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"I've had this idea for 25 years": Solo dev behind single-player MMO with fake simulated players insists "I do not plan to add multiplayer" as it soars on Steam (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Didn't Shroud of the Avatar do this first?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Oh wow thats a name i never expected to see again. I knew a guy who blew a ton of money on that game years ago.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

No, the .hack series did. I believe the first game came out 23 years ago

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

kingdom of amular or something technically too, it was like an mmo that got turned into a single player game part of the way through development, could be another game from the ps3 im thinking of

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

And it was great!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Nah you're right. KoA was exactly that. More recently we have Wayfinder having a similar story.