Worlds of Warcraft
With Warcraft 3's plot leading straight into this, this
massive online role-playing game has the solid backbone
of a good story line. Showcasing fantastic graphics and
an awesome amount of game play, this entry into the massive
online role-playing game genre is marked for greatness.
With Humans, Orcs, Elves and Dwarves about to be turned
loose on the digital world, I have to wonder if battle.net's
servers can support the huge influx of people that it
will have.
Customizable classes, thousands of weapons and a gigantic
world, including areas of Azeroth not previously seen
all make this something to definitely check out. This
is a must have for the Warcraft fan and something that
the RPG addict will want to get their hands on.
Acheron's Call 2
Yes, that's right, the massive online role-playing game
that took so many of you from your loved ones is back,
revamped, remapped, and ready to kick ass. The graphics
in it look beautiful. You'll be able to recognize places
from the first Acheron's Call, but radically changed.
The plot will be introduced slowly but steadily, with
hints spread first, then quests given, then ramping up
into huge story line missions, transporting you to unique
dungeons and teleporting you to new and interesting places.
The game looks like a hell of a lot of fun. It's facing
stiff competition in the arena of MORPGs, but few can
truly resist Acheron's Call.
Dragon Empires
Not to be left out of the MMORPG field, Codemasters brings
a game filled with political intrigue as dragons control
countries and often give players conflicting missions.
The game features fantastic graphics, including an intense
weather system. The level of detail is incredible. You
leave footprints in the sand, ripples in the water, and
cause plants to sway when you move through them. Combat
is handled by you picking the weapon for your character
and then using the skills, attacks and special tricks
that you've learned about that weapon. Your level determines
these skills. The entire game is flexible enough that
you can have a real impact in it. It's definitely something
new to check out.
Icewind Dale 2
Why don't they just make crack, put a sticker on it that
says D&D and sell it? It'd be less addictive. Yeah,
that's right D&D fans, they've made another one. Kiss
about another 100 hours of your life goodbye. For those
of you that don't know, this is an RPG set in the D&D
universe of Forgotten Realms, near the Ten Towns, north
of a mountain range known as Spine of the World. It's
fun as all hell, but you might as well sell whatever programs
you have on your computer that are used for productivity,
until you beat this game. It's going to own your soul.
