Dungeons and Dragons Online

Its been a long day, but I have been wanting to review DDO for a while now. DDO is an mmorpg (massively multiplayer online role playing game)  that is based off of the board game Dungeons and Dragons. While DDO does not have nearly as many rules or spells as the original board game, it does add some modern features. You start out in 3rd person view mode, but if you don't like 3rd person you can easily change it to first. The HUD is easy to learn and customizable, so you can move target orbs around to your hearts content. The gameplay is simple, W, S, A, and D move your character, you can turn on moue-look mode so that your character looks where your mouse is pointing, and you can even jump using spacebar. If you don't like the default controls then you can go into the options tab, and customize every single key binding under the sun, even the ones you'll never use. A omnipresent "Dungeon Master" helps you out by telling you certain details about a dungeon or giving you not-so-subtle hints. Which means that you'll know how to play before you exit the tutorial (Maybe a few other games can learn from DDO?). However, DDO does suffer a major problem, Premium members. It would appear as though many of the "Free to Play" games nowadays aren't really free to play. DDO is no exception, sure there are tons of dungeons you can still do, and yes you can get to the same level as Premium members with time. However, DDO has an annoying tendency to have dungeons everywhere which only Premium members can enter. There is a way to bypass this, the game has in-game currency that you can use to unlock dungeons, but it is extremely hard to get said currency and dungeons are extremely expensive. So I don't really bother  with it. While these premium shenanigans can be annoying, keep in mind that they do not stop you from progressing. The last subject I shall write about can be a boon to some and utter horrible-ness to others. DDO supports players helping other players. Sometimes you find a dungeon you just cant beat on your own, that's when I started to learn about groups. Grouping is hit and miss, sometimes it can be really fun and beneficial to everyone in the party, and other times it can be a bunch of people mucking about doing nothing. Weather or not you have a good experience with other players largely depends on what type of group you get. If you get a bad group Don't Be Discouraged! There are good groups out there, it just takes a while to find them. All in all, I would have to say that DDO is a very player-friendly game, even if you do have to get in a group every now and then.
                                               

P.S. No, I didn't cover each class. If you want to hear about all the random shenanigans each class does just ask. However, until then that sort of information is more suited for a guide.