"We're extremely proud of the product and the unique gameplay it adds to the game," Funcom CEO Trond Aas explains, "but we feel our regular free trial is more a trial of Anarchy Online, not The Notum Wars. Land control and organization warfare can take a little time to get into, so we wanted to let former subscribers log on their characters and get straight into the action without having to level up a new character first."
The trial will give former Anarchy Online subscribers a chance to see for themselves why the game received the coveted "Editor's Choice" award from IGN in December 2002, and why Computer Gaming World characterised the game as "Enhanced, Updated, and all-around fantastic" in their March 2003 issue. Additionally it will be a good opportunity for the players to scope out all the new content that's been added to Anarchy Online over the last year.
Funcom is dedicated to provide their subscribers complete value for money, and takes pride in delivering more quality content updates than any other online game.
List of additions since launch:
- Exciting features of land control and organization battles
- Revised pet pathing and collision detection system
- Over 450 monsters
- More than 400 weapons
- 8 static dungeons
- 6 nightclubs and bars
- More than 80 sets of armour
- Team Missions with multiple floors, and challenging bosses
- The "Fixer Grid" - unique grid access for the Fixer profession
- Improved help system with pop-up tips
- Static missions from non-player characters (NPCs)
- 140 monster camps including high-level ones with raid-like gameplay
- Brand-new 3D character creation system
- Futuristic arrival hall for new characters with informative NPCs
- All new NPC multiple-choice chat system in new player areas