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Lusternia Age of Ascnension Released

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Matt Mihaly writes "Iron Realms Entertainment's fourth text MMO, Lusternia: Age of Ascension, went out of open beta into full release this week. John Romero may not be looking to kick your ass anymore, but the-culture-that-Bartle-began is. Text lives on!"

18 comments

  1. Another MMO? by secolactico · · Score: 1

    Whoohoo! Now I can pass the time until my copy of World of Warcraft arrives. (Open beta ended yesterday).

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    1. Re:Another MMO? by cmpkilla · · Score: 1

      Open beta didn't end yesterday. I just logged into to Test 39 with no problems.

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  2. Get it right. by jspoon · · Score: 2, Informative

    John Romero never wanted to kick your ass. He wanted to make you his bitch.

    1. Re:Get it right. by Tom7 · · Score: 1

      Suck it down.

    2. Re:Get it right. by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 1

      And he couldn't do either.

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    3. Re:Get it right. by Flunitrazepam · · Score: 1

      Who are *you* to say that John Romero didn't want to kick my ass?

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  3. Ascnension ? by vul7ure · · Score: 1

    what is Ascnension??

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  4. Age of what? by MindStalker · · Score: 2, Funny

    I kept on reading that ase Age of Consention..

    Oh well.

  5. Text? by MindStalker · · Score: 1

    Not sure if the pay is free or not, but they have a credits system for buying items. Prices are insanly high. I just don't see people paying out the nose for items in a text based world. (why people pay for them in graphical world either I don't know)

    http://www.achaea.com/credits.htm

    1. Re:Text? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      Actually, we've been using that business model since 1998 quite successfully. People who are into text are at least as obsessive about it as those into Everquest, etc and some are willing to pay quite a bit to speed their progress some. You can get everything in the game by just playing it without paying us, but paying will accelerate certain areas of progress (notably your combat abilities....doesn't help at all in things like politics.)

      Text may be a small niche, but it lives baby!

      --matt

  6. I don't get it. by Frnknstn · · Score: 2

    How is a "text MMO game" different to a MUD, MUSH, MOO, or whatever M** you prefer?

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    1. Re:I don't get it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well, in my opinion (I'm the poster) a MUD is the generic term for everything from MUD1 to Worlds of Warcraft to Second Life to Achaea to LambdaMOO. However, as there seems to be some confusion over this, I sometimes use text MMO when communicating to a wider audience that may associate MUD with a particular interface or style of gameplay.

      --matt

    2. Re:I don't get it. by Dreetje · · Score: 1

      It is a mud, but recently there has been discussion in "our" community, of which there was one issue brought up, MUD doesn't sell. Mud is associated with dirt not with a fun game to hang out with your friends.

      But Lusternia is a mud. I am suprised this makes it to the slashdot readers though. Darn Matt, you did it again.

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  7. Link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It looks like someone got the link to Lusternia wrong. The link up there goes to random page on another of Iron Realms' games, Achaea. The proper link should be: http://www.lusternia.com

  8. Speaking of text games by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    anybody tried out this yet? text games crossed with animated movies crossed with comic books! what will they think of next!

  9. MUD??? by someguy42 · · Score: 1

    Text MMO....isn't that more commonly called a MUD??? O_o

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  10. Is it just me ..... by darkmayo · · Score: 1

    or does Lusternia sound like a porno set in medevil times..

    "Sir Black Knight, your lance is soooo big"

    "We are but poor nubile commoners we cant afford to pay the taxes.. perhaps thou wilst take other payment....(at that point a bard busts into some sweet porn music on a mandolin)

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