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by Raph_Koster 2736 days ago
1. Lots of lore and whatnot. More than people give credit for, actually.

1a. The prototype was actually based on U6's rendering engine, not U8.

2. Far too long a story. UO2 was a bit of a mess technologically, IMHO. EA disliked Origin in general. UO continued to do well and the question of why have a sequel came up. And more. But I left OSI before it was killed so can't say for sure.