WARHAMMER ONLINE: Oli Welsh at Eurogamer has published what may be the first “Review” of WARHAMMER ONLINE. So far, I’m liking the game more than he is - but the article is certainly worth your time.
The review judges the game after Beta hands-on time and is mostly favorable (with many caveats). Welsh likes the “brilliant Public Quests”, well-realized world and streamlined leveling. Scorn is reserved for solo play that is “just not that much fun”, potential faction imbalances and the lack of lusting for loot. The final verdict is an “8 out of 10″ rating. Read it.
“It’s probably fair to say that there isn’t a single massively multiplayer game out there that’s better at throwing players together than WAR. But - and it’s a pretty big but, this - the players have to be there in the first place. When they’re not - because it’s a quiet server, because it’s an unsociable hour, because everybody’s over on the Empire versus Chaos line - Warhammer Online has the life sucked out of it.”