The Realm (Jewel Case)

by Codemasters

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00005QIR5
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 5 x 0.4 inches ; 0.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 10, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,769 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Realm - Great at what it is for., December 13, 2002

By 

Michael J. Micai (Hamilton, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Realm (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

First of all, Sirbenny and Asterix who wrote reviews here are both realm staff. (i.e. the oppressive moderators other poeple have mentioned) Now, Some people are complaining about moderation here, and some have been affected by strong moderation, but generally it is not as bad as these people make it out to be. They are most likely just people with gripes. I have played realm for about 5 years now, and have never had any problems.

The game is a lot like a throwback to an old sierra game like kings quest or quest for glory. The graphics are similar, and play is similar. (this game was actually originally developed by sierra, then bought)

Updates come sometimes.. not as frequently as most would like.

Basically what I would say is buy it and try it if you liked the old sierra games. The fee is cheaper than almost any other mmorpg's, and it is worth it in my opinion.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Outdated, Boring, and Very Bad Customer Service, November 12, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Realm (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

This game is more like a free chat channel that's moderated by abusive ops than an actual game. When you get booted from IRC you move on without much regret, but when you pay $$ for a game only to get the same result, you may become angered as I have.Despite the moderation, this game has very little to offer, the game updates are only once in a blue moon, the graphics stink and the gameplay is quite repetitive and boring. Unless you have a 10 year old computer ( which can probably handle this game) and you don't mind frequent account suspensions, I don't recommend this game at all.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Osbelete and Corrupt, June 22, 2002

By 

Ben (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Realm (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

Unless for some strange reason you enjoy torturing yourself, don't buy this game. The game consists of power abusive game moderaters who completely ruin what little fun you could have. Just for your knowledge, the community is small and there are always moderaters lurking around, even at 3:00 A.m. In game moderaters don't promote freedom of speech, they don't allow disputes or anything of similar nature. If you break these rules, you will get your account suspended at the very least. When game suspensions are active, your counter is still running. It costs [money] a month and suspensions usually run from 14-28 days at the very least. At minimim, a suspension will suck [price] out of your wallet and will only result in anger towards Codemasters for allowing such corrupt moderation. Not only will your wallet get sucked dry, but you will eventually realise how much time you wasted towards this game.
Now time for the actual gameplay review despite the corrupt game moderation. The Realm was released in Feb. 96 and is still virtually the same thing as it was then. No serious updates have been implemented since then. Most of the updates are hacker fixes and there really is ONLY 1 programmer/implementor to this game. The original owner of this game was SIERRA and when they realised that the game was out of date, they sold it to codemasters hoping they could turn it around. The game was only considered average for its time (96) but in this day in age, i'd consider it completely terrible. As an experienced user of this game, i'd say my review reflects an accurate description of this game.