Thanks for the link! I ended up reading a large number of his articles. His thoughts on UO and Galaxies were predictably the most interesting to me—I definitely share his sense that the old “wild west” Ultima and the like was better and more alive than the more soulless modern games (though I didn’t actually play Ultima and maybe I’d change my tune after being ganked repeatedly by PKs… :P).
I also find it interesting how successful Galaxies was despite the fact that the combat system apparently never worked as intended and was basically dysfunctional! It kinda makes me wonder, what if Galaxies had had the dev resources and budget of WoW? Would that be the new face of MMOs? (Sometimes I’ve had similar thoughts re: Netrunner and MtG...)
For me the most “wild west” exciting alive game right now is EVE Online, but the actual gameplay is something I’m profoundly uninterested in so I basically live vicariously through stories of interesting happenings.
Thanks for the link! I ended up reading a large number of his articles. His thoughts on UO and Galaxies were predictably the most interesting to me—I definitely share his sense that the old “wild west” Ultima and the like was better and more alive than the more soulless modern games (though I didn’t actually play Ultima and maybe I’d change my tune after being ganked repeatedly by PKs… :P).
I also find it interesting how successful Galaxies was despite the fact that the combat system apparently never worked as intended and was basically dysfunctional! It kinda makes me wonder, what if Galaxies had had the dev resources and budget of WoW? Would that be the new face of MMOs? (Sometimes I’ve had similar thoughts re: Netrunner and MtG...)
For me the most “wild west” exciting alive game right now is EVE Online, but the actual gameplay is something I’m profoundly uninterested in so I basically live vicariously through stories of interesting happenings.