Ultima Online Expansion Goes All... Samurai? 36
Thanks to Yahoo for reprinting an EA press release announcing the Ultima Online: Samurai Empire add-on, a "new expansion pack" for the long-running PC MMO title. According to the release: "Traveling around a mysterious Asian environment filled with exotic beasts, expansive dungeons and scenic housing areas, players can strive to become a fierce Samurai, dedicated to the art of Bushido and focused on learning new physical combat abilities.... Players also have the choice of joining the elite ranks of the Ninja, where they will concentrate on magical combat and stealth." UO Stratics has both concept art and screenshots from the newly-announced expansion, quite a thematic departure from "the European high fantasy" of the original title, and "scheduled to ship November 2004." We recently covered both Ultima Online's 7th anniversary and the cancellation of Ultima X: Odyssey.
Re:Huh? (Score:3, Insightful)
But hey, it sure beats actually developing a new game in the series!
Concept Art looks Good (Score:4, Insightful)
I figure there's two ways to really screw this up: repackage same old paradigms to look exotic, or bore players with stereotypes from film and TV. Concept art looks good except for the cut and paste "screenshot."
Alex.
Considering all things... (Score:3, Insightful)
Hmm (Score:4, Insightful)
I think they are LONG past due on graphics improvement (the crappy GUI is the reason I cancelled my account after 10 minutes of play after being convinced to join by a friend). I know about the UOX plans and cancellation etc. but lets hope they go ahead with what I've heard and plumb in the UOX engine into UO proper. I think I'd sign up then.
Yeah, that's BS (Score:4, Insightful)
This is 20-something years now I've been playing the Ultimas. EA finish screwing it over, and give it back to Richard, please.
Re:Hmm (Score:4, Insightful)
Anyways, there's my rant. I loved UO, but I dont think I will ever go back again.
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