Dark Age of Camelot (Windows)

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Description

Set in the period immediately following the death of King Arthur, Dark Age of Camelot is an online role-playing game which offers a blend of killing AI controlled monsters, and killing (or being killed by!) player controlled Invaders from Other Realms.

Each copy of the world (of which there are many, each holding up to 3000 simultaneous players) is divided into three competing realms: Albion, Midgard and Hibernia. The realm of Albion is based on Arthurian legend, whereas Midgard is modeled after Norse mythology, and Hibernia on Celtic myths. Each realm offers extensive internal areas for straight "monster-bashing" of a style similar to Everquest and other Diku MUD derivatives, as well as a large frontier region which can be invaded by players of the competing realms.

Dark Age of Camelot is a subscription based game.

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Alternate Titles

• "卡米洛特的黑暗时代" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "DAoC" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• Dark Age of Camelot series
• King Arthur / Camelot games
• Middleware: EMotion FX
• Middleware: Gamebryo/Lightspeed/NetImmerse
• Mythology: Norse / Germanic

User Reviews

Not a persistant world, but persistantly fun.	Ummagumma (79)
A good time to be had here, but its not perfect	Andy Roark (274)
Dark Ages of Camelot is a shallow gaming experience that doesn't compel me to keep coming back for more.	Droog (522)
A nice change of MMORPG pace	Kurt Sample (1044)	unrated
Slot Machine City	Sean Johanson (16)

Critic Reviews

Withingames	Mar 13, 2002	5 out of 5	100
Game Over Online	Mar 21, 2002	96 out of 100	96
ComputerGamers.com	Oct 27, 2001	93 out of 100	93
GameSpy	Nov 20, 2001	92 out of 100	92
IGN	Nov 02, 2001	9 out of 10	90
RPGFan	Dec 18, 2001	90 out of 100	90
Svenska PC Gamer	Apr, 2002	85 out of 100	85
Jeuxvideo.com	Jan 31, 2002	17 out of 20	85
RPGFan	Jan 17, 2002	78 out of 100	78
MMORPG.com	May 27, 2010	7.5 out of 10	75

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Trivia

Come Back to Camelot

From July 14th 2005 through the 24th, Mythic ran the "Come Back to Camelot" Campaign, which invites past Dark Age of Camelot players to experience the game's upgrades and additions free of charge for ten days.

References to the game

The game is referenced in Benoît Demeutre's 2008 novella Customer Service, originally published in French as Service clientèle.

TV series

A television series based on DAoC was in development by Collision Entertainment, but apparently never emerged. Their website describes the series with...

Based on the online game Dark Age of Camelot created by Abandon's Mythic Entertainment, the world of Camelot is filled with as much youthful passion, love, and sex, as it is with hatred, betrayal, war and the supernatural. Arthur, just 17, becomes King, while Guinivere, Lancelot and the other familiar characters, all in their late-teens/early-twenties love and battle in the newly formed Camelot. Think "90210" set in a land where danger lurks around every corner. In the Court of Camelot there is as much danger inside the castle as there is on the outside and alliances shift as easily as the sands on the beach above which Camelot stands.

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • April 2002 (Issue #213) - Online Game of the Year
• GameSpy
  • 2001 – PC RPG Game of the Year
  • 2001 – PC RPG Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)

Information also contributed by Entophane and Sciere

Related Web Sites

• Dark Age of Camelot Realm (Another really good fansite)
• Dark Age of Camelot Stratics (DAoC portal with news and information.)
• Fansite (english) (Fansite (english))
• Official website (Official website)