but the most resource-hogging MMOs out there, Catacombs significantly cuts the leveling grind that DAoC has been known for in the past. Catacombs features generous mob drobs, adds mini quests that can be completed in a few minutes for mucho experience, and it adds instanced dungeons where solo players or small groups can hunt. Catacombs makes soloing for casual gamers much easier than in the past. All in all, a big improvement to the game.

Both Highlighting and Degrading the Beauty of the Realms

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: January 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Envrionmentally, the graphical upgrade Catacombs offers is fantastic, and the new classes are welcome. The new character models, for the most part, are a graphical improvement without any change in style. However, the character models of the Avalonians and Elves, while graphically superior to their predecessors, have undergone a drastic change in style. Gone are the lithe and eerily ethereal Elves of the Dark Age of Camelot I used to know, replaced by the standard long-eared, tanned, shapely, bulky Elves similar to the EverQuest franchise. Gone are the delicately studious Avalonians, suffering the same new affliction of weight gain that the unfortunate Elves have. It is truly a travesty.

Mysteriously, the other races are, apparently, stylistically unchanged.

Character creation itself is a disappointment, with extremely limited flesh tones, hair colours, and hair styles (about four for each race/gender). If Mythic's reasoning for this is a matter of resources, I would have recommended waiting a year or more to do this well, rather than releasing such a minor improvement in appearance customisation with such a major change in the aesthetic style of the Avalonians and Elves.

Not For Carebare Sissy EQ Players

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: April 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is not a vast land of quests and players that is a social experiment in a game, like EQ is. EQ players won't like DAoC. Dark Ages of Camelot is centered around 1 thing, fighting other humans in battles of 20+ vs. 20+. These battles are fast, and frequently frustrating if you don't understand how to make yourself useful. The expansions of this game exist almost solely to add additional Player v Player mechanics like new magical gear, new classes, new abilities for each class. This new content is then sought after in an EQ-style of Player v Environment MMORPG. But to compare this amount of Player v Environment to EQ is to miss the point. There is no meta game of reaching planes, questing key after key, then trying to kill Boss to get into next zone and start fresh. The meta game of Dark Ages is gathering with 8-20 of your friends, and seeing if you can out-think 8-20 other on 2 opposing teams.

Don't judge a book by it's....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: November 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

cover. Or in this case a PC game that has a lot of potential. Noone thought EQ or FFXI would make it very far but look at them now!!!! Mythic is there too!! Mythic is doing this all by themselves. EQ and FFXI had help from other companies. Also MOST IMPORTANTLY, alot of things change at launch....that is why they send out closed betas and open betas to ensure the maximum fun!!! I have worked in entertainment for a long time and can tell you that this expansion will Knock the pants offa any RPG out there!! RED HOT!!!!

Best MMORPG overhaul I have witnessed

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I purchased the DAoC Platinum Edition a few years ago and while I was very happy with the game and the guild I was involved in (I played the Galahad Hibernia server), I was not that impressed with the backdated graphics. Fortunately, the story and gameplay kept me interested, and my guild got me into the Realm-vs-Realm aspect of the game (the absolute BEST part of DAoC; if you haven't tried it yet, download the RvR New Frontier, already!!!) and using Teamspeak, I was able to talk to real people while playing this game. The people who play this particular MMORPG are very helpful and courteous, and if you need money, help in quests, ressurection, etc. they will always be glad to lend a hand!

...Needless to say, when Catacombs came out, I was very anxious to get it, but was even more surprised to see the incredible graphics overhaul that occurred as a result of it. My character looked SO much better (she actually looked feminine and graceful), the monsters actually looked like--well, monsters, and two new Hibernian classes (vampiir and bainshee) were a lot of fun to play (I ended up playing a vampiir; they are great for Realm-vs-Realm, depending on how you spec them, and you can solo them easily). The other great thing about Catacombs was the Task Dungeons and Instance Dungeons--a GREAT way to level your character up quickly, depending on the type of character you have (I was able to solo in the Task Dungeons with my vampiir and get her up to level 48 within a few days).

...Catacombs was a great expansion--one of the best overhauls I have ever witnessed. Thumbs up, Mythic! :-)

What kind of crack are you on?!?!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 13
Date: July 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing DAoC for several months now. I have all of the expansions as well. I can honestly say out of my entire time on DAoC, on several different servers and all three realms that I have yet to talk to more than one or two people who don't like TOA or NF. The only complaint so far that I have seen about NF is that it is laggy for people with dial up. As for trusting mythic, give me a break, they are on a roll and make awesome games and apparently you are either playing in the wrong realm/server/toon, but I seriously would give them another chance.

Facts instead of bashing?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I Beta'd Catacombs, after wearying of the 'grind' DAOC had become. What a welcome surprise. Much like WOW - a dedicated player can reach 50 (and the endgame) within two weeks using Catacombs - and there IS an endgame to look forward too. Instancing is done very well. The graphics upgrade is good, but the age of the game does tell in older areas. This expansion is entirely dedicated to PVE (player vs enviroment) and Mythic has done a good job of it.

catacombs? what's that?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 11
Date: April 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

DAoC is the best mmorpg on the market right now. So far there have been two major expansions - Shrouded Isles and Trials of Atlantis - and we're awaiting the release of Frontiers, which will change the rvr aspect of the game entirely. No one I know has heard of "Catacombs" yet though. Sounds exciting!

Another expansion which discourages new players from joining

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 24
Date: April 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Dark Age of Camelot is centered around 3 different realms fighting each other. To have fair chance in battle those should have access to similiar combat abilities. Lastest expansion Trial of Atlantis is a very time consuming and bugged piece of you know what. It takes any chance from casual gamer to be competetive or even participating in realm warfare unless he is able to spend literally months in player versus enemy environment(so he has those fancy new abilities and without them he'll be on loosing end constantly). If newer expansion falls into same category i wouldnt recommend anyone without too much free time on their hands and iron nerves to cope with all the bugs and very poor support to buy it.

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