07-25-2007, 03:55 PM
But it was canceled in early development in 2001. That's only 3 years before WoW...
Go look at UO2 screenshots and then compare them to WoW. Even though they had no way of knowing a game such as WoW was going to be released, I think they made a smart move to cancel UO2. Technologically, they were going to fall behind very quickly with the advent of "pretty" games such as Lineage I/II, SWG, and WoW.
I think within the next couple years EA will begin and/or announce a proper successor to UO now that EA has grown a bagillion times wealthier.
Go look at UO2 screenshots and then compare them to WoW. Even though they had no way of knowing a game such as WoW was going to be released, I think they made a smart move to cancel UO2. Technologically, they were going to fall behind very quickly with the advent of "pretty" games such as Lineage I/II, SWG, and WoW.
I think within the next couple years EA will begin and/or announce a proper successor to UO now that EA has grown a bagillion times wealthier.