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Repeatable game play

No thanks, I've already played through The Cleft about a thousand times, like... every time I joined a new server in Until Uru.

Multi-User ages

Now this is intriguing. I never did much like the "instanced" ages, but I suppose that's really the only way you can do an adventure game played by multiple people. I think it would be neat to see multi-user ages outside of D'ni. Like rest ages, maybe?

Far Future

Transportation vehicles

A good concept, yes, but not really useful currently, considering what the sizes of most ages are. This could be a lot of fun though if they add some good physics models to the vehicles

Player mounts

Same as Transportation Vehicles, but slower... and usually much cuter...

Pets

Now this is something that I know a few people have dreamed about, heck if Cyanworlds would want to really bolster their sales, throw in a free pet squee for anyone who pre-orders URULive. Special prizes are given to those who pre-order other MMOs, those who pre-ordered SWG got nifty keen sunglasses, those who preordered the expansion pack got special mounts and vehicles. Do you realize how many people would shell out the money to get a pet squee in the game?

Guild System

Now this would be great, and extremely in-character as well. Though I'm not sure what the guilds would actually do together.

Destruction is coming

... from where? I appreciate this sense of urgency, especially since this is a great marketing ploy that could get quite a few people interested, it just seems a little bit tacky when set in the frame of a MYST-related game. Though seriously, where is this "Destruction" coming from? The Bahro get a little bit drunk over Cinco De Mayo and accidentally got into the gun cabinet? Is the cavern going to collapse? If destruction is really coming to D'ni then... leave... or something. Though we all know D'ni is standing in Myst V.

Find a Way

I like this, especially since it suggests player interaction with their environment. Like we're actually going to have some say in the overall story arc. Actually, this is one of the things that intrigued me about URULive in the beginning.

Make a Home

I remember reading an article from a long time ago, all about what Rand and Robyn would do after Riven. This was way back in 1998. It talked about URU, though it never mentioned it by name. I remember that this whole "making a home" aspect was quite emphasized in this article. I really do hope that this isn't just reffering to our Reltos. This also speaks a bit of the game environment. Like URU is a safe community, like a home for anyone... Then again I could just be thinking metaphysically but it seems to suggest this.

1. Keep Until URU running as a free taste for those who aren't sure about whether or not they want to buy Uru


2. Shut down the authorization server that allows clients to connect to the server list

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• Destroyed and decimated place. check


• Deranged version of Cortana spouting Yeesha-like phrases. check


• Masterchief looking really badass. check


• Marty O'Donnell more than earning his pay for the soundtrack. double check


• A lot more Covenant ships than you remember. check


• NO idea what's going on. check check and check

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2. Stir in 1 cup cold water_^Vault.


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• Tremulous


• Nexuiz


• Legends

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Arrested Development

This one stings me personally. I didn't get into this show until the second season was almost over. I was enraged when I heard that FOX wasn't going to renew it for a fourth season. I'm not sure about you, but before I saw Arrested Development, it has been a long time since anything on Television had made me laugh. So many sitcoms repeating the same gags, it was so refreshing to see something so original. But alas, torched at the end of its third season. Despite the fact that it won six emmys and a golden globe.

Beyond Good & Evil

Released in 2003, this game was to be the next big hit from legendary video game designer Michel Ancel. Creator of the hit game Rayman 2. It was to be the first in a trilogy. But it never sold well. indeed, abysmal sales have put the next two games on hold, probably forever. This game, however, did not fail because it failed to deliver its promises. Quite the opposite, Beyond Good & Evil was met with critical acclaim, the few who played it loved it. But alas, the positive hype couldn't salvage the low sales.

Firefly

You can't talk about failures without bringing this up, can you? Most of you already know the story. Firefly was the brainchild of already well known director and scriptwriter Joss Whedon. But the show was troubled from day one. The pilot was preempted, Whedon rushed to write a replacement episode known as "The Train Job" written over one weekend. Even though fans and critics loved it, Fox ultimately pulled the show after one season. Since then, the DVD's have performed well on the video store shelves, and Firefly has spawned a movie, a comic book series, a tabletop RPG, and a series of paperback fiction. I personally, didn't discover Firefly until long after its cancellation, and I love it.

Futurama

Futurama was the brainchild of Matt Groening. This show was originally concieved to poke fun at science fiction. Vastly more entertaining than the long-stagnant Simpsons. Futurama was killed in its fourth season, despite winning numerous awards and a strong fanbase. It was recently announced that this will be coming back in a direct-to-DVD format.

Psychonauts

Absolutely brilliant game. Brought to life by former Lucasarts employee Tim Schafer. A holdout from the days when Lucasarts thought that Adventure Games were still "Cool" (or for a better word, "Profitable"). This game was anticipated highly after its E3 demo. But sales were suprisingly low. The game never won any popularity, and the slow sales contributed to Majesco's Bankruptcy.

URU

Because I have to punch the nerve cluster, don't I? URU: Ages Beyond Myst, we all know the story, don't we? Cyanworlds makes a bid for a slice of the MMO market by attempting something in a seperate genre than most. The game, like all others mentioned here, despite critical acclaim from such reputable organizations as TIME, failed to sell well. Though now Cyanworlds is running their own server known as D'mala, unless we act and get on there, this too will fall.