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Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $36.34
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Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 33
Format: Dvd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: online_massively_multiplayer_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15656
Model: 014633156560
UPC: 014633156560
EAN: 0014633156560
ASIN: B000TD3IA2
Release Date: September 16, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New Factory Sealed.
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| Features:
| • | Undertake a wide variety of PvE quest types related to an army's war efforts, | | • | Based on Games Workshop's popular Warhammer fantasy world. Dominated by force of arms and magic, this world provides a rich setting for hundreds of thousands of players to experience the epic nature of war and the glory of battle. | | • | Join one of six Armies and fight for the Armies of Order (Dwarf, High Elf and Empire) or the Armies of Destruction (Greenskin, Dark Elf, or Chaos). Wage war across three unique battlefronts. | | • | Next generation Realm vs. Realm game system integrating both PvP combat and PvE quests on the same map in support of the greater war. | | • | Engage in four levels of RvR combat |
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Product Description
War is everywhere. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will immerse you in a world of perpetual conflict for years to come. Experience the glory of Realm vs. Realm! Declare your allegiance and join hundreds of thousands of mighty heroes on the battlefields of Warhammer. Enter a grim fantasy world where the armies of Order and Destruction collide to determine the fate of nations. Invade enemy lands, besiege imposing fortresses, and sack sprawling capital cities for the glory of your Realm. The Age of Reckoning has begun.
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War is Everywhere War is everywhere in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR), the new fantasy MMORPG from Mythic Entertainment, the creators of Dark Age of Camelot. WAR features next generation Realm vs. Realm gameplay that will immerse you in a world of perpetual conflict for years to come. Experience the glory of Realm vs. Realm! Declare your allegiance and join hundreds of thousands of mighty heroes on the battlefields of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning to experience the epic nature of war. Enter a grim fantasy world where the armies of Order (Dwarfs, High Elves, and Empire) and Destruction (Greenskins, Dark Elves, and Chaos) collide to determine the fate of nations. Invade enemy lands, besiege imposing fortresses, and sack sprawling capital cities for the glory of your Realm. Wield devastating magic and deadly weapons, battle monstrous creatures, and join your brothers-in-arms in epic Public Quests. Climb the Bastion Stair, carry your Guild Banner into battle, and unlock the secrets of the Tome of Knowledge as you travel the world. Sharpen your blade and prepare to unleash your inner mutation-the Age of Reckoning has begun and WAR IS EVERYWHERE! 
| Key Features
- Realm vs. Realm (RvR) gameplay means you will never fight alone, but as part of an army of allied players sworn to defend your homeland and conquer enemy Realms. Your every action-every quest completed, every battle fought-contributes to the war effort and can turn the tide of battle, bringing victory to your Realm!
- Experience the camaraderie of fighting side-by-side with allied players against otherwise insurmountable odds in groundbreaking Public Quests. These cooperative PvE encounters unfold across multiple stages and allow solo players to experience the glory of RvR.
- Embark on the endless quest to complete the Tome of Knowledge and unlock Warhammer lore, detailed monster information, new abilities and rewards, and major story plotlines. The Tome is also the story of your life in the game, tracking your achievements to share and compare with others.
- Explore massive Living Cities that become more or less prosperous based on a Realm's overall performance in the ongoing war. Navigate a maze of twisting streets, visit the local tavern, explore a dark under-city, and meet colorful personalities in a city full of adventure.
- Advanced guild features give unprecedented control to leaders and members, and make guilds an integral part of the war efforts. Guilds can create unique heraldry, capture and claim keeps, and earn Guild Tactics as they grow in power along with their members.
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Pick your favorite character.
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Battle to the end against rivals.
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Wander through vivid environments.
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| The Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning servers will go live on September 18th, 2008.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Ok game, it was just not my type of game October 5, 2008
Tien Lin (LA, California)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have been monitoring the development of this game since it was announced roughly three years ago. I quit playing World of Warcraft for at least couple years and had been anticipating this release with great enthusiasm. I was a DAoC player prior to WOW, so I had great faith in Mythics to deliver another great mmorpg. After the release of WAR, I played for couple weeks and got two characters to lvl 15 and lvl 17 and I had enough. I am disappointed with WAR. I played WOW for about an year and half after it was launched, and WAR only lasted me two weeks. Here is my reasons why I canceled my subscription even before my first free month:
1. The graphics and environment lack personality. The graphics is not bad and not great. It is just average. I don't feel immersed in game. This is one of the major disappointments.
2. Quests: in this game you can earn experience points and realm rank points. I did mostly RVR to earn both experience and realm rank points. I almost stopped doing standard quests or public quests. Standard quests are just too boring for me. Public quests were more exciting because you do it with many other players, but there weren't that many people doing public quests. I played in a high population server and had real hard time finding folks to do public quests in tier 2. So everyday I logged on to join scenarios to RVR and leveled from 1 through 17. I had just too much RVR and the game started to feel like a first person shooter game than a RPG game. This is my second major disappointment.
3. The sense of community is lacking. 99% of time I only see guild chat. There is rarely any chat in the public channel and not much chat in scenario channel. Even when a keep was under attack, no body said anything. I always called up the map and see if there was any battle going on in a keep. Even when I made jokes in public channel, no body cared. I mean seriously, this is not a single player game, say something...
I was sincerely hoping that WAR would be more fun than WOW, and would bring back memories of great fun and originality of DAoC. Perhaps I set my expectation too high, and became disappointed. I just don't enjoy playing this game, and cancel the subscription.
 Its ok... October 4, 2008
W. Gram (St. Louis, MO USA)
3 out of 12 found this review helpful
Terrible graphics compared to all other games out there, monotonous quests, same old MMORPG style with nothing new. The public quests are cool, but more often than not, no one else is around to help you with them. I was very disappointed. ...But it's better than Everquest II.
good to level 20 after that its bugged,lag etc. October 1, 2008
REPTAA (FLORIDA)
3 out of 13 found this review helpful
very good to level 20 after that some npc's are missing for crafting.. crafting is bugged any way... Items disappear when you craft, armor etc... very heavy lag when trying to take a keep..players are getting booted to desk top all the time... some keep's are bugged,other side can shoot through wall's and you can not...seams like most the problems are after level 20.. I am a healer ,some level 11 can kill me very easly and at level 22, i can not even dammage them...ea games is trying to fix the bug's,servers are down every day for a few hour's
 A honest review from a level 17 October 1, 2008
T. Herremans (hell)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Yes as of right now, on some systems it stutters. I have a 8800gt and i have this problem, I updated to the beta Nvidia drivers and it made it a lot better, however, I still need to run it on highest frame rate setting. However it is much more enjoyable now since I drop frames not that often, its playable fully now.
It's a fun game with a lot of potential to be great, I cant fully say since i am not 40, but so far I still rate it 5/5 stars. It is worth buying and playing. Its fun. It runs on my integrated intel laptop playable. Don't let the stuttering complaints scare you. It should get patched soon. They releases patches every day.
Going from min/max settings really isn't to much of a difference, however it would be nice to have them on max and full AA like my setup should be able to run with no problem. I can run games like crysis on the highest settings possible with 8xAA, with no dropped frames and it runs great. Every game I have played, I have played them maxed out with no problems so yes it does bug me that this game doesn't even run at 40-60+fps like you would think it would. I see it getting fixed since on some systems they don't have problems. It seems to be a select Nvidia users, but don't take my word on that. 8600,8800 I have seen have trouble.
Bottom line, it's worth it, I have played a lot of wow also. 4 max chars. This game has decent pve/quest line so far, it reminds me of wow, but near as boring, or lonely, public quests are pretty cool, and you can level from pvping if you wish. It has taken me decent game time to get my level also, so 40 will be awhile away. I am destruction, squiq herder.
Just make do till they fix some performance issues, its a brand new game, it has happened in the past with new mmo's, WoW, DAOC, etc. I find a lot of people who are getting 60+ FPS and have no complaints, so it's not 100% of the video cards out there.
-tim
BEST MMO!! BETTER THAN WOW!! October 1, 2008
MARAUDER
2 out of 16 found this review helpful
THIS GAME IS EXCELLENT!!!! HAHAHA!
GRAPHICS 9/10
GAMEPLAY 10/10
SOUND 9/10
CHARACTERS 9/10
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