I'm an oldschool gamer. I started with Ultima Online and continue my sandbox craze with a sub to Eve and a off and on relationship with Ryzom.

What I'm wondering is what do you sandbox guys play?

Have you kept to the old ways of UO and SWG Emu? Moved onto Eve,Ryzom or Wurm? Are you attempting to whether the storm of Darkfalls infancy? Have you started Fallen Earth? Or are you waiting for games like Mortal Online,Earthrise or maybe even core indy titles like Link realms?

I find it interesting to know what my fellow sandbox fanatics are playing these days as we have less and less quality games to play.

I myself have partially jumped ship a bit to themepark games but my heart and soul will always be with sandbox games.

So what's the deal? what are you playing, if not playing what are you looking forward to?

Originally posted by Remii718

I'm an oldschool gamer. I started with Ultima Online and continue my sandbox craze with a sub to Eve and a off and on relationship with Ryzom.

What I'm wondering is what do you sandbox guys play?

Have you kept to the old ways of UO and SWG Emu? Moved onto Eve,Ryzom or Wurm? Are you attempting to whether the storm of Darkfalls infancy? Have you started Fallen Earth? Or are you waiting for games like Mortal Online,Earthrise or maybe even core indy titles like Link realms?

I find it interesting to know what my fellow sandbox fanatics are playing these days as we have less and less quality games to play.

I myself have partially jumped ship a bit to themepark games but my heart and soul will always be with sandbox games.

So what's the deal? what are you playing, if not playing what are you looking forward to?

 

 

a lot will probably play uo on september 8  new graphic choice ,new race(last expension was 4 years ago)

If you don't mind a mix of themepark and sandbox, keep an eye out for FF14. The character progression system resembles Ultima Online more than anything, so I guess that's a plus? You can get to the max level without fighting once and just by using gathering and crafting classes for example. 

EVE,

I also get my theme park kicks in with CO now (used to be CoX) and I am looking forward to Star Wars: TOR.  Eve is the closet thing to UO I have found but better IMO since I really am not that fond of the fantasy genre.  Fallen Earth looks promising but not a game I am currently interested in.  

The one I am truly waiting for is APB, regardless of MMO type.  

Originally posted by Hyanmen

If you don't mind a mix of themepark and sandbox, keep an eye out for FF14. The character progression system resembles Ultima Online more than anything, so I guess that's a plus? You can get to the max level without fighting once and just by using gathering and crafting classes for example. 

Not at all actually. Some of my best times in a mmo were during my Anarchy Online and AC1 days both games are considered Hybrid and very good at that time. Thanks for the FFIX info I will keep an eye on it.

I have been playing fallen earth, i would say it isnt a total sandbox though more of a hybrid. Also been thinking of going back to ryzom or finally trying to understand EVE. Future games that look good i guess are mortal online, swtor, Earthrise, ff14.

Darkfall.

Or I would if my computer was working properly.

no levels, all proffesions and skills for one char, I haven't seen anything like it, though the animations are bad but less important

Originally posted by Hyanmen

If you don't mind a mix of themepark and sandbox, keep an eye out for FF14. The character progression system resembles Ultima Online more than anything, so I guess that's a plus? You can get to the max level without fighting once and just by using gathering and crafting classes for example. 

Sounds nice as I'm a huge themepark/sandbox hybrid advocate.  I don't think either is as good without the other.  I'll be investigating this game now.  :)

As for the original question....nothing.  Well, at least no mmos.  Mostly, I play civ 4 and poker nowadays.

I have the GTA games and Saints Row 1 and 2 for my Xbox360.  Sometimes when I feel like running around an imaginary world I'll play one of those.  I also have GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas for PC, and the graphical upgrade you get playing on PC is awesome....it really adds to the game.

 Playing Darkfall now.

Im waiting for Fallen Earth to settle as well.  Then i hopefully have two nice different sandbox MMOs to play : )

Age of Conan..... and waiting for The Secret World... hopefully that will be even more sandbox. AoC is not really sandbox, but the only game I like right now!

Originally posted by Gabby-air

I have been playing fallen earth, i would say it isnt a total sandbox though more of a hybrid. 

FE has a sandbox sort of feel to it, but really, I wouldn't call it a sandbox at all.  It's more like just a skill-based themepark.  I didn't feel like I could just play a crafter, or a scavenger, and even if you could, crafter/scavengers can master all crafting skills.  IMHO, it really takes away from how open it feels, when there's really only one flavor of crafter.

And FFIV?  Really?  I haven't looked into it, but I'd have thought a game like that would be as themepark as they come.

Originally posted by Vhaln

And FFIV?  Really?  I haven't looked into it, but I'd have thought a game like that would be as themepark as they come.

Me too, me too. It still is more a themepark than sandbox though, except that the character progression system resembles sandbox (think UO with slight differences).

I think a sub to Mortal Online and TOR simulataneously will probably be at the end of 2010ish. But for now I really want to try Aion as it looks interesting and possibly the best thing for me on the market right now. WoW is just not for me, and AoC... well I won't get that started.

Darkfall.

No matter how trashed it is on these forums the amount of sandbox features that came out with the expansions - especially the October one- is unmatched really, besides EVE. But its catching up to it and are basically very different games.

WURM Online,

the controlls might be a bit hard, and the learning curve a bit steep, but there is no finer sandbox IMO. you can do anything and everything you can think of in that game, from digging a tunnel though a mountain to constructing watchtowers and large houses. your skills increase as you preform various tasks and you have to pretty much build ever piece of ever item you make. its an awsome game and would recommend anyone who is looking for a good sandbox to try it out.

the only thing wurm lacks i think is more diversions other then work... after 6 months i felt like i was going to work instead of having fun on a game, but after a break it has regained the edge and sparkle i came to miss.

 Eve Online!

 eq2,the chronicle of spellborn

ya i know im undiceded wich game to go to end game 

they re both awsome lol

and aion pvp factor still annoy me 

cant wait to know how  ncsoft will do their server thing then i ll make my mind 

kept the pre-order just in case they use a version of gw1 pvp server way (global)

we ll see

Not subbed to anything right now. Will re-sub to EvE at some point. Have a long ongoing love/hate relationship with EvE. Easily the best sandbox game out there in my opinion, but get tired of being a ship. Need to run around green hills, hitting things with a stick or blade once in a while. Usually when I realize I've only been logging on to kick off a skill for a month or two, I know its time to cancel for a while.

Holding out for a sandbox with quality and feature rich client that LoTRO provides.

Playing nothing now. I don't think I'll be playing any Mmo's within the next year or 2 , nothing peeks my interest. I have been considering getting a Ps3 ,Resident Evil and Street Fighter are a lot of fun but other then that, I'm dead in the water. Hopefully in the near future mmo's will utilize the hardeware thats out there and stop making games for Dells built back in 2000.