if you can revive any game .. what would it be and why? 

for myself  it would be Asheron's Call 2.   my first mmo.  before wow or FF11, almost same time when SWG just came out, and EVE was still in its infancy.

I remember creating a big hulking Lugian Male.. and using the portal like "stargate effect" to the starting area. the world was beutifull.. grass sways as the wind blows, your armor and your flesh shows damage as you get into tough fights, but slowly repairs itself as you rest.  sounds of the world and the music is like no other.  Lotros music instrument, the way you can hit keyboard keys for the notes was first introduced on this game.

the basic layout of wow ui interface. is straight carbon copy of ac2.   it was one of the first mmo that uses addons, ui layout and what not. .. again this was pre-wow.

anyway.. I would like to read more about you guys.  post away.

ac2 quest night

Revive with changes or revive as-is?  I wouldn't revive AC2 as-is because it wasn't good enough of a game, and it changed too much from AC1.  Thus it never had the loyal AC player's support.  But if reviving with changes to AC2, to make it more like AC1 but with newer graphics, then I'd say yes AC2 would be a great game to revive.

Tabula Rasa. Its a game I always planned on playing but waited to long. I know it closed for a reason but would still liked to have experienced the game.

Originally posted by beartoe

if you can revive any game .. what would it be and why? 

for myself  it would be Asheron's Call 2.   my first mmo.  before wow or FF11, almost same time when SWG just came out, and EVE was still in its infancy.

I remember creating a big hulking Lugian Male.. and using the portal like "stargate effect" to the starting area. the world was beutifull.. grass sways as the wind blows, your armor and your flesh shows damage as you get into tough fights, but slowly repairs itself as you rest.  sounds of the world and the music is like no other.  Lotros music instrument, the way you can hit keyboard keys for the notes was first introduced on this game.

the basic layout of wow ui interface. is straight carbon copy of ac2.   it was one of the first mmo that uses addons, ui layout and what not. .. again this was pre-wow.

anyway.. I would like to read more about you guys.  post away.

 

ac2 quest night

 Agreed if Turbine would bring back AC2 I prob would never play any other game, specially if the updated it and gave it some love. I don't see why they just don't bring it back as a free to play. I know they would make money with it! It was prob my first true MMO love. No game since has had the playability that AC2 had. Never tried AC1 but always wanted to but I don't think I can deal with those horrible graphics now. I know graphics don't make the game but AC1'a graphics are silly and stupid looking to the point it pisses me off to even see screenshots.

Shadowbane.  most realized potential of any mmo in history.

all i would change is the entire dedicated playerbase!!! never has somthing so awesome been so wasted on terrible short sighted people.  

if the games server issues had been fixed or avoided, and much larger ammounts of player been possible, it would have been (or led to a sequel/expansion) that could have been a wow killer.  instead of few jerkhole beta leet players got tight with the devs and drove the game into the ground.

the same 8 players who ruined it the first time are currently supporting the upcoming emulator, which by the looks of the forums, is shaping up to be as impenetrable and snobby as the first incarnation.  what a colossal waste of talent!!

Auto Assault.  Was a very well realised game.  NCSoft just did their typical produce and fail for many of their early titles.  I would also have to say If Tabula Rasa incorporated FPS instead of Third Person Tactical game play and better implement PvP balancing then that would be awesome.

DAOC or Vanguard, everything else can die.

Got to be The Matrix online and Earth And Beyond for me. same reason, I never got a chace to play them. They both sound like  I would have enjoyed them.

Honorable mentions; Star Wars pre NGE to see what all the fuss is about and Tabula Rasa becouse just as I was getting into it they closed it down.

Matrix Online.

I never got around to playing it, then SOE shut it down.

Matrix Online! Hate SOE for  what they did they just did not want another syfy mmo vs SWG.

Which MMO would revive if we could?

None of them.

Because most of the Players that made the old school MMOs so enjoyable have left MMO Gaming. A new generation of MMO Gamer is here and is now more of a majority than we ever were years ago.

Because most of the Developers, Artists, Forum Staff, Community Leads that made those MMOs great are gone as well. Developers don't run their own MMOs now, Suits do, and well Suits can't hold a candle to running an enjoyable MMO as far as I am concerned... they can make a MMO financially successful, but that's different. Financial success does not always equal an exhilarating and memorable MMO experience. In my own experience Financial success for a MMO usually kills the fun of an MMO. MMOs are best imho when they are designed for a niche audience. Niche audience's don't make huge profits "usually". There are exceptions...

Call me a pessimist but I thoroughly believe any attempt to revive any of the old school MMOs that so many of us on these forums say we miss would only end up reviving old software (even updated software) but with too many new faces that do not do things as Players did years ago. Too many Faces that want something different from MMOs then we enjoyed.

I would rather remember those old MMOs as they were, remember the Players for who they were and how they played their game, remember the Devs and the Staff of the old MMOs for how they did things, good and bad, then to try to "reenact" the old days.

I would have to say Shadowbane. I spent many hours playing and enjoying the quest . And running from high lvl pk'ers, it was a blast . With a little graphics love, and new worlds and quest , I am sure it would be a blast again.

Leisure suit Larry!!! kidding

Original SWG for obvious reasons, and I though Earth and Beyond was fun too, and The Matrix was pretty fun at times.

DAOC. I would get rid of the task dungeons, and TOA expansion. I would also get rid of the level 20 command where players can make alts automatically level 20 if they have a level 50 main.

I would make getting level 50 a challenge again and get a handle on crowd control in RVR.

But most of all, I would ban buffbots and all related activity.

If  I did all that, DAOC would be the glory of its former self and once again home for this jaded vet.

Tabula Rasa - was just starting to enjoy it when they shut it down.

Originally posted by Elidien

DAOC. I would get rid of the task dungeons, and TOA expansion. I would also get rid of the level 20 command where players can make alts automatically level 20 if they have a level 50 main.

I would make getting level 50 a challenge again and get a handle on crowd control in RVR.

But most of all, I would ban buffbots and all related activity.

If  I did all that, DAOC would be the glory of its former self and once again home for this jaded vet.

+ Graphics overhaul for the eye candy crowd

+ UI overhaul for just about everyone

= win.

Pre-CU SWG. I really wish I could've played it when it was around, so many people make it out to be amazing.

Pre CU SWG, miss that game, old school DAoC and AC2. Those were my favorite games  :(

For me it would definately be SWG Pre patch 9 (the truly good ol days). Earth and Beyond was fun as well.

On a slightly sideways tangent (oxymoron?) how about if Neverwinter Nights could have a server max of 640 instead of 64? Man you could have 40 live GM's and 600 players, that would have ROCKED considering some of impressive worlds teams did make (Blood Axe Realms anyone?)

Volatileman

Ultima Online.  It was the most fun I've ever had in an MMO with the sandbox, skill-based style it was a great game with real suspense.  I don't know if I would actually try to revive it as much as I would just scrap it and totally remake it.