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If you are looking for something as close as possible to the 1998-1999 era you have two options. For UO fans you can play on the free shard, UOSecondAge. This shard tries to recreate UO back after it’s first expansion in 1998. It’s UO as you remember it.įor you EQ fans, you can play the game I’m playing currently and hop on to Project1999, en EQEmulated server that first started to recreate the EQ experience from back in 1999. As you already know from Keen’s posts, just this past week they introduced the Kunark expansion and everyone is having a blast there. My question to you all is WHY? All three of the original MMO’s are still around and although they are not 100% like the old game we remember, they are still (IMO) better than the games being pushed out today. Not only are they better (IMO) but if you really want to play the games of old you actually do have several options, a few of which are FREE!Ĭurrently Sony has added two new TLP (Time Locked Progression) servers to EQ. Both of these new servers are currently set at EQ circa 1999. You do get the new graphics though and new zones as well as the game being somewhat different than it was in 1999. I think the biggest changes are that the power level of certain characters (Monks, Mages & Necros) are much stronger now than 1999. Added to that are the fact that the solo classes who leveled much faster back in 1999 actually will level slower now if they continue to solo as XP is no longer divided between players in a group. Each play now gets 100% xp from killing a mob in a group. What I find interesting is that there are so many people who complain about all the newer MMO’s out there and who are so fond/nostalgic for the older MMO’s of UO, EQ and AC. Yet these same people continue to play the newer MMO’s like Rift or go back to playing WoW. UO2 would be awesome, but if it happens it won’t be anything like the original. EA would have to radically alter their modus operandi. I do not see the epitome of corporate gaming woes being the one to turn things around. That just about squashes it for me. Realistically, EA will never, ever, see the light of reason and create a game that pays tribute to the original - ever. I’m not being cynical here, I’m being real. All of the nerdgasms and excited are for naught and the proof is in the track record of EA putting out games and sequels. I would love a UO2, but I don’t want an EA McMMO that merely tries to capitalize on the namesake of UO while exhibiting none of the traits from the original.Īs for Paul Barnett’s alleged participation, I’m also completely indifferent. I like the guy as a person. I got to hang out with him a little bit at E3 2008. He’s smart, knows a good deal about video games, but unfortunately, in my opinion, falls victim to the reputation of the company. All of the bitterness over WAR often gets thrown in Paul’s very public face. Is he responsible for the hype or was he just doing his job? The answer could be yes to both questions. I don’t really know. If he were on the alleged project then I would still be indifferent. Paul’s a creative guy and a marketing guy, whether his job description says so or not. I do not see how blaming one man, especially one in his position, for WAR is possible. Personally, I have a very long list of who was responsible and Paul is near the bottom. I don’t know what to make of these rumors floating around about an Ultima Online 2.  All of the news entries about the rumors all start with a build-up about how Ultima Online was one of the first MMORPG’s and then say a sequel might be underway … and then they remind the reader that EA owns it all.