VGOEmulator Update

[Fauxhawk]

Originally Posted by NecroP99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I never played Vanguard - what's it all about? it came out during my video game dark period where I was doing stuff IRL

Vanguard was ahead of it's time I think. I played at launch till about 6 months in, then off and on for a year or so. Never made it to the endgame.

It's a true spiritual successor to EQ. The coolest thing about it imo was the different spheres - adventuring, crafting and diplomacy. Adventuring and crafting is pretty obvious, but the diplomacy was like it's own mini-game. You talked to NPC's and played a card game along with the conversion to influence things. At high end you could influence an entire city (aka zone wide buffage). There was supposed to be more with it but i don't think it was ever implemented.

It really was an amazing game that failed due to a poor launch and extensive system reqs for the time. Iirc, they ran out of funds towards the end of development and decided to launch early to make up funds in subs to finish the game. It didn't work out too well.


Thanks for the update Xinux, I'm really looking forward to when it's finished. Keep up the good work!