Great game, needs time

User Rating: 8.5 | Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning PC
So i insert the disk, install, patch and log in. I get to choose a race, of course the greenskins, because Order is for kids dreaming to be heros (Just messing). I get in the starting area, do a few quests, find it pretty catchy. One that made me giggle was when i got catapulted in the air and reached the wall. The quests are pretty solid for the race, find a dwarf, put him in a barrel, and throw him down, simple as that.

So i reach level 5, did a few public quests, find them very attractive, especially for the rewards. The players don't talk much, unless you do something wrong. So far in the game i saw a few glitches while fighting, a dwarf firing with his gun a being unable to hurt him in melee combat, even if it doesn't bother me. I got my first skills, the combats get a lot easier, especially with the ''dots''.

At 10 I jumped to another map, I felt like it was a whole new world (aka aladin ripoff). The quests weren't as exciting, and the public quests were pretty much dead, but the environment gave some points. I got to choose my career mastery, i chose da'boss to be a supporter in groups and warbands.

After some levels I reached another map and tried the RvR scenarios system. The first few games were easy, destruction would always win, but after some days i noticed that many guilds in the Order were forming and were made specifically to win these matches in a quick and sad way. At this point people will realize the weakness behind each classes and exploit them to win easily... which will be catastrophic... But i guess is was fated to happen, randomly formed groups won't stand after a couple of months.

Right now i'm doing some quests in the Troll Country. Things are getting pretty repetitive, also leveling is a lot harder considering that scenarios can take a lot of time to form up...

I was in the northern part of the map, the background music changed... Yep a lair is nearby. I noticed some ice platforms and a level 19 troll patroling near them. I thought a lair boss was level 40, maybe i didn't go far enough, still this game me enough curiosity to level and discover what's behind it.


As for the review, the game is solid, innovative and great looking. Some things are missing such as the combat bugs, the repetition with some quests and the low population. But these can only be solved with time and a handful of patches. After these are done, we can expect a game that will be much more interesting and fun to play.