Wizardry Online announced
Japanese publisher Gamepot announced Wizardry Online today, an MMO based on the classic RPG series and developed by the makers of Radiant Historia. It's due out this summer in Japan, and in 2012 in North America.
Japanese MMO publisher Gamepot announced Wizardry Online today, a MMO based on the classic RPG series. It's currently being tested, and a private beta is planned for sometime this month. It will launch in the summer in Japan, and follow in 2012 in North America. It's being developed by Headlock, Inc, a developer probably best-known in the west for Radiant Historia.
The announcement sounds like the update features what you'd expect from an MMO revamp: PvP combat, winding dungeons, and homages to the series roots. It also promises permanent death, for those seeking a challenge. We call these "crazy people."
"Wizardry Online hearkens back to the original allure of the groundbreaking Wizardry RPG series, but brings an updated flare for modern gamers," said Gamepot president Shuhei Ueda in the announcement. "Now, for the first time ever, players around the world can step into the impressive action and captivating lore of this world in a free-to-play, online format. We're confident the return to hardcore role-playing elements will be a shot in the arm for gamers looking for a new challenge in the genre."
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Steve Watts posted a new article, Wizardry Online announced.
Japanese publisher Gamepot announced Wizardry Online today, an MMO based on the classic RPG series and developed by the makers of Radiant Historia. It's due out this summer in Japan, and in 2012 in North America.-
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Pretty much every year that goes by, the average age of gamers goes up by one, or at least has for the last 5 years. Don't be so sure.
And as a love letter to another mid-30s gamer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTS-cs-SbLM
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I still feel sorry for Christopher, the smith, to this very day.
The sense of discovery that I felt in games like Ultima IV and Ultima VII may have been more about my youthful exhuberance than anything else, but GOD, I never got tired of exploring, finding a cabin out in the woods, surrounded by Wisps, going in there, and LOOTING THE DAYLIGHTS out of all the potions and wands inside.
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It's not really for us I'd imagine. Cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizardry#Series_in_Japan
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Even though we don't really see games in the franchise anymore in the West, it's an oddly big franchise in Japan. There's more Japanese Wizardry games released than exist in the original series actually. They really like their roguelikes over there. That's why it's no surprise that this is coming form a Japanese developer.
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Hah.. close. I'm 37 and Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord was pretty much my first game EVER. I had it on the Apple II+ and played the SHIT out of that game. I actually played and finished Wizardy 8 which was an awesome game that nobody played. The game plays like a 3d version of Jagged Alliance with magic (which makes sense because it's the same people who made it I think).
This video does get me a little bit excited.. I'm just not sure how a Wizardry MMO would work. I like the video though.
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