WUA plays Horizons

[WindupAtheist]

Next you'll be trying Ryzom.

I have a feeling that the next time I do this, it'll be with Matrix Online.  It has guns, karate, super-jumps, and nifty clothes.  There's an insane little part of my brain that thinks it must be cool and that everyone else just didn't realize it for some reason.  So expect a "WTF I PLAYED MATRIX AND NOW I'M BLIND!" post next time I get really bored.

[taolurker]

Next you'll be trying Ryzom.

I have a feeling that the next time I do this, it'll be with Matrix Online.  It has guns, karate, super-jumps, and nifty clothes.  There's an insane little part of my brain that thinks it must be cool and that everyone else just didn't realize it for some reason.  So expect a "WTF I PLAYED MATRIX AND NOW I'M BLIND!" post next time I get really bored.

Well it was infinitely better than Horizons. I was jacked into the Matrix for a little while, enough to be worth it's free trial and IF you like it enough to keep going past that I'd say plink down for the StationAccess pass, because I really couldn't see paying for just that game. I'd actually play it again, and can compare the experience to CoH/CoV, with the same boredom, lack of groups, and no real point, except you could swap skills or "classes" from hardlines.

[Yegolev]

The FRONTLINES picture is classic.  Does TR have anchors?

[Trippy]

What do you mean by "anchors"?

[HaemishM]

You can try the Matrix if you want, but it's really shitty. I managed about 3 hours out of it. I never felt like I was playing a game so much as controlling a kung-fu marionette who was immersed in water.

[Nebu]

You can try the Matrix if you want, but it's really shitty. I managed about 3 hours out of it. I never felt like I was playing a game so much as controlling a kung-fu marionette who was immersed in water.

That is possibly the most accurate and succinct description of the Matrix online that exists to date.  I laughed not because it was funny so much as it was dead on.

[Yegolev]

What do you mean by "anchors"?

Is there some structure or enemy from which other, smaller enemies spawn and once destroyed will free up the area from enemy invasion?

I probably answered my own question.  I think the battlefields were described as static?  How about cargo disks, does TR have those?

[Trippy]

What do you mean by "anchors"?

Is there some structure or enemy from which other, smaller enemies spawn and once destroyed will free up the area from enemy invasion?

Nope.

I probably answered my own question.  I think the battlefields were described as static?  How about cargo disks, does TR have those?

Nope.

[cloudy97]

Next you'll be trying Ryzom.

Hey!
Ryzom is a great game (that I sort of can't find a reason to log into lately)!

[Raging Turtle]

Next you'll be trying Ryzom.

Hey!
Ryzom is a great game (that I sort of can't find a reason to log into lately)!

Sounds like EVE.

[raydeen]

Next you'll be trying Ryzom.

Hey!
Ryzom is a great game (that I sort of can't find a reason to log into lately)!

I wasn't putting Ryzom down. It's just one of those games that was on the radar for a brief blip then disappeared. I'd forgotten all about Horizons till this thread brought it up. Maybe I'll go try Ryzom. Looked somewhat interesting from what I remember.

[cloudy97]

I wasn't putting Ryzom down. It's just one of those games that was on the radar for a brief blip then disappeared. I'd forgotten all about Horizons till this thread brought it up. Maybe I'll go try Ryzom. Looked somewhat interesting from what I remember.

Mmm...
Ryzom is showing its age, not so much graphically (if you like the style, that is) but the player base is getting smaller and smaller and... it's a bit depressing.
The game was supposed to have a progressive story, but that never really happened. And the current owner, Gameforge, isn't telling us much.

Well, I'm just whining...

[Broughden]

The big draw for Horizon's was people's desire to be a dragon.  Was that race ever released? I never bothered with the game.

[Yegolev]

They were in at launch.  Dragons are most likely working as intended now... meaning they probably still suck.

[Kageru]

From memory (and not really a pleasant one) hatchlings were in at launch and the later stages of dragon were some time after release. I remember the game mechanic of becoming a dragon by sacrificing treasure into your hoard (which ablates over time) was perhaps the most obvious money sink I had ever seen.

[Koyasha]

I'm not sure. The part I do remember is making great fun of the "Monsters" signs, and asking where the sign was that pointed to "Fun."

Yes, that was definitely the same review.  And I must say, reading that review was vastly more entertaining than playing the game.  I think my favorite quote though, was "Apparently, the island is made of some form of rotting meat. It didn’t look like rotting meat, and I can’t honestly say it smelled like rotting meat. But it had to be. How else would you explain the presence of fifty thousand maggots wandering around every square inch of the path out of town?"

Do they still have maggots to kill?  Only game I've seen that starts you out killing a lifeform even lower than rats.  Here you are, a young Dragon, and you're out killing...maggots.

[Soukyan]

I'm not sure. The part I do remember is making great fun of the "Monsters" signs, and asking where the sign was that pointed to "Fun."

Yes, that was definitely the same review.  And I must say, reading that review was vastly more entertaining than playing the game.  I think my favorite quote though, was "Apparently, the island is made of some form of rotting meat. It didn’t look like rotting meat, and I can’t honestly say it smelled like rotting meat. But it had to be. How else would you explain the presence of fifty thousand maggots wandering around every square inch of the path out of town?"

Do they still have maggots to kill?  Only game I've seen that starts you out killing a lifeform even lower than rats.  Here you are, a young Dragon, and you're out killing...maggots.

Maggots, yes, but those things were the size of a young dragon's leg! Har! I hated killing those things. I thought it was more ridiculous than rats and bats.

Ryzom wasn't a bad game, it just lacked direction, I think. Combine that with a shrinking playerbase and you have a recipe for a dying MMOG. Pity, I enjoyed it for a bit. But then again, I'm the only living soul who liked AC2, so... grain of salt.