I too have played this game at start and have quit after 3 months of release. Reasons being, the game was buggy, there wasn't enough content and most of all i had a crappy PC.
2 months ago, i received an e-mail from Funcom, announcing the arrival of an expansion. I got so excited, i purchased a state of the art PC and re-subbed.
My favorite pass time in life are MMO games, I played lots of titles including: WoW, Warhammer, Lord of the Rings... but i can tell you with a straight face, nothing comes close to AoC.
This mmo is so underrated now, just because of a bad release. But the developers came back and they made giant steps with this game, with lots of issues resolved so far.
The graphics are awesome (paying on a 40" LED Phillips, ATI 5970 GPU, I7 980 CPU and 12 GB RAM), the soundtrack is the best soundtrack i ever heard in any mmo; the composer did an extraordinary job.... i can listen to the music over and over only to love it more and more. Combat system is fresh and innovative and gameplay and immersion are great.
Funcom just released the long awaited expansion, and it is nothing less than a work of art.
Now on the negative side, the game still has some bugs (majority gone though), the engine performance needs more optimization and the pvp mechanics need a look at.
I am so happy the developers did not give up on this game after the terrible release, they are doing a great job... kudos to them.
i give this a solid 10/10, once the bugs are fixed it is an 11/10.
2 months ago, i received an e-mail from Funcom, announcing the arrival of an expansion. I got so excited, i purchased a state of the art PC and re-subbed.
My favorite pass time in life are MMO games, I played lots of titles including: WoW, Warhammer, Lord of the Rings... but i can tell you with a straight face, nothing comes close to AoC.
This mmo is so underrated now, just because of a bad release. But the developers came back and they made giant steps with this game, with lots of issues resolved so far.
The graphics are awesome (paying on a 40" LED Phillips, ATI 5970 GPU, I7 980 CPU and 12 GB RAM), the soundtrack is the best soundtrack i ever heard in any mmo; the composer did an extraordinary job.... i can listen to the music over and over only to love it more and more. Combat system is fresh and innovative and gameplay and immersion are great.
Funcom just released the long awaited expansion, and it is nothing less than a work of art.
Now on the negative side, the game still has some bugs (majority gone though), the engine performance needs more optimization and the pvp mechanics need a look at.
I am so happy the developers did not give up on this game after the terrible release, they are doing a great job... kudos to them.
i give this a solid 10/10, once the bugs are fixed it is an 11/10.