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Topic: UO beta sign-ups open (Read 67532 times)
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palmer_eldritch
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I hear there's a new game called Ultima Online looking for beta testers: http://www.uoherald.com/beta/Just in case anyone's interested. Don't think news of the beta had been posted yet. Upgraded Graphics
Experience Ultima Online like never before. The MMO that started it all celebrates its 10th anniversary with a stunning graphical overhaul that takes advantage of new technology while retaining that classic UO look. The makers of Ultima Online have gone back to the original concept designs for the game to rebuild the world - every rock, every creature, every item, and every effect - with painstaking detail. It is a world truly reborn!
Improved User Interface
Take your skills the next level with the newly improved user interface that lets you control your avatar like never before. All of the features players have grown to love in MMOs are here, including drag and drop functionality, and they are a simple mouse click away.
Updated New Player Experience
It is now easier than ever to jump in and discover why Ultima Online is the longest continually running MMORPG in history! The rebuilt starter town of Haven, the new player tutorial and the new Bright Paths character advancement system allow first time players to get into the game, build up their skills, and begin exploring Ultima’s enormous world more quickly than ever.
http://www.uoherald.com/kingdomreborn/overview.phpThe earlier thread on the revamp is here: http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=7972.0I still think UO is the best MMORPG ever made, I just don't think I could bring myself to play it again. All those hours spent making fancy shirts have traumatised me. |
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Furiously
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traumatised me.
Odd the spell checker likes it with the Z and with the S. I'm traumatized. |
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schild
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This might be the worst thread I've ever seen on the internet. And it hasn't even begun.
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Falconeer
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Yay ugly threads!
Also postcount++
Also UO rocks.
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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Oh ho, I smell comedy!
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So instead of beating a dead horse, they have reanimated it, and want us to ride the stinking rotting corpse around for a test drive?
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Slayerik
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I like Kool-Aid.
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garthilk
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I wonder what they'll call it...
UO2
UOX
UOPOS
Seriously though, considering the cost to revamp this bad boy, in terms of a business investment, I'd wager that it's going to be pretty cheap to produce and the revenues will make it more than worthwhile.
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sinij
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UO:SloppySeconds
UO:OnlyWUAStillPlays
UO:WeFinnalyMadeEQOutOfIt
UO:BaybeJessusTears
UO:ItsNotAMirrorThisTimeWePromise
UO:PeachesThinkIamCool
UO:DevUniversityFailedProject
UO:WhatWentWrong
UO:LordBritishAcidTrip
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« Last Edit: May 21, 2007, 01:45:21 PM by sinij »
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Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end.
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sinij
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This might be the worst thread I've ever seen on the internet. And it hasn't even begun.
Can we skip 12 pages of rampant asshatery and proceed to den this? We *know* where this going. |
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« Last Edit: May 21, 2007, 01:53:45 PM by sinij »
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Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end.
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Sky
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I've still got beta discs for the original UO beta and the Turd Dawn beta.
UO /was/ the best mmo ever made. Ten years ago. The bar has been raised and UO has pretty much trashed the majority of what made it unique, the things we liked about it.
That said, the new overhaul looks atrocious.
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sinij
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I heard pink neon is new black.
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Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end.
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Riggswolfe
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Cool. They brought the graphics up to about Diablo 2 level. *yawn*
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shiznitz
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No matter how good the game looks (and it isn't good), I cannot go back to quad-directional movement.
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I have never played WoW.
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Arthur_Parker
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So about that trammel thing...
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Surlyboi
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eat a bag of dicks
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UO: There Is No Z-Axis.
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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tazelbain
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Maybe this is EA's way of testing if there is support for another attempt at UO2.
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I like ass.
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eldaec
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Can we skip 12 pages of rampant asshatery and proceed to den this? We *know* where this going.
OR you and a number of others could just, you know, not be a dick. Anyway, is this the expansion / new UI we had another thread about where WUA was already excited, or is this something new? |
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Signe
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Woo hoo! I'll play!  |
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SurfD
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Call me crazy, but when even AFTER their graphics update, diablo 2 still looks a shitton better, why am i supposed to really care?
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Falconeer
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To me the upgrade it's not really on the visuals side. It's more on how the characters will move. I still have to try it, but if the chars will be able to move as smooth as Diablo 2 ones, then it'll be very good.
About the visuals, you all should stop yapping and point me to a game with UO gameplay and better graphics. Oh look, there's none. Let's stick to this one then,maybe on Siege, you know.
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Signe
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To me the upgrade it's not really on the visuals side. It's more on how the characters will move. I still have to try it, but if the chars will be able to move as smooth as Diablo 2 ones, then it'll be very good.
About the visuals, you all should stop yapping and point me to a game with UO gameplay and better graphics. Oh look, there's none. Let's stick to this one then,maybe on Siege, you know.
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palmer_eldritch
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Can we skip 12 pages of rampant asshatery and proceed to den this? We *know* where this going.
OR you and a number of others could just, you know, not be a dick. Anyway, is this the expansion / new UI we had another thread about where WUA was already excited, or is this something new? Ehm, I actually thought someone might want to know EA were beta-ing this thing because they might want to sign up. Funny how things turn out sometimes. |
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« Last Edit: May 21, 2007, 05:46:33 PM by palmer_eldritch »
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Xuri
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몇살이세욬ㅋ 몇살이 몇살 몇살이세욬ㅋ!!!!!1!
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They all secretly like your post, Palmer, they're just too afraid to admit it. At least fivefourthreetwo of them have already signed up for the beta. I have, of course, already signed up days ago. :P
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Venkman
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Considering EA's new relationship with The9, I wonder if they did this work to push UO over to China, where it seems like every other MMO is isometric.
In all honesty, I appreciate you posting this palmer. I'm actually interested. UO is the only game I ever left after getting rid of everything and deleting my characters. And it's been since Third Dawn since I've been there, so I'm pretty curious. Plus, while it can't hold a candle to D2, the graphics way much better than the UO of old, particularly the lighting. Finally, I'm very interested in the vamped UI. About time.
No idea if or for how long I'll last seeing as what scant hours a week I have are in LoTRO. But it's worth checking out.
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Trippy
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Considering EA's new relationship with The9, I wonder if they did this work to push UO over to China, where it seems like every other MMO is isometric.
EA has its own studio in China. |
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WindupAtheist
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About the visuals, you all should stop yapping and point me to a game with UO gameplay and better graphics. Oh look, there's none. Precisely. Besides, know what reminds me of Diablo 2? Characters of the same class and general level looking almost indistinguishable from one another. At least in UO I can pick my friends out of a lineup by looking at their clothes/armor. |
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sinij
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I haven't played UO since before they changed it, so what gameplay is that in today's terms?
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Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end.
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Azazel
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traumatised me.
Odd the spell checker likes it with the Z and with the S. I'm traumatized. Commonwealth English = s American English = z Lots of words like that. |
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Xerapis
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Yeah, the English never got around to fixing their incorrect spellings. Or converting to metric.
They're too busy being American lapdogs.
Oh, I applied. I never played the original. It might be briefly amusing.
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Venkman
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Considering EA's new relationship with The9, I wonder if they did this work to push UO over to China, where it seems like every other MMO is isometric.
EA has its own studio in China. Building, hosting, and distributing MMOs? |
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CharlieMopps
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Well, I have to admit that UO was probably the most fun I've ever had in a Video Game... but updating it like this is like remodeling the local historic landmark... the only reason people ever go around there is nostalgia... If it doesn’t look anything like the glory days, wtf would I want to go back?
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