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Guybrush Threepwood
High Emperor
Joined: 19 Jun 2002
Posts: 500
Location: Oklahoma |
is it even worth downloading and trying out?
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Rendelius
Critical Error
Joined: 06 Jul 2001
Posts: 16
Location: Austria |
Depends on what you are looking for. It is a traditional MMORPG with isometric graphics. I have opened an account myself, and I enjoy the game so far, because it is less level-treadmill than other MMORPGs and more questing and interaction. If you are looking for the latest technology, then do not download it, but if you like these old fashioned MMORPGs, give it a try. At least you have four weeks to decide whether you like it or not, and the client is about 35MB.
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Wed Sep 18, 2002 6:52 am |
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Provis
High Emperor
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 872
Location: Middle of the Forest |
It's a free, and small download and you get a free trial, how could it not be worth trying out. 
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pakaraatzi
Counselor of the King
Joined: 27 Dec 2001
Posts: 359
Location: Ontario, Canada |
I've been playing it now for about 3 days, and I love it. I really enjoy the atomostphere, and how things work in general. The questing and interaction are definatly nice. There seem to be lots of helpfull/friendly people playing it too, and so its really easy to get help for what ever u need.
Definatly give it a try.
Regards Pakaraatzi 
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Kendrik
Thin Blue Line
Joined: 13 Jun 2002
Posts: 550
Location: England |
This game makes me think of Ultima-Online Lite. That isn't meant to be an insult it's just UO seems deeper. I suspect that it is because Ultima has been going for so long and has a well established community. I applaud games like this and Ultima that seem to have managed to by pass the leveling treadmill and, in hindsight I should have gone back to Ultima Online as oppose to DAoC but ultimately it is not the game that drew me back but the friends I had made.
So if anyone fancies a different gameing experience (i.e. not level treadmill) try this as the 4 free weeks give you an ideal chance to see if it's for you. (If you like this you'll like UO if you don't then UO isn;t for you either).
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Bach & Baroque
Village Leader
Joined: 02 Jul 2002
Posts: 86
Location: United States |
I agree with Kendrik wholeheartedly. UO is a great game, and other MMORPGs pale in terms of depth and richness. I tried DAoC just recently and didn't make it past the trial month. Same with Anarchy (though that was a bit better), as well as Asheron's Call 1. I found myself horribly bored, not sensing any purpose in playing them. While UO may not have the technological advancements of DAoC, it is still quite pretty for an isometric game, and the depth far supercedes any other online game out there. |
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Tue Sep 24, 2002 4:33 pm |
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EverythingXen
Arch-villain
Joined: 01 Feb 2002
Posts: 4342
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I played Astonia 3 for about four hours before I got a sense of 'ok... been there, done that' with regards to leveling up and such.
It ran really, really slow on my machine through my cable modem connection for whatever reason. There was no roleplaying going on where I was (which was probably newbie-ville)... except me. And everyone looked the same (a few exceptions). I found the color adapting command and customized myself right away. Dare to be different! A black haired fighter!
Maybe I was in the wrong area or doing the wrong thing (hacking up 36 skeletons to give a skull to a guy)... but the only redeeming quality I found was being able to say.
"I command you to trade with me, your lord and master, this very instant Fred!"
and he did.
Long as you have command word and merchant name somewhere in the sentence, you can say anything.
But harrassing the good merchants of the town didn't keep my interest long. Especially once I figured out that my two handed sword was a big mistake because dungeons are dark and I can't hold a torch when using a two handed sword.
I like two handed swords...
I like seeing where I'm going...
Not fair to have to pick!
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Mon Sep 30, 2002 5:29 pm |
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Zakhal
Captain of the Guard
Joined: 13 Oct 2002
Posts: 188
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Are you sure its not...Asstonia?
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Fri Oct 18, 2002 7:34 pm |
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