Take a look at the Dark Age of Camelot from Mythic Entertainment. It came out on in Mid October.
This is an awesome new game that is the logical decendant of Muds, EverQuest and other MMORPG's.
It was the best selling game for a few weeks in October before the major software retailers sold out of the first run.
Its kind of a first person shooter, but its based on human mythology rather than some dorky made up fantasy world like Ultima Online, Asherons Call and Everquest.
You can become a Knight, Archer, Healer or Majic user in Albion (England, or Camelot after Arthur died), Midgard (the Norsman mythical land) or Hybernia (Celtic lands, perhaps ireland. You cant kill anyone that is from your realm, but you can fight with the people from other realms if you go to a central area called the Frontier. Each Realm has Forts and guards in the Frontier and it takes the coordinated efforts of hundreds of people to take another Realms fort. There are also "Relics" at certain forts which you can take if you have a huge group of coordinated fighters. For example, Excallebers scabord or Thors hammer. As of Dec 1, 2001 no one on any server has taken a relic.
This game has legs... There are plans for a European server that will have 4 more Realms... rumor says it will be Germania, Italia(post roman), Frank (post Charlemane) and Spanish. Others have speculated that additional zones will include the Middle east (Egypt, summaria, Ottoman turks and perhaps Jews), Asia (Japanese Samaris, Chinese, Siam and perhaps Phillipinos) and South America (myan, aztec, Apache and Polynisians.)
This Game is terrific for kids because unlike some of the violent and goofy Doom clones out there, this game will teach you about history, mythology, Theology, and perhaps even community, cooperation and the values of other cultures.
There are hundreds of DAoC web sites... some of them are very sophisticaed... My favorite is http://camelot.stratics.com/
The game only costs $29 at best buy and $10 a month with your first month for free.
Come to Valhalla in your own time! - Elton John
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Guild: Dragonfist Knights
and Knights of no Remorse
lvl 25 Healer, Midgard Palamines Server
lvl 10 Friar, Albion Bedever Server
lvl 9 Minstrel Hybernia Merlin Server
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Take a look at the Dark Age of Camelot from Mythic Entertainment. It came out on in Mid October. This is an awesome new game that is the logical decendant of Muds, EverQuest and other MMORPG's. It was the best selling game for a few weeks in October before the major software retailers sold out of the first run. Its kind of a first person shooter, but its based on human mythology rather than some dorky made up fantasy world like Ultima Online, Asherons Call and Everquest. You can become a Knight, Archer, Healer or Majic user in Albion (England, or Camelot after Arthur died), Midgard (the Norsman mythical land) or Hybernia (Celtic lands, perhaps ireland. You cant kill anyone that is from your realm, but you can fight with the people from other realms if you go to a central area called the Frontier. Each Realm has Forts and guards in the Frontier and it takes the coordinated efforts of hundreds of people to take another Realms fort. There are also "Relics" at certain forts which you can take if you have a huge group of coordinated fighters. For example, Excallebers scabord or Thors hammer. As of Dec 1, 2001 no one on any server has taken a relic. This game has legs... There are plans for a European server that will have 4 more Realms... rumor says it will be Germania, Italia(post roman), Frank (post Charlemane) and Spanish. Others have speculated that additional zones will include the Middle east (Egypt, summaria, Ottoman turks and perhaps Jews), Asia (Japanese Samaris, Chinese, Siam and perhaps Phillipinos) and South America (myan, aztec, Apache and Polynisians.) This Game is terrific for kids because unlike some of the violent and goofy Doom clones out there, this game will teach you about history, mythology, Theology, and perhaps even community, cooperation and the values of other cultures. There are hundreds of DAoC web sites... some of them are very sophisticaed... My favorite is http://camelot.stratics.com/ The game only costs $29 at best buy and $10 a month with your first month for free. Come to Valhalla in your own time! - Elton John WinterBear TrueHeart Guild: Dragonfist Knights and Knights of no Remorse lvl 25 Healer, Midgard Palamines Server lvl 10 Friar, Albion Bedever Server lvl 9 Minstrel Hybernia Merlin Server