A Series of Tubes

On the Uru Live Website, under the in developement section, there’s that “Blue Skies” section. I like most of what I see, the vehicles, the guild system, etc. The guild system is a great idea, very much like the ancient D’ni society.

Then there’s the one I don’t understand. “Player mounts”? What are player mounts? I know the answer is lurking somewhere on the Uru Live forums, but I’m afraid to wade through the posts there looking for the answer, because of the fact that there are already over 4000.

Lastly, there’s the pets. Yes, I said pets. In Uru. That’s just over the top and completely uncalled for. If you want pets in a video game, play this, this, or this. Don’t pollute our great game with your furry poop machines, please.

*Sheds a tear of joy*

Oh my god, thank you. Uru Live is back. Or at least, it is set to be back this summer (in beta, back in full in fall/holiday season). It’s going to be so awesome, and I will not make the mistake I made before in not taking part in the phenomenon. It is such an amazing game that I’m amazed at how dense Ubisoft is for taking it down in the first game. But still, they just lost a ton of money for themselves now. If they had kept it up, look how much they could’ve made. In the first day there were over 200 people signed up for beta. That’s 200 people willing to pay $10 a month to play the game they shut down. $2000 a month, and that was only with the people who signed up on day one. The game is now being released through Gametap, but you don’t have to have Gametap to play, and it’s going to be available internationally. Heck, they might even port it to Mac! 😀