General Discussion

Originally posted by Jimmy_Scythe
Why do we have to be limited to just sci-fi or fantasy? What about a modern day setting? What about alternative histories? What about MMOs that revolve around the 1940's pulp novels or noir movies? How about an MMO based on the Byzantine empire or The Hundred Years War? Come to think of it, there was an early online game based on the hundred years war made by James F. Dunnigan. I wonder if that's still around.....

Mostly though, I'd like to see an MMO the truly required the participation of thousands of players as it's core game mechanic. The more social the setting, the more possibility for a game that reaches that ideal. So far, only text games like Castle Marrach, Modus Operandi, and Federation 2 seem to be playing with this idea.

Computer games lean far too heavily on sci-fi and fantasy as it is.

HAHA actually I did put other in the vote. I just picked Sci-Fi because that seems to be an area that has started to finally gain some recognition in the MMO field. I do appreciate your other answers though and that is why I asked the question.. Thanks!

Originally posted by twiztid19

Yes, Sci-fi can be unlimited, but fantasy can only go so far unless new races/story lines are created which take just as much work as the sci-fi games. And it seems, alot of sci-fi nerds go for the sci-fi games. If you are looking for a good sci-fi game, Id suggest Eve-online, Project entropia, and Anarch Online. All games you can check out :P. Of the three Eve-online is the best.

I actually did try EVE-Online, though the graphics were very nice I just couldnt get into it. For some reason just sitting in a ship 24/7 just didnt appeal to me, I wanna go on the planets and have some hand to hand  or just plan military type ground operations. Thanks for your recommendation though.

Originally posted by Enforcer71

Hello all,

I watch up and coming games all the time and always looking for a little news on possible games in the works. One thing I am very interested in are the prospects for more Sci-Fi MMO's.. Stargate Worlds and Huxley look very interesting ATM.

Anyway, what I was most curious about was how most of you feel about other types of MMO. Fantasy MMO has always been the top types of MMO out there, however I have seen more Sci-Fi ones slowly popping up.

What type of MMO are you interested in and why?

 

Hard cyberpunk scifi. No magic, psycho powers or pseudo physics. Player run economy, housing, dynamic environment, vehicles, FPS style combat system and high end graphics. No levels, classes or xp. It should be possible to import player created content and graphics to game after peer and moderator review.

Why? I am bored to class-level-holy trinity fantasy games that are repeating same pattern. One WoW is enough - we don't need more fantasy games that are carbon copies from each other.