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UO reborn may be the last hope left for us sandboxers?

FoodoolawsFoodoolaws Member Posts: 212
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Is any one else very interested in trying out UO reborn?

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  • docminusdocminus Member Posts: 717
    interested? perhaps.



    but what does that have to do with the last hope for sandboxers?

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  • FoodoolawsFoodoolaws Member Posts: 212
    because UO is a very sandbox game and one of the best the only thing keeping it back has always been the horrible looking graphics.
  • TrevalinTrevalin Member Posts: 63

    If they add a classic server. Yeah, i would play. If not the game will still be a ruined shell of what it was. If you polish a turd its still a turd.

  • FoodoolawsFoodoolaws Member Posts: 212

    once UO gets the much needed graphics upgrade wouldnt that be a nice place for ex SWG players that want their sandbox feel to play again? If i remember SWG didnt have open PVP areas that UO once had.

  • TrevalinTrevalin Member Posts: 63
    Yay a gargoyle riding a polar bear!!! Add a damn Classic Server!!!!
  • TrevalinTrevalin Member Posts: 63
    Pre-AOS server count me in for a lifetime sub!
  • MaeEyeMaeEye Member UncommonPosts: 1,107
    Originally posted by Trevalin

    Pre-AOS server count me in for a lifetime sub!
    yup.



    EA always said it's impossible.  How?  I dont' know.  The free shards seem to do it ok.  So I'm guessing maybe someone still has rights to old UO?  hell, who knows.



    I would so be in UO if it was pre- AOS.....ahhh, the fun times I had.
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,069
    Well, I never played the original UO..so I have nothing to be disappointed in.  I might give the game a trial just to say I did it... but doubt it has long term appeal for me...

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  • OhaanOhaan Member UncommonPosts: 568
    Originally posted by MaeEye

    Originally posted by Trevalin

    Pre-AOS server count me in for a lifetime sub!
    yup.



    EA always said it's impossible.  How?  I dont' know.  The free shards seem to do it ok.  So I'm guessing maybe someone still has rights to old UO?  hell, who knows.



    The old UO builds are probably in archive in a separate building that is too far to walk to.
  • TelvannasTelvannas Member Posts: 123

    Is a sandboxer someone who boxes... with sand?

    C'mon, help me out here.

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  • NigherisNigheris Member Posts: 70
    Originally posted by Telvannas


    Is a sandboxer someone who boxes... with sand?
    C'mon, help me out here.
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    Good question, I see sandbox and I think my 7 year olds out side playing in, well... a sandbox...

     

    what is a sandboxer?

     

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  • TalgenTalgen Member UncommonPosts: 400
    Infinity actaully holds all my hopes for a sandbox game... my 2 creds
  • desnowdesnow Member Posts: 390
    Originally posted by MaeEye



    EA always said it's impossible.  How?  I dont' know.  The free shards seem to do it ok.  So I'm guessing maybe someone still has rights to old UO?  hell, who knows.
    Impossible to do  in legal terms, such as licensing issues, is not something the free shards worry about.
  • CiredricCiredric Member Posts: 723

    UO lost it's sandbox when they released the Age of Shadows expansion.  They made uber itemization a necessity.  I do not think it is resurrectable now. 

     

  • 2hawks2hawks Member UncommonPosts: 104

    If they offered a lifetime membership and had a pre-trammel server I might think about it.

  • retrospecticretrospectic Member UncommonPosts: 1,466
    Originally posted by Foodoolaws


    Is any one else very interested in trying out UO reborn?
    Ultima Online's appeal died when Trammel was released.  PvP as a whole is dead as it stands on their shards.  The "sandbox" gets smaller and smaller with the addition of newer items, classes, and races.  I'm pretty sure updating the graphics to look like a crappy Diablo 2 isn't going to be anyone's "last hope"

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  • ianubisiianubisi Member Posts: 4,201

    I've got my UO account dusted off since December in anticipation. Been actively working on a couple of builds to make sure I can enjoy the fun spots in the game when the new graphics hit.

    Last hope for sandboxers? No. The graphics aren't changing any gameplay whatsoever...so if you don't like the game now, you're not going to like the game with new graphics.

  • AkeysAkeys Member Posts: 50
    Pre-Trammel UO server and I am there. I could bring my bro and a few others along too.

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  • ManmadegodManmadegod Member Posts: 501
    For god's sake - I wish they would just make the damn game 3d already.... Were not in the stoneage anymore... Leave the subsytems the same just upgrade the friggin game to 3d.
  • ianubisiianubisi Member Posts: 4,201

    Originally posted by Manmadegod
    For god's sake - I wish they would just make the damn game 3d already.... Were not in the stoneage anymore... Leave the subsytems the same just upgrade the friggin game to 3d.

    It's that easy, eh?

  • RazorbackRazorback Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 5,253
    Originally posted by ianubisi


     

    Originally posted by Manmadegod

    For god's sake - I wish they would just make the damn game 3d already.... Were not in the stoneage anymore... Leave the subsytems the same just upgrade the friggin game to 3d.

     

    It's that easy, eh?



    Good point.

    Original UO always impressed me with the sheer variety of things you could do with objects, recreating that in a new engine would be no mean feat.

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  • ZorvanZorvan Member CommonPosts: 8,912
    Originally posted by Foodoolaws


    once UO gets the much needed paint job, wouldnt that be a nice place for ex SWG players that want their sandbox feel to play again? If i remember SWG didnt have open PVP areas that UO once had.
    When they spend the money to earn my money, then I'll play.
  • ColdmeatColdmeat Member UncommonPosts: 3,409

    If they did the Reborn face lift, and then slapped on a Shadowrun mod, with pre-Trammel era pvp? Sold.

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