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  • Downloading now and getting to work on my Friar

  • You can move with mouselook toggle too. Lots of stuff left out in this video. DAoC is the BEST mmorpg to date. No other combat style like it.

  • someone wanted to copy wow..

  • @narutorasengantube this game was out WAY before wow was even thought of.. so stfu, this game is CLASSIC and oldschool. the best MMO.

  • @SteffenAJensen Warcraft's first game was release in 1994, this game was released in 2001. so you can stfu about 'classic' and 'old school'. there was public knowledge that WoW would come in 1996. just by looking at the character creation screen it copied how WoW's was changed in 2009. get your facts straight before you post something ignorant.

  • @narutorasengantube why are you bringing in Warcraft? we are talking about World of Warcraft, the MMO, not the damn RTS.

  • @narutorasengantube This dude is pretty funny. WoW was nothing but a copy of eq1 everyone knows that. The creators of WoW even said that.

  • @Eq2fanforlife i'd like to see where the creotors of wow said it was a copy of EQ, a dead and failed game.

  • @narutorasengantube lol , retard...

  • @narutorasengantube this one come before wow

    omg kid these days

  • man i started playing this game when i was in 2nd grade so i woulda been 7 years old when i started playing mmos hah.. probably why i cant play mmos anymore because nothing can come close to DAoC in terms of RVR or PVP whatever u want to call it.

  • They should have gone f2p a long time ago, tbh: google for UTHGARD

    The best and most genuine daoc server ever. Have fun and spread the word. I'm addicted again :)

  • This game is pretty dead. I was the only one in Dartmoor the other day. I went to Brimstone and I was the only one there, too. Player base is disappearing fast. PvE is virtually abandoned. There is some RvR. Strangely, Cathal Valley is very populated. A little over a year ago Cathal Valley was completely dead. The player base in this game is now hyper-focused on RvR. The ones in RvR have been doing it for a long time and are ruthlessly intolerant of noobs. DAoC was a great, once upon a time.

  • Still one of my favorite MMO's ever

  • how much is it?

  • @MrMrmagoo34 You don't buy any software, all expansions are free. It's just $14.99/month

  • DAoC Rules!

  • Do you have to Pay to play it?

  • @tomidbk Yes

  • @themaster12313 Dark age of camelot is the best MMO ever made. Popular means nothing. Even though it was pretty popular, but I say again that means nothing. The back street boys were popular, they are shit, so what idiots play is meaningless. Dark age of Camelot is the pioneer of massive PvP. The pioneer of realm vs realm, or faction vs faction PvP. Not only that there are over 30 classes all extremly balanced, which is a huge feat in itself. Awesome PvE and beautiful fluff. It is godlike.

  • Yeah forget memories, go back. Players EVERYWHERE. I was in a 100 man Siege last night. And was just in Thid with like 30 people about an hour ago with my alt. Just log in with ur account and get the 14 free days, its easy. See for urself.

  • You know your internet's shit when even the ad has to buffer every 4 seconds...

  • Is there a Vertical Sync button on this game, I keep getting screen tear?

  • if DAoC went f2p i would play till i die ahah

  • @DrunkAnton maybe EA doesnt want to make daoc f2p but they want to do warhammer f2p

  • @themaster12313 Nooopee

    RuneScape is the best it can get. Behind the graphics (fuck the graphics) is absolutely ASTONISHING quests, VERY high popularity (100k+ people at any time) and is completely playable in f2p.

    But if you want a good game apart from RS then wait for Guild Wars 2.

  • @5swords3 RS would be a great game if the combat wasnt so pathetic. clicking on something and waiting around for five mins for your char to kill it takes no skill whatsoever.

  • How do you attack on this game?

  • @BritishExtremeMetal you will have a hotkey to enter combat mode, and you can also put spells/ melee attacks (depending on your class) on your 1-0 hotbar.

  • @BritishExtremeMetal Depends on what you're talking about, melee or caster?

  • FURBLORG!

  • best mmo ever

    

  • 0:37 "Furblohrg"

  • Best PvP in this game, from what i've heard.

  • at the time this would have been awesome but now it just looks completely obselete

  • I regret it soooo much that i wasnt born a few years earlier so i could have experienced this game in its prime. Its all dead now and it seems the real pvp mmo has died. I think i can conclude this after the rift and swtor failure.

  • @Koensol i heard that Rift was great (PvE and raids at least)

  • @Alex25025 Rift was good while it was populated but its population started declining 2-4 months after release so servers are fairly underpopulated at lower level areas.

  • @Koensol You haven't heard of EvE online haven't you? That's where the real PvP is currently at.

  • @falcord Yea, but eve online doesnt appeal to me. Too much waiting and id prefer playing a character over a ship tbh.

  • When you miss this game and you think it is the best of all MMOs why are you all not playing it again? It is still a life, go, play it!

  • I used to play Dark age of camelot, but then I took an arrow to the knee

  • This reminds me of SWG. That game also had huge PvP battles.

  • @roms396 well i  heard you could play for free at uthgard.net, whats the deal with that??

  • fuck i miss this game ... best pvp game ever !

  • öhh looks great!

  • Nostalgia is strong in this one. ;_;

  • remotay makes me feel so safe :)

  • DAoC is back ! since the clust on US servers, there are lots of players in here, and after many years trying lots of MMO, im glad to be back on the best one.

    Thumbs up so people can read this and maybe come back on DAoC, more we are, more fun we get ^^

  • @Roms396 what servers are you playing on and how many are on at a time??? i used to play from 2001-08 off and on hardcore.....i miss it and would love to play again

  • @MrBlace22 There are only US servers now called "Ywain" (from 1 to 10) but you can switch between those servers, everyone play together now, and there is looooots of players in there :D and if you reactivate your old account you have 14 days free, so you can see if you still love the game or not ^^

  • considering this is a 2001 game, it is clear that the guys put ALOT of effort into this, especially with all the classes and customization.

  • m4xfps sent me

  • m4xfps

  • M4x4fps

  • The developer of this is now the head of zenimax online (the mmo wing of bethesda) and is currently producing the elder scrolls mmorpg!

  • I use to play this like 10 years ago! Is it free by now?? it was alot of fun!!

  • @iampotts02 Nope. But RvR games shouldn't be free anyway :P

  • @lingojac what is RvR? I played Darkage like 10 years ago its still my favorite Game!

  • @iampotts02 RVR is the faction-vs-faction aspect. I feel like an RVR game would be imbalanced by f2p cash-shops :P

  • @lingojac to bad its not free or up to some lv like WOW! Im not a fan of wow but its cool thats it free.I love Darkage and if it was free I would play!

  • funny how it says first look when this game's been out for 10 years.

  • @AgeofGuns Its MMO huts first look

  • This is the best pvpsystem ever..

  • 8:12

    "Here you will literally get 2-shotted."

    Only if you happen to enjoy playing the worst caster in the world you will. A reaver slam+levi'ing you might 2-shot you, but then what the fuck are you doing letting him get up to you with some crowd control?

    Oh, and fail for not showing RvR which destroys WoW's PvP system about 10 times over.

  • @xxFortunadoxx well, this is his "First look" so it consists of creating a character and trying out the starting area. it's not a complete gameplay overview

  • 10 years now and me and my friends are celebrating a comeback in hibernia. daoc is still the best pvp mmo ever out there.

  • @TimerasReborn YES it is pvp was a beast in that game

  • I downloaded the game this past Friday and played it for the first time in years. ( I left sometime after ToA.. came back briefly in Catacombs.) I'd have to say that I was surprised at the work they've maintained. I'm doing my old necro/buff bot combo and am enjoying it. By the way the keeps are changing hands, there is still a very active RvR community.

  • Heh, read many comments from players that laughed at the fact that our host created a caster and then he fights mobs in melee... Well, in DAOC until you're level 10 or so, until you get some useful spells, you kinda do a better job fighting in melee range with your staff. Sounds a bit dumb, but then again, PVE is not exactly one of the strengths of this game.

    Glad to see that there aren't many haters here, like usual. And I know exactly why... this game used to have a soul.

  • Mythic made a mistake when they created Warhammer Online :P ... it should have been Dark Age of Camelot II ... or Golden Age of Camelot. Warhammer Online was bad. Or at least I didn't like it much.

    Thinking of reopening my DAOC account. The thrill of a successfully performed Perforate Artery with my Shadowblade is far superior than the thrill of playing any class in any game I've been playing since I quit DAOC. 

  • man, i used to love this game!!!

  • Highly recommend giving this one a go guys, played for years when it came out. Nothing compares to its PvP (RvR). Have fun!!

    

  • Go check it out,totally classic DAoC freeshard absolutely free with 900+ players around noon Eastern Standard Time!! Come join us

  • So is this game still worth trying?:) Last MMO i played like this was darkfall so im not worried about graphics

  • First of all Reviewer is completely incompetent . He rolls a caster and is running around in Melee.

    Second This game is still hands down the best MMO out. Sure the GFX are a lil dated but they fit the game. The games content is far and above most, and the PvP is surpassed by NONE. I took a 5 year break played 25+ MMO's and came back for the PvP. They have dumbed down alot of the things to help the WoW generation and the game still rocks.

  • actually i know alot about this game: D Then right before u mentioned u cant kill purple alone in this game, wich is kinda not true i guess. :P anyway, daoc is the best still... <3 Cant stop comming back...

  • I miss this game so much, I wish they would redo the graphics to match other mmo's and start advertising more. This MMO is something that needs to be copied, all the customization, not just 2h and 1h/shield weapons that are everywhere nowadays, you had special skills that could only be used with a certain type of weapon and the RvR was amazing only thing close is warhammer

  • Wouldnt it be amazing if they remade this game...Keeping all the features the same? Then again alot of players wouldnt like it cuz it was alot more Hardcore than most games now days....But far more rewarding.

  • Trying to fix my laptop atm so i can play again. Loved it.

  • tu la mis en français , lol et moi qui en a râle le bol de tombé sur des version En quand je veux des version Fr ! lol thumbs up !

  • iderfriseur

  • go look it up 900+ players. Uthgard.net

  • @ChuckyGetMoney yes and they killed the game

  • this is an old relic, literally, this mmo was the thing of legends back in the day, now its just another half dead mmo, WoW or LoL, or Dota or Diablo.....no none of that shit pvp compared to this games massive battles and dungeon pvping

    truley a legend among mmos

  • pay to play? fu

  • It's pronounced "Kelt", not "Selt"... just sayin'.

  • Love this game. Modern MMOs dont have the same depth.

  • @VikingRage7 Nor will they ever will I believe...so much customization and everything...One thing i enjoyed was stuff like weapon dmg, from thrust to crush to slash....you never see specific dmg types any more...or stat caps or anything to customize a template...it was something great to work towards....not to mention the Realm ranks....Getting realm rank 12 was a true accomplishment and enemey players could see your actual name...you really stuck out at RR12 :P

  • @ckooken Well said.

  • Aaaah Dude...MIDGARD!

  • The tutorial is deceptive as far as graphics go. When they "updated" graphics they outright ignored huge parts of it.

  • God the memories of this game.

    /cry

  • One of my favorite games of all time. I used to play all the time with my friends back when it was released. I quit right before Catacombs and moved on to WoW, as many people did. It's so strange seeing how much the game has changed. I think I may go play a private server for old time's sake.

  • this game looks like SHIT

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  • Damn i remember these times. The music just brings back so many memories. At the time i was to little to even understand RPG's but now the game would probably be amazing since i understand questing.

  • I find it hilarious how not only did I play this game exceptionally well for a 12-year-old but I still remember so many things about the game itself. Nothing makes me feel better than nostalgiaing(lol) about the great times I had playing DAoC

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  • you guys didnt even get to see the pvp witch is amazing.

  • You can play this game on freeshards now, (free). One particular has a large population (Uthgard) and carries more of the classic feel of the game before all the expansions. You do have to deal with a lower lvling rate, but you don't have to worry about all the tricks and tools now needed to play on live.

  • Didnt this game use to be free?

  • @slipknot1915 No. It used to be the second most popular MMORPG. Until Mythic royally fucked it up. Then instead of cleaning up their mess they moved on and made singleplayer casual focused WoW clones. WoW ruined the genre.

  • If they make it f2p, i think it would be a good solution to their declined player base

  • @LordxHypnos Fixing the game would be a good solution, and Mythic WAS working on a big fix, but EA basically had all the DAoC devs move to WAR to try to save that, and SWTOR to try to save that mess.

  • 9:08 : "petit blaireau"... french version ?

  • @Kron -- Yeah, I played DAoC, from launch till the release of ToA, then a little bit after the Classic Servers (Those without ToA massive gamebreaking additions). I always played Midgard mainly with a Valewalker or two on the side for fun-sies. I had a hunter who was RR7-2 or something, a skald and thane both around RR5 or 6. As for WoW being FPS like, I just said the PvP followed similar game types and overall had a very FPS feel to it, fast paced, quick joined, where one person made a huge dif

  • Best MMO for pvp

  • Dark Age of Camelot doesn't have better PvP then WoW because the two have insanely different PvP. WoW PvP is more like a FPS, with game modes that emulate Domination, Capture The Flag, etc. It's much more twitch-gameplay, with strategy being useful but not necessary.

    DAoC focused on huge large scale battles, with three factions instead of two, which made for a lot of cool gameplay options and never a dull moment. Only problem is getting people to PLAY in those battlegrounds or RvR areas

  • @NateProject Have you ever actually played daoc? lol.. Your response doesn't make much sense.. people are always playing in NF.. ALWAYS.. and some bgs arent populated because for the past 9 years people have been playing in the same ones.. thid 20-24 and molvik 35-39.. cathal is newer but some people play there its 45-49. Also it's not all about large scale battles though some people just zerg.. solo, small man, and 8v8 are my favorites and you can usually find action if you know where to go.

  • @NateProject I can't believe you just said that WoW was like an FPS.

  • @NateProject

    Atleast we can tell which more is way more fun, obviously.

    DAOC PVP is MUCH more entertaining.

  • lol u entered a european realm

  • I don't suck at strategy and tactics; I think I made my limitations clear. DAoC, and probably WoW also, offers little to those who can use strategy and tactics, and much to those who are twitchy and have a good connection (interruption of spells is a good example)

    DAoC did not take the time to prevent StunGard. Repeatable area effect stuns? Does not take a lot of thought on that subject to realize there would be some problems. Any time they took to perfect the game, we all paid for

  • While I agree that DAoC PvP is better than WoW, I am going to offer a different perspective.

    I'm not twitchy, but I work hard at playing. I used to play Quake, the original 1st person shooter, where winning is 2 things: knowing the map, & being twitchy. But even with crap reflexes & a slow connection, I could beat about 1/2 the players that would come into games, just through tactics. I played DAoC for years, and if I ever killed anyone in RvR, it was an assist or some other accident. Best PvP?

  • @VvAnarchangelvV sucks....DAoC took time to be good...you didnt take the time to be the best....

  • I use to play WoW back when i was far younger :) im 15 now and daoc helped me through so much family issues and stuff. Like when my mom and dad where argueing I would just go play daoc and chillout :) Im downloading the free trial now and hopefully going to get back in to it :) i would love to see the playerbase come back alive :)

  • DAoC is a RvR based game and that's why i love it.. WoW has some decent pvp but it sucks compared to Dark age of Camelot

  • will there ever be a dark age of camelot 2 ?

  • @locinhio no theres warhammer now

  • I really hope this game goes F2P when it dies! I know it's still going, but it's gotta go at some point, right? Hope the developers will release it as a free game.

  • @wassup986 How would they pay to maintain the servers or their moderators as a free game?

  • @jpfuntimes Micro-transaction system. That's an option, although it tends to annoy players.

  • dude u rule speaking french xD

  • This game is dead right?

  • Amazing game!" So many memories from it!" People who say its shit have never played it! Belive me it maybe dont have the best graphics but the PvP so damn amazing

  • the animations are terrible.  not gonna get this

  • @Mbluum have to fukn learn that the MMO is not about animations.

  • @rebelpy

    the way the character move when u press for example the the left-click mouse button forward on the map is called an animation. so not only is mmo's about animations. all games are about animations. if there was no animation it would be a "fukn" picture but maybe thats what u would prefere to be staring into?

  • @Mbluum Obvious troll is obvious. And DaoC fucked your mom in bed last night. DaoC got herpes unfortuantly!

  • @CuboidCake

    HAHA! u just gave me another reason not to play this game! ahahahaha. u are killing me. *slapping hand against forehead* u just made my day. i realy hope u are joking with the flame though. otherwise it'd be rude of me to make fun of a handicaped child :(

  • @Mbluum I'm sorry for saying that, you probably don't know what these things are, and what I meant was (if you even know this o.o) that I agree with rebelpy. MMORPGs are not about graphics you graphic whore, they're about gameplay. It's not like your gonna see crysis 2 graphics, for example ; There's multiple players playing, meaning that you will have to load the detail of other players too, thus causing lag. There, I said it - If you want me to dumb it down for you, just PM me.

  • @CuboidCake

    there we go. away with the childish flame :) now we can have a real talk.. so "graphik whore" u say. im gonna have to correct u there. gameplay/controles > story > graphic. but honestly even though i dont care too much about graphics the basic animations of your character running needs to look good. u are gonna watch it for like 400 hours if u play for a long time. i dont give two shits if the trees looks bad or whatever

  • @Mbluum If Gameplay > Story > Graphic, why are you moaning about animation (basically graphic)

  • @CuboidCake

    do i have to repeat myself? u have to look at the same character doing the same movements for hours and hours. for some reason theres not a single mmo who wanna make your character run fast so instead u have to sit for like 20min every time u need to go somewhere and the only thing to do while u are waiting is looking at an animation the makers didnt bother to use any time on.

  • @Mbluum Your right. Because the makers actually focused on the main part of the game. GAMEPLAY. Not ANIMATION. The makers are too busy making the core part of the game to worry about one stupid animation.

  • @CuboidCake

    guess thats where we are different in expectations. well in general my expectations to an mmo is very high. there's just a minimum in graphics that i wont accept it to go under.

  • @Mbluum I agree - have a look at the videos on my page, I've corrected the running speed and enabled the characters to swing their weapons while running.

  • Lol, do the people saying "Albion = fable lol" realise that daoc came out almost a decade before Fable.

  • @TheWilldoon better yet, do people even realise that Albion is the old greek name for the island of Britain?!?!

  • Albion is a old name for britain, you fable jerks.

  • Albion? Fable? :D?

  • You can play the classic version of this for free on Uthgard; it's better than live in my opinion.

  • Albion ? waitwhat? FABLE

  • I played that game for 7 years and it still remains the best for both Pve and Pvp. It is a shame that EU servers died so quickly... I miss it dearly.

  • @fabinou1974 there is still the ywain servers and is still fun

  • @avelloch I probably would give it a go again... my 3 accounts have been in use since late 2007. Since then, I believe that the loging in etc have changed. Not sure if I can recover my accounts now. I have tried to email Mythic a week ago but I have yet to receive a response...

  • It's in Franch!

  • PION SQUELETTE

    

  • I loved this game so damn much! I thought it was so much better than wow! It was so cool and personal! You could dye your clothes and have a your guilds symbol on your cape!I just wish it was FREE!!!!

  • Dark Age PVP is FAR superior to World of Warcrafts PVP but Mythic, the company that made DAOC has no idea how to run an MMO and destroyed their own game. Also DAOC had no quests to speak off, you just grind mobs for 50 levels. No thanks.

  • isnt free to play now?

  • Well of course the playerbase is dwindling. It's an ancient pay to play game! Ultima Online, Dark Age of Camelot, Everquest, etc. would highly benefit from being made free to play, considering most of their player base is in free private servers anyways. Dumbasses.

  • @Setsuzoku This is true.

  • @Setsuzoku The live server still has way more people then any private server could wish for.

  • @Setsuzoku If they were free to play, how would they make money? Ads? Money items? Those things are annoying and retarded.

  • @TheTerrorUforgot Unfortunately, it's either that, or die as an MMO. Nobody wants to play a mid 90's MMO with a subscription fee. Nobody. They either need to offer it for free with cash shop, or end up falling by the wayside.

  • @Setsuzoku The numbers are the only reason I went to rift. I'm not such a tool that a game being old (with a graphics update after 2000 and expansions after that up to 2008) would bother me.

  • I played WoW before cataclysm come out, I play Eve currently and I was under the impression this game had kind of fizzled out. How long does it take to get into meaningful pvp?

  • oh god i always feel overwelmed when they make that many classes etc because i wanna try them all lol

  • is this free2play? if it isnt, it looks kinda crapy for paying :P

  • @Got2Bored it isnt but there is a 14 days trial

  • @Got2Bored Its not one of the best looking ones but its so much fun! The pvp is so freaking fun! I think all these pretty games now a days arent as much fun as the classics!

  • Look at him he's going yeahhhhh

  • By the way if you want, you can make the graphics look better if you force AA into the game, search google for "Dark-Age-of-Camelot-Quick-Eas­y-Steps-to-Greatly-Improve-Vis­ual-Quality" and it will pop up as first search result.

    I would also recommend that you explore instead of doing quest.. Mobs give great exp so explore and kill :P

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