Where the Hell did Richard Garriot get $35million from?

[mondblut]

He also sold Origin for something up to 35 million dollars.

35 too? So this means it was all EA's malignant scheming, to lure him into the orbit!

I wonder if they ever expect him going back, with broken toilet et al, hur-hur. What an ingenious way to save on the UO royalty payments!

 

[Pastel]

Its a grand soul changing personal journey Pastel. You obviously are not a very romantic or sensible guy.

No it's just a rich fuck going into space standing in the way of people who actually go there for a fucking reason.

 

[Trash]

Perhaps they need people like him to pay the bills since most governments seemed to lose all incentive to pay those when the cold war ended?

It's cynical, but the only thing keeping the Russian space program going was rich bastards paying through their nose to go into space. Not that I wouldn't give a kidney to do the same....

 

[SuicideBunny]

Seriously were the ultimas, putting aside the setting, the interactive world and characters and all that shit really great rpgs on the other aspects?

was planescape? arcanum? bloodlines?

 

[Silellak]

Seriously were the ultimas, putting aside the setting, the interactive world and characters and all that shit really great rpgs on the other aspects?

was planescape? arcanum? bloodlines?

Also, more importantly, who cares? Ultima games were never about levels, stats, or combat. They were about the setting, world, and characters. Not to mention the music. Damn.

To this day, Ultima 7 is my favorite RPG, despite the fact the combat in it is downright horrible, and the leveling system is incredibly uninteresting.

I'm not saying it couldn't be improved - and the Ultima 5 remake of "Lazarus" did so in a few ways - but I just don't see it as being necessary.

And Ascension? WTF the fuck was that bugged to hell underdeveloped drull POS.

An insult to every Ultima game that came before it.

 

[mondblut]

 

[Unradscorpion]

All of the MM games I have played were bad... they were fucking retarded hack jobs. Garriot probably just felt sorry for that guy and let him pretend to be his friend or something... I can't make sense of this any other way.

That is rather true, but MM9 didn't even succeed in being a simple mind relaxing activity, it was buggy, horrible graphics, screwed up camera and combat...

 

[sportforredneck]

If I had the money, I would want to go in space too. It would probably be awesome until we crash back to the ground in twisted burning rubble.

 

[Brother None]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24486899-401,00.html?from=mostpop

For a guy that hasn't had anything remotely resembling a success for over 10 years, he obviously isn't short of a few bucks.

NCSoft paid him over 15 million USD (I forgot the exact amount) to work on Tabula Rasa.

 

[King Crispy]

That's great, but is the space station thinking about RG pissing on it through space from an outhouse... in space? And wouldn't the urine get all sprinkly like it did in Apollo 13? Or is that a measuring tape?

Edit: And space stations can't actually think, can they?

 

[SuicideBunny]

If I had the money, I would want to go in space too. It would probably be awesome until we crash back to the ground in twisted burning rubble.

you already are in space, on a frighteningly fast giant rock with a liquid core, orbiting a gigantic fusion reactor, and you aren't really getting any more "into space" by putting on retarded clothing that you need to shield yourself from the temperature, radiation, and pressure difference, then busting through all the garbage orbiting said rock, so you can take an insignificantly closer look at the stars (most of the time through a really small and shitty window), or see the very general area your mom's house is located in, and a different continent at the same time.

i'd rather make a really cool free 2d indie rpg with it... after spending 1mil on drugs and hookers.

 

[Thrasher]

I think you've had enough.

 

[sportforredneck]

If I had the money, I would want to go in space too. It would probably be awesome until we crash back to the ground in twisted burning rubble.

you already are in space, on a frighteningly fast giant rock with a liquid core, orbiting a gigantic fusion reactor, and you aren't really getting any more "into space" by putting on retarded clothing that you need to shield yourself from the temperature, radiation, and pressure difference, then busting through all the garbage orbiting said rock, so you can take an insignificantly closer look at the stars (most of the time through a really small and shitty window), or see the very general area your mom's house is located in, and a different continent at the same time.

i'd rather make a really cool free 2d indie rpg with it... after spending 1mil on drugs and hookers.

Well yeah...but I'd like to try out the zero gravity, basically I could just go to a training site for that though. I just thought the trip would be kinda awesome.

 

[Fallout_Fan_VII]

<sniperz>

That's great, but is the space station thinking about RG pissing on it through space from an outhouse... in space? And wouldn't the urine get all sprinkly like it did in Apollo 13? Or is that a measuring tape?

Edit: And space stations can't actually think, can they?

Looks like a rope to me.

He has to have someway to get back from the outhouse, after all.

 

[Wyrmlord]

MisterStone, which Might And Magic games in particular did you not like?

 

[ushdugery]

If startrek has taught me anything it's that bitches are way skankier in space all you have to do is save them from some stupid robot overlords and they're a pretty big pushover.

 

[MisterStone]

HAY GUYZ, someone make a Richard Garriot alt and post on RPGCodex pretending you are in space. For the lulz, of course.

 

[mondblut]

Looks like a rope to me.

He has to have someway to get back from the outhouse, after all.

Yep.

 

[Wyrmlord]

And then with Tim Cain and Jason Anderson also making MMOs like Caneghem and Garriot, it just makes you wonder...

 

[Unradscorpion]

MisterStone, which Might And Magic games in particular did you not like?

Which Might And Magic games in particular did you like?

 

[Wyrmlord]

3,4, and 5.

 

[Fenril]

The mandate of heaven one was pretty neato if you dont mind hack and slash and exploration.

 

[Wyrmlord]

I like hack and slash and exploration.

But curiously, the combat in the sixth game - is it turn-based like in the older games or is it real-time? I know that typical MM combat is so fast it can look like real-time, but in the videos I have seen of the sixth game, you see other creatures fighting each other in real-time and people in the world walking around in real-time.

 

[Unradscorpion]

Can't remember exactly... But 7 and 8 were fast TB like you described, so it's probably the same.

 

[Fenril]

I like hack and slash and exploration.

But curiously, the combat in the sixth game - is it turn-based like in the older games or is it real-time? I know that typical MM combat is so fast it can look like real-time, but in the videos I have seen of the sixth game, you see other creatures fighting each other in real-time and people in the world walking around in real-time.

WyrmLord from my few memories from Might and Magic 6: the mandate of heaven you switched between realtime combat and turn based combat with a key, the quirky part is to move your party you would have to shut off turn based mode. The system seems dumb but it actually worked well with the mechanics of that game. The easy, weak enemies could be dispatched rather fast and you would only use TB for the more challenging parts or when a bit of intensive spellcasting was needed.

I only played MM6 and MM7, a bit longer on MM6 but I have never finished either.

The shopping aspect of the game,the training of your characters, the hiring of specialist NPC's that give you bonuses, are all well done I think.

There were some pretty retarded aspects to the game though, like simply WALKING, do read WALKING/RUNNING over water depleted your health like it was acid. And doing this Jesus magic over water travel was actually necessary to get to some spots.

If you liked the previous Might and Magic titles though I dont see why you shouldnt give MM6 a go, or perhaps MM7 which is basically the same but more solid, with a branching storyline and a few gameplay improvements.