Warhammer Online
Game Description and Comments
Warhammer Online is a major 3D MMORPG from the same company as Dark Age of Camelot. Like that older MMORPG, Warhammer Online looks to be one of the leading MMOs for PvP. Not only that but this game has also been mentioned frequently as a potential World of Warcraft killer like Age of Conan was when that game launched. Although only WoW will probably beat WoW when it's all said and done, Warhammer Online stands a better chance than most recent launches to rival WoW due to its mainstream approach, amazing graphics, epic PvP system, popular fantasy franchise, ease of soloing due to the group system and Public Quests, PvE for a reason, and depth. PvPers and MMORPGers who like both PvP and PvE may have a new top game. The big question is how players who like only PvE will feel about WAR over the long term as the game continues to add features.
Key Features
- Major MMORPG.
- Based on the popular Warhammer franchise.
- Amazing 3D graphics.
- Realm vs. Realm PvP.
- More than enough PvE to go along with PvP.
- Two factions that are constantly at war: Destruction and Order.
- Within each faction are 3 different armies and each army has an arch enemy on the other side. For example, the bitterest enemy of the Dwarves are Greenskins (Orcs and Goblins.
- All battles and quests are intended to affect the ongoing war effort.
- Collision detection insures that players just can't walk through each other in RvR PvP.
- Open group system.
- Public Quests allow solo players to participate in RVR PvP.
- Realms can capture and hold zones.
- Renown system shows how much players have participated in RvR. This system has both rewards and items.
- Tome of Knowledge tracks various aspects of the character and game world.
- 20 careers aka classes.
- Four careers were eliminated to meet the game's release date.
- Characters can specialize in careers.
Select Reviews (Edited for Presentation)
Author: Xenosaiyan
Rating: 10
Comment: I cannot wait! This game has it all from public quests to
PvP leveling, and PvP competition. Look at Dark Age of Camelot and
tell me this game won't be good. With the success of WoW and the PvP
of DAoC, this game is perfect.
Author: Donwon206
Rating: 8
Comment: To me it really doesn't matter if this game is worse than
WoW because no matter what happens at the end of the day I will
still be utterly bored with World of Warcraft. If WAR turns out to
be amazing, then that is just the icing on the cake for me. It is
about time that someone ends the Blizzard stranglehold and
monopolization on the MMORPG world. WAR, from everything I have seen
and read online, seems to have a lot of good things going for it.
The only thing I can see being a potential problem is the balance in
the game. I have a strong feeling that the Destruction will be much
more popular which will create many realms with an unfair balance
that has not been seen in other MMORPGs.
Another thing that makes this game all the more intriguing are the
number of classes available. I believe there are 12 on each side?
That is a total of 24 classes in this game with the ability to
specialize in your class as well. Hopefully, no one will have a hard
time finding a class that suits them.
Author: Chrissalty
Rating: 7
Comment: It looks less like a 3yr old game than WoW. I hope it isn't
like WoW with its grind quests because they are not real quests. I
also hope that WAR copies WoW some to get back at the idiots at
Blizzard. This game would be the powerhouse and everyone would go
nuts at Blizzard. I am hoping for good things in the game. I would
pay money to try this before WoW. I am giving it a 7, in hopes it
will be a 10.
Pricing Model
Warhammer Online must be purchased and requires a subscription fee to play.
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