Q: I noticed Gamers.com that they are going to follow up release to Ultima Online called Ultima X: Odyssey.
http: / / www.gamers.com/news/1448619
This got me thinking, why the hell the original Ultima Online 2 canceled in the first place? And why has it taken so long to drop the Ultima X when the whole MMORPG genre that in fact the inventor of Ultima Online has gone through so many permutations before?
Talk together to proclaim.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
check this game…
www.lineage2.com
it is a MMORPG using unreal engine.
It looks nice… but I heard Lineage sucked. I bet their whole subscriber base was just korean fanboi's, this one might be the same.
Re:check this game…
www.lineage2.com
it is a MMORPG using unreal engine.
Re:The Unreal engine looks to be pretty damned versatile, powerful and liked by quite a few people.
Re:World Of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XI Online, Matrix Online, LOTR Online – and youre worried about UO?! C'mon maaaaan!
Re:Care because history often repeats itself, young padawon.
Re:who care about.. UO2.. hehe no offend. czu World of Warcraft is out later, Final Fantasy XI online, and Lineage 2.. !! man i can't wait for that moment!
Re:Because the Bean Counters at Electronic Arts had approximately the same sense as the things they counted for a living. EA is a big, dumb company. They've made many stupid mistakes and will continue to make them unless the world's Bean supply disappears.
At the time that decision was made, IIFC, EA was in "financial straights". For EA that meant the suits were protecting their yearly salaries at all costs. That was paramount. In a nutshell (Beanshell?), they feared UO2 would cannibalize UO1's player base and thus hurt their bottom line. Plus they wanted to cut expenses (online games being very expense to develop) to ensure a certain profit line.
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