PC GamerN review of Project Gorgon and Asherons Legacy
Welcome to Project: Gorgon!
Project: Gorgon is a 3D fantasy MMORPG (massively-multiplayer online role-playing game) that features an immersive experience that allows the player to forge their own path through exploration and discovery. We won't be guiding you through a world on rails, and as a result there are many hidden secrets awaiting discovery. Project: Gorgon also features an ambitious skill based leveling system that bucks the current trend of pre-determined classes, thus allowing the player to combine skills in order to create a truly unique playing experience.
The Project: Gorgon development team is led by industry veteran Eric Heimburg. Eric has over a decade of experience working as a Senior and Lead Engineer, Developer, Designer and Producer on successful games such as Asheron’s Call 1 and 2, Star Trek Online and other successful Massively Multiplayer Online Games.
To me, the article seems to portray PG a bit too much as a nostalgic substitute for the good old games. That fits in with the article's overall theme, but it seems a bit limiting to me. I've never played Asheron's Call, but I can't say I feel all that nostalgic about other MMOs I've previously played. I liked certain aspects of them, but I'm not playing PG in an effort to revisit those MMOs. PG feels different and original to me, and I quite like it that way.
Anyway, I'm being picky and it's good to see PG get some publicity. And of course, I'm happy to have the ex-Asheron's Call players around, too.
I don't think "AC Grandpa" is a rarity in PG though, we're probably the community with the highest average age I've ever seen in an MMO. Glad he found something else to enjoy
I'm 30 :/ but I was 13 when I started playing Ac2, my first MMORPG ever and the love of my MMO heart to this day Citan used to work on that game and I remember him being active in discussions on the old ac2 forums. I remember he was very passionate about the game too. Its the main reason why I'm here, I enjoy his style of game development, though I'm not a big fan of having to use reagents to teleport... just give me portal recall or lifestone recall hehe