AC2 Dies Quietly

GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
edited December 2005 in Science & Tech
Wired reports that Asheron's Call 2 is scheduled to be shut down on December 31, due to financial difficulties.
What struck me immediately was how creepy the world had become. "Being in-game is like walking around a ghost town," I was warned by Amy Gilson, a 31-year-old from Philomath, Oregon. "You can almost see the tumbleweeds pass you by." Indeed: Since I'd created a brand-new avatar, I was teleported to "Arwic North Outpost," a newbie area that was gorgeous -- Asheron's Call 2 is a visual treat -- but sepulchrally quiet.

To get in character, I gamely tried to level up my character by killing a few monsters. But I couldn't get past the sense of existential emptiness. At one point, a non-player character assigned me a quest of killing all the burrowing beasts in a nearby canyon, to save her town. I'm like, save the town? Lady, the whole damn world is about to end!

Now as the final days click down, the last denizens of Asheron's Call 2 are wrestling with a question that historically faces all displaced peoples: Where next?
Source: Wired

Comments

  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited December 2005
    Man, that sux. I was a beta tester for AC2 and enjoyed it quite a bit. Still, I could never bring myself to pay the subscription fee for it, or any other MMORPG.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited December 2005
    A few years ago, I played AC2 for about three months, then got bored doing the same thing over and over again with slightly different scenery. I won't miss it. When I want MMORPG action these days, I fire up Guild Wars and never pay a monthly fee. :thumbsup:
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited December 2005
    ;D

    I don't even know what it is beyond a MMO, the name is all I am familiar with :p
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited December 2005
    They should have an "End of the World" quest.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • HotrodsunHotrodsun Salem, OR
    edited December 2005
    drasnor wrote:
    They should have an "End of the World" quest.

    -drasnor :fold:

    And then give you your money back for wasting it on this game.
  • jradminjradmin North Kackalaki
    edited December 2005
    GHoosdum wrote:
    A few years ago, I played AC2 for about three months, then got bored doing the same thing over and over again with slightly different scenery. I won't miss it. When I want MMORPG action these days, I fire up Guild Wars and never pay a monthly fee. :thumbsup:


    I hope one day you'll find a good MMORPG. :mullet::mullet:
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