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Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted

Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted (2003)

by Artifact Entertainment, Virtrium

Genres:Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Themes:Action, Fantasy

Game modes:Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Story:Originally released as 'Horizons: Empire of Istaria', Istaria is unique among MMORPGs in that players may choose a dragon for their avatar. Istaria allows players to build non-instanced player communities with either multi-level underground dragon chambers or ground level communities.

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February 05, 2025

So this was one of the first two online RPGs that I played. Graphically dated now, but at the time was revolutionary at the time. The best feature about it was the fact that you could play as a dragon, yes! A dragon, you created your own unique dragon, customized etc, at later levels you could even fly as I recall, and a lair system, your own personal lair. The crafting system was strange, but unique as well, if you crafted while a dragon you improved your claws damage, and scales protective qualities.

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