Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning mini-review
I've been too busy with real life for video games since last winter, but luckily now that fall is coming in I have a little more free time for games!!! Yay!!
However, if I don't get to this now, I don't know when I will because Fable 2 is coming out tomorrow----a game I've been excited about for months.
So back to Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.
First of all, can I just assume anyone who bothers to read this review already knows what World of Warcraft is like? Good, let's start from there then.
Warhammer is World of Warcraft's PVP on steroids and with most of the annoyances smoothed out.
Instead of only 3 battle grounds (as WoW had when I was really into it awhile back. I didn't care much for the new ones they added in BC) this game has 3 battle grounds PER tier--that makes PVP progression a lot more exciting than the grind it turned into in WoW.
I 've only played into the 2nd tier since I have barely any free time, but it's been pretty fun and easy-going to level AND PvP at the same time. The item rewards flow along as well.
Coming from WoW to this game is welcoming and satisfying to all PvPers. They know their target audience--which is basically anyone who liked PvP in WoW even a little bit. The only people this game isn't for is people who detest PvP in any way shape or form, but even to them I'd say: The punishments in this game are extremely light for PvPing, which makes it fun. Even if you think you hate PvP you might want to try how it's done here.
The players so far seem several notches above the average on WoW---thank God.
Graphics are OK, but not that huge of a leap forward from WoW. Mainly they are more realistic. The sound is immersive and gives the feel of being more inside a real war torn area than WoW does.
My only complaint is that it seems too familiar in a lot of ways, and not just because of the gameplay mechanics so handily lifted from WoW. It's the setting and characters as well. Warhammer came first as far as the essentials of the fantasy archetypes, but that doesn't keep some of this game's aspects from seeming stale after all these years of WoW domination.
Graphics: 8/10
Sound: 9/10
Gameplay PvE: 8/10 ("Public quests" are cool!)
Gameplay PvP: 9.5/10
Overall: Definitely a fun game for MMO fans and those really burned out with WoW.
(Here is a picture of my Witch Elf, Ichthia in a scenario. )
It's a pretty good game. The graphics aren't quite an 8 by modern computer standards, IMHO. The view distance for example is very low. However, I like the more realistic look over WoW's cartoon-look.
Posted by: THC2112 | October 21, 2008 at 04:19 PM
hi,
thanks for this information.
keep the good work continue.
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travis
I still think Warhammer is way better then WoW but the numbers do not seem to show it. I wonder if it is because Warhammer does not seem to be advertised as much as Warcraft.
Warhammer Gold
Posted by: jose | April 09, 2009 at 02:20 PM
Yeah I still like Warhammer over Warcraft for PvP.
Now I'm playing Everquest again, which I still think is superior game to Warcraft. Sorry WoW-heads but the PvE apsects of WoW still seems like dumbed-down Everquest to me.
xoxo
iza
btw, anyone playing EQ can reach me as Qilia on Quellious.
Posted by: Izabael | April 11, 2009 at 03:32 PM