That shit was hardcore, son.
Although I didn't play it when it first came out, about 5 or 6 years ago I tried it out on a free server with all of the rules set like they were on its release (basically Detroit online) and it was one of the funnest games I have ever played, despite its out of date graphics.
You could not step out of town without the risk of being brutally murdered (see picture above). If you were just starting out as a level 1 character and you wanted to level up by killing skeletons and various other weak creatures, they were the last things you would worry about when it came to dying, because some random dude would most likely come up to you, kill you, steal all of your shit and then cut your body into pieces and parade around town with your head. Maybe he killed you for your gold, or maybe for some other items that would take him too much time to gather himself, but one things for sure... he didn't kill you for your weak ass bone armor, but he took it anyway, to be a fucking dick. That sad ass bone armor that you worked your tail off to complete was stolen from someone who's wearing invulnerable scale shit made out of dead dragons.
I remember trying out a WoW free trial a couple years back and couldn't believe how stupid it was. I mean, there's no risk involved at all. You die, you keep all of your stuff and move on. No other player's going to randomly kill you. Oh, I guess there's like PVP servers and stuff on WoW, but what's the point? What do you gain from killing another player? Nothing. Well, I guess you can walk around with your weird looking armor and think you're cool because you won some sort of lame ass battle that consisted of click 8x8 pictures scattered around the HUD. Congrats.
Back in the Ultima days you killed other people for a reason. For loot, and to be a huge dick. And that's why Ultima Online is the only MMO that has ever been worth playing.
I'm sure everyone will agree with me 100%. There will not be a single person who enters this thread to disagree. Might as well sticky and lock this bad girl.
Although I didn't play it when it first came out, about 5 or 6 years ago I tried it out on a free server with all of the rules set like they were on its release (basically Detroit online) and it was one of the funnest games I have ever played, despite its out of date graphics.
You could not step out of town without the risk of being brutally murdered (see picture above). If you were just starting out as a level 1 character and you wanted to level up by killing skeletons and various other weak creatures, they were the last things you would worry about when it came to dying, because some random dude would most likely come up to you, kill you, steal all of your shit and then cut your body into pieces and parade around town with your head. Maybe he killed you for your gold, or maybe for some other items that would take him too much time to gather himself, but one things for sure... he didn't kill you for your weak ass bone armor, but he took it anyway, to be a fucking dick. That sad ass bone armor that you worked your tail off to complete was stolen from someone who's wearing invulnerable scale shit made out of dead dragons.
I remember trying out a WoW free trial a couple years back and couldn't believe how stupid it was. I mean, there's no risk involved at all. You die, you keep all of your stuff and move on. No other player's going to randomly kill you. Oh, I guess there's like PVP servers and stuff on WoW, but what's the point? What do you gain from killing another player? Nothing. Well, I guess you can walk around with your weird looking armor and think you're cool because you won some sort of lame ass battle that consisted of click 8x8 pictures scattered around the HUD. Congrats.
Back in the Ultima days you killed other people for a reason. For loot, and to be a huge dick. And that's why Ultima Online is the only MMO that has ever been worth playing.
I'm sure everyone will agree with me 100%. There will not be a single person who enters this thread to disagree. Might as well sticky and lock this bad girl.