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The True Kings Of MMO
Lt.Deadend
Member Posts: 325
Some times I just gota come here and type some MMO talk,.
When It all pretty much started, Diablo 1 . That poor game had no idea how destructive players can be, Killing each other an looting,cheating/exploiting/hacking and . For some reason it gave the game energy,it was chaos and allmost ruined but still playable and still intresting.
It was oldschool. the Player Killer was known to the world now. The PK a label long lost.
Then A game Like Ultima Online had allmost pulled it off,95% freedom but with a good set of rules.A game where you started as nothing and would enter into the heart of it all,.
When I seen that I thot,this is great I can choose to do what ever i want,the game had chosen nothing for me I had to choose it all, I had to become something,I had to learn to be aware I had to servive. It was exciting. I had to work for everything,.A True MMO world. Grouping questing pvp crafting ,Item farming griefing you name it. But it was all at a cost, A host of problems that were to much to deal with.
Diablo 2 had made a attempt to refine and harness the power and gave way to a new evil,. A new Fire ! it was Twinks and Ubber loot,Instancing ect. and found it self with a host of new problems.And the Pre nerfs were born the Godly items the epics the nonsence.
Then Eve-online came around. It sat in the shadows and was growing slow, it had adopted ALOT of the unforgiving game machanics of the oldschool.and in 2003 was thot to die by 04.
Then Blizzard The diablo master minds were back with everything they learn from Diablo's. A game that exploded. They did it ! they had harnes'd the power but in a vary restricted world. A Arcade world but it was fun,. Why? Not sure but Alot of us thot so and still do.And any Diablo vet can tell ya that WoW Adopted tons from it,.
But after 4 years allmost 5 for Eve the games are on top, They were steady, well made and give there player base what they want. they continue to grow and offer more an more,.and keep getting better.
I put allmost 2 years into wow,. Kinda sad for a player like me,. A sandbox type but shit it kept me playing,. and same with eve ,. 3 years I sub'd in A sci fi game I meen thats crazy. Anyway you slice it. one is sand box and one is not but they kept me intrested. And they are Both grown jewels.
I really think CCP and blizzard are the best at this right now hands down. Wow and eve-online. 2 of the most bashed games out there,. But there are what they are,. and thats Successfull.
Well Im not high anymore so I guess its time to go smoke one,. Muwhahaha
Comments
Even though I do love Diablo 1 and 2, they are not mmo's. I think that they did probably help with the genre. I was thinking about starting WoW actually. I have played AoC for a bit, and I love it....but sadly it doesn't have enough to keep me hooked right now. In 6 months, maybe a year i'll probably go back to it. By that time it should be pretty good. I also had thought about playing Ultima online, but I can't get the 14 day trial to work, so i'm not sure.
I understand that diablo are Not considerd MMO but they were played that way,..And helped pave the way.
WoW and Eve...can't argue with that I guess.
I miss Diablo 1 Q_Q
The sad truth is that as more companies develop MMOs, Diablo 2 fits that definition more on every release. With all that instancing in Age of Conan I feel just as satisfied playing my old copy of Diablo 2 to itch my MMO needs. What a regression this industry has taken since UO.
The best thing about d1 was the mplayer.com lobbies....heat.net was fun too.
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