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April 1, 2012 at 9:58 pm #12762
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Singed
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Thought I throw this out here… If you notice I don’t tend link stuff like eve and darkfall cause… well honestly no matter how good the game is… they really are “sandbox-like” not sandbox…

http://www.hazeron.com/
Early development but anyone can currently play
Space sandbox game where you can terraform planets and design ships with a 3d cad like editor to fly/fight with.
Really feel this game could have a great future.
what is fairly amazing is there is only one developer….
I mention this game more than others cause it really is amazing how few know about it…
Mostly cause some computers can’t handle and bugs/issues it has and has had in past.

http://www.terraria.org/
Final developer announced no new updates
2d sandbox game collect items/craft pseudo like classes based on gear

http://www.wurmonline.com/
Reoccurring payment/development
very similar to others in genre little sets it apart.

http://www.minecraft.net/
Buy to play, http://www.screwattack.com/news/notch-minecraft-fan-just-pirate-it
Biggest difference I feel is ability to build items using redstone (very similar to real electronics)

http://www.havenandhearth.com/
Free,
Extreme hardcore… lot of grind and perm death

http://www.runescape.com/
Reoccurring payments,
Grind fest! feels made more for little tykes.

http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/
Free,
2d/ascii style game (2d graphics with mods)
One of the more advance sandbox games out there.

http://www.jmp.fi/~smaarane/urw.html
Many different prices depending on lifetime/specific version.
Not the best looking of games or most advance features but is okay time killer.

http://kag2d.com/
free,
A pvp version of terraria for most part.

http://www.xsyon.com/
buy and reoccurring payment
Pretty lack luster

Would love to see if ya guys know of any others… Every so often I search for indie sandboxes
Others to mention would be rogue survivor and project zomboid which really are more survival genre than sandbox

Hope that helps ya guys out… if ya enjoy the genre.

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November 6, 2012 at 1:32 am #12994
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MullMastah
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Planet Explorers (download)
http://www.indiedb.com/games/planet-explorers/downloads/planet-explorers-alpha-031
and the site to register for multiplayer (when it workd for ya XD)
http://pathea.net/planet-explorers

November 16, 2012 at 11:21 pm #12999
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Takoa
Player

i like these games a lot :D

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November 21, 2012 at 3:34 am #13001
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Takoa
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OK guys, I found a cool game.
http://www.topiaonline.com/
Its been in dev for a month.
-Perma-death
-Player run (including the monsters ;O)
-AI scripting for mercs
-Full loot
It looks really cool, check it out

November 29, 2012 at 11:39 am #13002
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GMPathy
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This may be of interest to some of you people out there that loved the crafting aspects of Dawntide

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/appleton/greed-monger-a-crafting-focused-sandbox-mmorpg

One to watch for the future, and an interesting funding concept.

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November 30, 2012 at 8:53 am #13004
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Stonyeir
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Damn you pathy lol you beat me to it :( I just found out about it. This game looks amazeing and its only in pre-alpha. I expect from everything i have seen it should be out far sooner and be far more complete then alot of the ones comeing out soon. I already pledged on kickstarter and its well worth it. The game is set to be Free to play with 20$ purchaseable land slots. If you want some info on the game head here http://www.greedmonger.com/ The forums are very active and the devs are constantly takeing in community input. They even have plans for GM/Dev controlled gods in the game with both consequences and rewards. The guy heading the games development seems to know what hes doing his name is Jason Appleton here is his most recent interview was done on nov 29th on the game and abit on his background. http://www.youtube.com/user/markeedragon?feature=g-all&v=TDo3YtgjwUo

November 30, 2012 at 8:54 am #13005
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Stonyeir
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P.S. I really hope some of the glendor family will be willing to join me in this wonderful new adventure.

December 1, 2012 at 12:49 am #13006
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LordWiese
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I`m sure we can work something out ;)

The Glendor family as you put it, has grown, or well, we have new people in another game. I currently play mount and blade warband persistent world mod ( http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/board,184.0.html ) In which we hav about 30 people who are members of Glendor, or are very good friends….

Also Stonyeir, Lakata right?

December 1, 2012 at 1:25 am #13007
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Stonyeir
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Lakota aye how ya been Wiese? I have been trying to keep tabs on LIF as well but truthfully i have been looking into Greedmonger and I within 24hrs i fell in love with it. The game is a wet dream come true lol. But thats due to me being an old UO player. And i would join you on M&B Warband but i sorta didn’t pay for my copy and at this point i think i will wait to M&B 2 comes out so i can pay for that one. Reason i didn’t buy warband was because i bought the orgional at full price and not 2months later warband was released…-_-

December 1, 2012 at 3:14 am #13008
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TehBlah64
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I have to say that from all that I’ve seen from Greed Monger, it does not fill me with any faith in it. After reading what they have, seeing interviews and watching how the lead dev behaves, I honestly don’t think that there has been any decent level of development done for the game, and the ‘team’ does not have the capabilities nor the long term commitment to actually create the game. I don’t believe that anything will ever come of Greed Monger.

December 1, 2012 at 6:12 am #13009
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LordWiese
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I`ve yet to look into it, as I`m up to my neck in study for finals. Maybe in an hour or two, was just taking a small break,lol.

I don`t think mount and blade 2 will come out soon, and even if it does it will take months for any good mods to start flowing. That is what makes mount and blade fun, the mods really. You can only fight on maps for so long.

Also, anybody heard from Tinker?

December 1, 2012 at 12:12 pm #13010
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Stonyeir
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Tehblah mind expanding abit on exactly what makes you feel this way?

December 1, 2012 at 10:54 pm #13011
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LordWiese
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Ohh yeah Lakata, I`m playing this game, gunna bring my Legion with me :P
It really looks a lot like dawntide, whens testing?

Also, I`ve been playing this a little with some friends http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games/salem
It`s just not very rewarding.

December 1, 2012 at 11:32 pm #13012
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LordWiese
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I made a thread about Glendor on there, just to see what people think, though I think we will just go with a smaller little hamlet and build a small town, governed by a Elder/King/Chief.

I tend to jump the gun when thinking about building guilds in sandbox mmo`s, as I forget it takes time to build up the numbers and infrastructure we had in dawntide.

Maybe just let the lore develop, and not try and set in stone before, earn our stripss if you will.

December 3, 2012 at 5:02 am #13013
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Stonyeir
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Lol Wiese you have always been a good leader though I think in truth Glendor may want to try mergeing with a few of the already forming guilds. Mainly due to community and plans for beta thru launch, wich the beta is aimed toward april-may of 2013. Their pre alpha wich has been used in all the videos so far has shown alot that out classes alot of mmo’s that have been releaseing with this genre (sandbox) even after they have launched wich makes me think the beta may actually happen sooner.
The guild I signed on with is one of the few who is being supported by a person with a Royal Castle Island package wich means they will have a non instanced island built from the ground up by the devs. It was the highest reward on the kickstarter. The leader has an idea for a rome style empire to govern the primary pvp climate with reach to all the other climate’s. Also with the package they bought comes 65 beta keys for those who join the cause.
But I will hit you up on those forums so we stop spamming dawntide’s with this and Wiz if your reading this if you bring back the beloved dawntide I will be right back here to aid and enjoy :D

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