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For Whom the Bell Tolls - Service to Cease in December - Civilization Online - MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited November 2016 in News & Features Discussion

imageFor Whom the Bell Tolls - Service to Cease in December - Civilization Online - MMORPG.com

Civilization Online News - Civilization Online that has been in "soft" launch open beta for about a year in South Korea, is never going to spread to a worldwide audience. According to Kotaku, the official Civilization Online website has been updated with a notice that all monetary services for the game are now shut down and that game servers will be closing on December 7th.

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  • BillMurphyBillMurphy Former Managing EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 4,565
    Weird. Shutting it down, but not "dead forever"?

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,936
    These "soft launches" are kind of crappy.

    It's almost as if the company just wants to open up the game to "see if it could take off, to make a bit of money and then realizing that it will never be successful, shut it down quickly.

    Archord II was like this.

    From a marketing standpoint I think that it's damning to have a "soft launch". There isn't enough excitement built up where there is a build up of players interested and they converge on the final "launch". Instead there are early adopters, others waiting to see what happens, and it's almost as if these games limp onto the stage and then limp off.
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  • SlyLoKSlyLoK Member RarePosts: 2,698
    Why would a Civ game launch first in SK anyway?
  • MikehaMikeha Member EpicPosts: 9,196
    I was looking foward to playing this game.
  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    Civ Online. XLGames?
  • Azaron_NightbladeAzaron_Nightblade Member EpicPosts: 4,829
    Recore said:
    I was looking foward to playing this game.
    Yeah, same here. :(

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  • CnameCname Member UncommonPosts: 211
    SlyLoK said:
    Why would a Civ game launch first in SK anyway?
    Because the developer is XLGames under the leadership of Jake Song who is best known for ArcheAge and Lineage.

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  • OzmodanOzmodan Member EpicPosts: 9,726
    Let's face it, it was a horrible game to start with.  No surprise here.
  • SpottyGekkoSpottyGekko Member EpicPosts: 6,916

    BillMurphy said:

    Weird. Shutting it down, but not "dead forever"?



    That Civ license probably wasn't cheap, so they'll most likely try to salvage something from the project.

    Is it perhaps possible that their Civ license was only for South Korea ? It would have made it much more affordable, and would also possibly explain why they're canning it instead of trying it on a worldwide audience...
  • chanmingchanming Member UncommonPosts: 52
    it was an online roleplaying group-based strategy game...i guess and maybe the market isn't ready for it.
  • TalonsinTalonsin Member EpicPosts: 3,619

    Cname said:


    SlyLoK said:

    Why would a Civ game launch first in SK anyway?


    Because the developer is XLGames under the leadership of Jake Song who is best known for ArcheAge and Lineage.



    Jake is a truly awesome game designer. Too bad the people who make the business decisions for his game are greedy idiots.
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  • donger56donger56 Member RarePosts: 443
    edited November 2016
    big surprise there, XL games, the people that ruined Archeage...
  • whilanwhilan Member UncommonPosts: 3,472
    *holds head down* Man I actually really wanted to play this game. Oh well, back to face book games that do the build through the ages thing.

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  • DranmarthDranmarth Member UncommonPosts: 57
    I was just thinking about this game today, wondering when it would come to the west. That's a shame, first CivWorld, now this. :(
  • CnameCname Member UncommonPosts: 211
    BillMurphy said:
    Weird. Shutting it down, but not "dead forever"?
      XLGames sold a license to China, but that version is not due for release until 2017.

    "A game is fun if it is learnable but not trivial" -- Togelius & Schmidhuber

  • TatsuyaHirokiTatsuyaHiroki Member UncommonPosts: 108
    well, that certainly didnt last long, did it?

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  • RazeeksterRazeekster Member UncommonPosts: 2,591
    This is sad, watching game play videos of this game made it look really unique and different from most MMOs.

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  • NovusodNovusod Member UncommonPosts: 912

    Cname said:


     
    XLGames sold a license to China, but that version is not due for release until 2017.



    I have hope this game will still manage to release at some point. It looks so amazing and different. Not a WoW clone or rehashed 1999 sandbox with modern graphics. Civilization Online represents the 3rd rail of MMO design.
  • TalulaRoseTalulaRose Member RarePosts: 1,247
    XL Games...nuff said.
  • RelampagoRelampago Member UncommonPosts: 451
    =(
  • Joseph_KerrJoseph_Kerr Member RarePosts: 1,113
    That's probably a good thing as XL Games would have just tarnished the Civ franchise and abused it like a red headed step child beating it over the head relentlessly via the cash shop.
  • OzmodanOzmodan Member EpicPosts: 9,726
    Novusod said:
    Cname said:


    XLGames sold a license to China, but that version is not due for release until 2017.

    I have hope this game will still manage to release at some point. It looks so amazing and different. Not a WoW clone or rehashed 1999 sandbox with modern graphics. Civilization Online represents the 3rd rail of MMO design.
    It was a horrible game.  Exactly why they dropped it.  The only redeeming qualtity was they they took it off the net quickly!
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