Dark Age of Camelot Review

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(More customer reviews)There are many other reviews here and elsewhere on the net that talk about all aspects of the game. Here, I'm going to focus only on how Dark Age of Camlet allows me to make my character different from others who are the same class and race as mine.
For me, one of the most appealing aspects of an MMORPG game is the ability to make a character as unique an individual as I am in real life. In an online RPG, most of us are known by our name and our class - "Hi I'm Brach, level 16 Armsman" - and this is usually the extent of individuation. Furthermore, since most MMORPGs cannot provide more than a handful of character facial and body models, most player avatars look fairly similar (especially once people playing your same class being acquiring the same quest items as you have).
In Dark Age of Camelot, however, the game artists and designers have provided a great number of ways to make your character not only look and feel different, but even play differently than others of your same class and race. Here's how:
1. Realm and race selection. You can choose to be from one of 3 different realms on any given server. Each realm has four different racial types, so you have essentially 12 different races to choose from in the entire game. All are visually distinct, even the four human races of Albion.
2. Body type. Each character can be short, average, or tall.
3. Face and hair. Each gender of each race has about 10 different faces and 10 different hair colors to choose from.
4. Class and Skills. Each realm offers about 10-11 different classes to choose from. Within each class, you receive a set of basic skills which all others of your class also receive. However, as you advance in level you also receive specialization points to spend on advanced skills. How you spend these points is up to you. This means that even if another player has chosen the same realm, race, body, face, hair, and class as you, you might have a completely different set of strengths than that other player. This is true across all classes - for example, one tall blonde Highlander Armsman of Albion might specialize in polearms, while another tall blonde Highlander Armsman of Albion might specialize in using a shield and a slashing weapon.
Furthermore, you might choose to develop crafting skills - adding yet another way to make your character more unique.
5. Weapons and Armor. The choice of weapons and armor is simply staggering. Each realm has its own look and feel for armor. While there is only one kind of cloth armor, there are three different kinds of leather armor, three kinds of studded leather, chain, mail, and plate armors. Visually all are unique, and armor can be mixed and matched among six different pieces (helm, sleeves, gauntlets, jerkin or breastplate, boots, and leggings). There are also a number of different shields available in varying styles, sizes and materials. The two Highlander Armsmen described above could very well look quite different depending on the kind of armor each is wearing.
Weapons add another amazing choice. Even if both characters specialize in the same weapon type - Slashing, for example - there are half a dozen different slashing weapons available, all with differing but balanced damage and speed ratios. Your choice of slashing weapon will tend to suit your style of play - do you want a weapon that is quick but deals less damage, or one that is slow but really packs a punch? The visual models of the weapons are outstanding and people use them - it is entertaining to see some people using short swords, others using scimitars, others axes, while others prefer morning stars or great two-handed swords. And given all other things being equal, no one suffers for choosing to use one weapon over another - all are effective.
6. Cloth Dyes, Leather Dyes, and Armor Enamels.
Right from the beginning of the game you can easily dye your clothing and enamel your armor with colors available from local vendors. No special skill is required - but the richest colors are also for the richest characters - and this allows you to "show off" your wealth, because most players know that if someone is walking around in a royal purple cloak, they must be quite wealthy or have a wealthy patron.
7. Guild emblems.
If your guild is successful enough and powerful enough, they may have enough money to purchase an emblem which can then be emblazoned on cloak and shields. The emblem consists of one of three patterns, a primary color, a secondary color, and one of 40 symbols (each realm has 40 different symbols, unique to that realm). The combination of pattern, colors, and symbols means that there are over 5000 different possible guild emblems. Nothing quite screams "prestige" like a guild emblem.
With so many different ways to visually distinguish your character from other characters, Dark Age of Camelot provides an excellent foundation for creating your own unique avatar and experience of the game - all that's left to do is for you to add a dash of personality and live it up!
If you enjoy creating a unique individual in an MMORPG, Dark Age of Camelot provides all the tools you could hope for, on top of an extremely fun to play game.

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A new world to explore deadly enemies to fight akingdom to rebuild!Product InformationKing Arthur is dead and with him the force that held three Realms in anuneasy peace. Now the defenders of Albion Midgard and Hibernia are locked in amortal struggle to defend their sacred relics and preserve their homelands. Bandtogether with fellow champions of your Realm from every class and race.Witness wondrous magic clashing with deadly siege weaponry as raiding partiescross frontier battlefields strewn with the bodies of fallen warriors. Asheroes they return with captured treasures and the insignia of victory.The new generation of online role-playing games presents you with new lands toexplore thousands of magical spells to cast hundreds of enchanted weapons towield and an unending number of challenges. New alliances to make. New enemiesto pursue. Live the legend of Camelot.Dare to live the legend!Product FeaturesDark Age of Camelot features mythical online world brought to life in 3Daccelerated graphics.Align with and play against thousands of online players.Choose from scores of race and class combinations.Write your own chapter in the mythical battle for supremacy betweenAlbion Hibernia and Midgard.Battle your way into enemy lands conquer and hold keeps and returncaptured relics - rewarding all players in your Realm with special bonuses.Advance your character and gain the tactical advantage of learning whichstyles and spells work best against different enemies.Unique servers support different playing styles and rules - giving both"power" gamers as well as more casual ones a comfortable place toplay the game based on your suggestions.Build siege weapons armor and thousands of other unique items with arevolutionary trade skill system where you can embark on a career as aplayer merchant. Product HighlightsRealm of HiberniaInspired by Celtic lore Hibernia is a land of bo

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