Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings

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Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00006IJO5
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 21, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (232 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,431 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Developer
Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings is the next-generation fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) where the world dynamically evolves around you. Enter a land devastated by a magical disaster, where players must rebuild the world.

Asheron's Call 2 combines state of the art 3-D graphics, innovative combat and gameplay, and a dynamic monthly update system that immerses players in a lush, living world filled with danger and challenges. You and your fellow players must venture forth and shape the course of this ever-evolving world.

Asheron's Call 2 takes place hundreds of years after the original Asheron's Call, in the wake of the Devastation--a great magical disaster. Little is known or understood of the Devastation, only that it has reshaped continents, razed the land, and dangerously mutated those creatures that remain.

You and your fellow survivors emerge from underground shelters to reclaim the land and help rebuild the world. As you battle across this beautiful but dangerous land, you will discover the ruins of once-great cities. Together, you can help decide which of the old towns to explore and perhaps rebuild. You will influence the rise of new cities and affect the future of this world.

Will you become a great warrior or mage, or perhaps a skilled crafter of magical items? Will you help others rebuild and unravel the mystery of the Devastation or follow your own path? Will you join with an allegiance and align with one of the great Kingdoms, or strike out far from the politics of the Fallen Kings? Truly the choice is yours.

Product Description
Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings is an online role-playing game where the world dynamically evolves with you. the land of Dereth has been devastated by a magical disaster. Now you and other players will reclaim and rebuild the land while encountering conquest, adventure, and fellowship!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AC2 has grown up, and the future looks even brighter!, January 23, 2004

By	P. S. Mangus "Sword & Sorcery meets Cthulhian... (Newton, NC, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am not exactly sure what happened with the launch of Asheron's Call 2. It was a game that had everything going for it. The graphics were (and are in many ways are) unsurpassed. The ideas presented were very fresh to the MMORPG community. The implementation of a class based system over a point based open ended system brought a whole new dynamic that the original Asheron's Call seemed to lack. I would say, all in all the game had a very bright future ahead of it... then reality hit, and no one bought the game.

It's hard to say why. I think the fact that Asheron's Call has never been a "typical" fantasy setting put some people off. The setting isn't your typical Tolkien rip off - it is a breath of fresh air IMHO. I also think that a lot of the original players from Asheron's Call 1 were unwilling to "restart" their characters in a new game, and leave behind the high levels and the notoriety that goes along with all of that. Plus, the new class based system was so different that the old players felt betrayed in some way. Some people just hate change.

I played AC2 during beta and several months after launch. I ended up dropping the game because I couldn't get my online buddies to leave Everquest, or Dark Age of Camelot, or even Asheron's Call and join me on my adventures on Dareth. So I gave in and moved on - back to AC, then to DAoC, then to Star Wars Galaxies. Then recently I decided to download the free trial and give it another shot. And I wasn't the only one. After the Star Wars Galaxies debacle and the decent but mediocre arrival of Horizons my online pals were finally ready to try something different. So they also downloaded the trial. Now we are all hooked!

The changes that have been made to this game are amazing. The classes are finally balanced the way they were intended to be. With the addition of a hero level island the level cap has been raised from 50 to 150. The quest system in AC2 is the best I have ever seen in a MMORPG. It sort of reminds me of Morrowind in the fact that there are so many quests available. Actually there is so much new content in the game that I can't believe that the additions were part of the monthly updates, and not as a high priced expansion pack. The graphics engine for the game was / is so far ahead of it's time that the technology still hasn't caught up to it, so even after all of this time the game still looks fantastic. Also, Turbine is in the process of beefing up the crafting system, which is already great. I really can't say enough in praise of this game. I have done a ton of quests, and already seen many sites around the world of Dareth, but I haven't even scratched the surface.

To end I will say this, I have played them all (ok, most of them). You name the MMORPG and I have probably played it. I realize that everyone has different tastes, but what do you have to loose? Download the 15 day trial, and see for yourself. I think you will have a lot of fun, and I think that is something that has been missing from this style of game for a while now - FUN! Finally, Turbine has recently bought back the rights for AC1 and AC2 from Microsoft, and they are promising big things for both games, so the future is only getting brighter. I can't wait!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars no longer playable, July 17, 2006

By	A. Forsythe "laconic" (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

this is an online game. it is no longer playable. do not buy this and expect to play it.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Dark Age of Asheron's, January 17, 2003

By	"eschient" (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) - See all my reviews

When Asheron's Call players heard that Turbine was releasing an AC2, expectations were high, and rightly so. For months players were baited with fantastic screenshots and movies as well as tons of articles on what they could expect.

And then there was beta. You could almost hear the sounds of hopes being dashed. Yeah, it looks pretty, there's no denying that. It's the best looking game you're going to see for the next few years, Turbine outdid themselves with the game engine {as long as you don't look at the character's run animation}. But that's about all that can be said for it. Even after giving it the standard run of Beta and a few months of "let's see what happens not that it's gold", people are still flocking back to the namesake Asheron's Call Dark Majesty.

In Turbine's mad dash to please players by removing "tedious" things, like fletching arrows and running to town to sell things, they've completely elimintated social functions. It's a crazed race for people to kill stuff so they can level and do the only thing there is to do in the game, quest.

This game is as close to a FPS as a MMPOG can get without including railguns. And it begs to be run by macro players with it's simplistic "select, attack, walk away for a while" battle-style. You don't even need to be bothered with making a character, you can go to E-bay already and buy a freshly-leveled one.

If you feel the need for a game that is a series of killing stuff to level so you can do something cool, I'd suggest Everquest. At least there you can say cool things like "I'm going to kill orcs to gain faction,". In AC2, you're killing those same thousand creatures so you can get into a cave and if you do it right, to see a little movie.

If you want to play a game that shows what Turbine is really capable of {IE fantastic, sprawling, engrossing and addictive gaming!} and is really worthy of the game engine they put together, go play the father of Fallen Kings, Asheron's Call Dark Majesty.

If you just want to give your computer seizures and get a new set of ...coasters, go ahead and buy Asheron's Call 2.