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MMORPG.com Best New Game 2008!
Gravarg
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Atlantica Online has be nominated as one of the Best New Game of 2008!
If you like it as much as me, then go now and vote for it. The other games listed are no where near what Atlanitca Online is 
"In this category, we hope that our readers will vote for their favorite game launched in 2008 and award the 2008 MMORPG.com Reader's Choice Award for Best New Game.
› Age of Conan
› Atlantica Online
› Pirates of the Burning Sea
› Warhammer Online
› None of the Above
(Thank you for your vote!)
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Every year, the lit of current MMORPGs grows. Every year, we hope to find the launch of the "next big thing" in our genre or maybe just the next big thing" for our tastes. Sometimes we're happy with the results and sometimes we're not.
This year, we decided to include a "none of the above" nomination in this category. This decision was reached after reading numerous comments on the forums that seemed to indicate that people were unhappy with the products released in 2008.
The Best New Game category was created in order to determine our readers' favourite game that has yet to celebrate its one year anniversary. In order to qualify for this category, a game had to be released in 2008. As always, the nominations were chosen by the MMORPG.com editorial staff.
Note: All Blurbs are taken from each game's PR material or websites:
Age of Conan
Funcom's Age of Conan launched on May 20th of 2008.
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an MMORPG based on the world of famed fantasy author Robert E. Howard. In Age of Conan, players enter Hyboria with thousands of their friends and enemies to live, fight, and explore the dark and brutal world of King Conan.
Our Active Combat System
A World of Breathtaking Beauty
Tread In The Footsteps Of The Greatest Fantasy Hero Of All Time
Unprecedented Character Development And Customization
Unique and Interesting Classes
Massive Player Versus Player Combat
An Engrossing Crafting System
A Living World
Extensive Solo Options
Atlantica Online
NDoors' Atlantica Online launched on October 30th, 2008
Travel the world and see the sights. Then kill the likes of Dracula and the mummies. In Atlantica Online, there are many real-world places and people that players will recognize - the Great Wall of China, the pyramids of Egypt, Shakespeare, and da Vinci are just some of the locales and characters that populate the world of this MMORPG that playfully blends fact and fiction. But there are elements in this game that won't be so familiar to an MMO gamer, like turn-based action.
Atlantica Online makes use of "classic turn-based gameplay" to bring its MMORPG to life. And rather than the standard one character used in MMOs, Atlantica uses nine-character groups to allow players to interact with the world. They will have one main character and can assemble up to eight mercenaries to fight with them.
Combine the turn-based battles with the mercenaries, and that means players must use the limited time it has - up to 30 seconds - to move and manipulate all the characters, whether it be to attack, use magic, defend, or change formation. Having to make all these decisions requires both strategy and quick-thinking. In addition to fast-paced battles, Atlantica Online provides a deep RPG environment in which players can take control of a town like London and even form its own nation, then go to war against other nations.
Pirates of the Burning Sea
Flying Lab Software's Pirates of the Burning Sea launched on January 22nd, 2008
Welcome to the Caribbean Sea, circa 1720. It's a time of prosperity for wealthy merchants who know the trade routes, and it's a time of piracy. Into this world you have chosen to forsake your ties to the mainland and have enlisted as a captain for one of four nations: England, France, Spain, or the unaligned Pirates. You must be a member of the Pirate nation to play a Pirate, but as a member of the other European nations, you can choose from three careers--Freetrader, Naval Officer, and Privateer.
With more than 100 ships to sail and exotic harbors to discover, you will quickly be immersed in the stories of the friendly--and even dastardly--patrons of your home port and beyond. You may even rally to your nation's war cry in massive player-vs.-player battles that hold the fate of the entire Caribbean!
Warhammer Online
Mythic's Warhammer Online launched on September 18th, 2008
War is everywhere in Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning™ (WAR), the new fantasy MMORPG from Mythic Entertainment, the creators of Dark Age of Camelot™. WAR features next generation Realm vs. Realm™ gameplay that will immerse you in a world of perpetual conflict for years to come.
Experience the glory of Realm vs. Realm! Declare your allegiance and join hundreds of thousands of mighty heroes on the battlefields of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning to experience the epic nature of war. Enter a grim fantasy world where the armies of Order (Dwarfs, High Elves, and Empire) and Destruction (Greenskins, Dark Elves, and Chaos) collide to determine the fate of nations. Invade enemy lands, besiege imposing fortresses, and sack sprawling capital cities for the glory of your Realm. Wield devastating magic and deadly weapons, battle monstrous creatures, and join your brothers-in-arms in epic Public Quests™. Climb the Bastion Stair, carry your Guild Banner into battle, and unlock the secrets of the Tome of Knowledge as you travel the world. Sharpen your blade and prepare to unleash your inner mutation-the Age of Reckoning has begun and WAR IS EVERYWHERE!
None of the Above
MMORPG.com's None of the Above category was launched on December 9th, 2008
If you are one of those folks who honestly and truly has not found even a small amount of fun in any of the four games mentioned above, then this category is for you. By voting None of the Above, you are stating that this year's crop of MMOs was not only poor, but to your mind, so completely unplayable that no redeeming factors could be found in the nominated games.
Author: Jon Wood
Created: December 09, 2008"
Comments
whatta post!!! nice copy-paste skills man! lols! but ia m happy for atlantica online. i hope that they would win the award for the best mmo for the year 2008. it would really be nice for atlantica to win because it is my favorite game as of now. yahoo!!! gogogogo! ATLANTICA go!!!
I had to get my Elite Member 5 stars some how
. Yes everyone go vote for it, it's not like you're going to vote for warhammer or age of conan over Atlantica are you?!?! OMGZ NO DONT!!!! oh ok, you voted right 
(sorry I just had some coffee)
go go go atlantica! yeah players unite and bring atlantica to stardom! hahah what? nice paste.. yeah loved it.. hhaa waha? anyway, vote atlantica for president!
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The game features a persistent world populated by player-generated characters and NPCs. At character creation, a player selects one of seven basic classes and can then customize the character's appearance. There are no races to choose from; only humans are available. The character's class decides what armor that character can wear and what weapons and skills that character can use in battle.
Players do not fight with the starting character alone; as each character levels up, it can acquire player-controlled mercenaries. During the mandatory tutorial section at the beginning of the game, a player chooses his/her first two mercenaries; as the character gains levels, it can control more mercenaries, up to the maximum of eight, which makes for a party of maximum size nine.
All characters can, in addition to their battle skills, pursue a number of different crafting abilities.
The game design puts strong emphasis on the concept of guilds. Guilds can control the various towns on the game map. Strong guilds can found nations and wage war on one another.
Battle in Atlantica Online is rather unusual for the genre as it is turn-based. Representations of hostile parties wander around the landscape; if a player touches such a representation, his/her party and the enemy party are transferred to a separate battlefield until the battle is resolved.
Woohoo! You can now vote Atlantica Online for Best Overall Game 2008 as well. I saw it coming, but didn't want to forshadow it hehe (can pick any game on mmorpg.com hehe). So go and vote, or I'll trample you with my elephant, then shoot you with my gunners and my inventor will be forced to invent a torture robot to torture you until it runs out of steam!
Alot of us kenw we found a gem in this game but being mentioned as game of the year for 2008 is really impressive......I just didnt think a f2p game with item shop would get such serious consideration..... The game is excellent and IMO is the best game that came out this year (really the best game since WoW IMO).........Its too bad so many people jsut write it off because of turn based and f2p but this game is one of the best I have ever played.
lol at Gravarg. i want an elephant too. boo.
but yea, i think that atlantica deserves to be number 1 for both categories. people just focus on the fact that it has an item mall and that they don't like the stamina system but i really think that the great gameplay makes up for most of the shortcomings that they see in this game.
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WOW! Atlantica really proved its worth to be the best new game of 2008 even AO was just released recently.. i would really want this game to win cause it is not the typical MMO that you can play..
I really dont get those who hate the stamina system of the game.. there are ways to regain stamina like joining Free Leagues and Party system... It is also a good thing, u wont just sit in front of your computer and waste all of your time just playing MMORPGs, go out and have a social life
people that run out of stamina play too much
but stamina is already a topic long gone. i think it should be the best new game for 2008 since it's the most innovative among the nominated games. the turn-based battle system already says it all.
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stamina system makes the game balance by regulating hi lvl characters to farm and get rich... hehehe... stamina of high level is lesser than low lvl