Some of my fondest gaming memories are from this game. There was nothing ever quite like it, and the allegiance system created a special type of community bond that I haven’t seen repeated.

At one point I had 10 “vassals” sworn to me, and in our allegiance that came with the expectation that you assist and mentor those under you. Stakes were higher when our allegiance committed to being red dot PKs on a white server with a few other stronger groups in play.

The server emulation scene has come a long way since retail shut down, but even the most populous servers are a pale shade of this game in its hey day.