Garriott's New Project Cooking Along 103
omeros writes "Looks like Garriott's latest project will have plenty of human support, as much of the creative staff from Origin has joined him in the hills outside Austin. They've just moved to a larger space. Also Jake Song, creator of "Lineage," will be working with Destination Games on their first title, "Tabula Rasa." Ultima fans rejoice!"
Much more informative article... (Score:5, Interesting)
Talks about who ncsoft are and what Garriot is doing with them. No mention of property deals for all you office space geeks though.
If you prefer to cut and paste then go here: http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870
Re:Apparently Garriott Just Doesn't Learn (Score:2, Interesting)
It's not impossible. Remember Black and White? Peter Molyneaux had pretty much creative control over that game (although he did fund most of the development work himself). EA then distributed it I believe.
My first thought was the same. What is Garriot doing? He is falling into the same trap that he did with EA! However, he probably learned from his mistakes and had NCSoft make some SERIOUS concessions before going into the deal. That's what contracts are for.
I am really looking forward to Tabula Rasa, and I would actually like to see Lineage here in the States too. The game has 2.7 million subscribers in Asia! It has to be a damn good game.
Ultima fans rejoice? (Score:2, Interesting)
After Ultima 8 and Ultima 9? Unless you are a heatseeker or uncritical fanboy of Richard Garriott, then you won't be rejoicing about RG's group moving into new office space (I'll spare you the allusion to Ion Storm and their Dallas offices
I don't think many Ultima fans will be rejoicing at this bit of news. You see, we are interested in *Ultima*, not just any old thing RG puts out (for example, the old Car Wars computer game). At this point -- for whatever reason, bad decisions/burnout/you pick a reason/etc. -- Ultima fans will be taking a wait and see attitude. They want to know what the finished product will be like. And after the botches made of U8 and U9, who can blame them?
If he designs a great online game, cool, we all benefit. If he designs an online game as revolutionary as U4, well, enough said.
At this point, Ultima fans have had _years_ of promises. It is what RG actually produces that will speak for him.