Editing Asheron's Call (section)

==Reception==
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| MC = 81/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/asherons-call/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Asheron's Call for PC Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2020-08-08}}</ref>
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Michael Wolf for ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' gave the game three stars out of five, and called it a deep, complex game, but not as easy or fun as ''EverQuest''.<ref name="NG">{{cite magazine|last=Wolf|first=Michael|title=Finals|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|volume=3|issue=2|publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]]|date=February 2000|page=103}}</ref>

''Asheron's Call'' received generally positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator [[GameRankings]], the game received an average score of 81% based on 26 reviews.<ref name="GR" /> On [[Metacritic]], the game received an average score of 81 out of 100 based on 15 reviews.<ref name="MC" />

''Asheron's Call'' appealed to explorers and people who appreciated story arcs.<ref>Bartle 2004, p. 147</ref>

Awards included:
* [[CNET]]'s [[GameSpot|Gamecenter]] Best RPG award for 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://acpedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Zone_Archive/News_&_Events/Best-of-the-Year_Awards|title=Microsoft Zone Archive/News & Events/Best-of-the-Year Awards - AC Community Wiki|website=acpedia.org}}</ref>
* [[3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]]: won "Computer [[D.I.C.E. Award for Adventure Game of the Year|Adventure]]/[[D.I.C.E. Award for Role-Playing Game of the Year|Role-Playing]] Game of the Year", along with a nomination for "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Online Game of the Year|Online Game of the Year]]" (lost to ''[[EverQuest]]'').<ref name="PC2000">{{cite web |title=Third Interactive Achievement Awards - Personal Computer |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |website=Interactive.org |publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=28 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011204415/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |archive-date=October 11, 2000}}</ref><ref name="Online2000">{{cite web |title=Third Interactive Achievement Awards - Online |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_online.html |website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011183322/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_online.html#3.1 |archive-date=October 11, 2000}}</ref>
* [[4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]]: nominated for "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Role-Playing Game of the Year|Massive Multiplayer/Persistent World]]", "PC Game of the Year", and "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year|Game of the Year]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Asheron's Call 4th Interactive Achievement Awards Detail |website=interactive.org |url=https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2001&idGame=542 |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=15 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]]: the expansion ''Dark Majesty'' received a nomination in the "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Role-Playing Game of the Year|Massive Multiplayer/Persistent World]]" category.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2002&idGame=392 |title=D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |website=interactive.org |access-date=11 December 2023}}</ref>
* Gameindustry.com: 1999 Best All Around Game 
* Gamezilla: Editor's Choice for Best Online/Multiplayer Title 1999
* Gamersvoice: 1999 Gamer's Choice Award in the category of "Best Online/Multiplayer Game"
* MPOGD: Game of the Month February 2003<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mpogd.com/gotm/?Date=2/1/2003|title=Multiplayer Online Games Directory / GOTM|date=April 13, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030413222818/http://www.mpogd.com/gotm/?Date=2/1/2003|archive-date=2003-04-13}}</ref>

The editors of ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' nominated ''Asheron's Call'' for their 1999 "Role-Playing Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to ''[[Planescape: Torment]]''.<ref name=cgwpremier1999>{{cite magazine | author=Staff | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | title=The 2000 Premier Awards; The Very Best of a Great Year in Gaming | date=March 2000 | issue=188 | pages=69–75, 78–81, 84–90}}</ref>