Anarchy Online Special Edition

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Customer Reviews:

Great adventure, absorbing, a game for thinking adults! [Posted on 2002-10-22]
Read the other reviews? Good! Now disregard anything written before September 2002 -- Funcom has made good on this fantastic online adventure game. The software is as solid as it can be, and the gaming experience is fantastic. You can build a high-level character in a few days of play, team up with others from around the world to level even faster, equip yourself with all kinds of weapons and attacks, and pick from a wide array of professions with an equally wide array of unique abilities.

If you like solid gameplay and are looking for a satisfying online community experience, then give Anarchy Online a try for 30 days and see if you agree with me.

Just be sure to set aside a ton o' time -- because you'll be pulled in and doing everything you can to level as fast as possible! See you online...

Disapointment [Posted on 2002-12-02]
The game does not have a unique concept. Interface controls are still poorly layed out. Players viewpoint is though adjustable, keeps shifting ( even in locked down behind the character mode)

Game play itself, in a word, boring.
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LAGGGGG when your around other players, is so fearsome its sickening. Graphic models and terrain have collision and rendering problems. Also if you are just sick of the EQ zoning don't even think of Anarchy. You will see landscape and mobs beyond the zone line. hit the zone and pop up in an area nothing looks like what you seen through the zone barriers.

This is a TOTALLY different game from the one they launched [Posted on 2003-06-20]
i was there at launch, and i would agree with most others that the game was a embarrassment to itself, but that was then. funcom has a work ethic, something other companies could learn from, and they turned a sure loser into a winner, everything i could think of being broken is atleast tolerable now. Lag is always a issue with online gaming, but it isnt anymore laggy than Eq, or Uo when passing through a major traffic spot. I guess if anything could be wrong with the game at this point, it would be the monotony, or the economics, the same things that tend to plague other online games as well. One more thing though, i would reccommend this game to any older , or more mature gamers, there seems to be a more balanced playfield here of mature gamers, and alot less grief players.

FREE AO until jan 2007 [Posted on 2005-11-19]
search google for ao downloads and it will come up with a special download that you can use and you can play until 2007. this game is a very fun game but the lag is at times unbareable and on the free download you dont get any perks or full map. i suggest playin this until you want to buy it and get the special edition if you are really into it and hope that they patch it so there is less lag. good game tho.

Long time player [Posted on 2008-07-03]
I have played AO off and on since it came out in '01. There are many Sci-fi games available online, but this one has staying power. For paying customers, there is such a wide variety of play areas that you can't really get bored. Some of the Shadowlands areas are enormous and beautiful. A big plus is for people who can't afford an uber computer can still play this game without any issues. The free play has been extended yet again and I believe it will continue to be free (they'll keep extending it). Free players have access to the original content (what we paid for when it started!) plus the Notum Wars expansion. The professions (called classes in other games) are unique with such a variety of customization you could literally become a "jack of all trades, master of none" depending on how you elect to spend your points. I've left AO for other games and ended up returning, missing the Sci fi feel. The character graphics are so-so, which is why I dropped a star from my rating, but the environments are very good and play is great. Raiders will find as much to do as solo players. Tradeskills are interesting and there are roleplayers on each server for those that enjoy taking the game experience a step further. Customer service via the ARK system (Advisors of Rubi Ka) is timely. All in all, I keep coming back to AO and recommend people give it a try. Check out their website at http://www.anarchy-online.com.

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