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Re:Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009) by rjbwork on Monday June 08, 2020 @11:07AM (#23457129)
Honestly, no. At least not that you can play right now. Star Wars Galaxies was something of a spiritual successor, but is defunct. There have been a few attempts at more free-form open world type games since then, but IMO, nothing really comes close to UO. I've had to give up on MMO's because it all just feels like an experience on rails that is a time sink for some virtual items rather than the kind of free form world modifying choose your own adventure that UO was.
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Re:Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009) by Alex3917 on Monday June 08, 2020 @11:14AM (#23457194)
Hmm well hopefully in 30 years or whenever I'm retired, computers hardware will have improved enough that someone will have tried to make a better version.

Although obviously single player, I have to admit I was extremely impressed by Breath of the Wild. It could have benefits from another couple years of polish, but it was extremely fun regardless.

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Re:Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009) by andrepd on Monday June 08, 2020 @04:34PM (#23460459)
>Although obviously single player, I have to admit I was extremely impressed by Breath of the Wild. It could have benefits from another couple years of polish, but it was extremely fun regardless.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the engine would make a great MMO :p

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Re:Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009) by dlhavema on Monday June 08, 2020 @03:51PM (#23460070)
I loved galaxies back in the day. I was online when the first Jedi was unlocked that was a momentous occasion.
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Re:Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009) by packetslave on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @11:27AM (#23467460)
Star Wars Galaxies... ironically also designed by (and destroyed by) Raph Koster. Sony managed to get middle-age housewives spending hours a day building communities in their MMO, then flushed it all down the toilet for the Jedi grind and chasing after CoD gamers.
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