hi
you may all know me as the boasting idiot, but i would like to step out of my multiple personality disorder for a moment to explain why this is the greatest video game ever created.
I have been playing video games since the commodore 64 days. I've seen the dawning of nintendo. Ive witnessed intelligent friends get sucked into W.O.W. and halo.
But this game is unlike any other and surpasses them all.
WHY?! you may be wondering? so i can dogfight in space ships? no. so i can hone my skills as a writer?! no.
because it gives you the power to create your own video game. you cant do that on WOW you cant do that on halo. sure, maybe theres some options in morrowind or something, but it would be like the skate park editor in tony hawks pro skater. theres no serious control there. you cant retexture the ground with your own face, for instance, like you could here.
you may be saying "ive seen better graphics"
but, you can get into modeling and texturing and MAKE YOUR OWN GRAPHICS!
you can script a world into the most twisted perverse thing your mind can imagine and people will land there from space and PLAY THE VIDEO GAME YOU CREATED. My planet, Xebec, has narcotics that you can smoke, liquor and prostitutes that you can "use"!
this game taught me things about my computer that i didnt know existed, and now, I feel comfortable in texturing models and might eventually get into modeling. Ive created a planet and its awesome. i have ideas for 2 more completely unique planets for the future. If this is a video game that inspires you to learn REAL skills like modeling and texturing and scripting, its a game that everyone should play!
This is truly a work of art, i know this to be a fact. art is something thats made for the sake of existing, and not for money. thats why its free! this is MIT's vision and its on the verge of completion. The man, erm, chimp, has a newborn baby, you gotta expect him to take some time off, but if i know anything about artists (which i actually am a self employed glassblower) then i know that he will not abandon a creation he's spent years crafting.
sure, the playerbase has been lacking for the last year, but thats due to a lack of advertising, and also you gotta remember this game, as awesome as it is, is still in beta.
I think space could be fixed with some simple tweaks, star system chat default, ship repair, and system control for factions to spend their power on. and on the planet side so much is possible that the possibilities havent even been tapped yet.
ever since i found this game, ive had no reason to want to play another game. If this game can change my life im sure it will do the same for others if they knew of it.
just give it some time. Download the planet builder, build your own creation and maybe you will understand what MIT's vision was. thats the point of this game thats why MIT created A-tractor the prototype to the universal. cause he (a video game creator) wanted to give the power of video game creation to the common man. its so awesome its downright inspiring!
Why the Universal IS the greatest video game ever created.
no other game compares to this game when it comes to functionality and variety.
its a shame that people just can't seem to comprehend just how customizable it really is.
this game could have graphics that are on par with more modern games. look at the landscape of ciroz. or some of zoric's building models. or the pictures of models i am making for sabrada, like the building you can actually go into. which might actually be visible on sabrada currently, in its untextured form. i forget if its there or not.
maybe if the "make your own game" side was advertised more then the "play multiple worlds" side, it would bring in more people.
maybe something like "you can create your own game and visit other player's creations in the immense galaxy at Theuniversal.net". basically treating the servers as separate games with the galaxy to tie them together.
a new advertising campaign combined with a galaxy reset and forum wipe could even give the illusion of this being a brand new game.
its a shame that people just can't seem to comprehend just how customizable it really is.
this game could have graphics that are on par with more modern games. look at the landscape of ciroz. or some of zoric's building models. or the pictures of models i am making for sabrada, like the building you can actually go into. which might actually be visible on sabrada currently, in its untextured form. i forget if its there or not.
maybe if the "make your own game" side was advertised more then the "play multiple worlds" side, it would bring in more people.
maybe something like "you can create your own game and visit other player's creations in the immense galaxy at Theuniversal.net". basically treating the servers as separate games with the galaxy to tie them together.
a new advertising campaign combined with a galaxy reset and forum wipe could even give the illusion of this being a brand new game.
Wow stim... didn't know you were capableof something that beautiful. 
.... You're 100% right. No other game is like TU... and no other game has players as dedicated to their game as TU has. ... Zar.. i've been advertising that you can create your own world as well as visit others' creations since i started advertising. ... I'm trying to decide whether i should make my world in greyscale(except a few important models) or making it have that Cell animation look(if possible). No other game has that kind of customizability... and there never will be. This is the game to end all games. We just don't realise it yet.
.... You're 100% right. No other game is like TU... and no other game has players as dedicated to their game as TU has. ... Zar.. i've been advertising that you can create your own world as well as visit others' creations since i started advertising. ... I'm trying to decide whether i should make my world in greyscale(except a few important models) or making it have that Cell animation look(if possible). No other game has that kind of customizability... and there never will be. This is the game to end all games. We just don't realise it yet.
