08-25-2003, 11:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-25-2003, 11:07 AM by [wcip]Angel.)
Great article. I laughed loudly on several occasions.
"After lunch and the group quests, EA held a question
and answer session. Some of the questions were good,
such as "what kind of support UXO will have for guild
halls," while other questions seemed to come out of left
field. For example, "Will I be able to dress up my
character like a pirate?" What?" Actually hitting the
table with my fist at this point :lol:
It seems they've been partly inspired by Planetside, in
regards to the chat-thing with differing spheres and the
'zones' that are not really connected. I actually bought
Planetside and played it for the better half of a month.
It's a great game, but I've stopped playing it because
there is no end to it. If there is no final victory or
defeat, then my presence is not needed, and that is
something which really speeds up the uninstall-
process. I feel I have to make a difference. If I'm
redundant, than I'm not enjoying myself.
According to the article you wrote, Ultima will have
some form of final destination, some sort of closure. As
you said it'll be interesting to see how they do this.
Some people read books, most people watch films. The
most important reason why I play a videogame, is
because I like to immerse myself in a detailed and
intrigueing storyline --> I like the plot. Any game
without a plot starts off at an indescribable
disadvantage, and only a few plot-less games have
become classics to me (Gran Turismo and Counterstrike
being the two I can think of at the top of my head.)
Although the quests in Ultima seem to be impressive, I
can't help to think that I'll see them as more complex
ways of increasing in level. (Most of, or at least some
of) the quests should be tied into the main storyline,
such as the case of Morrowind.
It'll be interesting to see how this game turns out.
By the way, were the cookies any good?
I also do consider myself somewhat of a veteran
gamer, having gone through the most important
platforms of the last decades (commodore64, atari,
amiga500, nintendo, supernintendo, gameboy,
gamegear, playstation, playstation2 and the PC) and I
haven't either spent any time with an Ultima-game.
Well, I think I saw a friend play one of them some years
back, and I considered it a shabby mutation of the
ever-infamous "Eye of the beholder."
"After lunch and the group quests, EA held a question
and answer session. Some of the questions were good,
such as "what kind of support UXO will have for guild
halls," while other questions seemed to come out of left
field. For example, "Will I be able to dress up my
character like a pirate?" What?" Actually hitting the
table with my fist at this point :lol:
It seems they've been partly inspired by Planetside, in
regards to the chat-thing with differing spheres and the
'zones' that are not really connected. I actually bought
Planetside and played it for the better half of a month.
It's a great game, but I've stopped playing it because
there is no end to it. If there is no final victory or
defeat, then my presence is not needed, and that is
something which really speeds up the uninstall-
process. I feel I have to make a difference. If I'm
redundant, than I'm not enjoying myself.
According to the article you wrote, Ultima will have
some form of final destination, some sort of closure. As
you said it'll be interesting to see how they do this.
Some people read books, most people watch films. The
most important reason why I play a videogame, is
because I like to immerse myself in a detailed and
intrigueing storyline --> I like the plot. Any game
without a plot starts off at an indescribable
disadvantage, and only a few plot-less games have
become classics to me (Gran Turismo and Counterstrike
being the two I can think of at the top of my head.)
Although the quests in Ultima seem to be impressive, I
can't help to think that I'll see them as more complex
ways of increasing in level. (Most of, or at least some
of) the quests should be tied into the main storyline,
such as the case of Morrowind.
It'll be interesting to see how this game turns out.
By the way, were the cookies any good?
I also do consider myself somewhat of a veteran
gamer, having gone through the most important
platforms of the last decades (commodore64, atari,
amiga500, nintendo, supernintendo, gameboy,
gamegear, playstation, playstation2 and the PC) and I
haven't either spent any time with an Ultima-game.
Well, I think I saw a friend play one of them some years
back, and I considered it a shabby mutation of the
ever-infamous "Eye of the beholder."
