Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny

List Price: $29.99 Discount Price: $13.99

Features:

• 2nd major expansion to online massively multiplayer fantasy RPG Asheron's Call
• Epic storyline; defeat would-be rulers; beautiful 3D fantasy world
• More immersive than ever with completely upgraded graphics engine
• Uncover new depths of mystery and experience new heights of excitement
• For players of all levels

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine	Zonealarm Internet Security Suite [Old Version]

Customer Reviews:

Great Game, Wonderful community [Posted on 2005-12-12]
I've been playing AC for going on 5 years now. I have many friends in the game, and am a member of a very active clan.

Seems like nobody plays AC without having passionate feelings about it. Even the nay-sayers act like they've had their favorite toy trifled with, and are bitterly disappointed.

The game is very well balanced with tons of content for all levels. It has exciting, heart pounding quests, and hunting for solo or group play. And there are a lot of people that play the game for the purely social aspect. Camaraderie abounds in my and other clans.

About 2 years too late [Posted on 2006-04-09]
I played AC for about two years and I LOVED it. I quit shortly before Turbine took complete control. I do miss the game, but not $29.99 miss it. Maybe at $10 I'd give it another shot. Cheats and exploits destroyed the soul of AC years ago and this expansion comes too little too late to save it. When I quit in 2004, servers were already down to 1/2 the population they were at Dark Magesty's release, and I'd be willing to bet that close to half of them were an unattended macro bot of one kind or another.
From reading the other reviews here, I get the impression that Throne of Destiny is below expectations. Can you blame Turbine? They were working on Dungeons & Dragons Online, Middle Earth Online, and expansions for both AC and AC2 simutaneously. Wouldn't you put more effort into a possible blockbuster like DDO, or into beating dead horses like AC and AC2?

bad bad bad [Posted on 2006-12-17]
Losing major armor and weapons when you die is the MAJOR reason I left AC. WoW is kicking some major arse due to the fact that Ive never had so much fun winning and even losing in an MMORPG. The whole lame EQ thing where you lose armor/vitae penalty has basically detered people from sticking around. AC is such a cool game, but all my friends have moved to a game where you can focus on leveling instead of cathing up. Sorry Turbine, but maybe its time to release AC as a console game like Turok so people can MOD instead of being afraid to take chances and actually proceed.

A professionall

Ah, sweet Asheron... [Posted on 2007-09-06]
Asheron's Call, my one true love. This game, in its almost 8 years of wonder, now has over 80 monthly content updates. Every month, the Turbine team provides us with brand new content and a developing story line which can involve people of all levels. Sure, the graphics aren't great but what this game lacks in Poly's it definaely makes up for textures. Sunrises and sunsets, cathedrals, mysterious dungeons, seasons, unknown monsters...all things that make this game unique.

When you start character creation, you are immersed into a customization that you have never before seen. Your level 1 mage doesn't look like everyone else's level 1 mage, your clothing color choice has varying options, your race has very specific skills alotted to it. It is the most in-depth customization that I have ever experienced and I have played more MMOs than I can count on both hands. You can put points into 7 sttributes, and from there spend credits on figuring out what skills you want.

You enter into a training ground, which takes you step by step through some of the major AC interactions. You leave the training hall at level 5 with the ability to immediately obtain armor and quests from nearby NPCs. You can also join in global chat channels right away and start looking for help from this extremely friendly and close-knit community.

There ARE faults with Asheron's Call, I won't lie. The server populations are low, there are some serious jerks around sometimes, and thrid party applications seem to run rampant. What this game NEEDS is new players who are willing to take the time to get into it and enjoy it with people who can show them the ropes.

I am an AC player of 7 years. I have never ever found a better game, or made better friends in an online game. There is so much to offer than I can't begin to type it all here. One thing I can say though: Just try it. Turbine now has a 14-day free trial and if you dont like it, you don't have to keep playing! You are not commited. But if you do the trial, they only charge you $12.95 and thats for the game and the first months subscription!! You will be immersing yourself into a world like you have NEVER seen. Ignore the nay-sayers. If you love thinking outside the box, things that are out of the norm, try AC.

--Ruhelos Seele, Thistledown.

Comparing apples and tomatoes [Posted on 2007-11-25]
It's funny to me people are comparing a game that came out in 1999 and a game that came out in 2003. Of course the graphics of WoW and newer MMORPG's are going to better, that's a given. But for those that want some unique or orginality to a game Asherons Call is it. I played Asheron's Call since 2000 and quit in 2005. It wasn't due to the game being bad or anything, but rather of my work and school. And I love the fact that they didn't dumb down the quests or anything like WoW or newer MMORPG's. If you die, you drop your items unless you have death items to cover it. Some people this concept doesn't make sense, but to me it does. When you die you should lose vitae or items, but you can go get the items back by running to your body. Seriously that really isn't hard to do. I know I should rude, mean or whatever. But it's the fact that people are always looking for a easier and the best graphics out game. I rather play a game that has story and reasoning behind it. If you feel like WoW is too boring or easy or whatever, try Asheron's Call. Warning not for the simple minded. Oh, btw WoW has more bots then Asheron's Call ever did and til this day there are many bots running in WoW.

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