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"Update - 2007", Yes, the person who wrote the "stay away" was absolutely on the mark in the year 2000.

Seven years later its really has grown and is quite the game, content is added every month (do the math 12 world updates * 7 years).

The game has seen 2 major revisions (the latest is Throne of desitny) which had a major graphic upgrade.

I started playing in the year 2000, and after 7 years of playing, I think the game has never been better.

"Love Hate Relationship with this Game", Having never played a MMORPG before Asheron's Call, I was floored by the immensity of the world and the depth of things to do. I subscribed to the game in early 2000, and other than a few months away from time to time, finally official unsubscribed at the release of AC's 2nd expansion pack, Throne of Destiny, this past month.

I spent 5 years of my life spent playing Asheron's Call, investing 5-10 hours a week. I have tried many RPGs since, but nothing has hooked me like AC did.

Unfortunately, my experience with AC was dysfunctional at best. The first year was amazing. I met many friends, and had a blast exploring. After 2 months I realized that my level 13 swordsman (without any magic) could barely hold his own against even the weakest of mobs, so I re-rolled. I created a spearman on a whim, and went to the packed Mossie Fort to level. It was there that I met Corrozus, my soon to be good friend and patron. Every night for a year we played together...laughed together, struggled together and leveled together. Everything that Dereth had to offer was explored by our ever-increasing alliance.

I was a level 31 plinking away at Granite Golems in the Dires with my spearman the day that Turbine introduced the first wave of mobs that became the first chain on a link that lead to the ultimate death of the game. They were acid wielding, shield carrying skeletons, and my character couldn't touch them. In fact the mobs were so difficult that I heard rumors that players were now re-rolling en masse to create characters with Life Magic.

As anyone who has played AC knows, Life Magic was broken from the start, and it took a while for the player base to learn this, but once we did, the game became a mere shell. Soon, uber characters abounded, and friends we once played with daily went off to level up their new uber toons. It seemed almost overnight everyone was level 50 killing Olthoi and Lugies in XP leveling dungeons while friendships and allegiance began to crumble.

It was at this point that the original devs left, and the new team not only continued to allow life magic to remain unbalanced, but they built virtually all content around it. It was at this time that I began to dislike the game I once loved. I had few friends that weren't uber-focused. Allegiances became quest oriented as opposed to exploration oriented. And the devs catered to the elite players and ignored the average game player.

Housing came and went, and I quit and re-subscribed several times. My playing time decreased severely to the point were I might log on once a week to seem no one from our allegiance on.

Asheron's Call, it could be said, died a premature death because it listened to the 1% gamers who lived online. AC kept feeding the game XP and loot to keep them happy, and soon even a newbie couldn't step a few clicks outside of town without running into a level 79 mob.

The Throne of Destiny expansion pack is more of the same. The game is all but dead, and simply exists to pull in funds to support Turbine's up and coming releases, D&D Online, and Middle Earth. I won't be trying either. Just like a bad relationship, my time with Turbine is over and I want my 5 years back.

"Its a bunch of fun.", This is game is pure fun. Its addictive. Im not writing much because i just got odne writing why not to buy ac2. Not kidding. Look for my other post for alot of info on ac1. Its under ac2 reveiws. Name -- doesn't cut it -- AC1 has alot of landscpae, lvls, ppl, skills, and jsut alot of other things, tkae my word for it, ITS AN AWSOME GAME.

"Greatest RPG on the Market", This is the best game I have ever played. It never gets old, because it changes every month. I highly recommend this game.

"Asheron's Call, the Greatest MMORPG in Existence", Still alive and well, AC has some life in it. I've played since release and love it more today than I did then. Sure theres a monthly fee, but the game gets new monsters, quests, items, game systems, etc. EVERY month. For many there is no need for another game to play! So that a flat rate there, $ for all your computer gaming for a year! Tis an incredible deal. The above reviews are very old, cheaters have been removed. Wonderful third party applications have been added that enhances the game, allowing one to chat on IRC while in-game, control Winamp while in-game, etc. These fall under the plug-in Platform "Decal", found on Sourceforge. Balance has returned to Asheron's Call, some will always do better at some monsters than others, its the advantages of that class. But thats just it! These days if ya don't like how you've done your char, you can make some adjustments via new quests. The skill system of Asheron's Call is of untold beauty and far out does any other game in existence, especially Ever Quest or Asheron's Call 2. AC is a very social game, allegiances take care of their own and will help many a newbie. However, one can survive very well as a soloer, I am kinda a mixture of both. Theres puzzles, tons of quests, PKing (by choice), Trading (an unimaginably dynamic economy), and so soo much more...

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"HORRIBLE GAME WASTE OF MONEY", This game is a horrible game. I'll admit it is addictive,but what is the point of the game?? There isn't one it's unbeatable. Now you may not play to win and (i have played this game for a long time and know just about every thing there is to know about the game)you just want to play for fun.WRONGE GAME!!!!! Unless you buy a charactor on ebay or have friends with high levels charactors it's really hard to get started.If you play to kill others all I can say to you is have fun getting killed 100000000 times. There are super power monachey who OWN dungens. That means if you go there you die.And there are clans that own EVERYTHING! If your not level 50 at least your fun turns in to a bad time. If you make you charactor wronge (you'll realize later if you did)the game sucks. If you get the game you'll be addicted at first. After you play for a year or so it becomes alot less fun then it becomes less and less fun.Trust me this game IS A VARY VARY BAD GAME!!!! By the wasy im not really 12 just dont have an amazon email. Im realy 15 i started at 13 when I bought the game.

"Kill, kill, kill. Rookie game designers lose their way.", After playing Asheron's Call for almost 18 months, I was left with a sick feeling in my stomach. For lovers of the fantasy genre, this game had much promise from the it's beginning, but quickly decayed into an empty shell created by poor game design.

Quests are horrible, and quests items are merely shiny toys to show off. They, for the most part, serve no purpose and are useless.

Character classes are a complete joke. At the point of character creation you are given a great number of choices and variables, but after 2 months of play you quickly realize that almost all character skills are useless. Only 2 character classes are viable: Mages and Warrior-Mage hybrids that MUST have Life magic.

The world in vast, but unused. Monsters are dull, and for the most part the designers take one monster and 'skin' it 10 different ways, and call them new monsters. Player vs. player is a joke (once again you must be 100% magic heavy). Archery is a joke after 2 months of play. Lockpicking is useless. Alchemy is useless....on and on.

A good concept, but horrid design. Kill, kill, kill, level, kill, kill, kill, level. A bad first person shooter.

If you pick up this game and love fantasy, you will be hooked for 2 months, until you begin to realize that all the fantasy/lore/quests elements mean nothing. To play the game after that you must kill the same monsters sometimes 5000-10000 times to become strong enough to kill the next monster. Them you kill it 10000 times to become strong enough to kill the next monster. Get the picture?

One other point to touch on is the lack of punishment for cheaters and exploiters...there is none. At various times the servers have gone through periods in which they would crash very frequently due to players exploiting the game (and 'duping' items). Also, the monthly updated code always causes long periods of game outages.

Bad game play. Poor design. Bad code. A first person shooter in the disguise of a fantasy game.

"This is the Best Multiplayer game EVER.", This has got to be the best multiplayer game of all time. I have played EverQuest, and I didn't get why anyone would play a massivly MP game. I randomly grabbed AC the other day, and now I know.

As soon as I entered the enormous world of Dereth, I knew that I was gonna love it. The graphics were amazing and still caused no lag. In fat, all lag is minimal, and the game is still amazing. The best part is that it is all original. No elves, dwarfes or Orcs anywhere. I battled Drudges as opposed to goblins, and epic battles with gromnies replace the ubiquitous dragon. I was astounded by the way it was so easy to start, but still managed to get you thinking. I often leave the screen with tales of chivalry on my part.

This game is a great way to meet people. Other players are always helpful, and are usually willing to help a new player with a gift of pyreals, the currency used in the game. For the competitive PvP is available.

Anyone who does not get this game is really missing out.

"Cool Fun", I thoroughly enjoy this game about once a week on average. I would say that I disagree with some of the other comments about harsh language, which I have not encountered, and participation in the allegiance system is completely voluntary. My own experience has been excellent.
I sometimes wish I had more time to play, but the game allows for me to not play for months at a time and pick up where I left off pretty easily.

"Great Game.", I really don't know what to type that others have not said.
I give this game a great review =).
It has kept me playing for over 18+ months, and they were usually enjoyable times.