Feldon Massively’s Larry “Shaddoe” Everett is looking to trial some different MMOs and, perhaps, bring more attention to them. For the next six weeks he’ll be trying out MMOs based on a voting system. Included in his list are EverQuest II and another SOE property: FreeRealms.
Choose My Adventure is a chance for Massively readers to guide one member of the writing staff on an adventure in a game of the readers’ choosing. For the next six weeks, I want you to choose my adventure for me. I have tried nearly every major title in the last decade, but I haven’t necessarily spent a lot of time in all of them. After the break, I will describe some of the games that I believe will be great for this task, and you can choose one for me via poll. Then, as a special bonus, on Friday at 6 p.m. EDT I will introduce you to each of the games on Massively’s Livestream channel.
Amnerys, EQ2’s Community Manager, posted a thread on the EQ2 Forums, encouraging players to head to Massively and vote for EQ2.
Star Wars Galaxies
Everett has spoken frequently about his love for Star Wars games, including Star Wars Galaxies. Ironically, he did an 8 year retrospective of Star Wars Galaxies just 24 hours before the sunsetting of the game was announced.
Despite public assurances that the closure of SWG was a coordinated decision, EQ2Wire has learned from an industry source with close ties to LucasArts, and confirmed with a high level source at SOE who spoke on condition of anonymity that this closure originated with LucasArts, out of a desire to avoid having two Star Wars MMOs on the market at the same time. Setting aside past design decisions, SOE is proud of its work on Star Wars Galaxies and had no intention to close down the game any time soon.