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Old 03-01-2012, 08:34 PM   #3
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Re: Nice MMORPG MUDs-to-MMOs article

Hi,
So, I've not read the article, but:

Lost souls has many features not found in graphical mmorpgs; one can walk through walls, for example. It's also really, really realistic, including a lot of simulation-type stuff (the main coder actually tried to do ecosystem simulation once, but birds fighting fish all across the mud was lagging it to unplayable...)

For most influential while not being a carbon copy of mmorpgs, there's batmud; they have a lot of players on, and guilds aren't "skill trees", though it does lean in that direction.

For most fun, idk; I hop around a lot too.

Other thoughts: geas (maybe), dartmud (probably)...

I don't intend these as reccomendations; I intend them only as muds that I think are good examples of something, do something well, or are influential in some way. There's also godwars2, which is perhaps the closest to an mmorpg while not out-right being one; that's probably the best for someone who isn't familiar with rooms to review.
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