Dark Age of Camelot Platinum Edition review:5 stars (A Great Game, Too Often Slammed) - I have played this game for about two & a half yrs and have enjoyed my time in game tremendously. Basics of the game involve establishing a fantasy character in 1 of 3 realms in the ancient British Isles. The game allows a character to focus on spending time battling monsters in their own realm, battling players in the other 2 realms, or becoming a crafter of items. You can spend as much or as little time as you want in the game and you can do any combination of the above activities. You also can join with other players to form guilds & alliances.

Many overly criticize that too much time is wasted in the "grind" of leveling a character to 50th or in obtaining items wanted to enhance a character's ability. They miss the point that the pleasure in the game is playing. If their only focus of the game is to become the best of a particular character class with the most realm points posted on the boards, they miss out on the essence of the game which is to explore a fantasy world with numerous dungeons and lands filled with monsters and quests to conquer. The realm vs realm aspect of Camelot is the best in the genre and the various level specific battlegrounds allow a character to have fun defending their realm at almost any level.

I have found that Mythic has been responsive to player feedback. They have made numerous modifications regarding artificat acquisition, realm inequity, class inequity, encounter glitches, etc.

Be careful in starting Dark Age of Camelot, as you may become addicted. I have have had many wonderful adventures in Camelot and made many on-line friends.

3 stars (Good fun) - Its good fun if you can deal with leveling to 50........then the arts.........


Overall a good time, good people for the most part.

Only down side is if you think your going to get a level 50 just kill, not going to happen.

I do think there moving too fast for somebugs but hey! what games doesnt have bugs? Over all rating is 5 stars, untill something that can match and/or beat this, im there!4 stars (DAOC is great...) - Not!!! If you are looking for a MMORPG, and bought this one great. If you havent let me tell you about it. I played off and on since Feb 02. Some people were playing before that as well, but nevermind that. Me having 10 level 50 character doesnt really say much, but I did waste plenty of time to explore what this game has to offer.
First thing you do is kill this and that till you are level 50. Run to the frontier and get yourself killed by everything that you see and dont see. Then you start working on equipting your toon, using TOA, SI, and player crafted items. Oh forgot to mention you also need to finnish master level 1-10x10 (if anyone tells you master level is fun, please have pity and get them some therapy). level 20-24 will probably be the most fun for you; lots of people in battleground for you to play with and against, and the gap between equipments doesnt equate to much. after level 45 the grind really kicks in. Once you are done with your grind, you will find out if you like Realm vs Realm or not. Dont believe anything Mythic tells you. That book that came with the game, burn it. If you need to know something find a character in game and ask them, the best chance are those level 50 in all black. They are generally the one that compete hard.
RvR is somewhat dead. so dont buy this game if that's why you looked at it in the first place.
1. (denied by mythic) Most of the people who RvR have quit or stop RvRing. Maybe some moved to albion, so I wouldnt know that as a midgard player)
2. (denied by mythic) Game is not balanced, population and other things. Many things that the players complaint about are ignored. You can find these stuff online easy enough.
3. RvR is mainly siege equipment now. Which mean all your time invested equate to a level 20 behind a siege machine for the most part. Level 1-50+ Master Leve 10(1-10)+x(artifacts)(1-10artifact levels) only comes to play 1% of the time. Ok so 10% of the time.

And if you really have to try it out, play an Albion. You cant go wrong there. From the start i cant remember Albion not getting enough love. It's too late for me, I already pick Midgard and i wont switch side. Whether i play or not is another issue.
Dark Age of Camelot Platinum Edition Features:
Computer Games
Action
CD
Note: this online game requires an Internet connection and charges a monthly fee
Massively multi-player online roleplaying game incorporating Arthurian legends, Norse myths, and Celtic lore
Includes original game, Shrouded Isles, and Trials of Atlantis
Comes with New Frontier upgrade and Foundations upgrade
One month free subscription

Dark Age of Camelot Platinum Edition is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around 19.99USD.