Warhammer Online has been an incredibly smooth experience.
DateTime:7/8/2009 5:21:12 PM

Minor server-lag exists in some places, but only once has it been crippling. The client is stable, and the servers are accessible; even wait queues are fairly small during the busiest times of the day.

Visually, the game doesn't push the graphical boundaries of PCs, but then it doesn't have to. A good art direction can substitute for razzle-dazzle, and the world of Warhammer Online is a diverse one. From the massive stone valleys of the Empire capital Altdorf to the mountain home of the dwarves, the grassy plains of the elves, there's a lot to see. Monsters are appropriately fearsome, from the hydras to the ugly and brutish trolls. Warhammer Online has a bright color palette, one that feels a bit out of place if you come to think of Warhammer Fantasy as a grim, muddy kind of world, but that's a minor quibble. The audio is adequate, but it doesn't really leave any kind of mark. It's hard to recall even a single melody from the game, and for the most part the audio concentrates on the atmosphere, from the rustle of leaves in the wind to the clop of horses' hooves on stone.