Dark Age of Camelot

"How I Fell in Love with this Game"

There I was... running along the lush and reflection-dominated waters, hiding behind tall grasses... only to see 3 dimly lit torches in the distance. I looked back, no one was around, just me, and this horiffying sense of ''OMG what am i gunna do, shud i charge or wait for my group...?!?''

And than KABOOM! The sky was suddenly lit up in blue lightning, my character gulped and let out a ''Argh'' which got me waaaay off the seat.

Holy shiznit. I just got pwned... and suddenly, I was looking this way and that through the immensley beautiful landscape around me to find a safe route to escape. There it was... I saw the light... a pathway where no enemy realm players are scouting around.

I ran... with all my strength and endurance... beads of sweat dripped down my face as I closely stared at the monitor hoping I can escape.

Suddenly, my character was immobilized by a shroud of purple tentacles which would not let me get a grasp of an almost perfect escape out of enemy territory.

Like a flash of lightning, I was pulverized by animated ''ha-do-kens'' from these weird looking elves, I smeared at my monitor at the elf, and said, ''I will die with honour.''

....... BUT unfortunately I was dead by the time I said it, and a group of Hibernians gathered around me jumping around. Boy, what a great Realm vs. Realm aspect this game has. Out of shear joy from the pulse pounding RvR gameplay against enemy realms, I released.

And landed in a huge keep where I saw all my other realm mates, casting those nice looking buffs, dueling it out in fine style armors and weapons, waiting for the next batch of reinforcements to arrive at the frontier areas again. Man, I was so close to reporting the status of the keep to my group so we can siege it.

Yep, you heard right. Siege it, than take over it, and have your guild's name proudly emblemed under each NPC's name. That was only a slice of the delicious RvR gameplay, I still haven't talked about the player vs. enemy experience.

Go get it, it's that good. Unless you hate the tedious chore of leveling up which is so common nowadays in MMORPGs. But I assure you, you will have great fun when you reach higher levels.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 10/22/02, Updated 04/14/04