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Auto Assault shuttered, ruining future for

Kotaku brings us word that NetDevil's vehicular combat MMO, Auto Assault, just crashed head first into the wall of financial viability, killing all passengers and severely wounding the driver. The title, one of the six-hundred MMOs published by South Korean gaming conglomerate NCsoft, was one of the few games to veer away from the standard MMORPG mold by creating a post-apocalyptic combination of Twisted Metal, Death Race 2000, and the single most complex crafting system since, um ... reality.

Sadly, the game itself never appealed to the mainstream gamer. While Jimmy Murloc and Suzy Iksar were spending weeks at a time in a world of orcs and elves, Todd Internalcombustion was driving through the desolate wastes of Flashfreeze for hours without seeing anyone else. The apocalypse is supposed to be barren, sure, but without a Master Blaster to rule Bartertown, Auto Assault was the MMO equivalent of masturbation. 








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Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2007 05:29
Aaron Mxy Yost
Beyond Thunderdome references FTW. I always wanted to try this game out, but MMOs and infants do not go well together. That is, unless you don't mind the mother of your child stabbing you in your sleep.
Reeper's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2007 05:30
Reeper
does that make WoW the mmo equivalent of an all out elf/orc orgy?
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2007 05:31
Aaron Mxy Yost
And it was Tina Turner who ruled Bartertown, sheesh.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2007 06:41
Aaron Mxy Yost


IT'S ON BITCH!!!
Deus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2007 07:35
Deus
My friend actually plays this game. Well, used to play it...
Lolthien's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2007 09:06
Lolthien
You know what game I miss.. Motor City Online... now THAT was a complex system.
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2007 09:22
BahamutZero
LAME. I was going to kill myself by playing auto assault for 24 straight hours and now my plans are ruined.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2007 10:55
king3vbo
People still play this? Its still going?
codespinneker's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2007 12:45
codespinneker
Hey I still play this, well I did, my account just expired and from the looks of it it probably wont be worth it to re-subscribe. It was a fun game while it lasted and blowing shit up is always good but there were never enough players. The people who enjoyed this game enjoyed it a lot trust me I know I hung out with them all the time. everyone else just kind of ignored this game. Anyways RIP AA since I'm sure you're screwed now.
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