Depends on what you mean. The iPad is incredibly powerful these days - go look at videos of Infinity Blade. But there are also plenty of more simple games that play quite well. A lot of companies are still figuring out how to make it work better, but it's starting to happen.
You need to go look at Order and Chaos Online for the ipad. I have the most recent generation ipad and it looks gorgeous and the game world is immense. It is a superb game.
I know of it, but never played it. It just seemed like a simplistic standard free mmo, but snap judgment I admit.
I was mainly talking about quality of game. None of the games I've played for my tablet (which is android, but on par with ipad2) were at all impressive. Some look very nice, but just were not fun.
LOL I asked Cal if Lord of Ultima drew in any new players and he responded "no" in such a way as to be like, "we have nothing to do with that team at all." Hopefully Bonnie and them have a closer relationship with the Ultima Forever team.
just speculation on my part, but... suppose Ultima Forever is a free-for-play "lite" version of UO. if marketed right, this could be the draw to Ultima Online. assume Ultima Forever only offers warrior & mages so to obtain other character types and/or housing and/or additional quests, etc there is an upgrade path to UO. this would be a smart strategy in my opinion.
Well, you know, one can hope, right? lol
Didn't Mesanna say similar about UO and customer service?
Whatever it doesn't matter if it is flash, PC or Ipod based.
Not a lite version of UO. Limited to parties of 4 in dungeons.
This is all they say about Ultima on line:
If it has anything to do with UO whatsoever, I would be beyond shocked. If anything this is an attempt to replace UO as the online face of "Ultima".
The UO team doesn't decide how EA structures it's operations so I don't think there's a lot she can do about the way things are in terms of how different facets of the company coordinate.
in short is something like diablo, but hey they can always use the new engine for UO and makes a client for us
Ironically it's the press release that mentions it:
But if its popular they will develop more games in that line, so says the FAQ. That's what concerns me.
Would you say, then, that this game will be kind of like Drakensang? Except that game is browser based. But they have instanced dungeons and such, hm.
But another online Ultima game IS a potential competitor for EA development funds.
If UO doesn't get a fair share of funds, it's not because of another game, it's because EA is being EA. UO is probably very profitable given how small the team is. If EA is squeezing every last drop out of UO's bottom line, it's not going to matter whether there are other games with Ultima in their name or not, it's going to come down to how well the UO producer can sell the need for more funds, and/oor what the head of BioWare Mythic wants to do.
UO's biggest problem is still the lack of players. UO is most likely making millions in profit (otherwise EA would have shut it down). There comes a point at which UO becomes unprofitable and then EA most certainly will pull the plug, but until then, as long as it's making millions in profit, BioWare will keep it going.
I see it like the SimCity games. SimCity on iPad, SimCity Social, etc. are probably helping to generate interest and maybe even hype for the upcoming desktop SimCity revival.
It may have not brought any new players but it was the catalyst in me coming back after a 10 year hiatus.
I think it was definitely an interesting game. The idea of a game that exists even if you aren't playing is tough, though.
I agree 100%, was a full time job because if you did not log in at least once a day you could not keep up. Also ended up costing way more than UO because of the need to buy the jewels to use special items. Once I got my crown I quit playing.
the graphic looks like torchlight 2... interesting
