Wish

Wish is a cancelled PC MMORPG by Mutable Realms. It was to be a fantasy MMO live service game.

Gameplay
Wish was touted as the first Ultra Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (UMMORPG). Rather than dozens of worlds for a few hundred players each, it was to be one massive world with over 10,000 player at once.

Rather than a traditional static quest system, the dynamic quests would be given live by GMs. The story line was to be delivered live. This would lead to the world of Wish constantly changing.

To compensate for the huge instanced world, sacrifices in design had to be made. Players moved via point and click, and combat required continuous button presses.

Players progressed in skills by apprenticeship at NPCs. Your skills would degrade over time when not used, though there are floors they won't surpass.

Development
Mutable Realms launched a 2.0 beta test. The results were not encouraging. A lot of people tried out the game and never came back. The bottom line is that the game would never profit with such low sustainability.

Cancellation
Wish was cancelled eight days after the beta 2.0 launch. Mutable Realms went defunct shortly after the cancellation announcement.

Timeline:
 * March 17th 2003: game announced
 * January 9th 2005: game cancelled