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[Column] General: Four MMOs That Died Pre-Launch

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  • TheLizardbonesTheLizardbones Member CommonPosts: 10,910
    Originally posted by Volumends

    well, I think your info about Fallout online is quite wrong.

     

    http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/    -   Fonline reloaded (easiest server)

    http://www.fonline2.com/     -   Fonline 2 (middle way)

    http://fonline.ru/forum/forums/44/    -   TLA mk2 (the most brutal game these days)

     

    Servers are mostly filled with Czech, Poland and Russia players.

     

     

    You are confusing an independently made mod for Fallout 2 with an MMORPG that would have had a setting, graphics and controls similar to Fallout 3.  Except it was being developed by Masthead so it would have been largely non-functional.

     

    I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.

  • GeezerGamerGeezerGamer Member EpicPosts: 8,857
    Originally posted by lizardbones
    Originally posted by Volumends

    well, I think your info about Fallout online is quite wrong.

     

    http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/    -   Fonline reloaded (easiest server)

    http://www.fonline2.com/     -   Fonline 2 (middle way)

    http://fonline.ru/forum/forums/44/    -   TLA mk2 (the most brutal game these days)

     

    Servers are mostly filled with Czech, Poland and Russia players.

     

     

    You are confusing an independently made mod for Fallout 2 with an MMORPG that would have had a setting, graphics and controls similar to Fallout 3.  Except it was being developed by Masthead so it would have been largely non-functional.

     

    Oh yeah, Masthead......... Earthrise.

    There's one that should be on the list, but they released it in an "As-Is" state unfinished and incomplete so technically they can say it launched even though it wasn't ready.

  • ComanComan Member UncommonPosts: 2,178
    Wish online! Died in beta or alpha. Still not sure why it did. I guess financial reasons. 
  • BenediktBenedikt Member UncommonPosts: 1,406
    for me the game i wanted which was canceled is mythica :(
  • MalathoosMalathoos Member UncommonPosts: 199
    How is World of Darkness not on this list ? The hype for this was huge, every one was stoked for this IP and than poof. With little information on why. Wasnt there even a sweet game video showed at E3???


  • wildarms2wildarms2 Member UncommonPosts: 80
    StarGate Worlds   was a fun alpha  to bad it died a horrable death 

    moo all

  • NadiaNadia Member UncommonPosts: 11,798
    Originally posted by Benedikt
    for me the game i wanted which was canceled is mythica :(

    related article

    http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/07/19/the-game-archaeologist-and-the-what-ifs-mythica/

  • GruugGruug Member RarePosts: 1,793
    Originally posted by Gueber
    R.I.P. Stargate MMO, not even an honorable mention.

     

    It was such a BAD game that it really did not deserve any form of "honorable" mention. I played in the alpha and the game was far removed from what people would have wanted in a Stargate ip.

    Let's party like it is 1863!

  • ZodosZodos Member UncommonPosts: 12
    I remember beeing hyped about Dragon Empires, only game that I recall beeing very participant in the forums. Too bad it got cancelled...
  • barasawabarasawa Member UncommonPosts: 618

    Not that great of a res of an old promo clip for UO2/UWO, but still, it gives a look if you aren't familiar. (When I watched the original, it was definitely higher res than this youtube clip.)

     

    Lost my mind, now trying to lose yours...

  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    Originally posted by Ombr4
    There was a game about Stargate that never came to life. 

    ANd for good reason...That game was a mess, couldn't even be salvaged as a lame shooter.

    For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson


  • CypruskaCypruska Member UncommonPosts: 45
    Originally posted by UO4ever
    Tabula Rasa was the first game to spring to mind when I saw the title.  Enjoyable beta but there was never going to be enough content at release..  :(

    OMG, that was a killer game! I remember that one. Does anyone remember HUXLEY: THE Dystopia? That game was amazing, but it got cancelled pre launch, too. 

     

    A shame really.

  • ITPalgITPalg Member UncommonPosts: 314
    Originally posted by Ombr4
    There was a game about Stargate that never came to life. 

     

    I still have screen shots from it.

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  • ChrisboxChrisbox Member UncommonPosts: 1,729
    ESO...hue. 

    Played-Everything
    Playing-LoL

  • BarCrowBarCrow Member UncommonPosts: 2,195
    World of Warcraft. Played it in Beta  and  it seemed pretty fun despite the bugs. Beta ended then nothing, Whatever happened to that game?
  • Teran1987Teran1987 Member UncommonPosts: 202
    Yeh, Tabula Rasa released and then died shortly after.

    "Life is not judged by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

  • TheLizardbonesTheLizardbones Member CommonPosts: 10,910
    Originally posted by GeezerGamer
    Originally posted by lizardbones
    Originally posted by Volumends

    well, I think your info about Fallout online is quite wrong.

     

    http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/    -   Fonline reloaded (easiest server)

    http://www.fonline2.com/     -   Fonline 2 (middle way)

    http://fonline.ru/forum/forums/44/    -   TLA mk2 (the most brutal game these days)

     

    Servers are mostly filled with Czech, Poland and Russia players.

     

     

    You are confusing an independently made mod for Fallout 2 with an MMORPG that would have had a setting, graphics and controls similar to Fallout 3.  Except it was being developed by Masthead so it would have been largely non-functional.

     

    Oh yeah, Masthead......... Earthrise.

    There's one that should be on the list, but they released it in an "As-Is" state unfinished and incomplete so technically they can say it launched even though it wasn't ready.

     

    I'm only going to be able to tell this story for so long, so I'm bringing it up every chance I get.

     

    After Earthrise was "released", I played for a couple hours, until I got stuck in combat mode against a robot crab that warped out of the world.  In combat mode, your options for what you could do were restricted so you really can't continue to do other things in the game if you're in combat mode.  I asked in chat (technically yelled at people because the chat was a bit broken too) and finally learned that the solution was to run out in the ocean.  Logging out and and logging back in didn't fix it but running out into the ocean did.  If you happened to be in the middle of the land mass, stuck in combat you were totally SOL.

     

    That, to me, is Masthead in a nutshell.  That's what would have happened in the Fallout MMO.  I would love to see a Fallout MMO, but I'm actually glad that Masthead never actually managed to release the game they were working on.

     

    I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.

  • WizardlotrWizardlotr Member UncommonPosts: 4
    Why there's 2 pages of this? It could all fit in one page just fine.
  • BelgaraathBelgaraath Member UncommonPosts: 3,204
    What about Gods and Heroes :-). I was really looking forward to that game just because of the setting. I participated in beta and quickly realized it needed help big time. Then they pulled the plug, came back two years later for another beta, participated in the beta again and realized right off the bat that it was just too late. Too many better games were already on the horizon. I don't recall this game ever releasing. Maybe it did. If so, it must have made about $10 lol.

    There Is Always Hope!

  • LindrethLindreth Member UncommonPosts: 5
    The one that I would loved to have seen launch is Otherland. Still hoping it will resurface at some point...
  • TheLizardbonesTheLizardbones Member CommonPosts: 10,910
    Originally posted by Lindreth
    The one that I would loved to have seen launch is Otherland. Still hoping it will resurface at some point...

     

    That could have actually worked.  With the books, it seems like the Otherland system was as much a character as the people.  I don't know about the game systems they were planning, but the setting would have lent itself pretty well to an MMORPG.

     

    I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.

  • DavisFlightDavisFlight Member CommonPosts: 2,556

    The writer of this article seems to have forgotten that Middle Earth Online had a second coming.

     

    Turbine picked it up, and it was still going to be a sandbox MMO with a lot of unique ideas, but no perma death.

     

    It carried the title Middle Earth Online right up until 9 months before the game was to launch. Then Turbine announced a year long delay, a name change to Lord of the Rings Online, got rid of most of their veteran staff, and put a bunch of college kids on it to finish it.

    They released one of the first, and most disappointing, WoW clones.

  • TuchakaTuchaka Member UncommonPosts: 468
    The Agency SOE pulled the plug on that one, dunno if any of the assets ended up in another game or not.
  • blubstererblubsterer Member Posts: 88
    Originally posted by DavisFlight

    The writer of this article seems to have forgotten that Middle Earth Online had a second coming.

     

    Turbine picked it up, and it was still going to be a sandbox MMO with a lot of unique ideas, but no perma death.

     

    It carried the title Middle Earth Online right up until 9 months before the game was to launch. Then Turbine announced a year long delay, a name change to Lord of the Rings Online, got rid of most of their veteran staff, and put a bunch of college kids on it to finish it.

    They released one of the first, and most disappointing, WoW clones.

    Yeah, close to a tragedy. I'd really love to play a sandbox in the LotR setting. I'm not really sure if it would work, but still ....

  • sevitothsevitoth Member UncommonPosts: 375
    Originally posted by OoMpAlOmPaZ
    Anyone remember WISH? That game kicked ass and was a successor to UO imo. Jumpgate Evolution was also on my list of games to look forward to. Hero's Journey, Dragon Empires, Atriach, and Citizen Zero.

    Yea, I had just gotten a beta invite to it a couple of days before it was shut down. Only got to play it for a few hours. Game looked really cool, but it was so laggy it was almost unplayable (well, when I played it at least).

     

    Currently Playing: DAOC Uthgard

    Previously Played: UO, DAOC, Shadowbane, AC2, SWG, Horizons, COX, WOW, EQ2, LOTRO, AOC, WAR, Vanguard, Rift, SWTOR, ESO, GW2.

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