Poll: Have you heard of the MMORPG, Horizons?

[WinkOsmosis]

It seems that no one has heard of it. I didn't even hear about it until recently, and it came out in early December. I was actually following it in the summer of 2000. Forums, chat room, everything. One time I got banned from the chat for bitching at a developer and I emailed the Artifact pres or whatever he called himself (I think his name was David?) and he made them unban me . Good times.

http://www.istaria.com/

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Yeah, I did the beta and purchased it, but can't afford to pay the subscription since I am unemployed, grrrr

 

[SP33Demon]

Nope sounds

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Dragons | Dwarves | Elves | Fiends | Gnomes | Half-Giants | Humans | Saris | Sslik

Those are the races you can play.

 

[kaymin]

It got poor reviews

I'll stay away

 

[wake]

Was reading the forums during the beta period, once it was released it didn't get rave reviews the way I thought it would, still haven't ever played it. Supposed to be fun if you like crafting items.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

IGN says:

The ability to totally customize a character through multi-classing, the dichotomy of adventuring and crafting, the crafting system that will make most crafters extremely happy, plenty of low level content, good graphics and incredible music, along with a deep lore is worth a look if you think those things might be of interest to you. Like most MMOs, the game is what you make it.

 

[TallBill]

i'll download the free demo and try it.. cuz i've played.. just about every major mmorpg out there.. to many to list.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

I found another review. They gave it a 6.5.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click/game-705934/reviews.php?critic=all&sortby=default&page=1&rid=63776

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: TallBill
i'll download the free demo and try it.. cuz i've played.. just about every major mmorpg out there.. to many to list.

There's a free demo??

 

[LiekOMG]

David Allen is no longer with Artifact Entertainment. He quit (or was fired?) in like 2001. Horizons was supposed to be a truely spectacular MMORPG, but it was too complex and would have taken too long to develop. Coupled with AE running out of money a few times, the game had to be changed drastically. Its no longer the same game that was displayed on their website back in 1999/2000. I still have those old screenshots, and they still look really good compared to the new Horizons which is released now.
I was in the beta, and it wasn't all that fun. No PvP, no dungeons, no real loot and a serious lack of content made the game boring.

 

[TallBill]

uh.. just go to the damn website and its a huge picture in the upper left corner.. free 7 day trial.. jesus christ!

 

[Chiropteran]

No pvp, not for me.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: TallBill
uh.. just go to the damn website and its a huge picture in the upper left corner.. free 7 day trial.. jesus christ!

Doh! I figured that was for if you bought the game.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: TallBill
uh.. just go to the damn website and its a huge picture in the upper left corner.. free 7 day trial.. jesus christ!

Doh! I figured that was for if you bought the game.

lol im downloading right now. not that im expecting anything great, but a new game is a new game

 

[ShotgunSteven]

My fiancee was a beta-tester. She liked it, said it was following the path of Star Wars: Galaxies, though. Lots of promise, but pushed out before it was ready.

 

[TallBill]

Btw, its nearly a 1 gig download. Its to bad that my dsl here BLOWS