New D&D Online screens

[Fzoulcmbyl]

IGN has posted some new screens for the game, and a brief article of first impressions.


http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/609/609505/dungeons-dragons-online-20050502051131087.jpg


http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/609/609505/dungeons-dragons-online-20050502051132524.jpg


http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/609/609505/dungeons-dragons-online-20050502051134165.jpg


http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/609/609505/dungeons-dragons-online-20050502051140290.jpg


http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/609/609505/dungeons-dragons-online-20050502051142055.jpg


http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/609/609505/dungeons-dragons-online-20050502051147868.jpg


Article (http://pc.ign.com/articles/609/609505p1.html)




Fzoul

[Donshyoku]

Nice shots!

Being a long-time DM, I am looking forward to this!

It is much easier to get a few guys together online than it is for a night of DnD (i.e. everyone falls asleep! :p).

[Chylde Roland]

huh, interesting... a few things stood out to me... like the comment about Stormreach being a tropical city instead of the "usual" MMO European medieval themed cities. In WoW, there's many, many different kinds of cities, including a tropically located one called Booty Bay on the southern tip of a dense jungle area. Many of the other locales are similarly quite colorful, varied, and detailed. So DDO won't be an innovator in that respect, imho.

I do like the idea of the rolls and the non-regenerating mana and hit points. I like that you'll be able to multi-class, and it sounds like the thief will be quite an interesting character to play. I'm a little unsure about the level cap, being only 20 levels, it must be quite difficult to level up, and what do you do when you reach the cap? That's also a question I have for WoW, but I still have 8.5 levels to go before I reach 60 so it's still a relative non-issue for me.

I'll probably still check it out, but I think I'll wait a bit. I would want to play as a monk, and since that woin't be available at launch, I'll wait. At the very least, it would be cool to try it out for the free month and see what it's all about.

[Smashing Young Man]

That last screenshot is frickin' amazin' looking. O_o

As much as I'm loathe to, I think I will have to try out this MMORPG.