Anarchy Online for Windows

Pros: All new concept, incredible graphics & sound, something new & fun to explore
Cons: Funcom is still dealing with many problems, bugs and issues

***EDIT on 10/31/01***
I had to reduce my rating for AO to 3-stars. Why? Because here we are months later and many of the game problems I originally wrote about have not been fixed. Yes, it was a great concept - but the implementation was rocky,...

Pros: Nice graphics & sound, very original, many improvements since initial release, FUN!
Cons: Still some little bugs, but hey! It's a work in progress!

Wow, did Anarchy Online stink this time last year. I mean yuck, like yesterday's sushi. But all that has changed...

The basic premise of the game is unchanged. You are a colonist on a budding new planet which is cultivated and owned by a...

Pros: Breath taking graphics. Missions. Your own apartment to furnish
Cons: Game is in it's early stages and tends to kick players off frequently

MMORPG set in the future?

Damn Skippy! And it's an awsome game to boot.

I've played many MMORPG's, but this one definitely has a promising future (no pun intended).

I got my first experience in MMORPG gaming with...

Pros: innovative sci fi setting and game mechanics
Cons: still has some disconnect issues...

Strap yourselves in. This is the best thing that happened to online computer games since online computer games were invented. I am biased, as I have been watching the development of this game like a hawk and scrutinizing its every detail.

If...

Pros: Beautiful unique world, dynamic weather, non-standard setting and theme.
Cons: Redundant, boring gameplay, with little new to offer. Performs poorly even with recommended specs.

True, the elves don't have pointy ears, and your wand periodically needs a new ammo clip, but in the end this game almost duplicates previous(though successful)formulas.

Don't get the wrong idea, in some ways this game definitely pushes the...

Pros: Beautiful, rich, intriguing world
Cons: Just can't play in that world

Well, Funcom did one thing right from the beginning, even if that was the only thing they did. They managed to hype this game up beyond belief, and sadly, I bought into the hype. I am writing this review a good month of time after the...

Pros: A role-playing game for those of us who hate elves and dragons
Cons: Software is terrible, barely half-finished

Heard of Everquest? If, like me, you're allergic to generic "elf & dragon" fantasy worlds, with their nonsense histories and improbable societies, you might have wondered what possible appeal there could be to an online role-playing game in such a world....

Pros: AO has gotten better...ALOT better. An original RPG.
Cons: Bugs here and there as all On-line RPG's have.

I was one of the first people to play Anarchy Online. I got it the day it came out, and was I ever sorry. A beautiful game with an amazing concept was bogged down by lag, bugs, problems, hacks, and the like. I couldn't stand it, I almost burnt the...

Pros: new twist on MMORPG
Cons: pay to play, bugs, bugs, bugs, bugs

This is the first MMORPG that I have ever owned or played. So I can't compare it to Everquest or Ultima:Online or any of the others out there. What I can tell you is that this game is NOT worth the money.

I was looking forward to this game...

Pros: Custimizable characters, apartments, vehicles! Sweet guns, awesome classes, many options!
Cons: Waiting for release

EDIT: KEEP IN MIND THAT I WROTE THIS BEFORE IT WAS RELEASED

Ah, nothing beats kicking back in your apartment after a hard days work. Things are tough down at the guildhall. Your boss is pressuring you to make more profit while the Omni-tek...

Pros: Mad Max type MMORPG......
Cons: Not released yet so not sure exactly how it will work

OK, this is the original review I wrote about the game in it's pre-release form, but I now have more information to add at the end....I'll separate the old info from the New Info at the bottom.
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Pros: Gorgeous graphics, huge gameplay area, interesting ideas
Cons: Hard to keep framerate acceptable, overly complex, weak documentation

I have a love-hate relationship with Anarchy-Online. I loved the graphics, the story, the environments and some of the changes to make gameplay more enjoyable than competing online games. What I hated were the awful bouts of lag, atrocious framerates in...

Pros: A fresh new MMORPRG with an innovative story-line
Cons: Can you say Everquest 2?

Story

You reside on the planet Rubi-Ka, in a distant galaxy many, many years in the future. A war is being fought between two factions: The corporate rulers and the rebel alliances.
It is up to you and other players of this game...

Pros: Great Graphics, Good Sound
Cons: Constantly Crashes, Terrible lag, memory leaks, no customer service

I started playing AO on the day it went public and played or three months. AO had the potential to be the best game out there, but they blew it.

The Game crashes all the time. Their is TREMENDOUS lag in heavily populated areas. They suffer...

Pros: Graphics, music, has promise
Cons: Server crashes, tradeskills, patches break skills, only 2 or 3 useful professions, horrible customer support

There are tons of lag, messed up skills, virtually no tradeskills. Only a few weapons exist that are worth using, every patch screws up at least 1 profession, sometimes more. Monsters can hit you from anywhere(another client lag problem), while you...