Dungeons and Dragons Oline Unlimited.

[blackraven]

(Like most of you i don't have overly large amounts of time to play video games, even though i once did)

As of 09-09-2009 Dungeons and Dragons online Unlimited has been made free, subtracting the weird new race and the monk class, i'd say thats a good deal for any RPG fanatic.

Though i have not played the pen / paper game that much and when i did it was 3rd edition. I have played through the Baulders gate and Icewind dale series. both i recommend play ASAP. i am acustom to the D&D universe and enjoy a casual mmo now and again (not wow,.. tried it loved it for a year. hate it now) but my Adiction for Ultima Online rages on. ugh,.. getting off topic. e-hem. where was i.. oh yes.

D&DO:U though hefty in size (high resolution version) was still easy to pick up for the beginner to modern age gamer. it starts you out with a simple to understand tutorial and even though i didn't read many the tool-tips were helpful and not annoying. I believe my main attraction to this game is the feel it has of the D&D ruleset of course but my character that i rolled feels like my main barbarian tank from icewind dale 2 an instant hit for me via memorys of moving my 6 party members along a 2d surface.. back on topic.

if you have the extra time, space, and pc performance i'd suggest giving it a shot. Combat feels Hack/slash but can also be tactical if you have the right group members and the details in quests and story are flawless. there is eve a voice that Emotes for you verbally (voice over) of what you hear smell or feel as you progress through a dungeon,tavern,grassland, esc.

I will be replying to this post with more information as i progress more though my journey of D&DO:U
feel free to reply and i hope to be keeping regular updates.

[masochistic onion]

I've played it a bit, any idea of how much of the content is free? I made it to the second town with a friend but we both gave up as we had the feeling we would have to start paying for content soon, and since neither of us really felt like shelling out any cash for it, we did not see the point in investing any more time in the game.

Besides that it was enjoyable, though I was hoping for an actual mmorpg.

[blackraven]

yes they did seem to skim on the overall idea of a mmorpg. so far from what i know you only miss out on one class and one race. Though I'm only level 9 and there's 11 more to go.

Playing this mmo makes me want to play the PnP more.. because i like the DnD universe it's video games just are not in my gear of game play..

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