Sony Online Entertainment's Wizardy Online has launched. Based on the classic Wizardry franchise, the free-to-play MMORPG is currently available in Japan, Europe and North America. Sony describes Wizardry Online as "a fully re-imagined Wizardry game that stays true to the franchise's trademark features: hardcore gameplay, intense difficulty, party-based combat and permadeath -- where when you're dead... you stay dead!"
That is not an exaggeration; difficulty is something Wizardry Online touts. If you die you engage a "Lost System," wherein you get to make a donation to try and revive your body. If your donation isn't good enough (though how that's determined wasn't disclosed in the press release), then you'll have a second chance to donate. If this happens twice your character is lost for good. Todd Carson, Senior Producer, Sony Online Entertainment, also released the following statement regarding Wizardry Online's difficulty:
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