Sweeping generalizations are rarely informed. E.g., see above quote.no one is really playing UO anymore, soon it will be gone.
I'm sorry but the graphics are sorely lacking. I closed 4 accounts with the release of SA & the EC client. Had they left UOKR on the table as an option I'd still be playing. I understand their POV in that they don't want to maintain mulptiple clients but the EC was 3 steps backwards from a visual standpoint.
I often check the boards here on stratics and would like to make a return to the game I will always cherish and love but the current graphics are **** poor.
I'm sure we'll get the "I play for game quality not graphics and if I wanted a game with great graphics I'd be playing WoW" typical response. To all those reread the title of this thread...there is a reason UO is getting emptier and emptier and it's not because of a lack of content.
The reality is having a game with good graphics and content aren't mutually exclusive of one another. UOKR was a step in the right direction. I wish the advancement in graphics and higher resolution would have been taken a step further beyond UOKR towards what was going on in the Titan Quest game engine but instead it went in reverse.
How do you honestly expect to draw in new players/customers (which is essential to the survival of any business)? With these ridiculous outdated graphics circa 1997...it's not going to happen.
Get Saphrineena on the payroll and start retouching the graphics and maybe in a year or two we'll have a game with some decent high resolution graphics. But the LOW resolution has got to go at some point in order to move this game forward.
I was around when Rainz firefielded Lord British to death. I am a HUGE fan of Ultima and always will be but the 2D graphics and all those low resolution graphics of that era have served their purpose. It's time to move on...
As for the jurrassics..and there are many of them...they are the reason the game is dying and apparently even they are leaving the game after lobbying against UOKR which despite all it's flaws was forward progress.
I hope to make a return someday soon. I hope UO stays around for another 25-30 years but something needs to be done to attract new players as well as old veterans like myself who are burnt out to hell with those ****ty 2d graphics.
Someone tell this guy the first time we heard that. 1999-2000 maybe roflno one is really playing UO anymore, soon it will be gone.
Go play WoW. If graphics are all you care about you will like it a lot, be warned tho, that is about the only thing it has going for it. I like to call it the Brittany Spears (or Paris Hilton works too) MMO. Enough said.I'm sorry but the graphics are sorely lacking. I closed 4 accounts with the release of SA & the EC client. Had they left UOKR on the table as an option I'd still be playing. I understand their POV in that they don't want to maintain mulptiple clients but the EC was 3 steps backwards from a visual standpoint.
I often check the boards here on stratics and would like to make a return to the game I will always cherish and love but the current graphics are **** poor.
I'm sure we'll get the "I play for game quality not graphics and if I wanted a game with great graphics I'd be playing WoW" typical response. To all those reread the title of this thread...there is a reason UO is getting emptier and emptier and it's not because of a lack of content.
The reality is having a game with good graphics and content aren't mutually exclusive of one another. UOKR was a step in the right direction. I wish the advancement in graphics and higher resolution would have been taken a step further beyond UOKR towards what was going on in the Titan Quest game engine but instead it went in reverse.
How do you honestly expect to draw in new players/customers (which is essential to the survival of any business)? With these ridiculous outdated graphics circa 1997...it's not going to happen.
Get Saphrineena on the payroll and start retouching the graphics and maybe in a year or two we'll have a game with some decent high resolution graphics. But the LOW resolution has got to go at some point in order to move this game forward.
I was around when Rainz firefielded Lord British to death. I am a HUGE fan of Ultima and always will be but the 2D graphics and all those low resolution graphics of that era have served their purpose. It's time to move on...
As for the jurrassics..and there are many of them...they are the reason the game is dying and apparently even they are leaving the game after lobbying against UOKR which despite all it's flaws was forward progress.
I hope to make a return someday soon. I hope UO stays around for another 25-30 years but something needs to be done to attract new players as well as old veterans like myself who are burnt out to hell with those ****ty 2d graphics.
Both Items look nice, but feel and look out of place locked down in my home....
Gameplay and graphics are NOT mutually exclusive, nor should they be.
Madrid is right. As long as they are maintaining the 2d client (i.e. as long as the 2d client remains functional), they should have NEVER done such a hideous backpedal on the quality of the new graphics in the KR client.
There is absolutely NO reason why UO's graphics cannot be advanced and improved and the color and art quality of the beloved new items (i.e. the new jack-o-lanterns and the new cornucopias) prove this.
Graphics that are more up to date than 1997 AND Gameplay of UO we know and love... we can have BOTH.
They are NOT mutually exclusive.
If you're looking for cheap graphics and gameplay to make your pants happy, then Nethack is that way <--------------------------
If by 'jurassics' in the quoted portion of your above post you mean veteran account owning players, you insult them and me, because I'm also a veteran account owning player who has played since then.As for the jurrassics..and there are many of them...they are the reason the game is dying and apparently even they are leaving the game after lobbying against UOKR which despite all it's flaws was forward progress.
I hope to make a return someday soon. I hope UO stays around for another 25-30 years but something needs to be done to attract new players as well as old veterans like myself who are burnt out to hell with those ****ty 2d graphics.
no one is really playing UO anymore, soon it will be gone.
/Thread.But he's right. It IS empty. People AREN'T playing.. but.. that's because of THE HOLIDAYS AND NEW YEARS. People will start coming back in January, just like every year, as this is always a quiet time for UO aside from the holiday gifts.
Yeah, and that reason is that you're looking at the wrong game.To all those reread the title of this thread...there is a reason UO is getting emptier and emptier and it's not because of a lack of content.
Mages are quitting cause noone bothers fighting 60 SSI velo+hitspell 180 stamina speedhacking archers with endless manapool... I quess this imbueable daimyos helmet was the final nail in the coffin for felucca (PvP) on Europa.Europa has seen better days, it is rather quite in fel. But lets hope its just down to the festive season, and not players leaving.
WOW’s graphics are far from special. I logged in a month ago and could not believe how dated it looks.If your looking for graphics to make you'r pants happy, then WOW is this way ---------------->
You forgot the part where Blizzard had an existing rabid fanbase of millions that would buy any crap shoved down their throat with the branding of one of their series on it that originated from a few early good games that were drawn thin by unneeded sequels. Without those rabid fanbois (that Blizzard doesn't deserve, IMO, as thier games aren't anywhere near that good) WoW would be in the same boat as UO.If Blizzard had done the same thing to WOW after a couple of years then WOW's numbers would be in the hundreds of thousands now. But no .. they invested ... improved ... offered a quality service ... offered a quality product. Now they have 10 million + subscribers.
Quite simply a tale of two MMO's ... how to do it and how not to do it.
Nonsense.You forgot the part where Blizzard had an existing rabid fanbase of millions that would buy any crap shoved down their throat with the branding of one of their series on it that originated from a few early good games that were drawn thin by unneeded sequels. Without those rabid fanbois (that Blizzard doesn't deserve, IMO, as thier games aren't anywhere near that good) WoW would be in the same boat as UO.
UO's "fanbois" aren't rabid.. they showed up here and were wowed with a game that was good and stuck around through a ton of crap and a takeover (EA always owned UO, but Origin had most of the say in it til they dissolved). WoW's called in a bunch of people that were wowed by previous early games and dragged along by the "OMGSOL337" sequels and would have played the game anyway just because of the Blizzard branding, and stick around for the same reason.. they're sheep that would stay til the end just because Blizzard owns it. Now I don't mean that's everyone that plays.. but its certainly most of them. Its the same fanaticism that Final Fantasy has these days, also for no good reason.Oh, and who do you think that 90% of UO's remaining players are? You guessed it ... Rabid Fanboi's.
I agree and disagree. I agree that they shouldn't and don't need to be mutually exclusive. However, the fact is that in today's MMORPG market, there is no game that currently has both. Some have tried, and one in Europe is promising, but currently there is no game with WOW quality graphics and UO quality gameplay. Let's pool all our funds and create one, we'll all be rich!!!...
Gameplay and graphics are NOT mutually exclusive, nor should they be.
Madrid is right. As long as they are maintaining the 2d client (i.e. as long as the 2d client remains functional), they should have NEVER done such a hideous backpedal on the quality of the new graphics in the KR client.
There is absolutely NO reason why UO's graphics cannot be advanced and improved and the color and art quality of the beloved new items (i.e. the new jack-o-lanterns and the new cornucopias) prove this.
Graphics that are more up to date than 1997 AND Gameplay of UO we know and love... we can have BOTH.
They are NOT mutually exclusive.
If you're looking for cheap graphics and gameplay to make your pants happy, then Nethack is that way <--------------------------
I've recently moved from Great Lakes, because my latency is much better with my poopy connection. Factions activity on Great Lakes is superb and possibly amongst the best shards for it.Europa has seen better days, it is rather quite in fel. But lets hope its just down to the festive season, and not players leaving.
UO's gonna need more stuffs. Once everyone has all the imbued items they want, and all the ingredients to refill what they lose, and MOBs are adjusted because everyone has uber powered stuffs, and new players find it even harder to catch up so they can play with established players if they don't just quit...then UO will need more uber stuffs.
That's the secret to success, just as the greatest MMORPG evah, WoW. More even more uber stuffs!
Meanwhile, a very few of us will still be asking what ever happened to the Relics of Mondain. Well, maybe just me.
Well, I play UO, and I'm wondering what game YOU are playing, because, as much as I adore UO, NO ONE can state that it has 'quality' service or product.I tried WoW and would not call it a quality service or quality product