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SeriesAnarchy Online

Anarchy Online

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First release
Jun 27, 2001
Publisher
Funcom
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Strategy · Action, Fantasy, Science fiction, Stealth
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows)

Anarchy Online (AO) is a science fiction themed massive multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) set almost 30,000 years into the future, in an age where common surgical implants and microscopic nano-bots can relieve most forms of human suffering or transform any normal being into a weapon of destructive force.

Also known as AnarchyOnline.exe

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Storyline
On the planet of Rubi-Ka, a battle rages between the haves and have-nots in a time when the clans seek liberation from the all-powerful Omni-Tek corporation in the name of justice, voluntarily if possible; from the barrel of a gun if necessary. The leaders of both sides are desperately seeking a solution that can stop the violence ravaging the planet, against a backdrop of betrayal, military raids and conniving political games, cyborg assassins and modified humans.Read more

On the planet of Rubi-Ka, a battle rages between the haves and have-nots in a time when the clans seek liberation from the all-powerful Omni-Tek corporation in the name of justice, voluntarily if possible; from the barrel of a gun if necessary. The leaders of both sides are desperately seeking a solution that can stop the violence ravaging the planet, against a backdrop of betrayal, military raids and conniving political games, cyborg assassins and modified humans.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jun 27, 2001
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 28, 2001
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Feb 22, 2017
Age ratings
ESRB TPEGI 12
Game modes
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer, Single player
Keywords
martial arts, cyberpunk, grinding, guild, crafting
… All 60, robots, spaceship, hand-to-hand combat, flight, halloween, online, nanotechnology, dancing, snake, teleportation, talking animals, swimming, free-to-play, day/night cycle, alien invasion, attributes, rivaling factions, customizable characters, leveling up, world map, bink video, polygonal 3d, shopping, skill points in game, upgradeable weapons, loot gathering, microtransaction, party system, randomly generated dungeons, wasd movement, non-player character, character growth, character creation, pick your gender, questing, player vs player, melee, infinite ammo, commerce, healer, hotkey, skill tree, temporary invincibility, merchants, mana, regenerating health, griefing, dual wielding, lock picking, in-game advertising, anarchism, supply and demand, damage over time, public quests, custom ui

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