It does seem that we could use a good Mech MMO on the market.
Mechwarrior was one of my favorite games i would love to see become an MMO. Unfortunately with the trouble Mechwarrior 5 i doubt we will ever see another Mechwarrior MMO.
If I was a developer I would avoid any IP like the plague unless you own it outright like Blizz/WoW.
Just about every other IP has crashed and burned with one having limited success (LotR) but no were close to what it should have had given its history and world wide following the IP has.
To many people will have unreasonable expectations on what the game should be and it limits developer freedom because of the lore and story of the IP.
To many people will have unreasonable expectations on what the game should be and it limits developer freedom do to the already created lore of the IP,
Too many devs make a shallow attempt to bait in fans of the IP, while building a 'me too' MMO designed to appeal to the general masses - who leave when the next shiney releases.
"" Voice acting isn't an RPG element....it's just a production value." - grumpymel2
It does seem that we could use a good Mech MMO on the market.
There is a mech style mmo in the works... Force of Arms.
It sounds like it's going to be a pretty in depth game, but then again who knows.
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own. -- Herman Melville
The genre NEEDS a historcial based MMO. Roman, Greek, Egyptian, you name it. Grab it from 300 and make it a PvP game. Still looking forward to Gods & heroes
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If I was a developer I would avoid any IP like the plague unless you own it outright like Blizz/WoW.
Just about every other IP has crashed and burned with one having limited success (LotR) but no were close to what it should have had given its history and world wide following the IP has.
To many people will have unreasonable expectations on what the game should be and it limits developer freedom because of the lore and story of the IP.
What i disagree with you is the criteria on using an IP - from my observations it's not who is the owner, but whether the IP's original media was video games or something else. Don't look at Blizzard/WoW only, look at Square Enix/Final Fantasy and Origin/Ultima Series.
But yes i had exactly the same observation - using an IP creates unreasonable expectations to its fans, especially when they are not into video games. Additionally, the non-fans won't overlook anything they didn't liked on your game just cause you used an IP. It's like digging your own grave.
"Traditionally, massively multiplier online games have been about three basic gameplay pillars combat, exploration and character progression. In Alganon, in addition to these we've added the fourth pillar to the equation: Copy & Paste."
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Mechwarrior was one of my favorite games i would love to see become an MMO. Unfortunately with the trouble Mechwarrior 5 i doubt we will ever see another Mechwarrior MMO.
WTB Mechwarrior PVP MMO
Would also like to see Shadowrun as an MMO someday...
I think the problem would be that kids would want to play it. Now how to design a MMO that would work for kids ? I dont think its doable.
lastest gosip:
freddy goes to playboy mansion!
trion has teamed with the sy fy channel to make an action mmo connected to a sy fy show
Maybe Tom & Jerry online or even worse WoW 2
Put me down for Harry Potter also.
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
A Mortal Kombat MMO. Not sure how they would do it... but there ya go.
"Sex and the City Online" - for the untapped market of those who menstruate and manstruate
Civilizations
Starcraft
MechWarrior
EQ1-AC1-DAOC-FFXI-L2-EQ2-WoW-DDO-GW-LoTR-VG-WAR-GW2-ESO
IF that were to happen... I might just need to take a year off work.. lol
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Warhammer 40k and Mech Warrior/Battletech are the two that comes to mind for me.
MMOs Played: I can no longer list them all in the 500 character limit.
If I was a developer I would avoid any IP like the plague unless you own it outright like Blizz/WoW.
Just about every other IP has crashed and burned with one having limited success (LotR) but no were close to what it should have had given its history and world wide following the IP has.
To many people will have unreasonable expectations on what the game should be and it limits developer freedom because of the lore and story of the IP.
Too many devs make a shallow attempt to bait in fans of the IP, while building a 'me too' MMO designed to appeal to the general masses - who leave when the next shiney releases.
"" Voice acting isn't an RPG element....it's just a production value." - grumpymel2
Zelda Online!!!
There is a mech style mmo in the works... Force of Arms.
It sounds like it's going to be a pretty in depth game, but then again who knows.
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.
-- Herman Melville
lol, WALL-E MMO, you know, after the fat people landed on the planet.
Transformers gets my vote
Too bad the name 'America Online' is taken..
If we're talking pure wish-list optimism: Mass Effect.
Action-TPS combat in a persistent world.
Silmarillion or Middle-Earth Online. Not this kindergarden version LOTRO is. A savage & brutal Middle Earth is what my heart craves for!!
Make us care MORE about our faction & world pvp!
The genre NEEDS a historcial based MMO. Roman, Greek, Egyptian, you name it. Grab it from 300 and make it a PvP game. Still looking forward to Gods & heroes
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Dune or Planescape.
What i disagree with you is the criteria on using an IP - from my observations it's not who is the owner, but whether the IP's original media was video games or something else. Don't look at Blizzard/WoW only, look at Square Enix/Final Fantasy and Origin/Ultima Series.
But yes i had exactly the same observation - using an IP creates unreasonable expectations to its fans, especially when they are not into video games. Additionally, the non-fans won't overlook anything they didn't liked on your game just cause you used an IP. It's like digging your own grave.
"Traditionally, massively multiplier online games have been about three basic gameplay pillars combat, exploration and character progression. In Alganon, in addition to these we've added the fourth pillar to the equation: Copy & Paste."