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Dark Age of Camelot

Die Bewertung von DAoC ist mir nicht leicht gefallen. Einerseits sind die Quests natürlich deutlich leichter und simpler als die von Einzelspieler RPGs und eine Handlung ist auch nur sporadisch vorhanden. Andererseits entwickelt das Spiel durch die Interaktion mit anderen Spielern und die spannenden RvR Kämpfe einen ungeheuren Suchtfaktor. Wenn sie bisher kein MMORPG gespielt haben und sich für DAoC interessieren sollten Sie sich darauf einstellen, daß sehr viel im Team gespielt werden muss wenn sie schnell nach oben kommen wollen. Ich für meinen Teil werde wohl noch einige Zeit mit diesem Spiel verbringen, da es mich deutlich mehr überzeugt hat als alle bisher erschienenen Online RPGs.

I strongly recommend this game. It is the best, most enjoyable and most addictive game I have seen in 19 years. If you enjoy fantasy role playing games, then I urge you to check this game out. I’ve had some truly hysterical game moments of the kind that I usually only see in paper and pencil role-playing games. Please take the comment about addictiveness as fair warning, though. People may become concerned about your health. I was cutting sleep to play this game for the first two weeks I had it. I’ve backed off some, but my wife is still somewhat concerned. (She is also campaigning for a second phone line or a DSL connection, so there may be additional costs to the game beyond the obvious.)

Don’t take anything I’ve said in this review as a reason not to buy this game without hesitation. This is the closest so far to the perfect online fantasy role-playing game, and I have every expectation that it will be just that over the coming months.

Dark Age of Camelot ist eine Klasse für sich. Einsteiger werden sich dank der einfachen und übersichtlichen Steuerung genau so schnell in Albion, Hibernia und Midgard wohlfühlen wie Online-RPG-Profis, die vor allem mit den motivierenden Kämpfen Spieler-gegen-Spieler ihre Erfüllung finden dürften. Eingepackt in eine sehr gute Grafik, die dabei auch noch sehr Ressourcen-freundlich ist, kann sich DAoC prompt an der Spitze der Online-Rollenspiele postieren.

Overall this game looks to be a hit. Each time I have logged on during prime time since the game was released, there have been roughly 8 - 12 thousand others playing as well. By itself that would seem to indicate the success that this came has already attained.

The fact is, as an online role-playing game, Dark Age of Camelot surpasses any such game to date and promises to remain the finest in its class for a long time. Dark Age of Camelot is based on historical legends and folk tales that grew stronger, more pervasive, and more influential as they were appropriated by different cultures and passed from generation to generation. In just this fashion, Dark Age of Camelot takes inspiration from past achievements in the genre and uses these as the building blocks to achieve an even greater goal.

Summary: Even though the plusses way outweigh the minuses, if you look closely at many of the plusses you will see that they are geared only towards making it easier to level and acquire items - which is why I called Dark Age of Camelot 'EverQuest light.' The game is a ton of fun to play, and DAoC has well earned the 4 and a half GiN gems even though it is not number one in its class.

Dark Age of Camelot is terrific. It is well conceived, features solid graphics and sound, has incredible depth, and delivers multiplayer action that is unique. It will face competition with upcoming releases, but if gamers are looking for an immersive and addictive experience, this is it.

The final thing I really need to mention is a very minor part of the game, but it is extremely handy. When you log in to the front end there is a little option under the username/password fields called "Quick Entry." This little option keeps track of your most-played characters and allows you to jump right in as one of those characters, completely bypassing the server selection screen.

Dark Age of Camelot brengt de meest verfrissende elementen van andere MMORPG's samen tot een boeiend geheel.

This is exactly what makes Dark Age a great game and worthwhile experience. It may not be without its flaws and could use some fleshing out, but there is no other MMORPG we would rather play. We would also like to point all massively multiplayer game developers to look closely at what Mythic Entertainment did right in its launch of Dark Age of Camelot. Not one of the development team has uttered 'Oh, we just never expected it to get so big so quick - our equipment was not ready for this kind of assault', or anything like that. They were ready, they knew what to expect and their game and servers were ready from day one.

Wie jedes Online-Rollenspiel ist Dark Age ein tödlicher Zeitfresser - wer nicht zig Stunden pro Woche online ist, hat nicht ganz soviel von der dynamischen Fantasy-Welt. Spielspaß ist aber dank Bedienungsfreundlichkeit und Quest-System auch für Gelegenheitshelden garantiert - nur, ob die rund 20 Mark pro Monat Mitspiel-Gebühren zahlen wollen?

Un MMORPG remarquable par les innovations qu'il apporte et le vent de fraîcheur qu'il fait souffler sur la catégorie. Sa réalisation est impeccable on ne regrettera que les traductions encore incomplètes et partielles qui laissent subsister des éléments de textes clairement incohérents, frisant même parfois le ridicule. Gageons que tout ceci sera corrigé rapidement, le reste en tous les cas vaut vraiment le détour.

Detta är kärnan i vad som gör DAoC så bra som det är: den atmosfär som man från spelets första designstadium ville få in fungerar verkligen. Olikt spel som jag själv tycker brister en del i känsla – som Anarchy Online – har DAoC lyckats bättre. Kanske inte bländande bra, men helt klart bättre än de flesta konkurrenterna. Rakt igenom ett mycket trevligt MMORPG, med en genomgående fräsh känsla. De buggar som finns är små och glöms snabbt.

Das hat sogar die Entwickler von Mythic überrascht: Innerhalb von einer Woche war die erste Pressung - stattliche 100.000 CDs - restlos ausverkauft und obwohl der europäische Beta-Test noch gar nicht begonnen hat, können selbst die deutschen Importhändler nur mit den Achseln zucken. Alles weg. Dark Age of Camelot hat in der Online-Rollenspiel-Community eingeschlagen wie eine Bombe und ein Ende ist kaum in Sicht - weitere 100.000 hastig nachgepresste Exemplare sind bereits vorbestellt oder schon wieder vergriffen.

Quests can be undertaken and creatures fought without worrying about encountering some online player with so many hit points that you haven't a chance. Once your character is sufficiently developed, you can enter a disputed zone and take on the other gamers - this is where the serious headtohead gaming begins. There is, however, a downside. Access to the game website requires further payments and you will need an Internet plan that gives you plenty of online time and megabytes to download.

The MMORPG genre hasn't matured yet and Dark Age of Camelot is a noticeable sign of this. While the non-linear world, character selection and different realms are there, it never feels that exciting or engaging. Apart from the interface, the game shows little innovation and a distinct visual style is nowhere to be seen. I'm sure that in five or ten years time, we'll look back at Camelot and chuckle about how far the genre has come in that time. The game isn't really bad, it just fails to motivate or stimulate the player in the way that other titles do.