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Ultima online released in 1997 and required only a 28k modem. I also would argue it was a more complex game.

by saejox 16d ago

ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 11d ago
had to download the client (mainly the map, entities) upfront though (like a 500MiB package) to my knowledge, no one has released a classic UO (t2a, etc) web client, though it would be pretty easy to do these days
ectospheno 16d ago
I played EverQuest on the PS2 using a modem in 2003. Performance was fine.
- aidenn0 16d ago
  On PvP servers broadband was a huge advantage because you could switch zones much faster.
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simonjgreen 16d ago
Publish 124 released last week. Quite incredible that the game is still undergoing development and new content. Admittedly it has changed hands several times, and the Richard Garriot days are a distant memory now, but still! I used to operate one of the more popular player run shards, after the peak of the mainstream game, and even that feels like a distant memory. Edit: latest notes https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/publish-notes/publish-124/ https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/publish-notes/publish...
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- ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 11d ago
  richard garriot helped make another game that has some UO-like elements, and is currently going through a major update: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_the_Avatar:_Forsaken_Virtues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_the_Avatar:_Forsaken...
andrepd 16d ago
Ultima Online is one of very few games (probably Star Wars Galaxies and that's it) that actually merit the label MMORPG. It's kind of insane when you think about it, that the MMO that most closely came to fulfilling the promise of a "shared, persistent, virtual world" was also the ~first one.
- Nition 16d ago
  Even if it's not quite technically the first MMO, Origin did also coin the term MMORPG themselves in order to describe Ultima Online to the press.
- omnibrain 15d ago
  EVE Online.
npunt 16d ago
Here's an enjoyable read by lead designer Raph Koster on the influence of UO: https://www.raphkoster.com/2017/09/28/ultima-onlines-influence/ https://www.raphkoster.com/2017/09/28/ultima-onlines-influen...
asimovfan 16d ago
Still no better MMORPG.

Ultima online released in 1997 and required only a 28k modem. I also would argue it was a more complex game.

by saejox 16d ago

Ultima online released in 1997 and required only a 28k modem. I also would argue it was a more complex game.

had to download the client (mainly the map, entities) upfront though (like a 500MiB package) to my knowledge, no one has released a classic UO (t2a, etc) web client, though it would be pretty easy to do these days

ectospheno 16d ago

I played EverQuest on the PS2 using a modem in 2003. Performance was fine.

aidenn0 16d ago
On PvP servers broadband was a huge advantage because you could switch zones much faster.
- deleted 11d ago
  [deleted]

simonjgreen 16d ago

Publish 124 released last week. Quite incredible that the game is still undergoing development and new content. Admittedly it has changed hands several times, and the Richard Garriot days are a distant memory now, but still! I used to operate one of the more popular player run shards, after the peak of the mainstream game, and even that feels like a distant memory. Edit: latest notes https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/publish-notes/publish-124/ https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/publish-notes/publish...

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ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 11d ago
richard garriot helped make another game that has some UO-like elements, and is currently going through a major update: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_the_Avatar:_Forsaken_Virtues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_the_Avatar:_Forsaken...

andrepd 16d ago

Ultima Online is one of very few games (probably Star Wars Galaxies and that's it) that actually merit the label MMORPG. It's kind of insane when you think about it, that the MMO that most closely came to fulfilling the promise of a "shared, persistent, virtual world" was also the ~first one.

Nition 16d ago
Even if it's not quite technically the first MMO, Origin did also coin the term MMORPG themselves in order to describe Ultima Online to the press.
omnibrain 15d ago
EVE Online.

npunt 16d ago

Here's an enjoyable read by lead designer Raph Koster on the influence of UO: https://www.raphkoster.com/2017/09/28/ultima-onlines-influence/ https://www.raphkoster.com/2017/09/28/ultima-onlines-influen...

asimovfan 16d ago

Still no better MMORPG.