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Originally Posted by Ace
Think about how fun Pong was to play back in the day. We'd all play Pong and Pacman for hours on end on our Atari 2600's.
How long do you think you could play Pong now? As long as you played Everquest?
It is human nature to make past experiences fantastical and to romanticize them to the point wanting to recreate them. Unfortunately, you will find that your dreams will become boring quickly. The problem with knowing this, is that you'll never believe it until you try it out yourself.
Good luck.
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I can't speak for Pong and Pacman (i'm not that old), but recently me and my friends started playing Mario Bros (the original arcade version) on MAME, and we have just as much fun with it now as we did like 16 years ago. I can pick up old games like Megaman, TMNT, or whatnot, and still find them enjoyable. I still find DOOM just as fun as it was 10 years ago. Hell, I find it better than Doom3 (though thats for a different thread all-together).
I don't believe the issue with EQ is that its old and outdated. I think the problem is that we've all just played the game to death. There is only so long you can eat that delicious chocolate cake before you get sick of it.
With that said, I think recreating classic EQ is still something that can be a lot of fun and popular. There are tons of people out there who have no interest in EQ's current fascination with raids and uber loot, and simply want that oldschool feeling of roleplaying in a fantasy world back. And there are even more who have never even played EQ, and might find EQ's current 5 continents + 1 moon + 20 planes + lost dungeons + pirate gnomes + 65 levels + 2659348442 AA points + god knows what else they come up with, just a bit overwhelming. There is still life left in ClassicEQ - though just not for most of us.