I can't believe this 27 year old MMORPG is still THRIVING in 2024

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

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[@andreslopez7850]

dude, rad video!

[@phillerupj5451]

Awesome video… brings me back playing this game… I loved it so much, and you are awesome at playing and the awesome commentary …. 👍👍👍👍

[@mirdraco]

I got to like level 30+, had lot of stuff, got ganked, lost my stuffs, cried and never touched the game again hahaha, good times.

[@Omegalux]

Gotta admit, these UO videos are really selling it to me. Looks a lot of fun, and arguably better than most MMO's these days.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

The grind is pretty intense but I am a bit of a sucker for the grind. If you join a guild, it makes it all exponentially easier too since you do more as a group. Honestly, if I didn’t have to edit videos for a YT channel, I’d play this game a ton hahaha. I highly recommend it

[@steveotten9473]

Outlands is great played a ton B4 and through COVID. Got to busy since 2022 to hop in but it's well worth it

[@themessy001]

Outlands is fantastic.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

INDEED IT IS

[@ShadowWolf2023-yp5zg]

Eh they don't sell it for me though it does look fun.

[@HallelujahHotdog]

I’ll never forget when Lisa simpson, a filthy red, took my life and my savings many a moons ago. I love that the game is still around all these years later.

[@TheRoboito]

hahaha you remembered the whole name

[@HallelujahHotdog]

@@TheRoboito the adrenaline coursing through my veins encoded it into my long term memory instantly. What a rush!

[@TheRoboito]

@@HallelujahHotdog haha i remember my first e-girlfriend on runescape. similarly i understand. hahah

[@hartt1]

I love watching UO videos, because at this time in my life I had friends, I had a life, I was happy, I didn't care about anything, just venturing into this world with my friends... I miss it....=/

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Ah the good ol days. If my brother and I were able to play this back in the day, it would have been glorious. Now, life has other priorities a lot of the time.

[@EasyCapitalArsh]

i feel u buddy i feel u :(

[@chezcoz4945]

indeed - the nostalgia hits very hard with UO.

[@ded2thaworld963]

Same…was my first MMO and i lived this game at the time. No game has compared since. My main was a tamer/fencer with my trained pair of deakes😂

[@Rockyzach88]

In the 6th grade I used to play Runescape in computer class and my class buddy would always try to get me to play Ultima Online instead lol. I was waaaaaaayyyy too dedicated to mining coal though. Riveting gameplay!

[@ItsJustKaya]

In my conputerclass we all thought we were slick but realized soon. Our teacher could see what we do from his pc and also he was huge geek. Like he was huge wow fan, befriended himself with the substitue teacher instantly who occassionly went to raids with him( so been told ) The class teacher also played with us the games weve been playing.

[@ItsJustKaya]

The WoE thing became known in our class, we tried to add him in those games but they rejected for the same reason as befriended yourself with the teacher because you could get better grades

[@mustache_gaming6098]

The editing, sound and delivery 10/10. Ultima Online for those of us that have been addicted to it through the years is very hard to explain to someone from the outside. Great video!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much for the high praises. Looking forward to connecting with you soon :)

[@mark-c9r3s]

@@PixelRookieOfficial this game looks like I'll need Discord installed to play with others from a yt community too!

[@dennisgordon7767]

AMAZING editing, the Chris bard fail shot was hilarious. I played Outlands upon launch and then during covid. I had the first medium sized ship on the server - back then it was like me and two other guys who even sailed, there were no ship pks. I remember almost pking richest player on the server Stormy Daniels on second day of the server. I remember how quickly people got together for the first houses it was within a day or two, people were PRE PLANNING how to do this before server opened on discord and doing podcasts about the launch strategy. The creator and everyone working on Outlands did a fantastic job with it. If anyone is curious AND if you have free time because it WILL take up your time, this is a really fun thing to get into for awhile.

[@dennisgordon7767]

now excuse me i got some sneaking to do w my trapped chests.

[@Keldrynn]

I have been playing for about 5 years, have a house, a few solid characters with some decent levels in multiple Aspects and I just now found out you could take that boat at the Shelter Docks to Prevalia lol. Literally every system is insanely in depth and you will always learn new things every time you play because there is just so much.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

That’s funny! Let me know if you have any air cores you could hook me up with since this expansion has made my air dexxer quite viable haha

[@SS-gu2tx]

Dude, thank you for taking all our advice and making this video!!!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I was actually wanting to make a video follow-up of Outlands as soon as I tried it out after retail UO and was in love with the game. It just took me a veeeery long time to actually put everything together haha

[@SS-gu2tx]

@@PixelRookieOfficial So which did you like better? Dude, you noobing around brings back so many memories. I wish I could erase those memories and experience it like you did. Amazing to see!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I liked Outlands 1000 times better. The world feels very alive and busy all the time and joining a guild made it even more fun as I was not stuck doing things alone. It helped kick start me to really snowball and the game is a lot more enjoyable once you have the key progressions upgraded some.

[@Gatzul]

Even though I been playing Outlands for a couple of years now I went through the whole video. Perfectly done and really entertain. Also full of nostalgic and with so on point things like the DM Boss fight the Terran music or the Berserk OST with the guild part!! so touching You sir deserve massive success as youtuber!

[@sirdocmad4473]

agree , good one :)

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much! I love tossing in some classic OSTs to tickle the nostalgia a bit. It feels especially fitting when it’s the topic of Ultima Online since even without playing it, it was a big memory of my childhood of WHAT IF haha

[@AluviumOSRS]

Amazing vid. Surprised you don't have 1mill subs. Got me downloading UO Outlands right now!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much for the kind words

[@thebuda01]

I spent a lot of time playing UO back in the late 90s. This video hit me right in the nostalgia nerve

[@joefish571]

Epic video as always Mr Hotdog! Glad to see you on Outlands. Its amazing server with an amazing community. Hope to bump into you in the world some day!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much! It’s a great game with a great community, even if I still get mad at darn red PKers haha

[@gabbyghoulish3574]

it's been so cool seein u out in the world! good job making all that progress

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much

[@eternalelife]

I played UO when I was 12. Year 2000. I was grandmaster miner and like 80% on blacksmith hahaha. SO many drama and memories from the mining pit. Oh boy, too many. When you get to grandmaster blacksmith, every item you craft gets your name on the item's name. Like, "Plate armor crafted by EternalLife". I was so motivated to get this dream come true, and played everyday for years but couldnt get to grandmaster :( But the thrill of running away from notorious murderers while getting helped by all the blue players is not like any other games. Best game experience Ive ever had.

[@junkequation]

I was 15, playing late 90's, proudest moment was using a tinker trapped chest on the ground in the mine to trick a miner-killer blue player into blowing himself up, looting him, running into my house, and locking the door, lol.

[@DSToNe19and83]

@@junkequation my proudest moment was discovering the black bag trick used against me and using it against other newbs. UO at it finest

[@mert5047]

I played back then in a server where mines outside Minoc were a known PK hunting ground. You'd be scared shitless whenever you are in the caves. Any moment a team of PK players would just come in, seal the mine's exit with the wall spell, kill everyone in the mines and steal your loot. It was the best of times.

[@theoldblood3804]

I played at 16 in 2001 for 15 minutes and never went back. Ended up playing war craft from 2004 to 2013. Then started playing the souls series and realized how crap every mmo really is.

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

@@DSToNe19and83 Is that where you open the trade menu and some how you drop every item in the trade menu and over encumbers you? If so, I hate you lol. I lost 10 mil like that.

[@VictorVazatta]

Ive Played on Oblivion shard, from 2001 to 2004, still my favorite mmo so far......Thanks for the memories Pixel

[@sabamonstergaming]

Holy Nostalgia batman. I can't remember exactly; but in old school UO the criminal system was a touch more unforgiving. It worked as it does here, except the more shit you did, the longer you stayed gray. After a few times it was basically permanent. Good news, is that there were a lot more blues than grays and they would vehemently go after people for screwing people over. It was such a good damn time. I miss UO's early days so much. Edit: Alright, I'm sold. Gonna hop on - fuck me this is bad. I know how long it took me to grind shit out when I was younger, I can't wait for the hell that awaits me, lol.

[@trymusic4life]

So how is it going? :)

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

@trymusic4life PRETTY GOOD HOW ANOUT YOURSELF?

[@gubbs00]

I was enjoying the video and realized partway through that we're in the same guild. Great video, and welcome. Huzzah.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Hahaha it’s always good to see another knight of Sir here. Huzzah!

[@mediumvillain]

Played early UO when I was like 16 and for years in the late 90s-early 00s, had a tank mage, joined the Sosarian Socialist Party on the Catskills RP server. Remember the early days Server Wars when they went down for maintenance and progress wasnt saved so everybody went HAM PKing each other lmao.

[@JourneyManJoel5]

I’m so unbelievably happy you decided to make a second video covering uo outlands as I believe it is the definitive way to play and a big KZbinr covering it is gonna bring so many more players in

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I hope the video gets more traction and draws in a bigger audience. The game definitely deserves it!

[@junkequation]

Just watching this, with all the complicated stuff you have to figure out to do with razor and settings, seems like this would be so hard to get into for a new player. I have played UO off and on since release and slowly learned third party programs, macros, etc. It's fun, like this server and Project 1999 for Everquest are the best MMO experiences available imo, but it's sort of a mess playing 3 accounts at once using a third party program and almost needing to know how to code to set up complicated behaviors in macros. I'm impressed with anyone who started with Outlands and got the hang of it without prior UO experience.

[@tommykindle9774]

That's why most scripts you will need are right in the outlands scripts website you copy pasta and do your thing. They have an active community in discord with people called companions that are dedicated to helping new players get going

[@dylan_uo9619]

This video was epic. Please make more.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much! With Wildlands just a few weeks away, it’s hard to not play more

[@omgwtfhax]

Straight up. UO Outlands is the best Ultima Online experience. Appreciate the content, brother. 👊

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks for the kind words and I am glad to share this video with you all. I love your PFP by the way lol

[@NecroBanana]

Hey Hulk Hogan, are you racist, to a point?

[@NecroBanana]

Hulk Hogan hates minorities.

[@bobbobson6290]

I tried it in the year 2000. After a week I accidentally changed from the care bear server to the pvp full loot masochist server and got robbed blank. Didn't had the urge to player any further.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

lol the way players can rip the joy from another person is uncanny... I know that feeling well from when I got scammed the first time ever on Diablo 2 online. I was so mad lol

[@UOsFinest]

nice you randomly stumbled across my alliance doing a boss rofl great content!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

They were very cool with a random idiot trying to help them with the mini lol. They even gave me a succulent meal after rezing me for the trouble lol

[@Sudas80]

I am loving all the old music. I even think I was hearing "Actraiser" music at one time.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Heck yeah man, we gotta keep the cool tunes coming for us old, nostalgic gamers haha

[@Isa-vi5rt]

That is SO COOL! I've always heard of UO back in the mid 2000's, but was busy playing other MMORPGS at the time, like Tibia and RuneScape, and in the end never got to try it. I was afraid that too much time had passed and UO was no longer on it's golden days, such is the fate of most MMOs, but this video was like a shining ray of light. Specially the knight ceremony, with many players lining up to actually roleplay the thing... It's beyond moving. I wonder it's not too late to blissfully invest thousands of precious hours like an addicted bum on this game - and have a great time...

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Dude, recently a huge update was released to Outlands and the guild of Sir is big into roleplaying, which is a lot of fun. Not only that, they are super helpful to get you started with an aspect and codex to get you kickstarted with your character. Find Lord Black in the Outlands discord and tell him I sent you if you decide to play, they will help you out. I had to stop playing due to it being TOO much fun and I wasn’t working on my KZbin channel at all lol. It’s definitely not too late to play!

[@toto3777]

As someone who never played Ultima Online, this is exactly what I needed to get the experience of what it's like without having to play it or struggle through a streeeetched Let's Play. Thanks!

[@Nomad454]

I love Outlands so much and the new expansion just released this weekend! When I was new to Outlands I was jacking some lumber northwest of Prevalia and it was a territory belonging to Reds. I was stopped by a Red and they roleplayed that I pay the fee to have access to their lands or I run the risk of dying. I paid a meager sum of gold as I was very poor and they granted me access to the territory and said that they would pass the word along to allow me to pass through.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

The expansion is great so far! Minus the server instability, it’s really great. I’m finally able to enjoy playing as an air dexxer haha. The other day I entered the mausoleum and this red approaches me at the entrance and tells me he’s robbing me and my buddy and that we have to pay him OR ELSE. We both turned on him right after and he took off running but it was really funny. Love the light RP that goes on in the game

[@overbe]

@@PixelRookieOfficial make sure you enter the house lottery from all 3 accs. I just won one pass and placed first house in new lands, right near the great farming/taming spot

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

@@overbe Still patiently waiting to win a pass on one of my 3 accounts lol. I keep checking every evening

[@overbe]

@@PixelRookieOfficial Make sure you find and bookmark potential spots in advance. During the last expansion I basically roleplayed the realter lol. Invested all my gold into buying passes from the others and ended up almost placing the biggest possible house on the shard. You can't buy passes directly, but you can pay the person to use his pass and place a 8x8 house where you want and after the lottery transfer it to you for the remainder of the fee. That's how some ended up with huge plots. This was probably the most enjoyable part of playing on Outlands, at least for me. Needed to deal with lots of people in order to make it happpen. For a beginner it's better to look for some good farming and close to water spots, which are surrounded by some obstacles, so placing 8x8 wouldn't let others to place another 8x8 between your house and those obstacles. There should be 4 tiles between another potential nearby house, so leaving 3 tiles denies that. Make sure you test Windmill. That sucker has weird footprint and some guilds got screwed up last time, because some placed those in their big plots. You can test everything on test server and/or by placing pouches on the ground to mark house borders and then using surveying tool to place wanted house. Let me know if you have questions. Cheers

[@damjnet8751]

Wonderful video, I really wish more people would try Outlands, it's the perfect recipe of an absolute gem of old school MMO with 2024 QOL and mechanics. I will also say for anyone interested, you have so many things you can do in this game, this video only scratched the surface :)

[@rafaelgermano8083]

So many great memories from my teens playing UO. Best game experience I've ever had. Wish I could have time to play it again. Had an amazing time watching your video, thank you and congratulations

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much. I was spending a bit too much time enjoying this game so I had to cut back haha. It really is a great experience

[@vin4541]

Really enjoyed the video. It does a great job of covering a new player's experience from zero to hero.

[@blobbyfender7700]

Gonna have to give it a try. I’ve been wanting to play osrs but this sounds like a nice alternative

[@ootia]

Man, your editing and humor is awesome!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I really appreciate the kind words! I put a lot of time and effort into this project and I’m really happy it shows!

[@Drawfill]

Almost been 2 years on outlands now. This server is getting better and better every week/month.. i seriously can't get enough. There's so many playstyles that are viable too.. like one my personal favorite build is a harvest aspect thief that focuses on lockpicking dungeon chests and stealing from mobs(and the occasional player) to get rich.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Oh that’s a fun build idea. I could enjoy just lumberjacking if harvest wasn’t so expensive. I love the idea of the chroma cores though. Big step in the right direction IMO

[@Drawfill]

@@PixelRookieOfficial I was lucky enough to be building fortune aspect before they added harvest and could switch, so i got harvest 6 for free... works well enough as it is. Not rich enough to echo my build and also make a gatherer on the same toon yet though

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

@Drawfill I spent a ton of skill scrolls to unlock an echo and it hasn’t done me much good since I went for a pure air dexxer haha. I’ll give it another go when wildlands comes out since the focus skill will help with it a lot

[@Drawfill]

yeah... echoes are only worth it if you got a 720 template that works for the aspect you wanna use it for. Harvest works for both gathering and lockpicking... it just makes sense on this character of mine. I wouldnt advise echoing on a new toon though tbh.

[@KeithGeisler]

Outlands is absolutely amazing, thanks for this awesome review

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I have to agree! I love this game and my only regret with it is that I am not able to spend more time playing it haha

[@whyismynametaken123]

UO was one of the first "big" MMOs and it also created many staples of modern mmo/survival/crafting games. I sunk too many hours into this game when I was younger.

[@silentrider2145]

these kind of graphic, bring back such memories and for me, it gave you the feeling of real fantasy world. no fancy this and that, just you fooling around the map and see what's there... ahh...

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Honestly, I think these graphics really hold up well with today's standards. My biggest complaint is that I would love to see more fluid animations but this art style is timeless IMO. It is a very pretty game.

[@silentrider2145]

@@PixelRookieOfficial yeah, we all know the tech back then. even those junkie animation, which make the experience as it own style. but, a little like diablo 2 animation will make it perfect, don't need those fancy and cool effect animation. lol

[@Apsycho2012]

Fantastic story, lol... really awesome done!! Outlands FTW!!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks for the kind words - I am very happy you enjoyed it!

[@KingShabaDaba]

Outlands wooo!! Great video!

[@arbortree5815]

Welcome to Outlands!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thank you my dear tree friend 🎄🌲🌴🌳🎋🏝️

[@Lord0wl]

Such a solid video. Can't help but to watch it again and again.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

My man 😎 Every view is much appreciated

[@Lexyvil]

Hell yeah, hearing LISA's soundtrack in there. Great video by the way, I can see why this game is being talked a lot even today.

[@MrWarmenion]

Kek gained my sub at 5:06

[@mastadon2181]

5:06-5:07 I was like wait a second went back ROFLED than subscribed 😂

[@jd0284]

Ultima was my first MMO good memories in that game before WOW

[@Ryancrisos]

I remember my friend getting the original beta where your name color was customizable. My friend named his character "someone". He then started killing and robbing other players. He would have a costume to change into and would hide in plain sight with his name matching the colour of the trees..... People were running around yelling SOMEONE just robbed me. We would just watch and laugh. His disguise was a pink Bopeep outfit it was hilarious. I think he was the OG troll on MMO's.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Lol when I was young, trolling on the original StarCraft 1 battle.net came so naturally to me hahaha. Back then, there were almost no restrictions in place to prevent that kind of behavior and I was a crappy little kid at the time so I took full advantage of it :P

[@Caigul]

one of my favorite memories was when a bunch of us took over a graveyard and turned a crypt into a bar and hanged out. had to kill undead from time to time but was fun.

[@Mortifix]

I went the Runescape route. I've always wanted to get into UO though. I played on shards back in the day, but never found one that really stuck. Tried retail not that long ago but just didn't have the time to grind. Maybe one day...

[@Fuhrious]

I tried to play this when I was like 12 which is 25 years ago and had no clue what I was doing

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Welcome to me playing this game in the present lol

[@dennis20014]

Haha all of the classic Sims OST tracks were so fitting haha

[@CrescentUmmi]

Thank you for making this. I have been meaning to get back and outlands seemed so overwhelming. But this video gave me hope and I'll play again. I'm an archer bard so I'll give your progression a try. I'm at a point where my 11 yr old wants to play with me. I'm beyond elated, and will show him this video to get his feet wet lol😊

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

There’s no better time to come back than now. The big wildlands expansion is great. Honestly, my only complaint is that on peak hours it’s almost too crowded everywhere. A good problem to have for sure

[@CrescentUmmi]

@@PixelRookieOfficial I'm already on! Woohoo!

[@77chance]

I have been convinced to try Ultima Online because of this. Well done.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Make sure you play Outlands instead of retail UO from EA lol. If you are new to the game, DEFINITELY JOIN THE OUTLANDS DISCORD - they have tons of helpful people always online that can answer any one off questions you have. You can find Lord Black there and message him if you want to join the guild of Sir. They are very beginner friendly and a great group of people. They can help you with getting your first codex and aspect mastery unlocked. For an established guild, that is nothing to them but for a brand new player, it is a lot of time and money saved so you can begin big boy progression right away. Cheers!

[@77chance]

@@PixelRookieOfficial I am on Outlands and in the discord! I am not looking for a guild right of the back (I got back social anxiety). Looking forward to your future videos, this one was a lot of fun!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Understandable. Unfortunately I gave away almost all of my loot as I was getting TOO addicted to the game and wasn’t working on KZbin lol. If I still had some stuff I’d hook you up 😅

[@Zawazuki]

dude, you're awesome. Subbed! I love Outlands.

[@whatonearth6835]

The only game I currently play is outlands. This was a great video.. Well done sir!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much for the kind words! If I didn't have to spend so much time editing videos for the channel, I would definitely be playing way more Outlands still haha

[@MattRead-ib5vo]

I played on Atlantic back at launch, I'm installing the client as I type this :) thanks for the info on how to get involved;)

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I’m so glad! If you can get past the steep learning curve at the beginning, you’re in for a real treat! Also, join the guild ASAP! They can help you get your first codex and aspect, which is a huge help for someone that is just getting started. Sir is a great beginner friendly guild. Good luck out there :)

[@FuManBlu]

oh lord I just caught the song you were playing at the tale end. Have you seen the meme with that clip from law and order where Ice Tea is telling the guy "that means ya gay."? A search for that line should get you there ; )

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

lmao I can safely say that I never saw that meme before but I used to LOVE Law & Order: SVU. I just looked it up and that is hilarious

[@justinm8454]

gonna play this looks alot of fun!

[@ManofLetters]

Ty for inspiring me again, does it have the original UO soundtrack btw? That would be a huge selling point for me Ps, you don’t level up by doing “the thing” anymore? But by buying it ??

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I actually play without music as I need to record footage and add my own BG music in post. You still need to level up any skill by doing the skill up to GM (100 points). Many of the skills can go up to 120, which requires you to buy 20 skill scrolls of that particular skill to increase the cap. You still need to use the skill to actually increase it regardless. Hope that helps!

[@ManofLetters]

@@PixelRookieOfficial don’t you miss the OST tho 🥹 ty that actually helped a lot I’m seriously considering getting back into this game lol

[@boogie5]

When UO came out... I thought we would be SOOOOO much farther ahead here in 2024 than we are! shit, UO has pretty much everything current MMO's have, IF NOT MORE!!! It's bonkers!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I feel like a lot of MMOs want to do "games as a service" more than just make a good game to get people to keep throwing money at them. I am not too keen on most modern MMOs anymore. Outlands being quite the exception of course :)

[@LemonRush7777]

UO was my first MMO, and it was amazing. I miss those times...

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

If you have the time, Outlands is a great experience and getting more players than ever!

[@LemonRush7777]

@@PixelRookieOfficial Thanks, but I no longer have the time for MMOs, unfortunately. Back then I was young and full of time to waste.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

@LemonRush7777 haha yeah that totally makes sense. This game definitely gets grindy if you are trying to level up your aspect masteries and mastery chain. I wouldn’t say it is the most casual-friendly game out there, that’s for sure

[@Reqnr]

I played UO back in 2000. This has made me want to play it again. I still maintain its the best game ever made.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Definitely give Outlands a look! The hardest part is getting started and if you join a guild like Sir, they’ll help you with getting your first codex and aspect mastery unlocked, which is a huge time saver for a new player. Cheers!

[@FallingForgiveness]

Love these vids, not long been playing uoo myself.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Maybe we'll cross paths in the Wildlands some day :)

[@Nomix22]

I always wanted to play ultimata online but always felt overwhelmed by everything. I think I’m going to give this version a try

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Oh man that makes me happy! Definitely join the discord and ask questions as there is a new player channel where lots of veterans help out. Also look into a guild as they will help you too! Best of luck :)

[@BryanHendricksen]

I love UO old school renaissance 7×gm

[@mokeish]

So genuine, this is the UO experience.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I'm glad you enjoyed my highs and lows throughout Outlands

[@mattmitchell1646]

Ouch, prices were crazy when you recorded this!!!

[@Nahelus]

My problem with this game is that one of the things it motivates me the most in rpgs is to find rare items, rare gear etc, and this game doesnt have that at all, i lost my gear several times and bought it back lmao, no boss is gonna drop you a crazy weapon or something like that.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I think that is definitely a valid point. There are many rare items that are blessed, but you aren't going to find orange legendary drops like in most MMOs. The rare equipment that you can't lose is more for aesthetics than increasing your stats. There is something that I like about not being completely bound to rare drops to being powerful in this game as that comes from codices, aspect mastery and your mastery chain. There are still weapons that are much better than others, but you are right that all it takes is a single gank to lose it, which does suck lol. When I want to get my loot hunting dopamine fix, I play Diablo 2 Resurrected instead (GOAT of loot dropping IMO hehe)

[@JourneyManJoel5]

I would love to see some more outlands videos bro this was great

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I would like to cover wildlands once it is released as well :)

[@reborn601]

best part of this game is how chaotic it is.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Oh it can definitely be chaotic hahaha

[@saugustus1]

Well produced my man

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Many thanks

[@stompie5233]

Great video and it is nice to know what I missed when I was a kid

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

If only....

[@Wickedous]

Idk why all these channels doing mmo videos use Ocarina of Time tunes but damn i love it

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Because we are all old farts and like the classic tunes of _the good ol days_ hahaha

[@559624]

Used to play tons of uo as a kid. Have to try outlands.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

It's great! Find a good guild like Sir and you will be able to help get kick started with a great group of people

[@TotalCowage]

Interesting videos; was recommended these by KZbin after idly checking out the new server that Official UO is beta testing; for those coming here new too, just a word of warning; this isn't the same 27 year old MMORPG as per the title. Mechanically, outside of pinching some of the artwork, basic sprite etc movement and combat, and allowing full Player Killing, it seems Outlands is absolutely nothing like Official UO at any point in its history. The engine appears to be using the Enhanced client with Classic character art (which isn't possible on Official)? World maps are completely different, all the exciting boss fights you see etc are custom, the skill system is radically different... You can argue in many ways it's more like what a UO-2 would have been, or UO could be had it a much more creative and adventurous development team than the one it actually has. In particular, I was amused to see UO Razor involved; having worked on Official UO back in 2012-2014ish, some of the Japanese EMs tried to use Razor to help with official events, but got an absolute bollocking from Messana and were told to drop it. So we were stuck with the EA tools, which didn't work well and were unsupported, and what ever fan made stuff had been authorised in the past... including UO Wedding for the Classic Client which was released in 1997! Unfortunately, Official UO will never be like what you see here, as it's just too hamstrung by the EA licence, and upper management toxcity and myopia. The old sense of roleplay and community does seem to be there, which is good to see, but on Outlands you really will have to be able to accept being randomly killed and scammed; I'd be interested to know whether every example of the author being locked into a house and killed ended with a polite handshake as per this video... in original UO's history it wasn't, and even now you still have to deal with literal sociopaths who don't know where the line is drawn and take it outside of the game and try and stalk and harass you. It was that way 10 years ago now when I was paid staff on Official UO too... I had 7 years of rape and death threats and account hacks for criticising Garriotts follow up Shroud of the Avatar too... it's an experience which appeals to some, what the author describes as "risk vs reward" and "a constant sense of danger" and those it appeals to REALLY love it and paint it as perfect and pure, but it's not for everyone... UO dropped non-consentual PKing because the vast majority of account closures named it as the reason for quitting; and that will remain true in Outlands as well, it's a niche gameplay style that only appeals to a few. Anyone wondering about playing Outlands should be aware of that potential going in. You'll meet good people, but there's also the chance you'll meet someone who makes it their life mission to hurt you, and because of the game mechanics, they potentially really can. Not mentioned here is whether Outlands matches the original UO back in the 90s, in that if your house key is on your body when you die, they get your house and everything in it...? Still, I'm glad that Outlands is there for those who want to play it. And the developers certainly have shown the way even a PvE based UO might have gone. I'm very impressed with what they've done with the engine, but I'd never want to play it myself.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

As someone who always wanted to play UO growing up and never had the chance, I was really pleased when I discovered Outlands. I’m not sure if you saw, but I also have an OSI Ultima video I did before this one. I was severely underwhelmed by the present state of retail UO if I’m being honest. It was a neat experience, but it wasn’t what I would consider necessarily fun. With Outlands, I feel like it is what UO could have become had it got proper support from EA and captures the “essence” of what UO is with the community. I was never there originally so there’s that, but it really does a good job capturing that experience as someone who always wanted to play it growing up.

[@Afronautsays]

I would have loved this game back in it's prime

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Honestly, UO Outlands is currently in its prime IMO. It is always very populated and there are lots of different things you can do

[@Miracle7Seven]

Bro what the fuck?! Two characters AT ONCE?!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

You can actually do 3 max if you are feeling extra productive lol. I never did it because it stresses me out too much hahaha

[@SportsPlug-cp1eq]

Hmm as someone who's been struggling to get deeply invested into a game since Diabo 2 this looks like it could check off all the boxes of satisfaction.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

D2 Resurrected opened a powerful gate of nostalgia for me and I stopped working on YT for like 2 months straight because of it hahaha. I would say that D2 and Outlands are quite different in terms of the core gameplay loop, but Outlands is really fun in its own way. Just know that you aren’t going to be finding lots of cool pieces of loot and gear with affixes to them, which is a huge aspect of what makes D2 so special, and the combat isn’t a “run around and melt everything on your screen” kind of gameplay. It’s definitely a little grindy, but I honestly enjoy that. Hope you’re able to check it out and enjoy it!

[@airrunner85]

Ilove this game and the Outland server is the best out there. But i just wish the ui was streamlined without the need to setup macros to play the game. In my eyes that is a huge barrier to new gamers giving this wonderful game a chance.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

It really is clunky as all get out when you start playing for the first time. It is quite the adjustment to find a sweet spot that works for you an I could definitely see a lot of platings dropping off the game before getting to that point. I think they made some changes to the default settings when you start a new character though

[@msvtechx]

You have a char called i die a lot?

[@todorvassilev8592]

this video is just amazing, thank you

[@seanm3933]

The only MMO where PvP was not optional and full loot was on. A few companies have since tried to replicate, but the whiny ass PvE babies always win with their whiny ways and the MMOs are made to be PvP optional which essentially turns them into PvE. Even at that I can't think of any games where you lose everything when you die. I think VRising has that option but most servers are set to keep your gear when you die. I would love to play a game with the original UO ruleset and updated graphics and an interface that doesn't require scripting. My biggest problem with Outlands is that everyone runs scripts. I guess it's ok since everyone is doing it but it feels like cheating to me.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I am one of those whiny weenies that get mad when I get ganked while PvMing lol. That is part of the thrill of the game though - you are almost never safe. It does get frustrating when you get run down by one red and another back to back and I dislike that having a truly optimized PvM build meant you were way more vulnerable to reds, but I think Outlands did a good job with keeping that balance honestly. I don't mind the scripts, but I do think it becomes unnecessarily complicated. I would love for it to be more streamlined.

[@frankfrankerson782]

The problem with "hard core" mmorpgs is that it doesn't result in fun duels or something, it results in gank raids that take 0 risks just farming solo players.

[@giancarloribeirobrito659]

Ultima Online, my top 1 MMO, good times.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

If you haven't already, definitely check out Outlands as there are many people that are always online and keep it really fun

[@blackmagic1590]

Your KZbin editing is just crazy good.. I'm curious how much time it took to actually go through the recording footage and edit this? Do you have an editing team or any special editing tools? Maybe I just need to put more effort into my videos to make them as good as this...

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Hey thanks for the kind words! I always strive to push my editing skills and make entertaining videos. I can answer your questions in order: It took me a LONG time to make this video. Granted, I do not do this full time and have a full time job and three kids (a 1 year old, 3 year old and 10 year old... they keep me busy busy) so I could have done this faster if I was fully focused on it. I actually started this project almost two years ago lol. I ended up recording a bit and then when I went back in to finish the project, I ended up spending a few more months playing and enjoying the game while recording here and there to finish the ending portion. I had over 200 gigs of raw gameplay footage and it was mostly figuring out how I wanted to structure the video and then trim it up to capture those parts of my journey. When I finished trimming and writing/recording the script, which took many hours to do, I think the editing was almost 2 weeks of editing any chance I got. I probably put in a few dozen hours on this project overall. I am a solo editor and all I use is a combination of photoshop to snag images and edit them and premiere to put it together. If you break it down, a lot of the editing is just jump cuts, quick zooms or slow panning and adding sound effects to go with stuff. It isn't HARD per say, but it is a pretty slow and tedious process. I struggle with "good enough" videos and take a long time to edit most of the time and this hurts when I don't have much free time to work on it. If you want to drive yourself insane, try to have something visually interesting happen every 1-3 seconds of footage (image pop ins, jump cuts, zooms, etc) and you can make a banging video that is more visually interesting. It takes a ton of time and is a real pain in the butt, but the end justifies the means IMO. I hope this comment helps answer your questions and thanks again for the kind words

[@blackmagic1590]

Great job. You've inspired me to take more time in my video edits! Ya it looks like this video took a lot of time to make, that's why I had to ask.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Feel free to reach out to me via discord if you ever want to talk shop with editing stuff. Cheers and good luck!

[@Kreusnik]

But you still need to go with a full templated character from pretty much day 1 to be able to do anything at all. To a new player this is a killer. Man, how i want a new aged UO alike mmorpg

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I am not a huge fan of having to farm skills up to 80 in shelter and then leave to find a battle trainer and let it run pretty much all night to get a viable build. This is greatly alleviated with the help of a guild but most new players do not know this... like me when I started hahaha

[@holysol]

who up jackin they lumber rn

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I *wish* I was jacking some lumber AMIRITE?

[@nfapeng187]

Aint played in years still but always good videos and I watch em!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I'm glad you liked the video! The game is a very good time indeed :)

[@martingoldblunt5163]

Wow this 27 year old game has more people playing than Concord!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Never heard of that game lol

[@martingoldblunt5163]

@@PixelRookieOfficial its a piece of shit

[@clausandersen5999]

You're better off doing a modded singleplayer server, the game can be heavily modded, you can even create your own maps. I haven't looked back since i started doing UO R&R. I added in player killer NPC's from adventures to ruins and riches since i prefer that over adventures.

[@blackmagic1590]

I'm glad someone is promoting Ultima Online, even though it's not OSI.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I do have a previous video where I played retail UO for the first time and it was fun, but I really like Outlands

[@blackmagic1590]

@@PixelRookieOfficial That was the video that made me subscribe to you. My content is all OSI pvp based, I was going to try Outlands but a buddy talked me out of it. Might have to give it a try at some point.

[@AustinBeshuk]

last time i played the devs had some AFK checker to make sure that you are still at the computer and i got penalized for being AFK too long. is that not the case now, or is it area specific?

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I am not aware of anything like that. Do you mean for scripted farming? Any scripts that help automate chopping wood, mining, skinning, etc require a CAPCHA to be entered once every 15-20 minutes or something like that. If you don't enter it in, you do not continue to farm. That is all I am aware of though.

[@Phishheadie]

that is definitely not a thing on this server no worries

[@nXane]

In a world of remake/remasters, it’s a shame this game was always ignored by EA

[@ericeclifford]

Beautiful review, can you make this into a series hehe

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks for the kind words! I hope to cover more content once Wildlands comes out :)

[@yevanasvetya5486]

From the thumbnail i thought this game is modded alien shooter

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Lol well hopefully you were still able to watch and enjoy the video

[@anime-cu7sq]

Great video and It's made me want to try this out now BUT WHAT IS THAT SONG WHEN YOU GOT KNIGHTED IT SOUNDS SO FAMILIAR BUT I CANT REMEMBER WHAT IT IS ITS DRIVING ME MAD

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Song of Prayer from FFX babyyyyy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXeulGBvetx0h5Y Thanks for watching. I am glad you enoyed it :)

[@anime-cu7sq]

@@PixelRookieOfficial oh my god of course it is I cant believe I forgot I was spending ages looking through the xenosaga/xenoblade soundtracks now I feel dumb LOL but its fine and your music choice was great I loved the terran music too

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much

[@TheSilentScreamX]

Haven't played Outlands for a while, but my experience was 1. Go to dungeon 2. Fight mobs for 2 minutes 3. Get swarmed by a gank squad of PKs (very sweaty) 4. Repeat forever I don't think I'm masochistic enough to play this server 😂

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I think those kinds of PK groups come and go, but since getting back into the game the past few weeks, I have only run into 2-3 groups total and only died once. There are a lot of ways to avoid getting PKed but I feel like you need to get past the basics to know how to do this effectively. Sadly, if you are a new player and getting targeted by PKs (they are the easiest targets), it can definitely lead to a frustrating and unfun experience.

[@pottymouth2844]

UO Outlands is the best version of Ultima Online. EA should’ve hired these guys to team to make the original even more of a masterpiece. If you haven’t played Outlands yet, you should.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Outlands really is a great free shard. I was happy to stumble upon it

[@bigcat8979]

If you can just afk your skills to 100 why not just start everyone at 100

[@mempo6596]

HI! thanks to your video I decided to start playing Outlands too... I wanted to ask you something, what was the first item you bought that allowed you to teleport? a rune or a blessed runebook?

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I was using the chivalry spell for teleporting but without that you’ll want to get a rune book. You don’t want to keep the rune book in your bag unless it is blessed though. You can bless any tune book for 50,000 gold from the prevalian merchant. Once that is done, you don’t have to worry about losing it!

[@mempo6596]

@@PixelRookieOfficial so sacred journey work without rune here? Lol

[@claywimer2084]

Play mortal online 2. It’s everything we wanted with these games haha

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

After reading reviews, it sounds very similar hahaha. Sadly, I am a cheap boi and don't pay for monthly subscriptions as the amount of time spent actually playing games versus editing videos is very small atm. Thanks for sharing though :)

[@NecroBanana]

The devs really need to make a proper new player experience cause the current one is...a hell of an event for sure lol Edit: also, damn you've been doing this video for a while now cause your Prev soc building is the old one lol

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

It really captures the nostalgic experience that you’d get playing an MMO 25+ years ago 😂