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What's the five best mmo's that you wish a company would make?

Well, first of all, there's a couple of games that used to be on my list that I now have to remove due to them becoming a reality and no longer just wishful thinking. These games are now being made:
  Warhammer 40K - Forget Warhammer, 40K is awesome, space marines, elders, etc.... Gonna be great, hopefully.
   Vampire the Masquerade - The company is now partnered with CCP, the guys behind EVE Online. And they're going to make a game in the White Wolf Universe. Hopefully it'll be good. There's alot of storyline and lore there - seems as if it'd be impossible to mess this one up but then again, how does a company mess up an Online Star Wars game, sheesh. I'm keeping my fingers crossed here.

And now to my top 5 list:

1.  Shadowrun - I'd love to see a game made in the shadowrun universe. Remember that awesome Sega Genesis game they made called Shadowrun where you had to hack into computers and go to corporations and steal their plans, schematics and different blue prints all the while trying not to set off the alarms and keeping those mean guard dogs away.  Magic, technology, espionage, Corporate espionage.  They could do so much with a mmo like this. Already has a huge amount of lore and storyline's to go off of. 

2. Dune - I'm not the biggest dune fan, I loved the movies though and recognize the potential for a really unique sci-fi mmo that would have really awesome faction pvp. you've got those 3 factions fighting for control of the spice, the Harkonan's, the Arkadians or whatever they're called and that other group, Lol. I can't remember the names.  There could be huge pvp battles for control of the spice for a certain amount of time.  Crafting and spice production.  Getting out in time before a Worm destroys your spice harvesters and NO a worm should not be able to be killed. I don't care how many lv. 60's you have, Lol. There's just alot of story and lore here, a great potential for some unique pvp and a sci-fi universe that could encompass quite a few different worlds.  Sounds fun to me.

3.  A Western MMO - Cowboys, Indians, Horse riding, gambling, gold mining, shootouts, you get the idea. I don't know if it'd be a hit but it would be different, Lol.

4.  Robotech - This one would have to be done right or it would really blow.  This could be an awesome mmo, Veritech fighters, transforming ships, Three different chapters: Robotech, The Robotech Masters and the Invid.  Lots and lots of vehicles, fighters, tanks, transformable cycles, everything the Robotech world has to offer.  I'm not sure technology is ready for this one yet but I'd love to play it..

5.  Forgotten Realms, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Dragonlance mmo - I put these all together because they could all be the same world, I know there's that D&D Eberron game based in the Greyhawk Universe but really, would you rather play the little known Eberron campaign or play the classic Forgotten Realms that we all grew up with and love? There's already more history and lore there than any other universe ever created. Visit famous towns like Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, etc.  Travel through the spine of the world.  Meet Drizzit, Elminster, and other famous characters.  Make it a real D&D MMO with caves, dungeons, cities and taverns. Not just A City that you go into instanced dungeons from but make it a real world where you travel through forests and get ambushed by Bugbears, shoot a flaming arrow into a cave only to find out it's the home of Asmodeus (I accidently did that once in the pen and paper game, ouch)  Get hired by some rich noble in a tavern to safeguard his estate or to guard a cravan traveling dangerous roads. Lots and lots of races and class combinations.  Ahh, I so wish.

Well, that's my list. I'm sure there's alot more mmo's I'd like to see but I can't think of them now, well except for maybe Mario Online: A world full of pipes and mushrooms, trippy dude.  Anyway, what Mmorpg's would you like to see come out?  I love smiley's : )

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Hell, at this point I'd take just about any Sci-Fi MMOG!

But If I could choose, my top 5 would be...

Anarchy Online II

Star Wars Galaxies II

Fallout Online

Ghost in The Shell Online

Terminator Online

Each of these would be awesome...if they were developed by a very large team of highly talented people who really cared about making  something special. If not then each would be a big pile of shit!

1. propper Star Wars MMO  
2.Anarchy Online 2
3.some Starcraft mmo
4.more wow expansions >_<

1. Mad Max
2. Equilibrium (Or anything else 1984ish)
3. Sliders (Never ever going to ever happen)
4. Zelda (If Nintendo makes it)
5. Narnia (Not the kiddish movie version, but the book world)

1. Urban, paranoid dystopian Steampunk MMO - A classical fantasy word, set in the early stages of an industrial revolution. Technology and magic (ala Troika’s Arcanum), a corrupt church, racism and labor rights, a vast criminal underworld, Machiavellian aristocrats at each other's throats, and a conspiracy that cuts through every level of society. Think one part X-Files, one part Oblivion, one part Theif / Splinter Cell, and one part crime-noir; all rolled together into a game that is actually several games at once. The archetypical "rogue" would play the game like a Stealth Action game, the "mage" like an Adventure/Puzzle game with fireballs, a "warrior" like a brutal, realistic hack n' slash; plus a intricate crafting system for both technology and magic, and a dynamic reputation system that puts the player into a complex web of interconnected and often warring groups struggling for influence in the city. The deeper you go into one group, the further your distance yourself from those who oppose you. Quests would be done with a combination of static world based jobs, dynamic Faction based chains, and randomly generated "side-quests" that the world itself offers up to players along the way.

This is by "baby" so to speak. The game I'd most like to see SOMEONE make something close to, sometime in the future. It'll probably never happen.

2. Old Republic-Era Star Wars MMO - If done right, this could be the mother of all online RPGs. There is so much potential for this kind of setting, it's unbelievable. What sucks is that with Lucas Arts in bed with Sony, this will probably never happen. Personally I think that this should have been the setting for SWG because of various problems with the "current" Imperial vs. Rebel dichotomy, along the Jedi dilemma.

3. Grand Theft Auto Online - Pretty much impossible to do simply because of the shear chaos, death, destruction, and mayhem factor of having so many players tearing up a city. Even so, the idea of Crime Families gives the perfect framework for both NPC factions and player guilds; driving would be fucking AWESOME if done right in an MMO; and an at least semi-realistic shooter done in real time would be amazing.

4. A quality take on a classic cyberpunk setting. Shadowrun would be amazing, but an original IP would do just fine. Make it accessible to new players, but incredibly deep once you get into the meat of the game (Neocron and FoM pissed me off because of this).

5. For shits and giggles, a Harry Potter MMO - just to prove that it IS possible. Heh.