Yes, it really is worth it. It's easily worth the 10$ it costs on steam. I bought RO2 too at release and I bought RO1 few days ago. I have to say I really enjoy playing this, even more than RO2Now I feel a bit stupid I didn't buy this jewel earlier, because I waited for RO2 and I thought it would be... something.. different. More like the RO1 we played many times at my friends house. But it isn't, at least not yet.Just had a awesome game in RO REALLY intense firefights and beautiful teamworking.I tought this game would be harder to get into and I would suck the first 20 hours of playing, but it wasn't that hard. Thanks goes to some friendly players who gave me tips and advice, as they saw that I was clearly a newbie. Most of the players I've played with have actually been very helpful and well-mannered, that's what I think is something very unique, compared to many other online games.