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KickStarter Richard Garriott believes he will get Ultima Online back "soon"
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The game our dear Lord and Savior helped to make hasn't existed for many years now so anything he intends to do to it would end in disaster in even the best of outcomes. If anything Broadsword is taking the smart approach with New Legacy by mixing old with new since no one working there now would have a hope in hell of actually recreating UO the way it was and few people would probably want to suffer through that anyhow because it's not the 90s anymore and there's no time for Klax.
EA is dumb but dumb enough to give one of their IP to a man which has now this kind of reputation?
I do not think so.
I believe instead EA will give the rights to UO to me. I wish I could tell you more but if you ask me more about this it will turn out that I am not able to answer.
I do not think so.
I believe instead EA will give the rights to UO to me. I wish I could tell you more but if you ask me more about this it will turn out that I am not able to answer.
I think you guys are looking at it from the wrong angle. I think he's set to join EA.
KeighnMcDeath
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Who? WHO!!!!
KeighnMcDeath
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It's over dude. Garriott is a micro-transaction/crypto scammer now.
KeighnMcDeath
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I think the corporates all bailed on the last scam.
I believe I will get it back "soon".
That certainly is interesting, whatever the hell that means.
Even if Gariott suddenly acquired the rights to Ultima Online, I don't really have much faith he would even do much with it, at this point. With the spectacular failure of SotA, and then abandoning that completely and then heading off to that "other game" they were going to do (which is now dead), which looked like just more cash grabbing, I have precisely 0 confidence in what he may be up to. But if anything, it allows me more time to laugh and eat delicious popcorn.
That certainly is interesting, whatever the hell that means.
Even if Gariott suddenly acquired the rights to Ultima Online, I don't really have much faith he would even do much with it, at this point. With the spectacular failure of SotA, and then abandoning that completely and then heading off to that "other game" they were going to do (which is now dead), which looked like just more cash grabbing, I have precisely 0 confidence in what he may be up to. But if anything, it allows me more time to laugh and eat delicious popcorn.
KeighnMcDeath
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Bring back U4 IOS. He can be Lady British. Maybe cosplay.
grimace
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Lord British (Dick Geriatric) and Lord Blackthorn (Star Long) may return to play their Avatars in Ultima Online.
They are not likely to return to Shroud of the Avatar. Five episodes were sold in Kickstarter promises and 1.75 episodes of content were delivered.
They are not likely to return to Shroud of the Avatar. Five episodes were sold in Kickstarter promises and 1.75 episodes of content were delivered.
Since we broke this story, people have been poking the bear a bit more, and he’s given a few more cryptic quotes. (bottom of this article https://massivelyop.com/2024/08/12/...believes-he-will-get-ultima-online-back-soon/ )
r00fles! (Even if an IP is your own creation, doesn't really mean much at this point).
r00fles! (Even if an IP is your own creation, doesn't really mean much at this point).
Man who has proven to be irrelevant in everything he did in the last ten years, says he is still relevant because of something he did 27 years ago.
And more to the point, that previous success was not just him. The success of UO (at the time) was when he had a lot of bright, brilliant people with good ideas and design with him as a team. Good luck with that now.
deuxhero
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Even if true, I suspect it's more of a "You want to make a new Ultima game? If you can find funding, go ahead. We get a cut of any profit" rather than EA actually selling/giving up the IP.
Everyone has been trying to jump on the old school game bandwagon. Baldur's Gate 3 showed it can work and be a massive success ; I'm pretty sure EA wants to do something with Ultima and it's a _matter of time_ really before anything happens. 100% convinced it's going to happen (I have no insider info). It only makes sense, Ultima was one of the strongest licenses in the 90s.
And not just BG3 : Might and Magic, Wasteland, Bard's Tale, Wizardry, all of these series had come backs with varying amounts of success, but still, mostly successful. The only major series of that era and genre that stayed dormant is Ultima.
It could be a good marketing move to have Richard Garriott as a figurehead should a project like that emerge, but nobody is going to seriously think he's at the helm.
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KeighnMcDeath
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All those IPS not even owned by the original creators. I discount BG3 and consider it modern rubbish.
Wizardry - japs
Might & magic - ubisoft
Bard's Tale - microsoft
Ultima - EA
Wasteland - microsoft
Some say Fargo is still at the helm bong inXile; meh. Interplay is long gone (or fid it morph inti inxile meh): Baldur's Gate, Wasteland, Bard's Tale.
Actually, I had forgotten interplay published Baldur's Gate.
Someone clarify this for me.
Wizardry - japs
Might & magic - ubisoft
Bard's Tale - microsoft
Ultima - EA
Wasteland - microsoft
Some say Fargo is still at the helm bong inXile; meh. Interplay is long gone (or fid it morph inti inxile meh): Baldur's Gate, Wasteland, Bard's Tale.
Actually, I had forgotten interplay published Baldur's Gate.
Someone clarify this for me.
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I can't believe UO is still running and people are still paying.
Best Garriott could do is shut it all down and hand it over to the freeshard community.
Best Garriott could do is shut it all down and hand it over to the freeshard community.
KeighnMcDeath
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How well do those offline freeshards play? Aren't a few completely reworked for offline-solo-play?
luj1
You're all shills
Dark Sun Online when?
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Never heard of this before but it sounds cool
Baron Tahn
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Wasnt Black Isle BG? Interplay was Fallout.
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