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Newsletter #47: Commentary Question
Stradden
Managing EditorMember CommonPosts: 6,696
This week, our newsletter asks you which of hte MMORPGs that have been cancelled or have ended do you, asa player, miss the most?
Cheers,
Jon Wood
Managing Editor
MMORPG.com
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c'est la vie...that's my attitude.
UO2 damn EA i hope they contract a really bad VD.
I STILL have the Jenquai exploration theme in my head.
--When you resubscribe to SWG, an 18 yearold Stripper finds Jesus, gives up stripping, and moves with a rolex reverend to Hawaii.
--In MMORPG's l007 is the opiate of the masses.
--The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence!
--CCP could cut off an Eve player's fun bits, and that player would say that it was good CCP did that.
Earth and Beyond.
The game had such potential, of course most of that was realized by Eve online anyway, but Earth and Beyond had a certain layer to it that was more accessable to the less hardcore players...it really succeeded in bringing a sense of community to the game that Eve just doesn't have as a result of all the cut throat pvp and macro mining that goes on.
And of course, pre CU/NGE Star Wars Galaxies...I wouldn't go back to even a pre cu server at this point, but that game gave me some of the most enjoyable experiences that I have ever had in an MMORPG.
Your argument is like a two legged dog with an eating disorder...weak and unbalanced.
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/Bleakmage
Pre-blackout horizons.
*Sigh*
That was such a beautiful dream.
"The greatest trick the devil played on humanity in the 20th century was convincing them that he didn't exist." (Paraphrasing) C.S. Lewis
"If a mother can kill her own child, what is left before I kill you and you kill me?" -Mother Teresa when talking about abortion after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
And The Matrix Online before the 'Combat Upgrade'.. (Hell, does anyone think happy thoughts in regards to SOE anymore ??)
Would definitely be Earth and Beyond. Since EA thought that 'The Sims' was a better place to spend their money, those of us who were entranced in the E&B world had to suffer.
Gosh, I do miss fishin' for Zenreth-Ti
Wicki
The NGE isn't even a legit joke parody.
It had a good storyline with a thorough history, with a storyline
stretching well into the future. Unfortunately, the development team
were starved of resources by EA and not able to fulfil the promise this
game had. Even so, the game built up a truly loyal fan base and
retained subscribers right up to the time EA announced it was being
scrapped.
I've had a few cancelations that really dissapointed me.
The first was Dune: Generations being developed by CryoNetworks back around 2001/2002 which was canceled when Cryo went under along with the dreams of finally having a Dune MMO. It had some amazing detail, great gameplay features and some truly innovative ideas. My favorite was the large scale battles to vie for control of Arakis and other planets, where commanders would command from the back of the battle and contol troop transport and large vehicles in an RTS like environment while soldiers and other classes would be on the front lines in the typical MMO 3rd Person setting.
There was everything in the game, a space environment, large scale fighting, magic, crafting, lots of races and classes. Besides, I always wanted to be a Bene Geserit Witch. Wasn't meant to be I suppose but still, it stings a little.
The second is Dark World Online which was supposed to be in development by the folks over at Tulga Games (Of Horizons fame/shame). I've been waiting forever for a dark gothic/vampire game but these freaking developers of late seem so completely obssesed with Dwarves, Gnomes and Elves that they ignore what could possibly be a gigantic hit. Well anyways, Tulga sells off Horizzons and basically says that everything else in development is to be scrapped and so Dark World Online goes down the tubes along with my hopes of playing something other then an Elf...
/sigh
Oh well, never know, maybe some eager young dev somewhere will realize that there's a huge market out there for a game like this and really put some thought, time and money into developing a good project around the likes of Dark World.
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Imperator Online. Rome in the future by the makers of DAoC? Sounded good to me.
Sure there are better graphics in other games, but the story lined developed in EQ has yet to surpassed IMHO.
EQOA on the PS2.
Always wanted to play the expansion in Europe.... Frontiers. Never came and game canceled.
Playing: TESO (great!)
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Most looking forward for: Everquest Next
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Have Played: World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XI, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online, Vanguard, Everquest Online Adventures, Everquest 1, EverQuest 2, Dungeons & Dragons Online, The Chronical of Spellborn, Warhammer Online, Age of Conan, Aion, CoH, Loong, Dragon nest, LoL, Alods, Diablo 3, NWN, Tera, Poe, Guild Wars 2, Rift
Most favorite; Everquest online Adventures (EQOA, 2003, PS2)
UO2 - the insanity that EA is probably going to be kicking themselves over for years. They could have been WoW.
Charr: The Grimm fate - this one wasn't so well know. It may have never made it past the vapourware stage. But it showed promise and had a hell of a lot of original ideas for its time. You can still see some concept images at gamespot.