Possible Ac2 relaunch?!

Odysses · June 2006

http://ac2vault.ign.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=583481

This was a screenshot posted on the ac2vault forums. Probably a fake photoshoped pic but maybe they put up a classic server for people to play?

razelldazzel · June 2006

it would be nice

user123 · June 2006

Id pay to play ac2 again.

Sevenwind · June 2006

If that's legit... 4th quater of 2006??????

I don't know, it smells fishy.

EvinsWardlaw · June 2006

First off, thats the Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny launcher... so I think they photosphopped that window.

Second, there is no AC2 relaunch, Turbine is working hard to not let DDO become the flop that its destined to be. They released a game and ignore the complaints of beta testers, and they are now enjoyed the flop from having a game with no solo content... so they are rushing to create the first patch with massive solo content but its probably too little/too late. Speaking of late, 3 years after the buzz of Lord of the Rings, Turbine still has not released LOTR:Online, but they are throwing massive resources at it as well.

I believe what you are looking at are illegal free servers. Free servers exist for DAoC and WoW, so I don't see why someone wouldn't do the same for Asheron's Call 2

razelldazzel · June 2006

Well even if its not real....if you haven't seen this please do AC2 fans

Brings back memories....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyzMVVUnuSg&search=asherons%20call%202

BesCirga · June 2006

Originally posted by EvinsWardlaw
First off, thats the Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny launcher... so I think they photosphopped that window.

yes i agree, prolly a fake and it looks just like the throne of destiny launcher... But it is also identical to AC2 launcher, if im not badly mistaken

Storm. · June 2006

my video ended up on youtube =P

Figured that just disappeared into the dust.

razelldazzel · June 2006

That was your video? I think i'm in love

But anyhow, it was nicely done, I enjoyed it .

nubbins · June 2006

that is quite good i must confess

certainly enjoyed it

i miss AC2

Derex · June 2006

/me prays to every possible god to let this news be not just a fake.

cooldevo · July 2006

Originally posted by Storm.

my video ended up on youtube =P

Figured that just disappeared into the dust.

Definately a good video as per all the other posters...

I was in on the beta test of AC2 and rather enjoyed it. Then when I upgraded my video card I was on the "unable to play due to video card" club. I had the newest ATI card at the time, which was a known not to work with AC2. I did enjoy it while I played it, but never got that far into it to decide if it was worth the money or not. Early-beta testing is hard to determine if you want to play in full release as there were bugs everywhere.

I'd definately give it a try again if it ever reopened, but I don't think that'll happen.

nomadian · July 2006

is it possible to play AC2 in single player mode?

BesCirga · July 2006

Originally posted by nomadian
is it possible to play AC2 in single player mode?

im sorry to say ...no you cant

nomadian · July 2006

pity(

Storm. · August 2006

Here is a better quality version of the video.

http://cannonballguild.org/agidan/The%20Call.wmv

I have a larger sized one but I thought that the filters looked best on this smaller video.

Mcygee · August 2006

AC2 relaunch?

Is AC2 not up and running right now? I didn't really like AC2 when I played it in beta but I didn't give it much of a chance. I just log the fast paced world of AC so I didn't figure i'd like it.

Is it much better from when it was in beta?

Derex · August 2006

It's down for 8 months now. Some of us still hope for a Tubrine bundle, like station access, with ac2 revive, but it's not very likely that this will happen.

For the game, it's the best I've ever played, and I doubt that this will change. I didn't play the beta, I joined when the game was running for a year already, but even in that time, the game changed hugely. I don't think that it's anything like the beta was.

bouncingsoul · August 2006

damn, that was a good video. Ac2 really had so much potential.

Aquakitty · September 2006

I loved AC2.. never really understood why it was a flop.. but with all the crap out there now people will probably realise what a good game it was.

If only Turbine wasn't such a POS company.

I miss my Heros

Torak · September 2006

Why it flopped as badly as it did is a mystery to me also. It wasn't that bad in all honesty. I think it was to different for its time. AC2 released at a time when the traditional style of hard core thinking was in full force and at its peak.

If Turbine had only had a social center for the players to at least start from(a town) at launch, ensured the chat system was working and put in a way for the crafters to sell their goods (AH or something....anything) things may have been very different.

When an MMO f*cks up a launch, its game over. The list on this site is litered with dead games that had crappy launches. You would think they have learned by now.

Sheista · September 2006

AC2 flopped because it was released too early. Microsoft forced the game out early, and it was unfinished and unpolished. About 6 months or so into the game's release, it was completely changed and fixed. By then, the game was great fun, but had already lost the majority of the player base, and people who hadn't played the game yet didn't want to because of the things they had heard about it. They had also alienated the players of the first game, who had been hoping AC2 would be as good as AC1. The games were really nothing alike gameplay-wise, and the majority of old players didn't like it as much. Of course, this kept subscriptions to AC1, but AC2 didn't get nearly as many.

So the game dragged on for a while with a mediocre player base until servers were merged gradually, and the game could no longer make enough money to support itself.

Derex · September 2006

*sighs* every time something is posted here or on ac2vault I'm rushing in, just to check the astronomic low possibility, that I would be able to play the game again ....

*shakes fist at Turbine* free AC2!

Belsameth · September 2006

I still have a sealed copy of AC2. Ordered 2 on accident right after launch.
Never played much but what I did play I remember fondly. No other game since has made me just stand around gazing at the surroundings, amazed by the sheer beauty of it...

WiccanCircle · October 2006

Originally posted by user123
Id pay to play ac2 again.

I'd pay not to play AC2 again

jobs · October 2006

I really miss that game as well

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