The Shadow of Yserbius

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The Shadow of Yserbius
Studio Ybarra Productions
Publisher Sierra Online
Erstveröffent-
lichung		 1992
platform DOS
genre MUD
Game mode Multiplayer
language English

The Shadow of Yserbius is a graphical MUD - computer game , which in 1992 by Sierra Online for MS-DOS was released. It is one of the first graphic MUDs, and thus a link between the originally text-based MUDs and today's graphic MMORPGs .

The game offers both an online and an offline game mode, which is selected by the player at the beginning, and between which you can freely switch back and forth. When the game character reaches a certain level limit of 20, however, the decision to play offline is final, and the online environment can then no longer be entered with this character. In addition, there is a simple arena mode in which different players can compete against each other individually.

In terms of content, you steer a single hero through various dungeons, which are built up step by step in a pseudo-3D optics. The chance-based encounters with opponents are played in rounds, with a simple magic system available. All interactions in the game were carried out using a very simple, icon-based point'n'click system. Although the dungeons can also be tackled individually, they are often designed for several players. You could team up with other players (between 30 and 60 depending on their level of development) who were also online in small groups of up to four players. The game content was very slow to open up, players were forced to interact in order to reach more areas and make progress.

In 1996 the game was discontinued by AOL after the takeover so as not to endanger its own product Neverwinter Nights .

successor

In 1993 a direct successor called Fates of Twinion was released. It corresponded completely to its predecessor in terms of operation and implementation. The Ruins of Cawdor was released in 1995 . Although in principle the same technology was used here, this part could only be played online, which was missing in the offline mode that was previously available.

After the discontinuation by AOL, there were various attempts to revive the games or to create new ones in another form. However, except for an offline version of The Ruins of Cawdor, none of these attempts led to a result.

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