Many games claim they are akin to a pen-and-paper D&D game. Many bank on the D&D ruleset, but when Turbine went out to create a faithful D&D experience, the development studio did want to be very faithful to the series and to the ruleset.

It could be argued that they were a little too faithful, and that may hamper the gameplay, but give credit where credit is due – Turbine created a team-based game that is linear, but is for hardcore D&D gamers, right down to the 10-sided die and dungeon master.

Set in the kingdom of Eberron, DDO: Stormreach bases most of the content out of the city of the title, where players can gather to find teams, pick up quests and then head into instanced zones on a path that is linear.