Customer Reviews:
 Beta Good but launch date moved to the 17th not 19th. May 6, 2008
M. Middleton
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
The beta seems a good product and worth a purchase, I reviewed it to level 13 below. However the EU launch date has been moved forward to the 17th, thus the 16th is not enough time to download the 13 gig+ client for a preorder bonus, if this alters then fair enough.
Firstly this game has some performance issues but as its still the beta they have some time to polish the game off for release. The graphics are good and the more mature levels of storyline, gore and graphic content make this suitable for adults or older teens. The gameplay is what's important when it comes down to it and this game has several semi unique features.
1, Directional combat is a great addition and with some tweaking will send this MMO into a realm few have dared to go. Imagine fighting a monster, its friend joins in and you alter your attacks to hit both directions, you dodge left, put your shields to the right and then do a right sided combo. You actively block the monsters that's still close enough to attack, chop its head off with a finisher and jump back to avoid its friends counter attack. Ready to inflict the final blow, your about to do a double forward hit, when out from behind comes another player charging at you, so at the last minute you choose a swing to hit front and back instead!
2, Group pvp content, this really is going to be excellent. Keeps to siege, with archers firing off the walls and players using catapults to break down the doors. Then there are the towers and resource points outside of the main keeps to fight over. I've not experienced it yet during beta but I cross my fingers its well implemented, as it sounds a pvp'ers dream.
3, Quests with a bit of heart, you can respond much like a traditional RPG with insults or sympathy to the people issuing you quests, it's a nice touch which immerses you a bit further into the quest experience. The have people and cut scenes also help if you like your quest or conversely often find them a bit stale.
4, I've already mentioned fatalities, they are fun, throwing two swords into an opponent and striding over to pull them out. Frying your opponent, kicking and screaming with a blast of magic, turning his flesh to worms as he sinks to his knee's, smashing a downed opponent in the face with your boot, all good fun and in a days work when you execute a combo move and it turns into a critical hit to kill them. The weapon types you use and the combo all give way to different finishing moves!
5, A vast lore and world to explore, very rich as its drawing from a great author.
6, Many classes are very in your face compared to the relaxed, casual nature of other games. You can still play on PvE servers but you will need to think and act rather than just sit there mindless pushing a button. Enemies block certain directions and adjust that block when you hit them, you take advantage of this by the directional combat I mentioned above, then there's the active blocking and your own passive block to consider, then finally you move on to the standard MMO fare of what do I use first, DOT's, Knockdowns, buffs and debuffs etc.
7, FPS aiming for archers! This is optional as there is an autotarget mode but the aiming itself has a much greater degree of accuracy at range. Imagine hiding in a bush stealthed and watching your opponent from afar, just for the right time when he bends down to pick up that loot... Or climb that ladder or sit down and chat with a friend.
8, Technically this game does not yet make good enough use of the latest advanced processors, those with good graphics cards and plenty of ram will do much better than those with a quad core system and an average graphics card, though performance is improving gradually for all.
All in all the first 13 levels have been great fun, I can't wait to get to level 80 and do a FULL review but be warned there are a few niggling bugs in beta still to put up with and your mileage will vary.
 Early Access May 8, 2008
Filipe Garcia
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
The european early access starts on the 17th. If you only hand out the pre order keys on the 16th, this leaves us with only 1 day to download a 10-13 gig client, which is impossible for most internet connections.
I usually buy all my MMOs from amazon.co.uk, but if you don't change this I will be forced to pre order it somewhere else.
pre order item! May 5, 2008
Paulie (Portugal)
2 out of 20 found this review helpful
Ive been searching others stores for this game.
Two of them offer the mamuth or the rhino. Amazon offers a bow that the classe im going to choose can't use?
Im not happy with that.Im a regular Amazon customer, but if the offer remais the bow im not buying here.
Hope you guys fix it soon.
 Subscriptions, beware..... May 13, 2008
Durblosicks (Edinburgh)
1 out of 18 found this review helpful
Just received my code for advance time, and tried to activate it. You need a CREDIT card, Mastercard or Visa, to activate your account (or gametime cards, but I can't be bothered with them). I cancelled my only credit card a long time ago, because I had no need of it, and I only have debit cards (they give me the same online protection, and no nasty bills...), so like Sony and Vanguard, Funcom and Age of Conan won't get my money.
They should be as flexible as Blizzard and Warcraft - they didn't get to number one for no reason.
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