Same game, new land mass. I still have no desire to start playing a game that others have been playing for three or four years. That sounds like as much fun as walking into a theater to watch the Matrix when Morpheus is being rescued - the movie is almost over, walk into another theater!
I never had an Ultima Online account - the graphics looked horrible, in my opinion. Apparently, the only chance you had to get in on the beta of UO2 was to be a current subscriber to UO.
You should read all the angry responses from people who were maintaining their UO accounts just to get into the beta. Does anyone know of a way that we can watch the UO subscription numbers drop following this announcement?
Even if UO upgraded their ancient graphics and developed a whole new world of interesting new things to discover, I'd still never start playing at this point. How many years has this game been out? Isn't it a PvP environment?
Why would I want to pay a monthly fee to be the pissboy for some 14 year old who started playing the game three years ago?
At least we finally have Black & White after a three year wait. There have been rumors that it'll eventually be playable in a MMORPG type of environment.
It's still too bad that UO2 isn't going to be released, but there are other games on the horizon.
Munelight is right on the money, here. I've played both EverQuest and Asheron's Call. Both games had nothing to do with roleplay.
I stuck with EverQuest the longest (level 49 Ogre Shadowknight) and finally got really sick of everyone becoming so incredibly greedy and phat lewt oriented.
It's too bad UO2 bit the dust. With skills like dancing, I was hoping this game might attract players who were interested in more than farming spawns.
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Same game, new land mass. I still have no desire to start playing a game that others have been playing for three or four years. That sounds like as much fun as walking into a theater to watch the Matrix when Morpheus is being rescued - the movie is almost over, walk into another theater!
You should read all the angry responses from people who were maintaining their UO accounts just to get into the beta. Does anyone know of a way that we can watch the UO subscription numbers drop following this announcement?
Why would I want to pay a monthly fee to be the pissboy for some 14 year old who started playing the game three years ago?
It's still too bad that UO2 isn't going to be released, but there are other games on the horizon.
Munelight is right on the money, here. I've played both EverQuest and Asheron's Call. Both games had nothing to do with roleplay. I stuck with EverQuest the longest (level 49 Ogre Shadowknight) and finally got really sick of everyone becoming so incredibly greedy and phat lewt oriented. It's too bad UO2 bit the dust. With skills like dancing, I was hoping this game might attract players who were interested in more than farming spawns.