Seens that ArcheAge (AA) will be the first and only AAA sandbox mmo to be released in these last 10 years. Your producer, Jake Song, said that AA will be the "spiritual sucessor" of UO. So, we can wait to have back UO in a updated graphical version.

Jake Song classified the mmos in 2 generations: the first generation are mmos like UO, Lineage and similars. These were mmos with big freedom and poor graphics, producing true "societies" in-game . The second generation started with WoW, with mmos with good graphics, huge content, but very little or no freedom, with single-player like content. Song said that ArcheAge want start the third generation, retaking the freedom and recreating the "virtual worlds" of the first generation, but incorporating the graphical and some fun tools of the second generation (Ex: quests).

He said too that first mmos created societies while the modern mmos created a playerbase completely dependent in developers content, that consume all content of the mmo in little time and constantly asks for more, creating a vicious cicle.

However, i know only AA. Anyone knows any other big budget or AAA mmo to be released or produced that can be considered sandbox?

I doubt we will see a AAA sandbox.  Take a look at Greed Monger.

http://www.greedmonger.com/

Originally posted by MMOExposed
Everquest Next

Possible, I'm pretty bummed that it will have classes.  

 Archage

 The Origins of Malu

 Greedmonger (+1 for this :P released hopefully within end 2013. Alpha on April 2013. Kickstarter campaign funded and last 11 days to acquire your lands with no parcel restrictionsè)

 Everquest:Next

 Pathfinder Online

Originally posted by DouganDougan
Sandbox are good, but are not casual friendly

Um sandboxes are more casual friendly than themeparks lol. Your statement is false. Think clearly on what you said and try again.

Oh and for games, some listed already but add black desert and the repopulation also.

Lot of sandboxes coming. Industry knows themeparks have been rode far too long and there is no advancement there.

Originally posted by DouganDougan
Sandbox are good, but are not casual friendly

lol... wut?

Originally posted by DouganDougan
Sandbox are good, but are not casual friendly

I found UO very casual friendly because I could play when I wanted to, how long I wanted to, and I would eventually get to the "end" in time.

i dont need to think about it, sandboxs are more hardcore than themeparks. Probably u will come with your White Knight defense of sandbox, but i played both (Sandboxs: UO, EVE, AC, etc) - (Themeparks: WoW, FFXI, Rift) 

And of course, Sandboxs are hardcore compared with themeparks.

Edit: Hardcore is not about: i can play when i want.. is about how much u need to play to "stay on top" of your server.

Originally posted by Venger

Originally posted by MMOExposed
Everquest Next

Possible, I'm pretty bummed that it will have classes.  

am certain that alot of people on this forum will call EQnext full out themepark, once we see what they mean with sandbox-like...will see but would be suprised, if that doesnt happen...am looking forward to see what they make of EQ3...but then am one of those non exsisting EQ2 players.

Originally posted by Onomas

Originally posted by DouganDougan
Sandbox are good, but are not casual friendly

Um sandboxes are more casual friendly than themeparks lol. Your statement is false. Think clearly on what you said and try again.

This ^

In Sandboxes there is no carrot to chase, so there is no need to play 24/7 like in most Themeparks

Back on topic, according to Smedley (SoE), EQnext will be a sandbox.

I will believe it when I see it.................

well to be fair

a) most people that have played it dont think of aa as a true sandbox but rather a hybrid, a "themepark plus" if you willl and

b) "to be released" is wishfulthinking...aa wont be released before 2015 in china...so you can make up your mind about when it will come out here (probably will be outdated by then anyway since its using a combat system that is allready outdated today...)

my hope as of now is everquest next and black desert online

another one would be embers of caerus (or something like this)

and the repopulation

Darkfall Unholy Wars.

These other games being mentioned are not "sandboxes".  You cannot have a true sandbox game with artificial faction systems, fake territory control, and no-loot PvP.

I mean I'm really hesitant to post in this thread as I'm not entirely sure what YOU classify as a AAA sandbox mmo. I mean I think understand what you are trying to get at....basically complete and total freedom from a major game publishing company? I think your best bet will be real life. Real life is the ultimate sandbox.

Otherwise you are going to have to settle for sandbox like games because I don't think there's ever going to be a game that offers you total freedom unless you are a computer programmer and create your own gaming platform, and then spend twenty years constantly adding as many options / paths into it as you can every time you get a random idea for a feature in game that brings you closer and closer to total freedom. . .

The only major sandboxish game coming out in the very near future (witin the next couple of months) in my opinion that is far far far away from themepark land is Darkfall: Unholy Wars. It caters to the pvp crowd but has a lot of sandbox attributes in it.

Originally posted by DouganDougan

i dont need to think about it, sandboxs are more hardcore than themeparks. Probably u will come with your White Knight defense of sandbox, but i played both (Sandboxs: UO, EVE, AC, etc) - (Themeparks: WoW, FFXI, Rift) 

 

And of course, Sandboxs are hardcore compared with themeparks.

Edit: Hardcore is not about: i can play when i want.. is about how much u need to play to "stay on top" of your server.

And that's exactly where you are wrong.. In themeparks all there is to do is "stay on top of your server" with your gear. Sandboxes have much more content to them, so there is no treadmill. In a real sandbox you do what you want, when you want to. And there is way more to do than just combat. The themepark mentality of "staying on top" is a childish and invalid goal within a sandbox where there are many things to do other than combat. 

whoooop whoooop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNtB5DoJ6OI

wonder why mmorpg.com hasnt introduced it to the list yet

Originally posted by AvsRock21

Originally posted by DouganDougan

i dont need to think about it, sandboxs are more hardcore than themeparks. Probably u will come with your White Knight defense of sandbox, but i played both (Sandboxs: UO, EVE, AC, etc) - (Themeparks: WoW, FFXI, Rift) 

 

And of course, Sandboxs are hardcore compared with themeparks.

Edit: Hardcore is not about: i can play when i want.. is about how much u need to play to "stay on top" of your server.

 

And that's exactly where you are wrong.. In themeparks all there is to do is "stay on top of your server" with your gear. Sandboxes have much more content to them, so there is no treadmill. In a real sandbox you do what you want, when you want to. And there is way more to do than just combat. The themepark mentality of "staying on top" is a childish and invalid goal within a sandbox where there are many things to do other than combat. 

and if u want to be competitive in your server you have to play a lot more than in themeparks where people are leeched on raids getting drops playing bad.

I see ArcheAge more as a combination of sandbox and themepark rather than sandox. I would call it themepark with sandbox features.

AAA sandbox will allegedly be EQ Next according to its devs.