Ancient MMORPG's - Dransik [Retrospective]
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- The late 90s into the early millennium was a fascinating time for gaming, particularly MMORPG's. If you went back and played any of these games in their prime, you'd find that they are vastly different than what we have today... But I want to take a closer look at some of them. Dransik, created by Jason Ely, otherwise known as Lothgar, is one of the most endearing yet intense MMO's I've ever experienced. Come take a look.
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This game was unlike ANYTHING that has come since then. It's not just the nostalgia but there's a very substantial reason why no online game since those days has come even close to the few goldies from late 90's. COMMUNITY. The game was so ruthless and unforgiving that players needed eachother if they wanted to get anywhere in the world. You could never become a powerful player in this game as a lone wolf and if you acted like a moron you got treated accordingly, you had your whole property on the line so you really needed to consider your actions and reactions and live with the consequences. Fight or flight? Run your mouth or stfu? Team up with good people like yourself and fight together to help eachother to be able to play in peace OR team up with absolutely toxic and horrible people and prey upon others corpsecamping them until they have NOTHING left to loot? Your choice.
You had the freedom to be whoever you wanted to be in this game and you had the tools to project it. The amount of drama, the amount of grief, the amount of joy and the amount of mirth. They all stemmed from the very simple idea which drove the game forward. You can lose everything, but you can also win everything. You can have yourself become a pariah and be driven out of the game where your only option is to quit or change your identity because you're always preyed upon and never safe. Or you can strive to become an exalted hero and a mythical avatar who people look upon in awe and wonder. Whichever was the path you took, people would remember your name. You had a place in the world.
I hail all my old friends and foes from Dransik. This game was larger than life to me when I was pre-teen back in the late 90's and early 2000's. I only wish kids nowadays could feel what we felt back then. Or maybe they can, I wouldn't know. I hope they do :)
@@genegade What was your GM name in the world? If you don't mind sharing. Even the first letter would help me recognize who you were. I'm an Old player from before you can game .
Used to play for years, remembering the legendary Dragoneers, LoL guild, IOTR, DARK etc. Still Da Mom, Leah, Tazogre, Siabhra, Drachen Slayer, Jupiter the lumberjack, Afkaserious, Le Glad Toucher ( :P ) and all the awesome players who made the game, many names left unmentioned but not forgotten!
Rock trolls at Josody, Ettins at Lotors, Hell Island, Guilds quest, Chlera, Werewolf island, and all the other locations remembered
Yes, for anyone who rememebers me, I am Mark Baranov the cartographer who made maps back in the day, Instigator dungeon, Lich dungeon, Shroom cave, Storm giant cave, Termigon cave etc. I will rememeber you all!!!
I was IMBACK, Nemous, Xaol. I remember LK, Ekschaxze, Stryker, Ophelia, Cordelia..I was in AoS Alliance of Souls.
So much insane drama and politics in this game. Everything he said was spot on about the community and the harshness of death. I played before there even was a jail function.
I was one of the very first players to go to the winter wonderland when they added it to the game. So many memories with my guilds and friends. Coming to rescue guild members getting attacked, fighting over hunting areas. Losing powerful weapons to other PK(player killer, the term at the time) guilds. Also many, many times cleverly setting up traps and ambushes for rival guilds.
Why does it seem like old school dransik had something that so many similar games today just lack? I often thought of this game throughout the years.
Man, this game taught me roleplaying when I was a clueless kid. So many great memories from playing this
Come back n play.. Way easier to lvl now and updates new owner
I used to play Dransik in its early days, there was no skill system, dialogue with npcs and only the small island and hell. You had to put all stats in Dex and Int did literally nothing lol. And most of the players were from Finland!
I played this game in like 2005 for a hot minute. Made a lasting impression.
I have fond memories of going to my older cousins' house in Virginia and playing Dransik. It was my introduction to MMO's and I was just fascinated by this game like no other. Such an awesome game.
I was IMBACK, Nemous, Xaol. I remember LK, Ekschaxze, Stryker, Ophelia, Cordelia..I was in AoS Alliance of Souls.
So much insane drama and politics in this game. Everything he said was spot on about the community and the harshness of death. I played before there even was a jail function.
I was one of the very first players to go to the winter wonderland when they added it to the game. So many memories with my guilds and friends. Coming to rescue guild members getting attacked, fighting over hunting areas. Losing powerful weapons to other PK(player killer, the term at the time) guilds. Also many, many times cleverly setting up traps and ambushes for rival guilds.
Why does it seem like old school dransik had something that so many similar games today just lack? I often thought of this game throughout the years.
Thanks so much for this video. It's amazing. I remember the "apocalypse" event just before the game changed hands I think? It was permadeath- I walked into Hothbra and shift-clicked on some guy in town. He had a super-duper-bow. He proceeded to 1 hit kill me.. with a bow. I was gutted it was all over, but wow- that was impressive :D many happy/emotional memories playing this game
I remember when the stones got added to the game and you could put them into bows and they were ridiculously overpowered for a little while
@@aeriagloris4211 wow you played it way before I did :D I never was able to find a stone in the original~ I found an air stone when the game relaunched with Pixeland thoough, my heart was racing!
Thanks to everyone who invested their time in this game. I never had an experience like this with any game. Even tho i was a horrible and to casual of a player I loved the community and the brutal gameplay. It also had bizarre secrets that were only discovered by the most dedicated players. Its more than meets the eye for sure.
Dude. I didnt know there was just as much love out there for this game as i once had and listening to this video just brought on some serious nastalgia. Ive talked to a lot of gamer friends about it over the years, and nobody ever seems to know it.
I was late to Dransik. I think i joined probably within a year of Ashen Empires. Although it seems my memory isnt serving me well here because i thought i vaguely remembered playing Dransik, still called Dransik with the isometric graphics. Man the feeling of running into a good town and killing someone and then fighting the guards and victory was actually possible. Everyone hanging out in the banks. Changing residence to live in the evil town in hell. And then much later, an update that would let you see your armor! I guess the rebrand was in there to Ashen Empires but for some reason i remember this all an Dransik, and Ashen Empires being the game when i came back a few years later to see if it still existed.
Either way - this was one of those games that was really special IMO and i really wish the tone of MMOs had been more set by this style of game over WoW.
The ultimate freedom is what the current-day MMOs are lacking, as well as actions having proper consequences. Everything felt much more meaningful due to that. It was also lovely that the GMs would partake in the game - I remember seeing Talazar going around a few times, even RPing with MoT. I miss all of that..
Thanks for this review Arcticwolf, so many memories from this awesome game. Dransik is still the game that have influenced most to my gaming and life in total. Community was really great in this game, specially in Velsinea. I really miss some good old fellows from this game, sigh. Global chat was really toxic from time to time, but it was more like good drama show. Hope to see many of you in Lothgar Online before Christmas.
Best Regards and enjoy your life Arc, I still remember you dude.
- Elk
this game was my jam! shout out to all the old schoolers! CRIMS OUTSIDE NK!- Session Stream/Dread/El Comandante
played this game thousands and thousands of hours. Most fun i ever had playing.
Been looking around for AE and Dransik videos, love to see this kind of thing is out there ^^
Man oh man... so cool to see this. BigFoot2 here, good to see other familiar names :).
I’ve spent more time playing Dransik than any other game. Fired it up tonight for the first time in years and met a few cool players.
This game was a huge part of my teen years back in the early 2000's. Between Dransik and Ashen Empires I played for many years, and still jump in from time to time today. 3Dwarlord and Sarver were the 2 chars I used. Thanks for this video, fantastic memories.
I played a Character named Vegetto (not from the beginning) I traded some diablo 2 account for it. My best friend at the time played on his brothers account named Cassonova. In 2003. I dont have a clue why I thought of this and just decided to search it lol but yeah we had a blast back then, I remember getting jumped and losing my AIR axe. I remember having some Rune armor and it being super rare.
lol I remember you... I was Elwon. We fought a few times.
@@Elwon20 I remember that name lol
@@EasternNCSportbikes yea I was quite well known... Not well liked... But known 😂🤦♂️
Great Video.
Fun video and as a 47 year old gamer I remember each of these you mention with Everquest being my favorite for reasons to long to mention. This game however was beloved by my sister's best friend so I know the game well, even tho I had never played it. So was fun to see this thru your eyes. Thanks Basil and here is hoping you guys take all the fun an keep going as you guys have some great stuff here :) I hope you continue to review all the mmo's titles that meant something to you, JUST as much as i hope with all the E3 remaster re launch news you guys will take all the and bring it to this channel as all that news is in your wheelhouse :).
Haha thanks for the kind comment. Super motivating to see stuff like this. Just released a Runescape retrospective!
@@TheSuperRetroBros I will have to check it out thanks for the update :)
Played this for years. The only other name I remember that wasn’t me was “WindWarrior” - enjoyed the video
Dan Nunes did he have brother called Elrond or something ?
WindWarrior was on my clan - LoC (Legion of Chaos) for a long time. Then IIRC I made a new clan TLC (The Last Circle) which he also joined.
Wind warrior still plays, here: discord.gg/BW4SgW
@@Elwon20 yo its PYKKIS here.
@@jukka2488 woah blast from the past fella!!! How's it going?!?!
Pretty darn nostalgic for this game, a lot of player names I remember.
I was IMBACK, Nemous, Xaol. I remember LK, Ekschaxze, Stryker, Ophelia, Cordelia..I was in AoS Alliance of Souls.
So much insane drama and politics in this game. Everything you said was spot on about the community and the harshness of death. I played before there even was a jail function.
I was one of the very first players to go to the winter wonderland when they added it to the game. So many memories with my guilds and friends. Coming to rescue guild members getting attacked, fighting over hunting areas. Losing powerful weapons to other PK(player killer, the term at the time) guilds. Also many, many times cleverly setting up traps and ambushes for rival guilds.
Why does it seem like old school dransik had something that so many similar games today just lack? I often thought of this game throughout the years.
This is legitimately the first time I’ve heard someone mention helbreath without seeking it out.
Google dransik rebirth and experience the feeling again with 50+ players activity daily !!
Woot!! Thanks!!!
For real?
Im an OG player. IMBACK/Nemous/Xaol were my names
@@p3zik ppl play dransik
@@aeriagloris4211 ppl play dransik
End of 2020, people are starting to come back! Come check it out!
Yup
There are people still craving for a game similiar to this and many people playing aswell. We currently have over 450 people of oldschool dransik players in a discord dedicated on a another game created based on Dransik (Vorlia). The Dev's have launched it 3 times now, mostly on winter so people have something to grind out during the cold days and nights and all launches have had over 80-120 concurrent players.
That's awesome! I remember Vorlia. Can't believe it's still around... Feel like that was ages ago and I had little faith in the project at the time. I'll definitely go check it out?
Yeah for sure! I tweeted you since I didn't know how to or couldn't send a dm.
I'll check it out when I get home!
Also known as ashenempires.com
@@beautifulmama7851 they arent actually the same game..
I played this as Deiwos. Such fun times!
I remember the time when we rushed from school to local Internet cafe to play this game. The good old times 😍
You had internet Cafés in that time? Where did you live? Haha
@@shamalamadingleberry7203 yeah man! We had alot of internet cafes in Finland back in the day :) they were quite popular
@@miikavuohelainen3193 The closest thing we had in the US was our middle school /high school computer classes :D
Remember skipping school for 5 months playing it everyday before my mother catch me on skipping school I was in really big trouble lol
This game
This game was a massive part of my early childhood pc gaming experience. I remember the Armageddon event -- holding up in a house with my friends, stationing two at the door and one at each window. We waited and killed anyone who tried to come in, then split the loot. We were fortunate to last nearly to the end of the event purely on strategy alone -- we had little gear when it began.
Then, fast forward to the implementation of the 3D isometric rebuild where I treated the game as a business and ran a successful farming business -- hiring friends to protect my crops as I efficiently harvested so many of my crops and made us rich! And lastly came the implementation of magic into the game (the wand system). This is where I got banned. I figured out what rune combination was the lightning bolt that would 1-shot players (and GMs). I camped the graveyard at the most southern town and used the spell to execute so many players over and over again... and then when a GM ordered me to stop I tested if the spell had the same effect on them as well. It did.
I'm not really sorry for killing the GM (that was curiosity), but I am sorry to the players who I camped in the graveyards. If you're out there... my apologies. :)
Dransik Rebirth is still kicking. Highly recommend.
They got shut down :( but people are starting again on the original dransik
Where?
@@itsGuy where at?
Hey I really liked this video of yours about Dransik as a game developer. Keep making more videos like this one!
Hey thanks bud. It's tough to keep motivated. These are the kinds of comments that make me push through! I have one video nearly completed that'll be released soon. Stay tuned.
TheSuperRetroBros keep it up!
I remember i looted some dude +3 Broadsword... chased me around that game for months!!! haha
You’re on his KOS list. Some say he’s still searching for you to this day.
@@hazyhalfmoonlol
There is a lot of love put into this and I can really feel it. Well done :)
Dude, this was awesome! Please keep this up!!!!
Thanks! Trying my best!
Very nice video. Probably the best well put together, if not the only one we'll have of Dransik for people to refer to as the times go on. While I still think there is quite a lot of enjoyment to get from the game, it's not for the people whom originally played it any longer as the current generation whom has stuck around since the original release is now mostly pvp-oriented and well into their 30s.
Thanks for the kind words. I love Dransik to death and saw that there is no coverage of it. Even though my channel is obscure and small, I figured that someone might find this down the line and enjoy the reminiscing.
Times have changed, and I agree with your sentiments. I do think that Steam could potentially give some much needed spirit to any Dransik/Elderlands game. But... I don't know how interested the developers are in Valve.
@@TheSuperRetroBros The best thing someone could do is make a dransik-type game that is mobile friendly, and have it distributed throughout all PC platforms on top of it. You can submit any game as a developer to Steam for a $100 fee and be approved for the store pretty easily - just someone needs to actually make the game.
Unfortunately, that has yet to be successfully recreated in any form close to the game that we love with the brutal pvp, and not end up taking restrictions in order to prevent the unrestricted PKing Dransik had that you mention in the video. This complication has been the community's fight between each other as the current generation of players whom have stuck around want a bloodbath of excitement & craptalk between groups and players, while the nostalgic older players don't want this because it isn't the RP reason given PVP, and friendly massive community they remember. All things evolve with time and unfortunately for them it ended up being the first and neither side is ever happy with the results between the two.
There is clones such as Vorlia which replicate the hardcore PVP, which is being ran on/off to this day, and that is the closest recreation we've ever gotten. However, it suffers the 2000s polish as Dransik does these days with not being accessible to modern expected settings such as simple 1920x1080 resolutions, as it was originally made in 2003/4. A damn shame, really.
Would you mind if I dropped a link to some current Dransik-like projects, and even a reverse engineered project of Dransik ISO (AE) for people to check out?
@@MysticAuron Haha it sounds like I had a lot more I should've expanded on. I do recall a lot of the arguments between what limitations should be included in Dransik and all subsequent projects. It's crazy to think that as much as the PvP system was beautiful, it was self-defeating. Once numbers shrink, there's really no going back. People who quit, most likely quit because of PKing/Looting. And newbies aren't going to be able to keep up with whatever high level characters exist.
I'm totally stumped on how you could remedy this? I'm sure there have been ENDLESS arguments....
But yeah, I'd imagine your proposition with steam would fix it. I think Lothgar is considering putting both Elderlands and LO on steam, or has... but I don't know if he is going to follow through with it.
@@TheSuperRetroBros Yup. I've been part of those arguments for each side to a degree for many years, while I tend to lean on the PVP side as my biggest attraction was the adrenaline rush, and shakes of anxiety of battle IRL I get playing the game's PVP. I edited my post and included if you mind if I link some dransik-like clones that are still around to this day, and even a reverse-engineered project of Dransik ISO (AE)
@@MysticAuron heck yeah man... There's a chance this video will gain more viewership and alot of people will check those games out! I definitely hang on the pvp side too. I've yet to replicate the rush that I've experienced during my time with Dransik...
This was probably the game that I've spent the most time playing, ever. In the early stages of the game we had the guild SWE with LK and Thasslehoff. Those where amazing times. Guild fights with Nove Avatara (IX), GOD and killing looters (until some of them got runesets, damn you Noble/Mowgli). Amazing times and the only mmo where there has ever been real role playing characters. Still a bit sad I chose to lowly name of Janza, as it didn't fit my role very well..
Never seen this game before, but it feels like first version of Tibia, which was a similar experience for me long time ago :)
I plan on doing Tibia!
God I miss this game - CloudmStrife here
Hey dude, JungleTerror here :) nice seeing ya again
Haha I remember your name. Check this: discord.gg/BW4SgW:
Man.. so many good memories.. Shout out to the BlackLotus clan! -GreyFox \o/
I remember this, was in it since the beta. Was good times. I was JungleTerror and SuperNova, if anyone remembers.
I was IMBACK, Nemous, and Xaol
Ah, I had some good times fighting through swarms of enemies and the occasional other group of players in the Orc Fort! This was such a great game. The economy was fantastic and Final Fantasy XI was the only other game I played where you developed such good relationships with crafters and harvesters of various sorts.
I miss the Guild fights
Turf wars or defending guildmates getting attacked
i miss fighting with F3AR for hours because a group of them PKed a friend right after he got his 1st HoS.
i remember when the SoP was the best staff by far.
finally traded for the last piece of holy armor i needed for my set, then getting a black plate chest drop the next day and spending hours PKing to be able to use it, only to have it stolen by F3AR.....
ahhh memories
Fear was guys from my town and they newer let me in cuz i suck on pking lol but still enjoyed the game wery much
Wiz of Oz days? I use to love this game.
Memory lane man! My cousin's rl friend was Elkay btw haha. great video, need to bring out the Tibia one.
I know the creator and founder I played games with him that's how I met, ~Emberson/Zarthix
Quake, eh?
PIL is here. What a pride to see drunksick.com screenshots here
Everytime i look at stories of the good old days of RPGS, the more I feel nostalgic and sad
Back in those days, Developers actually cared.
I miss the days when companies like Blizzard actually gave a shit about the games they created.
At least i still have private servers to experience WotLK as i remembered it.
KotG reporting in.
OMG you played the winter wonderland music.
It's so nostalgic it hurts.
one of my favorite times in this game was when some guy died outside Parien with an inventory full of Vorpal Axes, i think he got them from the Travelling Sales Man
Oh gosh I miss those times! Remember the time I started this back at around -99 and played as long as I can remember till there was few "rebirths on community". I remember those huge guild wars, FU, RS ... Those were golden times on mmorpgs which actually was pvp based. Im still waiting Elderlands to pop up again or Dransik gettings its 5th rebirth? ^^ Oh and not to mention the thing I loved the most was the game musics! I still got the login theme as my ring tone and death as my message tone^^
Haha yeah we all miss those times. The music hurts my soul!
There's a project in the works for Dransik currently. I'll link it to you tomorrow! Go check out some of my other ancient MMORPG vids. You might find something you like :)
@@TheSuperRetroBros Logged in Dransik today, but seems like no one plays it or are in other side of the maps haha. Whats the other project ?
@@duracell1634 discord.gg/sY6Fpy
Go check out their disc. There's a download link and plenty of people play at the moment.
I was IMBACK, Nemous, Xaol. I remember LK, Ekschaxze, Stryker, Ophelia, Cordelia..I was in AoS Alliance of Souls.
So much insane drama and politics in this game. Everything he said was spot on about the community and the harshness of death. I played before there even was a jail function.
I was one of the very first players to go to the winter wonderland when they added it to the game. So many memories with my guilds and friends. Coming to rescue guild members getting attacked, fighting over hunting areas. Losing powerful weapons to other PK(player killer, the term at the time) guilds. Also many, many times cleverly setting up traps and ambushes for rival guilds.
Why does it seem like old school dransik had something that so many similar games today just lack? I often thought of this game throughout the years.
Those were the days. Invulnerable lvl4 vorpal newbies looting all. Looter Stalin. DDR and IX guilds. Dropping hordes of minions on someone on hell. Vultures. Guild KoS lists. Dropping ur full gear was the best. Went bad after carebearing it.
IX woww. Forgot them. And KoS list. That was taken seriously. I miss the seriousness that came with the super harsh death penalty.
I was IMBACK, Nemous, Xaol. I remember LK, Ekschaxze, Stryker, Ophelia, Cordelia..I was in AoS Alliance of Souls.
So much insane drama and politics in this game. Everything he said was spot on about the community and the harshness of death. I played before there even was a jail function.
I was one of the very first players to go to the winter wonderland when they added it to the game. So many memories with my guilds and friends. Coming to rescue guild members getting attacked, fighting over hunting areas. Losing powerful weapons to other PK(player killer, the term at the time) guilds. Also many, many times cleverly setting up traps and ambushes for rival guilds.
Why does it seem like old school dransik had something that so many similar games today just lack? I often thought of this game throughout the years.
Was then when you only had weapon legs plate and helm?
This game turned into Ashen empires, check it out. I started playing again last week and there are so many people playing on Legends server.
Dransik is back! Look for dransikrebirth
I'm starting back up again!! There's new owner, new devs AND UPDATES!!!! soon new boss's monsters armour and now it's WAY easier to lvl up!!!! 5 hours to lol 90
More like 5 hours to lvl 90
I loved this game, I was always coming to the basketball court late cause of this game. Darkeden was a gem as well that was good.
Currently a private server of this game running . I believe it's called the rogue project. Still in testing
Here discord.gg/BW4SgW
Just something I recently found out that I thought was interesting about MMOs:
A lot of people think WoW has "lost its way" over the years, but if you read the early dev diaries and articles, it becomes clear that the goal was always to make MMOs more mainstream. And from the numbers, I think they were very successful with this goal.
Just the fact that you didn't really lose anything except time and a bit of gold when you died was pretty new to RPGs, and it only really became punishing near the end-game if you died a LOT while wearing expensive gear, so mostly in raids.
A lot of other things were easier in WoW as well, the skill system was much more streamlined, crafting was easier, combat used abilities which meant it was a lot more interesting than in competing games.
And while I love WoW, I am kind of sad that I missed out on all those cool mechanics from back in the day like actually looting player corpses, complex PvP mechanics, etc.
I know there are a lot of games out today that have similar mechanics, some are even MMOs. But now that I have a fulltime job I don't think I have the energy and time to really delve deep into such a game again.
Same I definitely don't think I could play a game like Dransik again. Losing my gear to gankers and aggressive players would probably be too much. But you're definitely right. WoW had a plan, and it worked. I still love classic WoW and some expansions but it's a whole different game experience then some of these old MMOs.
@@TheSuperRetroBros The thing about losing your gear was that it made your gear more valuable and you had to weigh the risks of heading in to the wild with your best equipment. It would often be better to travel with lower end gear you were willing to lose, and this also balanced the difficulty of mobs and lower level player killers.
Also the fact that you could lose your gear in the back of a dungeon and it would disappear helped with the player economy where rare loot remained rare through attrition.
This is awesome. Wish Nintendo would buy drasik and throw it on the switch
If you're interested in games like Dransik still to this day, here is some alternatives inspired by the game that are ongoing still.
Several are Discord only links which are gaming driven community chatrooms, Discord.gg
discord.gg/DW6zcWy - Project Rogue (Vorlia) a recreated inspiration in 2004 that has been modified extensively over the years by different people.
discord.gg/92V6RaE - A reversed engineer project of Dransik ISO ( Ashen Empires ) that is well into development and very playable.
www.elderlands.com/Forums/default.asp - Lothgar's Projects such as Elderlands / Lothgar Online
dransik.com/ - The original game itself
The open alpha/beta started in 2000 as far as I'm aware. And saying it was inspired by Ultima Online isn't quite correct. The developer worked on the Ultima games. When the design for Ultima Online was decided upon, he disagreed with the decisions that were made. He began working on this game using the designs he preferred in response.
a few to look at if you have every played them, Saga of Ryzom, MU online, R.O.S.E, Priston tale, Ragnarok online. to name a few i used to play xD
Thanks! Ragnarok is actually on my list, but I'll check out the other ones too.
Game was amazing I’m on Ashen empire now
It's still online, and you can level way faster. They're starting to try and reupdate it. Come on back folks... if you dare...
😢 r.i.p dransik
Dransik is back! Look for dransikrebirth
Www.dransikrebirth.com
Original is back!!! New owner...new devs.. Fast leveling... Ppl coming back
Wow Dransik looks A LOT like Ultima 5 (my favorite of the series).
And it was the first time I head of it today. Personally I played UO from 1998-2001, then NwN (online servers) until 2004, then FFXI until 2008 (with some returns here and there) and WoW until Cataclysm where they kinda destroyed their game IMHO.
Yo the creator of Dransik has mentioned several times that it was inspired by Ultima. Very keen eye you got there :)
@@TheSuperRetroBros Yea, Jason stated it's heavily based off of Ultima 4 and 5. The best MMO ever made hands down, just a shame it was ahead of its time.
How about covering final fantasy XI. That'd be pretty interesting to watch.
It could be in the works? It'd be a new experience for me!
More DarkShadow stories please. :)
Is there a way to run dransik on a smartphone or threw a browser some how God sake stadia runs on Google chrome
Maan i miss this game.. I was in 7th grade
Ppl are coming back, easier to lvl up now.. New owner and devs
i miss dransik, Lothgar aka Jason the creator of Dransik has another game similar to Dransik but its just not the same lol
I really hate the presentation of this video, but I have a ton of nostalgia regarding this era of video games.
I did not play WOW!
No beef with it, but I did not have the money to play
And when Dransk/Ashen Empires became p2p I gave up after a few months
After one of my best elementary school friends ripped me off, promising to trade me something valuable in exchange for another item.
They ripped me off - a 12 year old kid I had known my entire life.
They ripped me off for an inconsequential item they couldn't even use.
I don't think the idea that you're interacting with humans in MMOs held as much weight when this game was in vogue.
What a wild west era in gaming.
There's nothing stopping the capitalism of the game.
You could be evil, have a red name, but there wasn't any bad effects being evil; lawful guards would attack you, but you have the best items in the game... You could just live in "evil' cities and exist as a villain.
The biggest problem I think some people had was they the villain only has things to gain.
I think the absolute best thing is that we all played on the same server.
Lets play this!!
It's an amazing game, just need people to play with!
@@TheSuperRetroBros im down for try!! Weekends work best, but when you said summoning build i was hooked!
Its a stretch but if anybody remembers IrishPachy that was me.
LOL My Dreadnought event with pb's and + bows hahahahhahaha
Hey hey. I played as Sylvia. I am not a girl, heh.
dransikrebirth.com for dransik isometric.
Here is a Discord link for the modern version of the game. Play for free :) discord.gg/BW4SgW
ARMY OF DARKNESS BITCH!!!