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Woo! No more NEON!!!!
xmoleculex
Member Posts: 98
Stratics Thread
One of the great scourges of UO will be corrected in the new client and updated graphics.
NO MORE NEON!
And there was much rejoicing.
One of the great scourges of UO will be corrected in the new client and updated graphics.
NO MORE NEON!
And there was much rejoicing.
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Quote:Congratulations!
You are one of the very first to get a glimpse of a reborn Ultima
Online. We won't be releasing more details for a bit, but we do want to
let you know a few things:
1. We are completely re-building the Ultima Online client with new graphics and a new easier-to-use interface.
2. It is an in-place upgrade. That means you will be able to keep your
characters, items, houses and everything else you've earned over the
past nine years.
3. We are committed to maintaining extremely low system specs. They
will be higher than what UO launched with in 1997, but will still be
far lower than almost any other MMORPG on the market.
4. The launch will happen in 2007.
5. There are many, many more surprises in store.
The Ultima Online development team has been working hard for the past
eight months to make real the vision of a thriving, vibrant Ultima
Online. We are proud to finally let you in on our secret. Look for a
full announcement soon.
I know you probably have lots of questions. Before this year ends, we will answer just about all of them, so keep watching www.uo.com.
Darkscribe
Producer - Ultima Online
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How awsome? I hope this'll show all the new people in the MMO world that UO is really the GREATEST MMO out right now. It would be great to get UO to be Popular again
Total time played: 9125 Days, 21 Hours, 29 Minutes, 27 Seconds
Time played this level: 39 Days, 1 Hour, 24 Minutes, 5 Seconds
VERSUS THIS:
There is no denying that this is a vast improvement.
I miss the game like hell.
Total time played: 9125 Days, 21 Hours, 29 Minutes, 27 Seconds
Time played this level: 39 Days, 1 Hour, 24 Minutes, 5 Seconds
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Do I ever sleep?
Graphics update?!? How about coming along into the modern age of 3D instead of 2D isometric and you MIGHT get new players and save the game.
Currently Playing: Dungeons and Dragons Online.
Sig image Pending
Still in: A couple Betas
Unfortunately, Elnator, that is the problem. No matter how much you spruce up the old engine as far as color and pixels, when new people go to try it out, they still see an old, old engine. And they leave without even getting to know the game itself. Sad but true. Even Shadowbane, with a 3D engine, would be totally dead now if they hadn't made it free. Because people look at it's tired graphics and think "Why the hell would I pay for this when there are better games now and future games such as Darkfall and AoC right around the corner.".
The point I'm making is that if EA doesn't update UO to the modern mmo standards, this little artistic touch-up isn't going to mean crap when the servers come down in another year for lack of players/income. Because even the die-hard UO fans that are left are going to start walking away in droves the minute a new game with similar gameplay and better graphics comes along. And that time, with all the new games around the corner, is upon you.
Ever wonder how games have gotten as far as they have today? Because of the joy of playing. If not for games like Zork (Text Adventure), the older Ultima's, and the people who loved, and still love them we would not have the games that we have today because there would be no interest.
Sadly most gamers of today would stop playing games altogether if all of a sudden games had crappy graphics. Sad but true.
wanna know whats really wild? I'm in bored game mode and for some reason I fired up ICQ for the first time in 4 years and I have PK Ghost on my ICQ list from my UO days. It would appear that at one time or another you played on Atlantic and we had some type of business transaction.
baja was my main
i also played atlantic, chessy, cats, and siege
btw, that post use to be about a page long, some asshole edited it
try messaging it, might be me, might not be
pk ghost came from the old hally ghost bug, so there might be more of them.
im pretty sure im the only one or one of thefew that still uses the name (outside of uo anyways)
Most people who love UO play in old "2D" mode anyway. This won't make UO "better" for the old schoolers that either can't play in "3D" (crappy computer) or refuse to. It must be a cheap upgrade or they would not bother with it. Nobody in-game complained that the graphics were an issue since if you are still playing UO graphics are of no concern.
If they spent serious time and money and made a new modern MMO with the name Ultima Online in it just about everyone here and all over the world would flock to it. Add a modern worthwhile PvP system to it and it's game over for WOW, EQ2 etc.
Did you make all the Flash movies PKghost? If so can you make more or put the old one back up somewhere.
Baja was my main also character name Elixer
I joined AoS, and still loved the game. Will people stop complaining? It's still a good game. And I happen to really like my paladin. Sorry that games can never stay the exact same that they are when they first come out. Sometimes those changes will be for the better, sometimes for the worse. But we just ride it out, because we love UO. Remember. Just 'cause your woman gained a little weight doesn't mean you're not going to sleep with her anymore, just means you'll complain a bit more behind her back.
Kidding. Dear gosh, if my girlfriend thought I was serious on that quote, she'd have my throat.
- Tryken.
People have been saying "it'll be dead next year" since EQ came out. Still has over 120k subscribers today.... With another 80k or so playing on the various free shards (and that's just the ones I know of).
Currently Playing: Dungeons and Dragons Online.
Sig image Pending
Still in: A couple Betas