Originally posted by Teala
Did everyone just go brain dead?   Don't you all remember why this game died?  It was full of exploit holes you could drop a truck through. There were no NPC's, no cities, no anything.   Remember how the developers asked you to be a "pioneer"?  Remember that?  Unless Turbine goes in and fixes the exploits and adds some actual soul to the game - it'll be the same mess it was when it launched back in 2002.  

I dunno, my non-braindead logic center tells me that if they're opening what was previously a "release" game onto a "beta server" in a "beta state" they plan to fix and change the game.. which probably also means those exploits and broken things you are talking about.

The corpse is fresh out of the ground.  At least give them some time to pretty up before you hack it apart.

I'll admit I'm very tempted to sub and had a great time in AC2 when it released.. for a while.

That said, sandbox?  LOL. 

i loved ac2 still this day, and willing to pay $100 monthly sub for it. Bst news ever, my christmas present came  early )))))))))))))))))))))))

Originally posted by adam_nox
lol you have to pay for this?

No, it's free for AC1 subscribers.

Now, I personally have never been a fan of the game, but I am absolutely overjoyed to see one of the lost titles that had a sizable following resurrected for its fans.

Originally posted by sevitoth

Never thought in a million years we would ever see this game again.

Guess I'm buying an AC1 subscription now....

 

 

 

      Judging from alot of posts in the thread it almost sounds like Turbine was more interested in getting people to buy/sub to AC1 and just threw in AC2 to sweeten the deal....I actually thought that AC1 would end up f2p at some point, but this will probably be their alternative to that.

There is one good thing that came from AC2.    The creation of the Tumerok race and lore.   No game before or since has ever created something so cool.    That is the one and only thing I think I miss from AC2.   The uniqueness of this whole race in the game, from the looks to the lore, has never been duplicated in such a manner in any game.    Just awesome.

Originally posted by hockeyplayr

Originally posted by TangentPoint

Originally posted by hockeyplayr
wait so is this the asherons call 2? the one that was shut down way back when???

That's the one!

I am so buying the original asherons call now.. lol

Resubbed myself and back in game! Great to be back!

Been toooooooo long....

Holy crap!

Honestly it wasn't a very good game but ...

Holy crap!

I'm curious to what brought this about. Hype for a new AC game announcement in the near future?

PLLLEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSE!

What could be happening is they may have decided throwing team on it for development was worth it seeing a cash shop would be added under their model eventually. More content in that game could bring it back to life.

Originally posted by sevitoth

Originally posted by kevjards
can someone please clarify..is this the game with nothing in it..i,e no npc's etc

Yes.

Well, story/quest NPCs.. but no vendors, etc.

I kind of assume that, if interest in the game warrants it, we can expect to see improvements to it over time.

Originally posted by elocke

Originally posted by Aviggin
Oh man... I almost wanna do it. I might do it. Nah, I won't, at least not yet. I gotta see it in action via videos and such first. I know someone has got to post a video sometime.

Yeah, that's what I'm waiting on.  Been fooled too many times with these supposedly great "old" games to take the bait right now.

I've been far more disappointed with the new games than the old ones for countless reasons.  The bar has been raised for the newer MMO's regarding polish/graphics, but not for design. 

Just bought AC1, think I'll DL that as well.  Although AC1 makes EQ look highly polished with top of the line graphics.  For AC2 if they fix the exploits and throw in an NPC or two, I'm hopeful.  This may be a brilliant move by Turbine.

Originally posted by Teala

There is one good thing that came from AC2.    The creation of the Tumerok race and lore.   No game before or since has ever created something so cool.    That is the one and only thing I think I miss from AC2.   The uniqueness of this whole race in the game, from the looks to the lore, has never been duplicated in such a manner in any game.    Just awesome.

yeah that was really a great thing about the AC franchise, all monsters and races were made up. not copyed from other games.

Originally posted by Teala
Did everyone just go brain dead?   Don't you all remember why this game died?  It was full of exploit holes you could drop a truck through. There were no NPC's, no cities, no anything.   Remember how the developers asked you to be a "pioneer"?  Remember that?  Unless Turbine goes in and fixes the exploits and adds some actual soul to the game - it'll be the same mess it was when it launched back in 2002.  

It wasn't the same mess it was at launch when they took it offline. It was greatly improved by then.

By that time, they'd released a full expansion (which is accounted for in the re-release), and had fixed it up into a very solid game. It was just too late and they weren't able to get enough interest back in it.

You make it sound like they released the game in 2002, did nothing with it for 3 years and then took it offline.

Originally posted by DrunkWolf

Originally posted by Teala

There is one good thing that came from AC2.    The creation of the Tumerok race and lore.   No game before or since has ever created something so cool.    That is the one and only thing I think I miss from AC2.   The uniqueness of this whole race in the game, from the looks to the lore, has never been duplicated in such a manner in any game.    Just awesome.

yeah that was really a great thing about the AC franchise, all monsters and races were made up. not copyed from other games.

I level capped a Tumerok spear thrower when it launched. I agree ... they are about one the coolest race ever introduced in a game. Was great to play one in AC2.

Also I hope the put a little development into it as the skill trees were horrible.

Originally posted by Tidel
From beta to final is what I meant. But gotcha, thank you.

Yes, Severlin on the AC forums already said there's no plans for wipes. Said if nothing goes wrong, we get to keep them.