Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Preview

I was able to play this @ Gencon Indy this passed weekend, and all I can say is that not much has changed since their DAoC itterations. It's *all too familiar* with a slight graphics upgrade (which still feels sluggish) and new models. Quirky and not very intuitive.

I have a list of things that WHO needs to do in order to be successful. (I made up that list myself, aren't I smart.)

From this preview it sounds like they hit a couple of them. They need to maintain their style, both in art and attitude, and they need to make every quest directly related to the war effort. You should never forget that you're a pawn in a huge active war.


Sadly, it sounds like PvP is just a side thing. That's bad news. If graincloud is right, and it's just Camelot with Orks, then that's better than being WoW with bigger heads, but it would be MUCH better if PvP was deeply entrenched in all aspects of gameplay. (I don't mean ganking, I don't mean battlegrounds...I mean honest to goodness PvP. I want the huge battles of DAoC, but without the idiot 'back and forth' of capturing the outpost.)

Anyway. getting two of them right is a good sign, and we don't know enough yet to know if they got the rest of it right.