Asheron's Call 2 : Fallen Kings: 8 Shots & Pre-Order Info

Dana

Turbine Entertainment today released eight new screenshots of their upcoming expansion to Asheron's Call 2, entitled "Legions". In addition to the images, they also passed along word that pre-orders are now available.

Heed the Call Early: TURBINE OFFERS Asheron's Call 2: Legions LIMITED EDITION PRE-ORDERS

WESTWOOD, Mass. - April 11, 2005 - Turbine, Inc., a leading publisher of online subscription entertainment, announced today that the highly anticipated massively multiplayer online game Asheron's Call 2: Legions(tm) is available to pre-order for a limited time. Legions is the first expansion pack for the popular Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings® and will feature exclusive content, including new playable races, and builds on the exciting storyline of the original title.

Gamers can pick up their copies of the pre-order box at GameStop (U.S.) and Electronics Boutique (U.S. and Canada) store locations or by visiting the retailers online. Fans who pre-order Asheron's Call 2: Legions early will receive:

• Exclusive early access to a bonus playable race - the Drudge!
  
• A limited-edition CD-ROM featuring the game soundtrack, screenshots and other exciting art from the title
  
• A set of six collectible Tarot-style cards from the world of Dereth
  
• A $50 instant rebate from AlienwareTM

More information about the limited time offer can be found by visiting http://www.turbine.com/ac2pre.

In addition to GameStop and Electronics Boutique, the expansion pack pre-orders will be available at other select retailers up until the game launches. Asheron's Call 2: Legions, which will be distributed nationwide by Station Publishing, will be available at select major retail outlets across North America on May 4, 2005.

About Asheron's Call 2: Legions(tm)

Asheron's Call 2: Legions(tm) is the first follow-up to the graphically ground-breaking MMORPG Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings®. Legions will provide players with an ambitious new storyline complete with an extensive array of new content for hours and hours of additional online adventuring. The expansion provides players with a new playable race, the mystical Empyreans, a massive new continent shrouded in mystery and an innovative new hero system.

About Turbine, Inc.

Turbine, Inc. is a premier producer, publisher and operator of online subscription entertainment and is headquartered in Westwood, Mass. With studios on two coasts, the Company is the largest privately-held online games company in North America. Turbine's catalogue includes some of the most famous online entertainment brands, including Asheron's Call®, Dungeons & Dragons® Online and The Lord of the Rings(tm): Middle-Earth(tm) Online. For more information on Turbine and its services, please visit www.turbine.com.

D0ZeR

All very well rendered, bet it won't look like that to our systems. Unless they are moving this to a new server setup expect lag to be bad. Also most of the lower game is pretty much the same. Lot of old bugs still there.

rsaint

Actually this screenshots arent even on very high resolution, you need high end machine to play in maximum details, but to play in High it runs fine, the game looks beautiful even without very high, and for a 2 year old game its still the best looking mmorpg imho, they improved alot of the lag, and they improving more with this expansion, they correcting alot of old bugs

For those that left AC2 don't forget to check this expansion, now AC2 have 100% less Microsoft and Turbine made alot improvements to the game, just give them another chance

Elapsed

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Originally posted by D0ZeR
All very well rendered, bet it won't look like that to our systems. Unless they are moving this to a new server setup expect lag to be bad. Also most of the lower game is pretty much the same. Lot of old bugs still there.

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What bugs? Please explain.

Scaris

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Originally posted by rsaint
Actually this screenshots arent even on very high resolution, you need high end machine to play in maximum details, but to play in High it runs fine, the game looks beautiful even without very high, and for a 2 year old game its still the best looking mmorpg imho, they improved alot of the lag, and they improving more with this expansion, they correcting alot of old bugs For those that left AC2 don't forget to check this expansion, now AC2 have 100% less Microsoft and Turbine made alot improvements to the game, just give them another chance

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I was always very impressed with AC II's graphics. And yes those screencaps have to be on a low res setup cause alot of the effects arent showing. I wonder why they didn't crank it all the way up though for the publicity shots, the graphics engine in AC 2 is one of its strongest points, they should take advantage of that.

D0ZeR

Give me a break, a lot of the same bugs are still there I been in this game from beta to now.  I love how people try and put one over on others. My system is fine with an Intel 3.02 ghz HT 2gb of ddr dual on a sata raid system and a 6800 256mb. The game you are right is over 2 years old and the gfx still leave a lot to be desired. I admit the high level is better than the lower (original game) but over a year and a half on the high detail what would you expect.

So to the ones starting fresh prepare to run into the same bugs that has always been there. If you go into the crafting don't say i didn't warn you about how bad it is. With so many better games out there I just can't see anyone going to AC2. Heck AC1 would be better and thats stretching it.

Remember all the original guys that made AC1 great have been gone a long time now.

Stormwatlz will always be missed.

rsaint

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Originally posted by D0ZeR

Give me a break, a lot of the same bugs are still there I been in this game from beta to now.  I love how people try and put one over on others. My system is fine with an Intel 3.02 ghz HT 2gb of ddr dual on a sata raid system and a 6800 256mb. The game you are right is over 2 years old and the gfx still leave a lot to be desired. I admit the high level is better than the lower (original game) but over a year and a half on the high detail what would you expect.
So to the ones starting fresh prepare to run into the same bugs that has always been there. If you go into the crafting don't say i didn't warn you about how bad it is. With so many better games out there I just can't see anyone going to AC2. Heck AC1 would be better and thats stretching it.
Remember all the original guys that made AC1 great have been gone a long time now.
Stormwatlz will always be missed.

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How much time you don't play AC2, you know the craft changed?? its one of the best right now, well if you don't like the game its fine, but its weird to want this game to fail, thats to much hate.

Turbine could have closed the servers and give up, but they are working hard to get the game up again instead, everyone knows that Microsoft wrecked AC2, Turbine is now full in charge of the game and is doing a fine job, try comparing the game now and the game from 2 years ago.

Scaris

Ummm, I wouldn't give full blame to MS for wrecking the game. MS just expected Turbine to live to Turbine's own deadline that they couldn't meet. MS managed to run AC 1 successfully for many years.

rsaint

Microsoft forced Turbine to launch the game with thousand of bugs, little content etc, because they forced them with a deadline Turbine said couldnt meat the quality standarts, Microsoft wanted to launch it anyway and Turbine couldn't do a damn thing about it because it wasnt their game, Microsoft was the boss responsible for bad decisions, no advertising, poor community manegement and if Turbine didn't bought the frenchising then AC2 would be closed by microsoft and maybe AC1 too, Microsoft quit the Mmorpg market with the cancelation of Mythica and prooved to be a disapointement to the genre

Scaris

Thats a VERY one sided outlook on it, but ok, if thats how you feel very well. In your perspective sure, MS is completely at fault.

Elapsed

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Originally posted by D0ZeR
Give me a break, a lot of the same bugs are still there I been in this game from beta to now.  I love how people try and put one over on others. My system is fine with an Intel 3.02 ghz HT 2gb of ddr dual on a sata raid system and a 6800 256mb. The game you are right is over 2 years old and the gfx still leave a lot to be desired. I admit the high level is better than the lower (original game) but over a year and a half on the high detail what would you expect.
So to the ones starting fresh prepare to run into the same bugs that has always been there. If you go into the crafting don't say i didn't warn you about how bad it is. With so many better games out there I just can't see anyone going to AC2. Heck AC1 would be better and thats stretching it.
Remember all the original guys that made AC1 great have been gone a long time now.
Stormwatlz will always be missed.

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W h a t b u g s? You make AC2 sound like it's extremely bugged, which is wrong. You want bugged play Neocron. AC2 has no more bugs than any other major MMORPG. At launch it did of course, now there are far fewer. The only thing I have a problem with is the graphics engine's inefficiency.

D0ZeR

So we notice one guy says the gfx are great, next guy says what bug's? But in same breath says it has no more bugs than another game. Then to top it off we have another guy that admits the gfx are less to be desired. Of course that is true after all the game is 2 years old and the game was done with the same type coding done with AC1 only more advanced. They couldn't make a WOW, EQ2, or even a DAOC looking engine if they tried. Now how about the servers, running with the less costly as they can. Lag is still bad in game and not M$ fault this time, this was changed a long time ago.

As far as me I go in and play at least once a week sometimes more just to see how they have done. I never was into really repeating stuff like Turbine loves to have you do. But see I get to play for free and I think all the players should get to play AC2 for free only because of how much players went thru with them from beta to now.

But to say the game is better and this xpac will make all the difference, dream on. I put money on you will see even more bugs when game launches. Don't forget most OTHER games would work on them bugs right away. We see that in a lot of the major players. This is what makes Turbine not a major player. You are right about one thing I have a lot of issues with AC2 and Turbine. I loved AC1 and still feel ripped off with AC2.