Dark Age of Camelot: Gold Edition

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $6.25

Features:

• Start out with the original Dark Age Of Camelot -- King Arthur is dead, and various factions and kingdoms are fighting for control of Camelot. Choose a side and prepare to fight for the right to rule!
• In Dark Age Of Camelot - Shrouded Isles, you'll extend the original storyline as you explore three new continents -- new monsters, weapons and magic are available for the new character classes & races
• Dark Age of Camelot - Foundations gives players the ability to purchase property and build their own homes, for a new level of gameplay
• Also includes a player's manual to introduce newcomers to the world of Camelot!

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

I came back! [Posted on 2004-06-23]
I worte a bad review on this game a few months ago, but now with all the anti-cheating patches mythic is coming out with, I give it 5 stars.. The new frontier looks sweet, and they did a A+ job revitalizing the rvr aspect. So mythic wins my subscription fees agian! Only down side is, there customer service needs to be improved. Also bringing servers down during morning hours is a drag:(

Very Fun!! [Posted on 2004-06-26]
This game is soo much fun and so easy to play. # realms with different races and classes makes it like 3 different games. Mythic has wonderful customer support if you ever need assistance. The quests are great too!!

Last year's model, buy Platinum instead of adding expansions [Posted on 2004-07-24]
Love the game, blow endless hours playing it becuase it is just that good, only flaw in gold is that for an extra $10 you can get the Platinum edition which has all the expansions bundled into it.

So so. [Posted on 2004-11-27]
I just want to say b4 I get started that I tried this game after enjoying World of Warcraft for a week or so. What does this mean? It means its like trying a biscuit after eating a pizza and giving a comparison...there is none.

The only reason I even downloaded this game was because I was waiting to get World of Warcraft after its open beta ended and needed something to hold me over. I read up on other mmorpgs out there and saw that this one was very close to WoW. It was...but it was much more boring.

To start, the camera movements were horrible, I couldn't even look behind me without stopping and turning around...this is rediculous when being chased by an enemy and not knowing when its safe to stop running. Moving from side to side(strafing) is slow as hell, to the point you dont even use it most of the time. Leveling is probably the worst thing about this game. You find yourself spending up to 3 or 4 hours a session beating on all sorts of wierd things trying to gain experience points. Masssssivvvveeee unbalanced issues with the character. For example: the fighter(warrior type) is stinged out so bad. He has no chance whatsoever against a caster. I started as a fighter and got to level 9 in about 2 days. When I made a caster I did it in a few hours.

To give the game some credit, it does have a helllll of a lot of stuff to do, you probably wont even do a quarter of the things you can do in this game b4 you are sick of it, but its still there. I was able to play World of Warcraft for 10 days straight. Every waking hour was spent playing or thinking about it. And when the beta was over it left me feeling like I just stopped doing a drug. I felt soooo bored with everything, and still do, which is why im here right now writing this review. The game is PURE masterpiece...its crack. You will be hooked for life, especially if you liked warcraft.

Oh enough of this...buy World of Warcraft, its 20x better...problem is wait a month or two because theres so many people playing it right now that its causing server problems...major ones.

Dark Age of Camelot - The Races [Posted on 2005-08-25]
Dark Age of Camelot. The game features three different realms each with different races and classes to play. The three realms are Albion, Hibernia, and Midgard. Albion is mainly the defensive realm. Hibernia is the magical realm. Midgard is the offensive realm. These three meet up in the area called New Frontiers to duke it out with each other in order to control the castles of the land.
Albion consists of the remains of King Arthur's kingdom. The following races preside in Albion; Britons are the jack of all trades in this realm they can become every class and have balanced starting stats. Highlanders are the hardy human race of Albion and they are well suited to become many of the melee classes. Avalonians, these peoples are the most intelligent humans in Albion; they are well suited for the Mage/Elementalist classes due to their massive understanding of the arcane arts. Saracens are best suited to become rouges; due to their high dexterity they are very sneaky. Half-Ogres, these were implemented in an expansion to the game, their strength is higher than that of highlanders but they also have higher than normal intelligence (they are half-ogre half-Avalonian). Iconnu were also added in an expansion they have high dexterity and intelligence, making them well suited to become casters or rouges.
Hibernia is a land of lush green landscapes and powerful magic. The races of this land include; Celts, these are the jack of all trades in Hibernia, very akin to Britons. The Elf, elves are very skilled magicians this makes them wonderful spell casters. Firbolg's or firbys as they are also called are immensely strong and hardy making them wonderful choices for melee or healing classes. Lurkeens, keens are very small and have higher dexterity than that of even elves; this makes them the best choice for a stealther or archer in the realm. Sylvan were added to the game in an expansion, they are tree people (actually made of wood) and have a high affinity with nature along with good strength and constitution, making them good choices for healing or melee classes, you also see a lot of sylvan casters. Shar were added in an expansion to the game, they are the most evil race in Hibernia being that they are on bad terms with the other races of the land. They have a higher than normal strength and dexterity making them very good two weapon fighters.
Midgard, this realm is a land of high mountains, cold temperatures, and has very hardy races living within it. There are the small blue race of kobold, these quick little people vaguely resemble smurfs but are much more aggressive. They are suited very well for a defensive warrior or a stealthier. There are the monstrously strong trolls, who are made up of rocks these are the best suited for a tank class due to their abnormally high strength. There is the Norseman who is the standard human of Midgard they are well suited for all classes but don't excel in any one area. Dwarfs are very small bearded human like creatures they are simmi9lar to Norse but have a higher constitution and lower strength. There are the Valken who are distinctly dog like creatures; they are suited to become light tanks. The Frostalf are the class in Midgard that is best suited to become a caster.
These are the races of Dark Age of Camelot I hope that you find this review somewhat helpful in your decision to join a growing community. If you do end up joining our gaming community look me up sometime I'm on the Gareth server in the realm of Hibernia currently playing a Sylvan Valewalker.

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