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So many UO articles popping up on HN over the last few weeks, everyone must be feeling nostalgic.

• kethinov 4y ago
  And every single one talks about UO like it's dead when it's not. The original still exists and there are tons of excellent free servers now too. In addition to the ones mentioned by others elsewhere in the thread one of the best and most popular ones is UOForever.
  • idiotsecant 4y ago
    Servers still exist, but the original UO experience is well and truly dead. You can never go back again, as they say.
    • kethinov 4y ago
      Servers that preserve that exact experience with those same game settings exist.
      • idiotsecant 4y ago
        Sure we can make a UO client and a UO server that emulates the original perfectly, but UO didn't exist in a vacuum. Unless it's 2001 and UO is the only (mostly) large scale MMO in the market it's simply impossible to recreate the experience. The variety of playstyles that were forced to coexist in MMO haven't been seen since and probably won't be seen again now that it's not the only game in town anymore.
      • ddingus 4y ago
        There is a lot more to it than that. One could say that the world players wouldn't have it is the same, perimeter-wise rule-wise. But the people how the interacted what the Norms were and all of that other social human stuff is what we can't go back to. And all that is a huge part of the game value for people, the Memories they have the feelings surrounding all of it.