EverQuest Next, p99, and on

[t0lkien]

An article I just finished on the demise of EQN which draws upon p99:

"There is a literal army of gamers waiting for that exact game; a significant niche market gravy train that has been waiting patiently (and increasing in spending power) for almost two decades to throw solid money at whomever would step up and do the job. Fan art has been painstakingly produced showing the potential of the idea. A large sub-culture of gamers continues to play EverQuest in its original form on the Project1999 emulation server, holding to the hope that sometime, somewhere, someone is going to get it right again."

The Lesson Behind The Fall of EverQuest Next

[jcr4990]

Pretty good read. Agree with most of that 100%

"holding to the hope that sometime, somewhere, someone is going to get it right again."

Hits a little close to home eh fellow Elfsim99 pals?

[Daywolf]

Originally Posted by jcr4990 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Pretty good read. Agree with most of that 100%

"holding to the hope that sometime, somewhere, someone is going to get it right again."

Hits a little close to home eh fellow Elfsim99 pals?

[The end is past]


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[NovaSeven]

Sup Ken

[t0lkien]

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Sup Ken

Yo! I have no idea who you are, but hail mysterious stranger who has me at an advantage.

[NovaSeven]

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Yo! I have no idea who you are, but hail mysterious stranger who has me at an advantage.

I just like saying sup to people.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

I'm basicallt waiting for everquest 3: large print edition

[Thugnuts]

All the modern MMO games I've played have been shit. They look great in screenshots, but you get into the game and it's sterile as hell, boring, hand-holdy, and hampered by unwieldy mechanics and ideas that sounded great in the press release, but were never practical or even needed.

The problem here is that they keep trying to make one-size-fits-all games that appeal to every possible playstyle, gender, political affiliation, and sexual orientation you could come up with. In trying to please everyone, they fall short of pleasing anyone and the game fails.

It's 2016. We should have MMORPGS so amazing that I want to transplant my fucking brain right into the computer so that I never have to stop playing.

Instead I'm still playing some cokehead's elf fantasy from the late 1990's.

[myriverse]

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It's 2016. We should have MMORPGS so amazing that I want to transplant my fucking brain right into the computer so that I never have to stop playing.

The opposite, imo. It's 2016, and having learned the lessons of the first decade of the 21st century, I want an MMORPG to which I don't have to devote as much time and thought. And that's a big reason why I'm on P99.

[roadmixer]

Originally Posted by myriverse [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The opposite, imo. It's 2016, and having learned the lessons of the first decade of the 21st century, I want an MMORPG to which I don't have to devote as much time and thought. And that's a big reason why I'm on P99.

And thus we see the conflict. Some want to spend insane amounts of time on a game, and some do not or can't.

No game can meet everyone's needs anymore and only was played so much before because there was no choice.