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Another "new" game with all the old content.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: March 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

1 star because Amazon needs you to type 1-5. In reality there should be a law against selling such trash. One day, all games will be purchased online, and you will get a 7 day trial at that, or better. That's the test of a good game. Not selling this "nothing new here and a lot less" game for $49.99.

As far as playability, the game runs fine for me, but since they are "now" offering a 7 day free trial (after misled people purchased the game and then quit) and the servers are always "very light" in population, perhaps I'm just lucky. The graphics are ok--graphics don't make a game for me.

I don't see anything in this game I didn't see in UO, EQ, AC, DAoC, AO, EAB and a few other lesser known MMORPGs, and done vastly better in those MMORPGs I might add (though none succeeded at making anything more than an elaborate time sink anyway). I do see less though. A lot less. Kill monster, get new level, kill different (or possibly same) looking monster, get new level... What's new here? Less monsters I suppose. Also, there is never any "fear" or "suspense" that a monster will kill you. It's very easy to run away, and there is no great penalty for death. I'm not an advocate for a great death penalty but I would like "some" suspense. This is just too easy.

The developers claim there is some plot, or story line, as all MMORPGs claim. It's not much, as in all MMORPGs. What amazed me most was the vast expanse... of nothing. You walk and walk, and keep on walking and walking, and there is nothing, or very little. If you do try the trial (and I suggest you pack your bags after the 7th day) join a guild, otherwise you will spend those 7 days searching for information about the game online.

Crafting? You are put on a treadmill where you mine/gather things, carry them to a station and craft "something". "Something" that all other crafters are crafting and since there are so few players playing the game there's no market. Besides, early on you don't craft anything of any great value (and later, you don't craft anything that someone else can't make). Essentially you do this over and over, much like killing the monsters, and get better versions of what you could make before. How novel. Crafting formulae are difficult to locate, so you spend your time doing the hamster on a treadmill thing... always. Very nice if your therapist recommends this type of obsessive-compulsive behavior over another.

In a nutshell, this is a horrible game that is dying quickly. The obsessive-compulsive types may carry the game for a while, but I'd rather not game with people who are psychologically challenged. They don't want to group because they have to spend months crafting in order to make something someone already can.

Unless you have a credit card, DO NOT BUY!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: March 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

A user posted that as far as he is concerned, it is still in the beta stage...That is giving it far too much credit!!

I bought the game because a mmorpg guild I belong to uses this as their main game of play. Was I ever wrong to join them this time. I installed the game fine, I went through most of the sign up fine until I had gotten to BILLING...WTF!! My box states I have a free month included...Yeah?!? Where is it??

I live in Canada so it makes it that much worse in trying to play this game, their support website is the absolute worse because in order to get help, you need to sign up your account but in order to sign up your account you need to get past billing...WTF, WTF, WTF!!

This game would be worth it if you had a credit card but everyone else can spend their money on a far better company...Blizzard, Microsoft, Strategy First, GoD games....anyone who doesn't charge you to buy and charge you to play...Stay away!!

Excellent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: November 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has great potential. The races, the strong fantasy theme; the zone less world, and the unbounded ability to explore mountain ranges, vast plains, seashores and so on. It is a large world. A very detailed crafting system, many combat classes allow the player to dabble in many different areas. I've been in beta for several months, and I still find many new things to do, quests to explore still.

this game puts atari back on top!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 17
Date: November 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is great it has crazy graphics, awesome game play, a bunch of different races to choose from, tons of different classes to choose from scholor, to a warrior. If you are a dragon you will be able to fly, if you are a dwarf you have dwarven toughness. Every race has a special ability. You can work as a team to kill golems, zombies, skeletons and a whole bunch more. You can build your own towns. You can make your own weapons, armor, food to use or sell. When you make things you get experience when you make things. Alls I have to say is this game is INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Trust me when I say buy it its a really good game.

Didn't play it because I couldn't play it.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 13
Date: February 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I downloaded the seven day free trial for this game and it made me put in my credit number. That's the most idiotic thing ever and the very first time that I saw a free downloadable trial of a game that made you put in your credit card. They probably make you put it in so they won't tell you when your seven day trial is over but instead, charge you after it's over without notice. I'm giving it one star just for this reason, it shows that the company is greedy and like to give a lot of BS.

Great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 22
Date: October 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

since im beta testing Horizons i can actually write a review.
there are some minor problems

it sometimes exits me out of the game while im playing
lag at times (but what online game doesnt lag)?

but as far as i can see this is a great game and i am 99.9% sure i will buy it.

or maybe World of Warcraft

I've read some of these reviews

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 34
Date: October 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The graphics aren't so hot, the game is fairly boring. I have to question the people writing these reviews. I got a totally different impression playing the beta.

A good attempt for MMORPGers, but not for everyone.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: December 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First of all, let me start by saying this game certainly is not for everyone. If you like PvP with your MMO experience, just stop reading up on this game and go elsewhere - this has none. Looking for breathtaking graphics to feed your 3.0ghz PC? Try something else. Those of you left, however, are in for a real treat if the live teams handle things well enough (which, by the beta, seems promising).

I will also say that I have played several MMOs - including the recent Sony offerings Planetside and SWG, as well as the ever-popular DAoC. While all three of the listed titles certainly look pretty and play well enough, each misses something integral to the experience - a point. This fact is somewhat mitigated by PvP in all of the above... but it's so glaring that I quit both Sony offerings because of it.

Yet, what I see here is a company trying to bring that back to the experience - by not only making an effort to draw multifacetted characters and interactive content (i.e. the constant war with the Undead), but working with the worlds dynamically to reach those ends. The reason it won't get five-stars outta me is 1) I'm in no mood to be a fanboi/antifanboi and 2) many of their listed claims skirt the truth about the game. So, while this is not for everyone - the target audience should love it. :)

Dragons at last!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 13
Date: August 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've watched how EQ developed, even bought it at one point though never played it, only almost. Why? Because it lacked the key elements I've long wanted in an MMORPG. With Horizons, you can finally choose a race based on appearance rather than abilities or classes you can select. That's right, no class restriction-based character creation. Top that with being able to go from a mason to a blacksmith to a warrior to a wizard to a healer to a scout and anything inbetween or anything else that suits your fancy. You can do that by joining different schools rather than your character being stuck as a particular class from the start. Don't like fighting? Kick back in town as a craftsman, smith, enchanter, builder. Want nothing more than to beat the ever lovin' ... out of everything evil? Grab a sword and leap out into the wilderness to seek your objects of aggression therapy.

They also have a general count for the number of combinations of the various parts that just swords can be made in. Let me explain first though by saying you have various parts to every sword. Blade, hilt, designs on them, tassels on the hilt, effects on the blade, sockets on the blade for extra goodies you can change when needed, among some other things. Now, keep in mind that there is say 15 blade styles, 5 hilts, 5 tassels, 20 socket items, etc. The base number of variations is over 3 million. That doesn't even account for what they are certain to add later as the game progresses. Think of that...over 3 million different swords. SWORDS! That doesn't even touch ANYTHING else from other weapons to all kinds of armor to buildings to all the other gear you may want to have. Needless to say, this will surpass anything I've heard of before, both what's already out and what is still as-of-yet unreleased.

Now, how bout them Dragons, hmm? !!!^_^!!! One MAJOR plus to me, that it is! They haven't shared entirely that much yet, but the detail on the Dragon PCs is amazing enough. They will also be a somewhat alien character in the style you play with, considering just the body shape difference from a standard humanoid character. They will have breath weapons, neat plus of course. Even bigger, they will be able to fly once you advance enough. No separate mode of transport, just a natural ability to fly. I won't even go into the fact that you'll be able to build that stereotypical horde with items for greater power as a Dragon. Oh, and when you make a Dragon, you can customize the colors in very fine detail. You could almost say you can customize your colors down to each scale, but even the most meticulous would find that a bit excessive. It even shows you what your Dragon will look like in later stages of maturity and advancement (when you get bigger, to say it simply) so you won't make a really great looking hatchling that looks, well, stupid as an ancient.

I am *SO* getting this game!

Game now in Chapter 11

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 20
Date: August 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game has done so poorly that it is now in Chapter 11, and will likely be closed within days.
Court documents showed that the company had not paid it's server or landlord in *months*!

This has truely been the worst game in internet history, and gamers voted with their wallets.

The only way that this game could get a five star rating is if the staff of the game was going around and giving good rating to save their jobs. *snicker*

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