Best of it's first gen class

User Rating: 8.2 | Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles PC
By linmukai | Review Date:
Having played multiple MMORPGs, all of them earlier titles thus far including Asheron's Call (my first one), EverQuest, Anarchy Online, Asheron's Call 2 and winding up sticking with EQ for almost 5 years, I would say DAoC clearly exceeds all of these. My experience with DAoC was limited and I did not get to see RvR, which is said to be a big draw for the game but I heard enough from ingame players to imagine its quite fun and offers pvp that far exceeds anything in the former titles mentioned. The graphics while now behind the times somewhat, are still quite good looking and thus the immersion I found to be very good and very fun while there. The community is an aged one like you would find in EQ and other older games and that has both good and bad sides to it. The jaded tend to complain bitterly at times about how the game devolved into its present state and lower numbers on one hand, while many others swear by it as they one they have repeatedly returned to after finding other and newer titles lacking. I can see why it got a 9.1 from GS when it was new. I'm sure it blew everything else at the time away. Even today, I think it competes pretty well overall with many titles. I am liking to purchase the bundle with all expansions sometime and play this more, as the lore and world of WoW turns me off personally and no other game on the horizon appeals (Vanguard will be EQ with a pretty face is my guess and that is not a compliment sadly).

So while I am less than qualified to write a comprehensive review, I think reading about the game should fill you in well enough to make your own call. I will just add that I saw it and thought well of it because it improves upon what I experienced in the games I've played substantially, looks good, has good sound and music and offers fun gameplay with a mature community of devoted fans, who in my experience were very welcoming and friendly to someone brand new.

I should add too that the richness of the world, its lore, the many classes to choose from and three unique kingdoms to experience as well as arguable the best pvp in a game of this kind to date, all add up to a fun gameplay experience that I recommend checking out.

The game has a nice tutorial that introduces key concepts well and had me ready to play and learn from there within an hour easily. Obviously, games with this sort of depth have deep learning curves too but I think its a gentle enough one in DAoC as you get enough to being having fun early on and the rest comes over time and with experience and info from other players in game, The Camelot Herald Web site and other Web resources, etc.

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