Anarchy Online is the Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind of MMORPG's.

It was pretty much perfect at the time (with an awful launch, mind you) and with an in-depth skill/fight system that should've been the standard to any MMO following it, but that of course never happened as the following big games presented a more casual, newb-friendly format and instead that became the norm, leaving AO with a small core of players.

Much like with Skyrim, the genre became mainstream, but to this day many die-hard fans religiously still stick to Morrowind nevertheless because of its more rough, but more detailed ways. Such is the case with AO.

Other reviewers already pointed out the dated graphics etc, so I won't comment on that, personally it was never an issue for me.

I've been playing AO since the end of 2005, during my AO years I found new friends that are friends IRL up to this day, I grew up, had years long breaks, found more appealing MMO's even, but time after time I always ended up with coming back to AO and right now, as it seems, I quit looking for other options, because my ultimate conclusion is, once you grow fond of this gem of a game, there's no turning back.

If you want:
- a challenging MMO
- nostalgia
- outstanding community
- in-depth storyline

then click download, once you're in-game be patient, don't hesitate to ask as many questions as you need to on the OOC channel and enjoy your time on Rubi-Ka!