Manny
06-27-2005, 11:42 PM
Don't know if any of you have heard of this game. It's a classic MMORPG, started by sierra back in 1996. It's possibly one of the oldest online games, at least here in america. Goes back even farther then UO (which I believe was '97). It's gone through a couple of management changes over the years, once by Codemasters, and then by Norseman Games. I've been playing since 1998, and quit around 2000, then in 2002 I came back and my account has been active since, and have been playing off and on.
You have 4 character classes - Adventurer (lil of everything), Thief, Wizard, Warrior. and 3 races - Elf, Human, and Giant. The world has been growing and changing since it came out, though it has been relatively stagnant for the past couple years. The graphics are old skool, but the gameplay is great and unique. Though the game is unbalanced as of late, it's still fun to play and one of the most interesting MMORPGs out there. Combat is turn based, very similar to the combat style of the Lunar games. There are various weapon types ranging from daggers, to maces, to two-handers, even clubs. Magic is divided into 5 schools - Elementalism, Sorcery, Mysticism (mind magic), thaumaturgy (holy magic), and Necromancy. There's an active storyline that goes on which is great for those who love to RP. The storyline has an active staff for events and to help the story active. Storyline events takes place from time to time. Ingame events happen pretty often by an events staff.
Though the community is going through a rough patch disagreeing with the "new management" (i have my own opinions) the game is still great. Been into it lately, and I'm kinda bored so I decided to write about it.
If anyone is interested, the game site is
The Realm Online (http://www.realmserver.com) (first month is free, 4.95 / mo after, or 49.95 / year)
You can drop my main character a mail and I can help ya out. His name is Manny2000.
anyway that's about it
-manny
You have 4 character classes - Adventurer (lil of everything), Thief, Wizard, Warrior. and 3 races - Elf, Human, and Giant. The world has been growing and changing since it came out, though it has been relatively stagnant for the past couple years. The graphics are old skool, but the gameplay is great and unique. Though the game is unbalanced as of late, it's still fun to play and one of the most interesting MMORPGs out there. Combat is turn based, very similar to the combat style of the Lunar games. There are various weapon types ranging from daggers, to maces, to two-handers, even clubs. Magic is divided into 5 schools - Elementalism, Sorcery, Mysticism (mind magic), thaumaturgy (holy magic), and Necromancy. There's an active storyline that goes on which is great for those who love to RP. The storyline has an active staff for events and to help the story active. Storyline events takes place from time to time. Ingame events happen pretty often by an events staff.
Though the community is going through a rough patch disagreeing with the "new management" (i have my own opinions) the game is still great. Been into it lately, and I'm kinda bored so I decided to write about it.
If anyone is interested, the game site is
The Realm Online (http://www.realmserver.com) (first month is free, 4.95 / mo after, or 49.95 / year)
You can drop my main character a mail and I can help ya out. His name is Manny2000.
anyway that's about it
-manny