Actually Ultima Online, one of the original kingpins of MMORPG's did have a virtual jail to which you could be teleported and imprisoned. I was sent to it one time for pickpocketing (although it was my friend I was pickpocketing and it was merely for practice so once I managed to summon a GM I was freed).
According to a beta tester at activision I know, the game is horrible and the loading times are insane. The part that worries me is he doesn't know if the loading times are from the engine or the vampire game, if it's the engine then that doesn't fare well for HL2...
but to anyone (all 10 of us? haha) who played Majestic this is kind of a weaker version of that. In Majestic the game would contact you using real AIM, real emails, fake webpages, videos and would even call your house. None of this simulated crap. However I really applaud people trying to move this genre of interactive fiction forwards. While some people just won't "get" why you would wanna do any sort of work just to "turn the page" it's basically about immersion. With a game like Majestic, the fact that you had no idea when the game was gonna call or e-mail or IM you made it even more exciting. Some people may have thought that game was stupid but I think it was an amazing attempt and f**k EA for shutting it down like they do so many original projects only to put out another 2003,2004,etc edition of their sports franchises.
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Actually Ultima Online, one of the original kingpins of MMORPG's did have a virtual jail to which you could be teleported and imprisoned. I was sent to it one time for pickpocketing (although it was my friend I was pickpocketing and it was merely for practice so once I managed to summon a GM I was freed).
According to a beta tester at activision I know, the game is horrible and the loading times are insane. The part that worries me is he doesn't know if the loading times are from the engine or the vampire game, if it's the engine then that doesn't fare well for HL2...
I saw an arcade of Tux Racer at the santa cruz boardwalk 2 weeks ago. Certainly made me double-take.
but to anyone (all 10 of us? haha) who played Majestic this is kind of a weaker version of that. In Majestic the game would contact you using real AIM, real emails, fake webpages, videos and would even call your house. None of this simulated crap. However I really applaud people trying to move this genre of interactive fiction forwards. While some people just won't "get" why you would wanna do any sort of work just to "turn the page" it's basically about immersion. With a game like Majestic, the fact that you had no idea when the game was gonna call or e-mail or IM you made it even more exciting. Some people may have thought that game was stupid but I think it was an amazing attempt and f**k EA for shutting it down like they do so many original projects only to put out another 2003,2004,etc edition of their sports franchises.
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