Dark Age Of Camelot: Shrouded Isles Review

Dana

Better late than never! Today we offer up our review of Dark Age of Camelot's first expansion pack: Shrouded Isles. Why so late? Well, we've just recently begun the review of expansions and in an effort to help you make informed choices are going to go back and review all the major ones. We begin as Chris Massey (no relation to myself) reviews Shrouded Isles.

The Reaver and Necromancer classes were new to Albion. Reavers are a hybrid of sorts offering a melee character with some interesting spell choices, relying mainly on debuffs, lifetaps and the new flexible weapons, and are limited to chain. The Necromancer class, on the other hand, is a pet class which relies solely on his or her pet to survive. While the pet is alive, the Necromancer is an ethereal shade, but if the pet is destroyed, the Necromancer becomes visible with a bare minimum of hit points, and is easily destroyed. The Valewalker and Animist classes were new to Hibernia. The Animist is a unique pet class in that he or she can summon various types of plants, from “turrets” to “bombers,” instead of typical pets. The Valewalker, on the other hand, is a hybrid tank limited to cloth, but capable of casting powerful self-buffing spells making the cloth much more powerful. Valewalkers also specialize in the large Scythe as a main weapon. Lastly, Midgard picked up the Bonedancer and the Savage classes. The Bonedancer is another pet class, but he or she can create an army of pets, depending on the Bonedancer’s level. The player only controls the commander of the army, the size of which is limited to three pets at the highest levels. The other pets follow and assist the commander. Conversely, the Savage is a furious hand-to-hand fighter who exchanges hit points for buffs of every sort, from evades attacking speed, and makes for a high-DPS light tank.

You can read his full review here.

Minimum

As expansions go, it wasn't bad.  They still knew what their game was when the released it.

Devient

I started playing DAoC with the release of SI - and I have to say SI did make the game that much more enjoyable for me to play - from 10 hour long raids to Caer Sidi - to attempting to kill the 2 headed dragon of AC - it has all been fun. 

Now - I think I am going home to DAoC - where all the fun for me began - and despite what anyone has ever said ToA was Great!  And still is a good expansion - and Catacombs is also fun.

Gr8 review.  Much enjoyed.

frankyz669

Shrouded Isles was a very good expansion. 

ToA ruined the game for those that didn't have time.  But for hardcore gamers it was a godsend.

DAoC is one of the best MMORPG's out there imho.

Razorback

I agree with the review 100%.

If your new to DAoC you have a lot to look forward to it is a great game and its age only means its well polished and a nice change from many of the buggy newer MMO's.

However if you have been there before like me and the reviwer, you wont find much to keep you again and I agree the grind after 40 is numbing....

All in all though one of the best MMO's around... STILL!!

Lasastard

I'd rather like to see a complete review, that takes into account all current features instead of bringing up past mistakes or things, that are so fully integrated in the current game, that noone would reognise them as "expansion" anymore