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Oh look, EA is capitalizing on existing names again. Anyone who thinks this will be at all like Ultima anything will have a bad time. I'd honestly be more excited if it was called Bob Bob's Big Bongo Rescue: Online.
It really depends if its a lot like the previous UO or if its something completely different.
The cross-platform play is a great idea though.
The cross-platform play is a great idea though.
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My gag reflex is activiating........
the f2p is whats going to kill it when its 10 hours long and broken
the f2p is whats going to kill it when its 10 hours long and broken
Couldn't have just let it lie dead, could you EA? Had to mock it further by passing it to Bioware to chuck out a lazy F2P game, didn't you?
signed up for the beta, though I'm mostly interested in trying out the iPad version and hope that this is also in beta with the PC version.
I still haven't really found an iPad game I like. :(
I still haven't really found an iPad game I like. :(
I'm apprehensive but it's Ultima. Since its F2P I lose nothing by trying it. Maybe we'll be surprised.
As a huge fan of the Ultima Series, I want to say yes.
After seeing how EA gave up the chance to snatch the "MMO throne" by releasing what would have essentially been Wolrd of Ultimacraft a good couple of years before WoW was even in it's beta, and decided to run Ultima Online into the ground instead, I want to scream and run away from anything they have to do with the Ultima Series.
From the standpoint of business, that lack of foresight is so damning that I don't respect EA enough to believe that they could do anything to make the Ultima as great as it used to be.
After seeing how EA gave up the chance to snatch the "MMO throne" by releasing what would have essentially been Wolrd of Ultimacraft a good couple of years before WoW was even in it's beta, and decided to run Ultima Online into the ground instead, I want to scream and run away from anything they have to do with the Ultima Series.
From the standpoint of business, that lack of foresight is so damning that I don't respect EA enough to believe that they could do anything to make the Ultima as great as it used to be.
"Electronic Arses and Biocrap join forces to develop Ultima Free to Pay: The quest for the money"
Free to pay. I like that. I'm gonna start using that.
Free to pay. I like that. I'm gonna start using that.
Although this article does not mention it, an article on MSNBC stated that Origin was required, at least for multiplayer. Action RPG and Origin? No way...
What a surprise, EA is raping my childhood right in front of me. What's that you say, pay to win and origin? FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU!
OOOOO the knee-jerk reactions! The amount of butt-hurt people, some who I bet have never played a Ultima game, make me laugh. Its free-to-play, so what? Remember when everyone said Old Republic MMO should have been free-to-play? And if you really want a subscription based Ultima MMO, Ultima Online is still available.
But hey, easy bandwagon. Its EA after all.
But hey, easy bandwagon. Its EA after all.
Step 1: Bring an old franchise back from the dead with the f2p model.
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Pray for profit.
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Pray for profit.
@UltorOscariot: just another thursday for EA and Bioware. Two thursdays later they will announce a f2p Mass Effect FPS.
This is all funny until it actually comes true.
This is all funny until it actually comes true.
@TheChosen
The fuck kinda drugs are you smoking? What knee-jerk reactions? Unless you don't know how to read, you would have noticed that most of the people who aren't thrilled about this were also fans of the original games and recognize that this won't hold up to that standard.
Knee-jerk condescending attitude is more accurate.
The fuck kinda drugs are you smoking? What knee-jerk reactions? Unless you don't know how to read, you would have noticed that most of the people who aren't thrilled about this were also fans of the original games and recognize that this won't hold up to that standard.
Knee-jerk condescending attitude is more accurate.
without having read anything but the title: fuck you EA, you ruined ultima more than ten years ago, now fuck off
BioWare and MMOs? I'm sure it won'ta multimillion dollar failure.
This could, and probably will, go horribly wrong(like my previous attempt at a comment). But it could also be really awesome... but its EA, and its Bioware, so it wont be awesome.
Man this scares me. I mean, I knew one dead I would be confronted by the zombified corpse of the beloved Ultima series. But I never could have expected the evil necromancers to give it a chainsaw and a taste for cash....
As a UO vet. Pre-Trammel Red. I can flat out say.. fuck no I am not excited. EA made it their mission in life, to destroy every IP they get their hands on.
Yeah, but its EA and its F2P.. So its hard to be too excited for it, even if its amazing to see a new Ultima game in the wild.
@TheChosen
"OOOOO the knee-jerk reactions! The amount of butt-hurt people, some who I bet have never played a Ultima game, make me laugh. Its free-to-play, so what? Remember when everyone said Old Republic MMO should have been free-to-play? And if you really want a subscription based Ultima MMO, Ultima Online is still available.
But hey, easy bandwagon. Its EA after all."
And look, a knee jerk retaliation reaction... But hey, easy hypocrisy right?
Fact is that SWOTR still probably should go F2P and just get it over with, specially having sent me an email a few days ago attempting to bribe me back into playing again with free playtime, free character transfers, a free pet and free high level commendations to get gear.. Its pandering, when they mine as well cut their losses, go free, and actually *sell* something. And to top that off, it still doesn't mean the game will be any better for it, it'll just be easier for people to stomach, and EA/BioWare to justify.
The other fact is that one of the biggest companies in the industry, in conjunction with one of the biggest devlopers, would probably never make an Ultima game in the same way that prior Ultima games had been made, in today's market -so it really doesn't matter even if you have played past games, they won't be THIS game.
No ones butt hurt, people just see the very obvious writing on the wall. When EA's practices change without anyone noticing, then feel free to get all preachy on us.
"OOOOO the knee-jerk reactions! The amount of butt-hurt people, some who I bet have never played a Ultima game, make me laugh. Its free-to-play, so what? Remember when everyone said Old Republic MMO should have been free-to-play? And if you really want a subscription based Ultima MMO, Ultima Online is still available.
But hey, easy bandwagon. Its EA after all."
And look, a knee jerk retaliation reaction... But hey, easy hypocrisy right?
Fact is that SWOTR still probably should go F2P and just get it over with, specially having sent me an email a few days ago attempting to bribe me back into playing again with free playtime, free character transfers, a free pet and free high level commendations to get gear.. Its pandering, when they mine as well cut their losses, go free, and actually *sell* something. And to top that off, it still doesn't mean the game will be any better for it, it'll just be easier for people to stomach, and EA/BioWare to justify.
The other fact is that one of the biggest companies in the industry, in conjunction with one of the biggest devlopers, would probably never make an Ultima game in the same way that prior Ultima games had been made, in today's market -so it really doesn't matter even if you have played past games, they won't be THIS game.
No ones butt hurt, people just see the very obvious writing on the wall. When EA's practices change without anyone noticing, then feel free to get all preachy on us.
Expecting terrible twinstick Diablo clone with even less to exploration, loot, and level ups. In short, a disappointment on the name. EA has a huge potential in this franchise, but an action RPG is NOT the way to go.
Wow people are stupid.
Hell, yes, EA did force Origin to release Ultima IX far too early, however, its not EA's fault that the script and the writing was so fucking retarded that it killed the series.
Thats on Garriot.
Hell, yes, EA did force Origin to release Ultima IX far too early, however, its not EA's fault that the script and the writing was so fucking retarded that it killed the series.
Thats on Garriot.
On a related note, Swtor is not free to play up until level 15. The trial just went live last night.
If you read the investor press release on the EA corporate site, you'll see that they're heavily pushing F2P. They talk it up in the release and act like microtransactions are the "next frontier", so to speak.
I remember what happened when EA got their hands into Origin Systems. They pissed any sense of monetary value or goodwill they had with the Ultima franchise down the drain. Unrealistic deadlines, meddling (trying to force the entire staff to move across country during production of the aborted Ultima X: Odyssey), terrible behaviour (the creators of IX wrote a ton of stealth insults into the game to get back at EA) and a general lack of understanding of how to run their division.
History is repeating itself with Bioware. EA is just shoveling all of their botched franchises onto BW's lap in order to "force" hit games via the F2P model. The ME3 multiplayer DLC was just the first step.
I remember what happened when EA got their hands into Origin Systems. They pissed any sense of monetary value or goodwill they had with the Ultima franchise down the drain. Unrealistic deadlines, meddling (trying to force the entire staff to move across country during production of the aborted Ultima X: Odyssey), terrible behaviour (the creators of IX wrote a ton of stealth insults into the game to get back at EA) and a general lack of understanding of how to run their division.
History is repeating itself with Bioware. EA is just shoveling all of their botched franchises onto BW's lap in order to "force" hit games via the F2P model. The ME3 multiplayer DLC was just the first step.
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