Raph Koster Interview
Computer Games Online have a rather lengthy interview up with Raph Koster, one of the creators of Ultima Online and master of ceremonies on Star Wars: Galaxies (is it just me or does this game get less interesting as time goes on?). Raph doesn’t discuss specifics were SW:G is concerned, instead talking in more general terms about MMP design and the influence that UO has had on the genre as a whole.
I was flattered to see that UO made it into a list of the Most Influential Games of All Time. But I am not sure that the full influence of UO on the online gaming world can be appreciated yet. We haven’t seen any games out yet that have absorbed all the lessons—the games out now were all in development at the same time as UO. These games take so darn long to make. I think the confluence of in-game player housing, viable extensive trading skills and player economy, all those things that go into making it more than a game about just adventuring—I think those things are going to be ever more important over time.
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