It is the time just after the death of King Arthur. His kingdom of
Albion sorely misses his firm leadership, for the ancient land is under
constant threat of invasion by the wild magical Celts from the western
island of Hibernia as well as from the wild and uncivilized Norse from
the icy lands of Midgard, far to the north. At stake is each Realm’s
Relics - rare and extremely powerful talismen that must be kept safe in
special keeps in the Realm, lest enemy raiders come and steal them.
Building upon the foundation laid
by such great games as EverQuest, Asheron’s Call, and Ultima Online,
Dark Age of Camelot features 3D-accelerated graphics with movable camera,
multiple class and race combinations, and has built in and balanced team
Player vs. Player (PvP). Unlike its predecessors, in Dark Age of Camelot,
PvP conflict is an integral part of a player’s experience in the world,
not an afterthought.
Players of this massively
multiplayer online roleplaying game will assume the guise of a character
from one of the three Realms: Albion, Midgard, or Hibernia. Each Realm has
its own unique classes and races to choose from - as well as different
abilities in combat and magic. Every character in a player’s Realm is
his friend - and everyone in an opposing Realm is an enemy that can be
attacked on sight. The overriding goal of the game is to make sure that
your Realm’s Relics are safe in their keep - and to go on raids to enemy
territory to try and steal their Relics and bring them home to your
territory.
Each class in the game is
specially created to perform a specific task - players can choose from
fighters, rogues, magicians, clerics, and hybrids of both fighters and
spellcasters. Each Realm’s class and race choices come straight from the
pages of the history and legends of that area of the world. Albion
character classes and races come from Arthurian legends. Hibernians are
taken from Celtic lore and legends. The Norse are familiar to anyone with
even a cursory knowledge of Scandinavian mythology.
Dark Age of Camelot is designed to
provide players with a general roleplaying experience while their
characters are low and mid-level. However, upon achieving the higher
levels in the game - just when other games get stale and players run out
of things to do - characters in Dark Age of Camelot will embark on their
player vs. player careers by participating in Realm invasions and by
protecting their Realm’s Relics from enemy thieves. This almost
guarantees that the game will never become boring, even for long-time
players.
