Dark Age of Camelot Ambient Music - 20th Anniversary Video

[@pen_touch]

I miss this game. It was the best game in my life.

[@dannysawyer7311]

Eden Freeshard 1000 players in each realm

[@christopher8659]

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened

[@Oliffin]

Same here

[@EmbraceRelationships]

same for me …

[@donprater6944]

I'd give anything to go back to these days...

[@ranransun8795]

people who didnt expirience the golden classic year(s) will never understand :) 20 years later i still remember everything about this game :D

[@jakecarnez233]

I would do absolutely anything to experience this game as a child again. The world is a joke now, I want this back so bad.

[@cabaq]

I feel you.

[@whitecrowg1]

Just be thankful we where there to enjoy something that many others will never exsperiance.

[@Andreabay90]

I started playing at 11 years old in 2001.... mainly cuz my big brother did. What a magical experience it was... i barely knew english. and before long, I knew a lot of english, and I was RR5 on my berserker and had a guild and a shaman that i duo'd with

[@Hirnschlacht]

Do you remember what everyday life in the early days of DAoC looked like? You log in and first consider whether it's worth taking a look over the next hill to see if there's a good spot for some XP. You start running and initially see nothing, continuing over the next hill and then another. Be careful not to get lost, because death lurks everywhere. Suddenly, you see another player who is 2 levels above you. You greet each other, and you ask where he has been gathering his last XP. He says, "Come with me, I'll help you." So you continue running, and you ask if there's a stone to bind somewhere. You take a little detour, and eventually you arrive at a huge plain, green grass and enemies everywhere. As you fight enemies together for some time, you get into a conversation and eventually develop a good friendship. Compare this to todays standards. Its a shame

[@JustDeborah]

takes me back... my first love and always in my heart...

[@Troubleshooter11]

My first MMORPG and a game that provided me the escapism and distractions i needed to get through some rough times back in 2001-2004. I hope the friends i made, and lost contact with, are doing well in life. How i wish i could go back in time and experience all that again for the first time. - Troubs, Briton Minstrel, Tristan. - Cerasumat, Briton Paladin, Tristan.

[@echoechoecho7142]

This game was lightning in a bottle. This music will always be so special to me. So atmospheric and surreal. Damn. Wish I could go back for a day to the time this released. Sigh

[@Arturius]

A land long ago, a time so far away. Yet ever will the lands of Albion be my home. -Jerohan, Highlander Paladin, Nimue

[@Wemfs]

I wish I could go back to 2001 and play this game all over again for the first time. So many great memories

[@JosephDavies]

Same here. That atmosphere was incomparable.

[@dirtybeak9598]

I do miss those times man 1999-2001 was amazing

[@slowlynow9]

I just miss playing with my dad. i was just a kid and he ran a big guild and he was so goofy and liked. I wanted so badly to be like him. I remember all the people we played with being so welcoming and treating me so well just because I was his son. Everyone was so nice even though I sucked and always put in time to help me and teach me. Love you dad and sending out good thoughts and energy to everyone else who was so kind!

[@Andreabay90]

thats really awesome. my big brother was 18 when daoc came out, I was 11. Because of my brother I got invited to the guild. my english wasn't very good yet. It was one of the best experiences of my life, playing DAOC and getting to know the guild and becoming level 50. Going around in all the scary places as a Berserker. Like.. muspelheim. Getting to lvl 45 or so, and trying to get to Malmohus experience grounds! and the journey to get the epic armor and going out in the frontier for the first time. thats just a few of the many awesome times

[@shawnwhite2710]

I played a highlander/polearm on albion palomides before seeing the light and switching to midgard on gawaine. 20 years later I still fondly remember the good times. Now, how do I even remember the server names for this amount of time? Well, there you go. We were simply so proud of the community, the identity. We are still searching for something as good. Some have. I gave up. Life goes on. But I still remember rolling around the old frontiers of Emain. Good times.

[@angb8182]

0:37 this map was in the little booklet that came with the game, i remember endless hours sitting on the toilet and study every little detail on this map. beautiful times.

[@puppykitty6100]

Played a Sorcerer. Everyone thought the class was weak. Mezzed entire armies. People thought the class should be nerfed. People knew me without ever meeting me. Strangers shared their accounts with me. Some girl was into me; I liked her too. But I was clueless and not very emotionally tuned. DAoC really helped me grow as a person. Wrote about it in college. I've lived twice as many years since then, and it's still one of my greatest memories. Truly, truly the best game I will ever play.

[@ivormlf]

No doubt, I've been searching, but haven't found anything that comes close to it. The game was definitely right place, right time. So nice to have the pservers to help drege up some fond memories too.

[@HurricaneJD]

I kind of miss those days.. badly sometimes. And I don't think it's just about the game. it's about when I was 20 years younger I'm 45 now certainly I loved playing. I played it for 8 years maybe close to 9 years. I kind of soloed alot. I was a loner. A lot of times I would bring my cleric with me as close as I could get it, because I had two computers at the time my old one and the newest one I had built. For so long I would get off work, come home, and start the game up, and see if there was a fight for the relics yet. You know the more I think about it playing for eight years I really can't remember how I dealt with not playing anymore. I mean seemingly I guess it didn't bother me but maybe it did underneath. I don't know... I'm just talking out of my **** while I'm sitting here daydreaming about the old game

[@Cymricus]

i started out in midgard for friends but switched to albion just to play bolt mez. always was jealous of the other realms. but when i started we didn’t even have pbaoe and only close range stun and mez. instant, sure, but on a healer class so meh. man i miss 2001

[@gravnaes]

daoc always in my heart, the best videogame memories i'll ever have

[@donprater6944]

This was the best game ever. The camaraderie amongst guildmates, the battles vs other realms, the mutual agreed upon duels amongst other realms... Albion Merlin.... Best times ever!!!

[@dirtybeak9598]

This was my first MMO and I met so many good people here...that is something rare to say consideing how the mmo scene has been for the past 10 years...I would look forward every evening playing the game, questing, griding and RVR. I was a 19-24 BG rat man those were some good fights.

[@NetSraC1306]

Wish I could relive ~2000-2005 DAoC for the first time once again. So many cool people, good times.

[@yamadog224]

I totally took what I had for granted back then. . . Listening to this now... I could only wish for the simple life of exploring a world for the first time.

[@tripNine1]

Jeez. 20 years already. Thanks for the nostalgia and music.

[@Xtimus]

This game is and always will be home. 💜

[@russelladams9147]

5 years since my last post and it still tears my heart out that no one has come forward to buy this project. A person of vision could run this through Unreal Engine and update the music with new orchestration. No one will think twice about doing that. But if one person does one day invest the money to get it done, 50 studios will suddenly try to copy it. Imagine seeing Hibernia and its incomparable Celtic lore, King Arthur's mythical Albion in a time when Merlin still stalked in the mists of Dyfed and Lyoness. Imagine what the Norse lands of Scandinavia would look like when brought to life. Imagine epic, Howard Shore-styled music and beautiful graphics. Dark Age of Camelot (Reborn) might not replace a cash shop grinder that appeals to a cosmetic audience, but it would be the best offering for RPG gamers who miss the essence of what a massively multiplayer ROLE-PLAYING game used to be or in this, never truly was. One day.

[@elllelf]

I miss wandering these lands frequently. I would love to see someone take that project on.

[@jamesgtmoore]

@@elllelf I'm part of a team that is doing so. We call it Vigrid Online at the moment. It will be using west, north and south europe as the 3 realms. We are putting together a demo for kickstarter using UE5.

[@sealgair_]

The first picture made me tear up, happy birthday to the one and only Dark age of Camelot. And thank you as always for your hard work on these great collections.

[@slowlynow9]

The music gets me so emotional it's crazy how that happens

[@LudeMasta99]

I started playing this right around the time of the SI expansion. My first MMO & best MMO experience I've ever had.

[@Secular143]

Saaame! I started when SI came out and I was 12. I played a Necro until the Warlock Came out.

[@LudeMasta99]

@@Secular143 Fire wiz here, glass cannon. 😆

[@Aredhel771]

That was some outstanding ambient music for its time. All those memories I have of DAoC will never fade away.

[@PocketsandOutlaw]

They don't make em like this anymore

[@billybob9959]

I remember going to Best Buy the night this came out and picking up 3 copies for me and friends. One of the best games I’ve played till this day.

[@SplendaMAC]

i'm STILL playing this game with ambient music on......

[@soledine]

Happy Birthday Camelot

[@Hirnschlacht]

I just wanted to have a short peak and it hooked me. I was pulled into a void of good feelings and timeless beauty. Valec -Albion - first 50 earth-mage - Hüter des Grals - Server Avalon

[@Astalonte2]

You are the last vigilant one putting this kind of thing in Internet. Thank you very much. Daoc as I knew it (2006-20010) has been long lost

[@Hirnschlacht]

I was 18y when it was released. I was a bad student already and finally quit school and started to stay awake whole nights. And daocs music fits perfect to the feeling of lonlyness I felt not only in my reallife also in daoc I was completely lost and alone. Trying to find my way through this game was as hard as manging rl these days. But we did it. What a great time And after coming back time to time reading comments of all the daoc athmosphere music videos I have to say that i never read so deep emotional comments from grown up man anywhere else. It is just insane what daoc means to us

[@rossco6276]

fully resonate with this, hope you're not feeling lonely these days though and thats all sorted!

[@Xtimus]

Track one brings back so much memories. This game was a true master piece and its saddening to think we will never get this vibe back from DAoC. We never knew the day it was going to be over either it just was ;(

[@stevenmorales7217]

Oh thank you for this. The memories of the best game of my life. Simple. Beautiful. Games these days are cookie cutter crap.

[@amandalovvorn]

My thoughts exactly!

[@stevewashamaudio2022]

I have wished someone after all these years would have purchased the rights and revamped the game with todays graphics. love this game! Wackines/ Albion i still have all games and guides. Made alot of good friends during that time. Good memories thanks for sharing!

[@honoremirabeau6996]

There are freeshards. Eden for example. And there are projects to revamp the game on Unreal 5 motor engine.

[@Hirnschlacht]

@@honoremirabeau6996 but as mention before: the magic of this game will never come back. I guess it should stay what it is: a wonderful memory of times before the Internet filled with trolls

[@knutboehnert3163]

It is as Leonard Nimoy said: Perfect memories can be had but never be kept.

[@taxihitman92]

I miss you guys, this life isn’t what we were told it would be. -Jeor/Nimue

[@whitecrowg1]

God dam this game has so much atmosphere. god the memorys of this game the music the guilds the people i played with just a amazign exsperiance back in the day. I had amaing holidays i have my own family now i have done so much with my life and seen so much. but this game in it hey day was a exsperiance i can never forget.

[@Gerhard_Schroeder]

Ich habe DAMALS so viel Stunden... meine erste Ingame-Hochzeit... was für ein Zeit!

[@amandalovvorn]

I love this so much! I spent many years of my young adult life playing this. This brings back so many good memories. To this day, there has never been a better PvP game imo. This game will forever hold a very special place in my heart

[@Ztruky]

Grinding gobs and trees to 50 then RVRing forever. I would have RvR'd in SI until this day if they just left it alone. The realm rank system was amazing.

[@the_mze]

come play eden:)

[@dduffy777]

Thank you for this. Brings back so many memories. Hib/Lancelot Ranger.

[@zhorichkabancheg]

Very nice soundtrack. Unfortunately, I can't enjoy the game itself, but I believe this game was impressive in 2001.

[@lolotroll2]

When the Lyonesse background music hits....

[@matthewlimbery1470]

Does anyone know a way to reset the clock and start over? Man, I miss this time of my life.

[@dizzolve]

I missed that time in my life too ........ spent it all playing this game

[@danielrobertson2154]

Gawain Alb was great

[@Myk_EP]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZO0qZKlpcp2bJI

[@DakkhonBlackBlade]

Track 7....the best imo! The memories this music and game has given me will stay with me forever. if you havent played since the beggining you have no idea but man this is a legendary game . Three realms, so many classes and races. No other MMO like it ever!!!

[@ivormlf]

Track 8 too. Crazy 20 years later I still have irl friends that I met in game back then.

[@DakkhonBlackBlade]

@@ivormlf I do too. I think I will enjoy the music and the game as long as its available. The music forever

[@ivormlf]

@@DakkhonBlackBlade are you going to play Atlas? They have CV up and running for bug tests now.

[@DakkhonBlackBlade]

@@ivormlf yes I am. I have a few toons there now. Trying to decide if self buff classes will have an advantage there. Like Hunter and Ranger

[@jaxen231]

@@DakkhonBlackBlade didnt play for ages.. what is atlas ? New private Server?

[@jessicaz4621]

loved this game so much

[@JeffCohn-z7f]

This game is a defining period of time in my life and the music… it soothes my soul

[@TheTaelus]

Nothing like doing chor…… I mean questing, with this soundtrack. Perfect.

[@Ashir0k]

Ahhhh so beautiful I miss this game.

[@YISP7]

I'm listening to this while doing all 1100 for salvaging on Eden😅

[@nicktraficante1645]

I worked at Mythic for 5 years. It was a very special time of my life. Just had my first kid. I was as much of a fan/player as I was a dedicated dev artist. This really means a lot to me. Thank you for making this!

[@Hirnschlacht]

Thanks for your work. You were GM, too? I had one in my guild....he sometimes abusd his abilities ^^

[@Tembies-jk4tx]

Thanks for you work put in at Mythic! Daoc was my 2nd or 3rd mmorpg, but the first one I actually hooked into. I think for all its flaws, maybe it spoiled me. Where this game shined it was blindingly brilliant.

[@schectertoschizo]

My hometown

[@GarianMetatron]

Jahrelang gespielt! Faszinierend das man Hibernia in und auswendig kennt, Albion fast, aber von Midgard fast nie was gesehen hat. So krass wie dieses Spiel seine drei Reiche auch unabhängig voneinander gelassen hat. In Elder Scrolls Online kann man ja überall hin auch zu den "Feinden". Es war TOLL!

[@Hirnschlacht]

Und die Tatsache, dass man die map nur von einem kleinen Stück Papier ablesen konnte. Unvorstellbar heute

[@Flicker455]

Thankyou for this. DAoC had the BEST background music in any game I've ever played. It is so mystic and beautiful.

[@larazabaljagurson5742]

Loved it. Thinking at my Absolutely Full Defense Pala fighting 4 Minutes with two Stealther 🙂

[@Blackounay77]

Theses musics touch my soul dude, thanks, it was such a nice/beautiful game, best periods of my life.

[@emilioroucovilar3921]

Thx for posting, this music brings so many memories....

[@ivormlf]

Gave me some nostalgia and some goosebumps, good times back in the day.

[@MikrosChannel]

This is so great, been looking for ages for a decent upload of these BGMs, thank you so much

[@WillG88]

Thanks for making this. The in world video multiplies the nostalgia hit.

[@joshvernon3546]

Thank you so much for this!!!! -Sonork, Pellinor

[@thomasculpepper7032]

Thanks for this. I miss this game pretty frequently.

[@PrinceArtemis]

Music brings a tear to my eye still

[@tankthis88]

This is a great soundtrack to listen to while running around NF solo doing BP quests. Great to hear the more quality tracks that DAOC has to offer but we rarely hear.

[@vanheim8580]

I remember i disabled combat musics, then the game keeped the background music playing without interrupt.

[@zachcooper4984]

im not crying... you are

[@dirtybeak9598]

this was my first PC MMO...played the heck out of it for the longest and one of the best communities too.

[@clemenskauffmann2868]

Hi Merk, thank you for your continuous effort. It's such a niche audience you are catering to here, thanks for doing this! I'm coming back to your DAoC ambience recording in very regular intervals, it really carries me back to some fond teenage memories. And I'm glad to see I'm not alone here ;) More technically, I'm noticing some noisy distortions in the tracks... May I ask, how did you record it? Is it part of the game client or did you record with your sound card in "stereo mix" mode? Since this approach tends to produce noise like that, maybe the WASAPI feature of Windows might produce better results? Anyways, thanks for the effort, it's really very much appreciated!

[@RpTheHotrod]

I remember sneaking around the frontiers as a scout keeping tabs on hunting groups here and there...try to pick off some stragglers and sneak away. Was a fun group vs group pvp experience, as well, but eventually the whole game turning into a speed zergfest ruined it for me. Gone were the days of being able to get a group and be viable out in the frontiers. I was also around during the drama where opposing players found a way to sneak into the other realm PvE areas. Everyone from all sides were getting all excited, even the realms being invaded...we would have lil manhunts lol.

[@jaermoo]

I use this to sleep. I want to play it again. I wish this game would get a remake, close to the original but a little bit upliftet in movement and round gfx :) rest should be the same. I think I will srsly play it. New world was bad, only this game and warhammer online are good mmorpg's

[@Blackounay77]

Agree totally.

[@dannysawyer7311]

There's a freeshard called Eden 1000 players in each realm. Classic and shrouded Isles. Easier to level.

[@jaceborg]

Truly special.

[@markbay9275]

The artwork is awesome.

[@socalion90]

I wish I had the chance to play this as an adult. I was in middle school and my parents only let me play 30 minutes a day. I never got to experience the endgame and just dueled people around lvl 20 lol.

[@CHTecki]

I can recommend you to take an eye on Warhammer Return of Reckoning! I play this and listen to daoc music, its both mythic entertainment studios. And you will feel the small part of DAOC

[@socalion90]

@@CHTecki does it have a healthy player base?

[@CHTecki]

@@socalion90 yes more than this, very friendly multilanguage with around 1k at primetime. At the moment its perfect. Yesterday there was a server issue with a 5 day rollback, yeah unlucky but its free and all of the mods do this in their free time. But now they give a 5 day 2x XP event. 2 evenings with only pvp you got half of the level 😁

[@socalion90]

@@CHTeckiwhat class would you recommend? I usually like playing hybrid healers

[@CHTecki]

@@socalion90 it depend what you want to do. its like rock paper scissors system. What realm do you choose?

[@MsPreciouslittleones]

Merk, thank you.

[@siliconvalleyattorney1922]

awesome!

[@ivormlf]

I'd love to hear everyone's Daoc experience. Quick one from me. Started Alb friar at launch, leveled with some fun guys, went to emain and got one shot by a hunter. Immediately went and rolled a hunter lol.

[@Merkwuerdichliebe]

The week of release, I rolled a Mid Healer on Guinevere in honor of my fiancée (now wife) but later learned that all my "internet buddies" were in Albion on Percival. Switched and rolled a few but settled on my highlander mercenary. A year later the entire guild up and switched to Hibernia on Percival and I had yet to reach level 50. The one guild member who didn't switch would quit a year later when I took an extended break, but he did attend my (real-life) wedding which was pretty damn cool (stay frosty, Kiler!).

[@starc0w]

Thank you!

[@JT-iv7ju]

Masterful video. -Apsalus/Percival

[@tigekala]

Nostalgia's indeed a powerful element of life. Elder Scrolls Online is probably 3000% better of a game, but without the nostalgia factor, i could never really get into it..

[@slowlynow9]

its not though. This games art and just general vibe were much more likeable to a niche audience. While Elder Scrolls online is more generally palatable not to mention easier...it loses charm and originality by leaning to heavily on those elements. (elder scrolls that is)

[@viannbono414]

What's this building at the beginning of Track 12? I don't recognize it as anything in Jordheim

[@Merkwuerdichliebe]

The music is from Jordheim, but the building you are referring to is the Baron's Keep in the Foothills of Albion (part of the Darkness Rising quest for the Albion realm). The music and the locations is randomzied for this video for giggles. :D

[@slowlynow9]

Dude I love you man. Thanks for doing all these videos. Edit: or woman or trollgoblin either way

[@WinterOrb666]

Midgard MLF 4 life

[@Exi01]

Awesome as always. Cheers merk 👍

[@MetaVita]

Anyone who still wants to play, can recommend Eden shard.

[@EmbraceRelationships]

is it still good visited ? i so miss this game

[@MetaVita]

@@EmbraceRelationships Eden has a good pop when servers up.

[@leaver02]

다옥은 최고의 온라인게임.

[@arapanossian9407]

Thank You

[@Monster-gr8on]

when they opened the factionless servers Mordred and Andred that was the highlight of my mmo career :P

[@Hirnschlacht]

for me it was the release of Darkness Falls

[@Monster-gr8on]

@@Hirnschlacht That was a very cool idea aswell

[@Citiglobal88]

Beautiful Thank you!

[@ManeyWolf]

I was wondering if you have a link to the original video without the youtube compression?

[@stevensphinx6911]

Amazing - Dragonmare of Mordred

[@billybob7392]

Awake and papasmurf . papasmurf was my brothers toon

[@geophat75]

there are alot of songs i am not recognizing from the game and others that seem to be missing though

[@worth5867]

Love it, thanks for posting

[@dannysawyer7311]

Theirs a new freeshard opened up back in 2022 December last month. Its called Eden. Theirs around 1000 players in each realm. Classic and Shrouded Isles. No TOA or ToA classes. Leveling is easier. Lots of fun to be had.

[@slowlynow9]

ohhhh realllyy....hmmmmm looks like ill be on

[@dannysawyer7311]

@@slowlynow9 deffo mate have a look I highly recommend it

[@slevi5383]

Been playing for 3 weeks myself holy fuck its been fun

[@dannysawyer7311]

@Slevi I'm so glad your enjoying it mate 😊

[@jakecarnez233]

It’s no where near the same. The good ole days are long gone.

[@deadvodka]

I'm looking for the ambient music of Veil Rift for such a long time. Anybody got a clue for me or is able to upload it, please? :)

[@Merkwuerdichliebe]

I'm out of the loop a bit but I think the Veil Rift has been closed for some years to make way for Broadsword's "Dragon's Curse Campaign." I am going to assume that the old Veil Rift music is going to be something similar to kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmLHiJduarycqMk or kzbin.info/www/bejne/gojWgWhtqJlph5Y

[@deadvodka]

@@Merkwuerdichliebe Close, but not quite.. no idea why I can't find it and my memory of it is only faint at this point. Maybe one day..

[@Merkwuerdichliebe]

@@deadvodka If you can recall what it sounded like, "hum a few bars and I'll join you on the second chorus."

[@christopher8659]

I think I remember the game launched without this music, then they added it in, right? I just vaguely remember a new "ambient music patch" super early on

[@Merkwuerdichliebe]

Entirely possible. It would take some internet sluething, or I could try delving into a clean install with my original CDs.

[@howser3082]

It was added in either with or after Shrouded Isles. I have distinct memories or running around mostly in relative silence until you entered a town or some landmarks.

[@richiswhere]

WOW :21 that map ........

[@lorekoloreko4842]

merci

[@magnus5628]

Hey, kann man dich auf Steam finden? :o)

[@Derhenker44]

i regret that i never gave daoc a chance.

[@YISP7]

Eden has you covered and you'll be welcome :)

[@JeffCohn-z7f]

No quest markers just hard work

[@capsaicinkat7767]

albion-bedevere

[@sckaughttie]

Such a good game. Hit me in my prime. Still regard this as the most fun I’ve had in a video game ever.