#121857 - 03/11/03 01:12 PM
More News about URU: Ages Beyond MYST
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True Blue Boomer
Registered: 05/26/99
Posts: 22381
Loc: Seattle Washington USA
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Hi Gang...... My pleasure to pass along what I am allowed of a conversation this morning, with a good friend of mine who is a very active insider on CYAN's URU project. To quote: ...."the game is awesome!" It is highly addictive and worth getting DSL. It is a multi-player in that you can wander around and you can visit other players/people, take tours...etc. Being is the game is online, you can get the current ages, updated graphics and community new/stuff. "The exploration aspect is absolutely unbelievable." This insider, who has virtually unequalled adventure gaming experience says, ...."To date, I haven't seen anything that resembles this game. This new online world will not only get MYST fans pumped, but introduce a lot of new people to a gaming experience unlike any other. It is the future of interactive gaming."----------------------------------- Are you ready? URU: Ages Beyond MYST official site. 
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#121861 - 03/12/03 08:30 PM
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Registered: 02/10/00
Posts: 10360
Loc: Southern California
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Alright, my stupidity is showing, but will this work if you have cable, not DSL?
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#121863 - 03/12/03 08:53 PM
Re: More News about URU: Ages Beyond MYST
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Registered: 06/16/02
Posts: 1957
Loc: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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My understanding of the requirements were "broadband." Broadband includes cable, DSL, T1-3, any fast connection. In other words....NOT 56K dial up.
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#121866 - 03/12/03 10:01 PM
Re: More News about URU: Ages Beyond MYST
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Registered: 12/06/02
Posts: 4216
Loc: Virginia's wetland dimension
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Shorah I live in a semi-rural location and am doing my level best to persuade the cable people (and whoever else I can get to listen to me) to send broadband my way. They say its getting to be most places now. They say it should be here in the next few months *hopes fervently* Satellite is an option for some who are especially far from civilization but not for me (tall trees in the way). And yes, some broadband is pricey but other charge around 50/month US. Since we dont subscribe to cable tv either, we should be able to afford it. Most cities are getting broadband now. Hopefully you will find a place soon, MrLipid. This site identifies a few possible options: http://www.orderdsl.net/index.htm If they say you could get it, you may be able to get something even cheaper locally >Would it be so unthinkable for Cyan to have >subscriptions where they'd send you a CD or DVD >every month which includes the new areas? Even the "hub" area (D'ni cavern) is really huge and incredibly detailed. I dont think just D'ni city by itself would fit on a dvd, let alone process all the effects and let you move in good time. (How I wish!) Maybe when pcs get even faster, they will let us swap dvds *chuckles* Salar 
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#121867 - 03/12/03 10:16 PM
Re: More News about URU: Ages Beyond MYST
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Adept Boomer
Registered: 11/01/99
Posts: 10323
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I think that Witchen's right - Not everyone has even the access to high speed internet service. Maybe they will have or would consider a CDRom version for others to access. Laura 
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#121868 - 03/12/03 10:36 PM
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Settled Boomer
Registered: 12/09/00
Posts: 902
Loc: Texas,USA
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Broadband service for me has always been the best. Never has there been any problems or it slowing down at all. Its Road Runner service. I am looking forward to this game. I do not think they would consider the CD option since it would be more expensive in the long run and as there would be so many updates there is no way they could keep up.
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#121869 - 03/12/03 10:48 PM
Re: More News about URU: Ages Beyond MYST
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Settled Boomer
Registered: 10/16/01
Posts: 519
Loc: Portland
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I recently tested my cable connection at www.bandwidthplace.com. I got 2.2 megabits per sec. I was told this will be plenty fast enough to run the game. Hope so.
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#121870 - 03/12/03 10:59 PM
Re: More News about URU: Ages Beyond MYST
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Addicted Boomer
Registered: 03/18/02
Posts: 1565
Loc: Pennsylvania, USA (left my bel...
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Hi all, I've followed every single thing about this game, and I tried to understand why you needed broadband. I found this quote on the Ubi Uru website ( http://uru.ubi.com/ - how's that for a tongue twister), in the latest press release. ..."Uru will take advantage of broadband to deliver a continually updated, immersive environment and storyline, with content that grows, changes and evolves constantly. It will also be the first persistent world to support real-time voice communication." So, it looks like it needs broadband for two things, the "continually updated" content, which was mentioned before, as well as voice communication. Having tried some of those "long distance over the internet" phone calls, back when I had dial-up, I can attest that voice communication over dial-up is awful. I'll also push my favorite Uru site here, Uru Obsession. Originally, the site was called "Mudpie Obsession", from the previous code name, but they have changed it to reflect the new name. If there is anything abut Uru out, anywhere, this site has it - http://www.uruobsession.com/ . The left link is for the site. They have screenshots that came out, over the years, that aren't on the "official" site. If you look around on the site, you'll see a little something I wrote for another board (some time ago), analyzing where I thought Cyan was in the development process, based on their job postings.
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