| Dungeons & Dragons Online: StormReach | 
| From: Atari
Category: Video Games
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  96 reviews
Sales Rank: 9,532
Format: DVD-ROM
Platform: Windows XP
Genre: role_playing_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard (DVD)
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Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.5 x 1.8
MPN: 26494
Model: 21692
UPC: 742725264946
EAN: 0742725264946
ASIN: B0009N5O5E
Release Date: February 28, 2006
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| Features:
| • | Be a champion in private quests focused on adventure, not grind. | | • | Survive unforgiving dungeons, fiendish traps and foes that punish the foolish. | | • | Create a custom hero from five races, nine classes, and hundreds of skills, feats and looks. | | • | Fight using active combat where skill matters and seconds count. | | • | Experience classic D&D role-playing based on the v3.5 rules. |
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Product Description
For over 30 years Dungeons & Dragons has been the legendary benchmark for all roleplaying games. Now you can experience the first online 3D virtual world faithful to classic D&D. This is no ordinary MMO รข you will have to rely on your battle-tested combat skills, your wits, your cunning and a talented party to survive where many others have failed.
Amazon.com Product Description
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach recreates the essence of the classic pen-and-paper roleplaying experience - with an emphasis on non-grinding, instanced quests that provide a unique, immersive experience for each party. Authentic features in the game include customizable characters; dungeons filled with devious traps; monsters and stories from the Eberron campaign setting; an on-screen d20 (20-sided die) and a dungeon master. The unique online world of Stormreach is a bustling city with thousands of players from around the world. It represents a new paradigm for the MMO genre with unique features including party-based quests, integrated voice chat, real-time action combat, and award winning graphics. DDO is based on the world-renowned Dungeons & Dragons brand. The included Twilight Forge module offers new content for players of all levels ranging from new soloable dungeons in the harbor to additional advanced-level quests that culminate in a new raid encounter with the legendary Warforged Titan. The player experience has been vastly improved by including new features that make grouping easier, an improved user interface, and enhancements to the dungeons in the harbor that enable more solo-play and more diverse monster encounters. In addition to the ability to create characters based on the drow, also known as the dark elf, players can expect to encounter eight new monsters from the D&D universe, including the Mindflayer, Ogre Magi, Warforged Titan, Mummy and Lich. Finally, the Twilight Forge module includes a new award system that gives players bonuses for completing dungeons on all difficulty levels.
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 still the best MMO on the market March 13, 2010
J. Wheeler (San Francisco, CA usa)
turbine royally screwed up DDO's release, when it was launched there just wasn't enough content and a lot of people got bored and moved on very quickly which hurt the game badly and it's never really recovered to earn the player base it deserves. Fortunately, the DDO team has spent the last several years adding content as fast as their budget and resources would allow and today there is a ton of high quality content to be had in DDO. Sure the world is a lot smaller then WoW or Everquest et al but who cares? Why would you play a game with the same auto-attack based combat every other game uses with cookie-cutter classes that leave no room for customization and a thousand zones with variations of the same "Kill X number of Y and bring me their tails" quests? Why in the world would you grind through that sort of blatent filler when there are games like DDo around that offer deeply immersive dungeons and a character building system that allows for almost infinite customization combined with the best real-time combat system out there?
yeah I know, I sound like a fanboy and I guess I am but so what? I keep coming back to DDO because it's just that good. Sure there's room for improvement - I'd like to see them raise the cap to 30 and add a bunch more high end content - but it's a great game and I have a lot of fun playing it.
DDO is now F2P but for a review look at this! October 22, 2009
Leonardo Lee (Bellevue)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Okay DDO is now F2P. The only reason one would buy the game is to either get 30 days of VIP (subscriber) access or to farm TP (Turbine Points).
I had to get it because of a special predicament that they do not have customer service for, (sadly they don't give your customer service because you don't pay). I had a username that I desired and did not want to change by making a new Turbine Account, so I bought the disk which came with a key which I used to activate my account so I can play on the username of my choice.
The game itself plays like a mix between Guildwars and WoW, or that is the concept behind it. The game uses a private instance feature for dungeons, but allows parties and social networking in towns. it is quite solo friendly, but the game was meant to be party, so have fun either way. COntrols are similar to WoW, but the skills in the game are much more engaging and dodging missle attacks and such is pretty manual.
The game takes place in the Dungeons & Dragons Eberron Universe which is rich in history as well, making this game one whole enjoyable F2P MMO
Total revamped=So much better now October 2, 2009
W. tyrance (boston, ma United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When this game came out, it was as bad as you heard it was. But you have to give Turbine credit. They listened to the complaints and really fixed this game. You can group or solo in it now. And instead of giving you a 14 day trial,its free to play. Of course if you become a paying subscriber,you get more benefits. But yeah you can play for free and of all the free games out there,this is by far the best to try. You have nothing to lose here.
I've played alot of mmo's and i can't believe how much fun this one is now. The quest can either be short or long. The combat is instanced so you can group or go solo,its up to you. You have indoor or outdoor areas to play in. It does not play like most mmo's. It really is story driven and the quest reflect this. That is what makes it so much fun. You make a name for yourself here.
If you like mmo's you really need to check this game out now. Turbine did a great job in fixing it. Its really to bad that it started out so bad. People are missing out on a good game now.
 Great Game in current state - DDO unlimited September 22, 2009
Daniel A. Tal (Denver, Colorado)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
DDO is currently in the DDO Unlimited state. Meaning, it's Free-To-Play. There is the option to buy Store points to spend on items. This has changed the nature of the game.
The game features are all free. However, if you want to enhance your experience you can purchase game items. This includes some content, classes and races (Drow, Warforged and Monk for example).
I played in 2007 and left the game only to return and I am hooked on this game. I have not played a MMO as good as this one since EQ1 and I have played many of them.
Here are somethings that have changed.
Starting Area - Korthos island is the new starting area. It is better then any tutorial I have played for beginners in a game. It has a great story line, eases people into the game and provides a better understanding of your character class. For people who are new to DnD, upon character creation you have more suggestions about how to best customize your character. All this makes the new player expereince great and immersive.
Another great addition are Hirelings. You can use in-game coins (gold) to purchase temporary hirelings to accompany you on quests. For most people, this means the inclusion of a cleric to heal you while you run around on Solo or Normal mode on quests. These hirelings are helpful even in group situations. The AI is really good and it add great depth to the game. More so, it makes it fun and content that was not solo able, now is. The DDO devs have hinted that the Hireling system will only expand and grow in the future.
Back to the DDO Store. You can purchase items from the store even while on a quest. You use points that you can earn, purchase for real cash or gain by being a full subscriber. You can purchase items, additional hirelings, XP boosts, items that allow you to resurrect during a quest, etc...Bottom line is that you do not have to pay a monthly subscription to play. What else could you ask for? This makes this game ideal. You can now download the client for free. If you do purchase the client, you do get some free-play time as a VIP - meaning all the game content and classes are open to you and you do not need to purchase them from the store.
The player base community is the most mature and helpful I have ever seen. Its almost uncanny. If you have a question or need help, ask in game or on the DDO forums. People are polite and more then happy to share what they know. This is a huge plus for a game that can be as complicated as this one.
Combat is fun!! This is not a click-a-skill-wait for timer and swing - rinse and repeat MMO. You can control your character, take swings and unless you cast spells, your combat ability is based on your class, weapons and how you play. It's a huge, refreshing departure from other games that still don't get it.
Bottom line is this game has come a long way in the past 3 years and is worth being checked out. I am a touch critic on many of these games and find most of the boring within 2 weeks. I am happily sucked into this title.
DDO Review September 15, 2009
David T. Conkey (Akron, Ohio USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game is pretty good... its a decent MMO, but it seems like you have to repeat just about every quest 3 times (on each difficulty) if you want to level up at a decent rate... that's probably my biggest complaint. The players are usually pretty mature, although finding a group to do certain difficult quests can be a challenge... over all the game is fine, but when there are no good players on, its frustrating to try to do difficult quests that cant be soloed (which is quite a few), but that isnt really the game's fault... so... with the addition of Free To Play, this is a good one for someone looking for a good MMO to try out, but if you're not a Dungeons and Dragons fan, you will mostly likely be confused by a lot of the terminology and damage systems... but if you are familiar with all that, or can learn it, you'll be fine... anyway... i say its better than a good amount of MMOs out there, but its not the best by far... i would rate it around 3.5-4 out of 5...
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