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Same here - though Dark Age of Camelot came close. It wasn’t sandboxy but the RvR did scratch the PvP itch!

by dstick 6y ago

andrepd 6y ago
Star Wars Galaxies was another absolute gem at its prime. I never played it, but reading stories about the game makes me feel it's the one game apart from UO which truly came close to fulfilling the promise of a "virtual, persistent, shared world".
- bovermyer 6y ago
  I played SWG from its release until its final shutdown, though I had several months-long breaks during the run. I posted a few articles on my blog after it was shut down in 2011. Here's one of them, going into the crafting system: https://benovermyer.com/post/2012/star-wars-galaxies-crafting/ https://benovermyer.com/post/2012/star-wars-galaxies-craftin...
  - syoc 6y ago
    Just want to say that I really liked the blog posts. Very insightful.
    - bovermyer 6y ago
      When I wrote the post I mentioned, it felt like just writing down my feelings on an extant system. Now, ten years later, it feels like I documented a part of history that hasn't replicated itself. I can't help but feel really sad about that.
- myko 6y ago
  Raph Koster had a lot to do with both Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies. In some ways he's as influential as Lord British in this space. https://www.raphkoster.com/games/books/postmortems/ https://www.raphkoster.com/games/books/postmortems/ He has a book called Postmortems where he compiled essays (many found on his web page) about his early days writing MUDs and developing fantasy worlds, including UO and SWG.
waynesonfire 6y ago
Nothing has come close and nothing ever will. Mainly due to the fact that it wasn't just the game mechanics; but that all player types had no other option except to play UO. This, combined with the game mechanics, is what made UO a one-of-a-kind experiences. I feel blessed and honored to have had the opportunity to be a part of it. After so many years failing to find a UO replacement; I've accepted this conclusion as reality and as result, have stopped searching.
matwood 6y ago
DAoC had some of the better PvP mechanics of that generation of MMOs. I played DAoC for years, and eventually moved to WoW for a little while. WoW always felt too easy and never really gave me the same rush that DAoC did. I still remember the day I gave a friend of mine my DAoC accounts. He later sold them when he quit, and gave me some cash back :)

Same here - though Dark Age of Camelot came close. It wasn’t sandboxy but the RvR did scratch the PvP itch!

by dstick 6y ago

Same here - though Dark Age of Camelot came close. It wasn’t sandboxy but the RvR did scratch the PvP itch!

Star Wars Galaxies was another absolute gem at its prime. I never played it, but reading stories about the game makes me feel it's the one game apart from UO which truly came close to fulfilling the promise of a "virtual, persistent, shared world".

bovermyer 6y ago
I played SWG from its release until its final shutdown, though I had several months-long breaks during the run. I posted a few articles on my blog after it was shut down in 2011. Here's one of them, going into the crafting system: https://benovermyer.com/post/2012/star-wars-galaxies-crafting/ https://benovermyer.com/post/2012/star-wars-galaxies-craftin...
- syoc 6y ago
  Just want to say that I really liked the blog posts. Very insightful.
  - bovermyer 6y ago
    When I wrote the post I mentioned, it felt like just writing down my feelings on an extant system. Now, ten years later, it feels like I documented a part of history that hasn't replicated itself. I can't help but feel really sad about that.
myko 6y ago
Raph Koster had a lot to do with both Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies. In some ways he's as influential as Lord British in this space. https://www.raphkoster.com/games/books/postmortems/ https://www.raphkoster.com/games/books/postmortems/ He has a book called Postmortems where he compiled essays (many found on his web page) about his early days writing MUDs and developing fantasy worlds, including UO and SWG.

waynesonfire 6y ago

Nothing has come close and nothing ever will. Mainly due to the fact that it wasn't just the game mechanics; but that all player types had no other option except to play UO. This, combined with the game mechanics, is what made UO a one-of-a-kind experiences. I feel blessed and honored to have had the opportunity to be a part of it. After so many years failing to find a UO replacement; I've accepted this conclusion as reality and as result, have stopped searching.

matwood 6y ago

DAoC had some of the better PvP mechanics of that generation of MMOs. I played DAoC for years, and eventually moved to WoW for a little while. WoW always felt too easy and never really gave me the same rush that DAoC did. I still remember the day I gave a friend of mine my DAoC accounts. He later sold them when he quit, and gave me some cash back :)