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Myst MMOG Details Announced

Posted by chrisd on from the all-games-will-be-online dept.

Ubi Soft and Cyan announced the title for their upcoming online game. Uru: Online Ages Beyond Myst , developed by Cyan Worlds, Inc., is slated for release late this year. From the press release, "Uru will take advantage of broadband to deliver a continually updated, immersive environment and storyline, with content that grows, changes and evolves constantly. It will also be the first persistent world to support real-time voice communication." Sounds like a different road than online games like The Sims Online and Star Wars Galaxies are taking, with the entertainment consisting in exploration and storyline rather than in player status and achievement.

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  1. Oh well... by NightWhistler · · Score: 2, Funny

    There goes my social life again... ;-)

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  2. Powerpoint and Netmeeting... by MosesJones · · Score: 5, Funny


    Isn't that internet enable Myst ? Or is this REALLY fancy with each person seeing their own powerpoint which can be updated ?

    Myst has to be from a tech perspective one of the simplest games to net-enable, what it will be is bandwidth intensive, what it isn't however is time restricted.

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  3. Now I can look stupid... Online! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sweet. I loved not being able to do anything in the first game but flip toggles and walk around.. now I can go online and have people laugh at my moron-grade IQ!

    How much a month?

    s/nerd/boss/

  4. The downside of real-time voice communication by mmoncur · · Score: 5, Funny

    Aside from further shrinking the broadband-equipped potential audience, wouldn't real-time voice communication kind of spoil the suspension of disbelief?

    Xyphor: Welcome to the Weapons Shoppe! How may I serve thee on this fine morn?
    Benny38: Hey, er, what's up dude?
    Xyphor: Dost thou wish to sample my wares?
    Benny38: Can you hear this? Are we like talking now?
    Xyphor: Thou art testing my patience with these fine weapons close at hand.
    Benny38: Umm, hello? Can someone send me an email and tell me if they can hear me? It's benny38 at AOL dot com.
    (insert blood-wrenching sound effect here)

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    1. Re:The downside of real-time voice communication by Yokaze · · Score: 5, Funny

      After fixing his problem with the audio:

      Benny38: What a lithe and lissom priestress you are.
      Shalandra (impersonated by Mr BigMac): Oh, you are flattering me.

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  5. Re:seriously, do we need this? by Shanep · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think it could be funny to hear all the teenage boys, in a cracking voice, half heartedly telling us "I'm gunna kick your ass, you pussy".

    I can see them now, blushing after saying it, kinda scared, since they'd never say that to anyone in real life.

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  6. Oh yay by Eric(b0mb)Dennis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Myst online... just what I've been waiting for! I mean, if it's anything like the original, I'd be fizzzz...zz.zzzzzzzzzzzz

    *conk*

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  7. Re:Worst title since Attack of the Clones? by minghe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ahem...

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