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January 16, 2006 2:14 PM

Cities is a cross between Urban Dead and Kingdom of Loathing.
posted by ChasFile (23 comments total)

Previous threads on the other two games mentioned.
posted by ChasFile at 2:16 PM on January 16, 2006

I liked urbad dead, but not long after MeFi posted about it, it slowed down so signficantly, and often you couldn't log on, so I gave up. Maybe this is a good reminder for me to get back into it.
posted by raedyn at 2:55 PM on January 16, 2006

From the character creation page:
If we detect more that two accounts using the same IP address, all accounts using that address may be deleted!
Better hope your school or workplace doesn't report all outgoing connections as coming from the firewall. Better hope DHCP never recycles your ip address to anybody who happens to play.
posted by substrate at 3:05 PM on January 16, 2006

Man! KoL! Totally forgot about that.

*goes and logs in Baby Balrog, mighty seal clubber*
posted by Baby_Balrog at 3:09 PM on January 16, 2006

We should totally start a MeFite Clan in KOL, if there isn't one already.
posted by 40 Watt at 3:12 PM on January 16, 2006

I played.

As you can see, not for long.

Lacks much of the instant-gratification-awesomeness of KoL.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 3:14 PM on January 16, 2006

I liked urban dead, but it took me about two weeks to max out the character for both human and zombie skills. Then it got kinda boring....
posted by Freen at 3:26 PM on January 16, 2006

I was playing Urban Dead for a while, but once you get all the skills for both Humans and Zombies you are a bit too god like for the game to be fun. I guess discussing urban dead in a post about cities is off-topic.
posted by chunking express at 3:28 PM on January 16, 2006

Urban Dead had some issues where too many people were massing in one location causing the database to slow way down, I think most of those problems have been fixed.
posted by Mercaptan at 3:31 PM on January 16, 2006

the problems haven't been fixed at Urban Dead well enough for me to return anytime soon... using up your 50 action points took half an hour... just don't have that kind of patience... KOL was the same way (haven't been back since, so it may have improved)

Here's hoping Cities doesn't fall victim to the same problems...
posted by WhipSmart at 3:41 PM on January 16, 2006

KoL just went through some major server upgrades, as well as adding a metric assload of new content. It's even more stick-figuriffic than it was before.
posted by 40 Watt at 3:45 PM on January 16, 2006

All you KoL-playing MeFites should join the Sock Monkey Mafia. It's a great clan, or so they say.
posted by Faint of Butt at 4:18 PM on January 16, 2006

Gee thanks, I missed KoL last time around. I respectfully request present and future life back.
posted by rollbiz at 5:00 PM on January 16, 2006

Urban Dead was fun for a while, then got boring when I had maxed out characters (although the idea of slowly implementing new features kept things from getting stale somewhat). The meta gaming was neat for a while, though. The slow server was definitely a disincentive. Yep, the server is still molasses slow.

Will probably give cities a shot, thanks ChasFile!
posted by PurplePorpoise at 5:29 PM on January 16, 2006

There's a MeFi/MoFi Urban Dead team - Los Monos - currently helping defend Giddings Mall. Email me if you want in. Server isn't too bad at the moment - Kevan changed the way large groups are displayed which has helped a lot.
posted by blag at 6:30 PM on January 16, 2006

"you gain a fists"
posted by wumpus at 6:50 PM on January 16, 2006

I still play Urban Dead. But mostly the game has become a matter of routine: A) find where the zombies are massing, B) join their clan, C) break down any barricades the humans have errected, D) get inside and kill any humans I can. And E) when the humans are all dead or escaped, the cycle starts again. B-O-R-I-N-G.

And yet still I play.

Usually once a day.
posted by meh at 8:33 PM on January 16, 2006

Urban Dead gets addictive with all the meta gaming, and taunting. I have a zombie on the mall tour right now.
The trick to avoid server lag, is to not logon in primetime (US evening).
posted by Pink Fuzzy Bunny at 11:12 PM on January 16, 2006

From the 'mall tour' link: Mall Tour isn't about claiming credit for mall attacks - it's just about attacking more malls.

I think I'll just stick to my boring old zombie routine. :)
posted by meh at 11:18 PM on January 16, 2006

I'm just surviving as a level 15 scientist in Urban Dead...

Play it pretty much daily, reviving filthy Zs day in and day out.
I've avoided joining a group of people so far. But the Zs are getting smarter and appearing in larger groups by the day...
posted by slimepuppy at 2:03 AM on January 17, 2006

Despite the fact the UD *should* be boring, the metagame really is fascinating. In particular, the zombie language and hordes that have been built up are very impressive. To them, I say BARHAH!
posted by adrianhon at 5:51 AM on January 17, 2006

UD became boring, so I found a replacement. Outbreak, which is rather like a grid-mapped MMORPG version of DOOM for a web browser. It's offline at the moment while the author upgrades it. Oh, and it has no action points.
posted by nlindstrom at 9:39 AM on January 17, 2006

Um, you are the author of Outbreak, NLindstrom. Remember?
posted by Spandrel at 1:25 AM on January 26, 2006