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    Image of Koztah Koztah
    09/28/09

    In reply to Everybody Back In The Britannia
    Not worth playing anymore, really. Expansion by expansion, EA marginalized, undermined or flat out removed everything that was original and exciting out of UO.

    Player-run shards are the only way to fly.
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    Image of KaneRobot KaneRobot
    09/28/09

    In reply to Everybody Back In The Britannia
    rediscover the joys of getting killed over and over again while trying to chop wood.

    That was the main thing that convinced me to check this out. Well played.
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    Image of solidshake solidshake
    09/28/09

    In reply to Everybody Back In The Britannia
    vendor buy me a bank box guards!
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    Image of [Medic]iEro-Sennin [Medic]iEro-Sennin
    08/12/09

    In reply to Ultima Online's 8th Expansion Dated
    Obligatory: Man, this game looks like WoW.
    Oh, and...
    This game is still alive?
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    08/12/09

    In reply to Ultima Online's 8th Expansion Dated
    Google is failing me! Someone please point me to the page with all the stories by "balan." I believe that was her name. I remember enjoying reading about the trapped chest in a chest in a chest in a... and other tricks and fun. :^)
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    Image of KillerBee KillerBee
    08/12/09

    In reply to Ultima Online's 8th Expansion Dated
    It is amazing that this game is still going strong enough to warrant another expansion after all these years. I played a lot when the game was first released, but it feels dated as hell now.
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    Image of Kayonesoft Kayonesoft
    08/12/09

    @KillerBee: This will be what World of Warcraft is like in 10 years.
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    Image of Venny Venny
    08/12/09

    @KillerBee: I'm often tempted to try it out again, just to see what it's like now. But it's been so long, I don't even remember how it was played (not that it would matter much anymore, I guess, a lot has changed it seems).
    I don't even remember there being actual quests when I played :P I do, however, remember my log cabin out in the forests of Minoc on the Catskills 'shard'. ;_;
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    Image of KillerBee KillerBee
    08/12/09

    @Venny: It has changed so much since the old days, you won't even recognize it.
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    Image of Koztah Koztah
    08/12/09

    @Venny: There were no quests except the "I will take thee" NPCs. And it was great! You weren't given a theme park to follow around, you were given an open world and the ability to do anything to anyone, and so was everyone else. I miss old UO... and believe me, Darkfall ain't cuttin it.
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    Image of Chris Calderon Chris Calderon
    08/12/09

    @Venny: Sup neighbor! But yea, every once in a while i get the urge to go back, but so much has changed in the 10 years since i played. Also the reason i play MMOs is for the social aspect, and I doubt anyone I used to play with is still around, and if they are they probably don't remember me.
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    Image of SpishackCola is your Brodie, Brotron, and Brodington! SpishackCola is your Brodie, Brotron, and Brodington!
    08/12/09

    @KillerBee:
    I miss my house outside Britannia on Great Lakes :( I'm sure it decayed after I stopped playing about 10 years ago, but I remember all the time I spent looking for a spot that had enough space for it.
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    Image of Venny Venny
    08/12/09

    @Koztah: Ah, yes! The 'I will take thee' quests, hehe. I used to do a little online comic for my guild, and I'd address such topics as "grooms" and "brides" standing around in the middle of the wilderness. I also remember such RP intensive macros as "Vendor Buy the Guards a Bank!" and my first encounter with a PK near launch, they had a barricade set up outside Trinsic and thoroughly trounced any lowbie (such as myself at the time) who dared take that road.
    *reminisces*
    Dammit, I want to play now. hehe
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    Image of Acorn Pop Acorn Pop
    05/08/09

    In reply to Test Drive Ultima Online's New Gargoyle Race
    First Two-Face is in Transformers now gargoyles are in Test Drive...what is this world coming to? :)
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    Image of Comatose Turtle Comatose Turtle
    05/08/09

    In reply to Test Drive Ultima Online's New Gargoyle Race
    Always with the nickel-and-diming. Don't release the game until you're finished with it! If it's delayed by 10 years, then so be it.


    This content was probably already on the original disc anyways.

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    Image of KillerBee KillerBee
    05/08/09

    In reply to Test Drive Ultima Online's New Gargoyle Race
    OOOoooOOOOOOooooOoOOOoooOOOooo...
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    05/08/09

    In reply to Test Drive Ultima Online's New Gargoyle Race
    can i haz Goliath
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    Image of Spoony Bard Spoony Bard
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ultima Online Enters The Stygian Abyss
    I LOVED the Stygian Abyss...must...not...give in...to temptation...
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    Image of Aaron Aaron
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ultima Online Enters The Stygian Abyss
    I've never played Ultima Online, but Jeeeesus that's fucking insane that this is still going twelve years from release.


    I wonder if WoW will beat it. Hope not >_<

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    Image of Struct09 Struct09
    04/29/09

    @Azza: Of course WoW will last a lot longer than UO does. 11.5 million subscribers, and after 4 years it hasn't even peaked yet. UO peaked a long time ago at 250,000 subscribers.


    Any why would you hope not? WoW is a great MMO, people really enjoy the game, and Blizzard is a great developer.

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    Image of Chanaluss Chanaluss
    04/29/09

    @Struct09: too bad their revenues from last year dont add up to 11.5 million active subscribers =/
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    Image of colosussbaine colosussbaine
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ultima Online Enters The Stygian Abyss
    This games still around?
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    04/29/09

    @colosussbaine: I'm surprised this expansion is still being worked on I actually worked on this, and I was laid off about a year and a half ago. I'm happy that all our work didn't just get tossed.
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    Image of Archaotic Archaotic
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ultima Online Enters The Stygian Abyss
    Ultima Online? Jesus, I played that game back in high school - for like a week and a half. Could never really get into it much though. Surprised it's still RUNNING.
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    Image of Spoony Bard Spoony Bard
    04/29/09

    @Archaotic: Holy shit, the STYGIAN ABYSS? I LOVED THAT GAME!!!!
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