These are the mmorpgs I want to see - not more point-eared elfs casting weedy fireballs!

Bring on the non-traditional Sci-Fi!

Originally posted by Angelbound
In case you didnt know there are plenty of non fantasy mmorpgs out there just not all that great except eve and cox, there are about what 4 sci fi games coming out? Stop your whinning atleast 2 of those will be great.

I will assume that you didn't mean to be rude just that you're semi-literate. True, there are some SF mmorpgs out there but, as you said yourself, 'there just not all that great'. EVE is a wonderful battleship game but its not really an RPG. I haven't even heard of 'cox'. Did you mean 'CoH' or 'CoV'. The whole point is, there are no SF MMORGs as sophsiticated as WoW and LOTRO - and I wish there were. Specifically, I think a Dr. Who or a Dune mmorpg would be great. That's just an expression of desire, not 'whinning' as you so eloquently put it.

Im sorry I didnt mean it that way, I should of put a wink in there. But aside from that I dont see the harm in fiction games for instance a futuristic with elements of fiction in it and etc, I agree I get tired of the same old thing to. But iI think TS will be great and Aion might even be good crossing my fingers on that. All we can do is be patient.

Btw have you tried ryzom yet?

Originally posted by Angelbound

Im sorry I didnt mean it that way, I should of put a wink in there. But aside from that I dont see the harm in fiction games for instance a futuristic with elements of fiction in it and etc, I agree I get tired of the same old thing to. But iI think TS will be great and Aion might even be good crossing my fingers on that. All we can do is be patient.

 

Btw have you tried ryzom yet?

I did try Rhyzom but only very briefly and, for some reason, it did not appeal at all. I think it was simply because it did not offer the visual richness that the games brought out by the big, well-financed companies can offer (though those same companies can often screw up a game - like SOE did with SWG). I hope TS will be good too - though I still wish some clever company would mine the Dr. Who or Dune franchises simply to provide their excellent, deep level content and all the possibilities that presupposes.

Originally posted by hubertgrove

I did try Rhyzom but only very briefly and, for some reason, it did not appeal at all. I think it was simply because it did not offer the visual richness that the games brought out by the big, well-financed companies can offer (though those same companies can often screw up a game - like SOE did with SWG). I hope TS will be good too - though I still wish some clever company would mine the Dr. Who or Dune franchises simply to provide their excellent, deep level content and all the possibilities that presupposes.

Hmmm like who?

Sorry bro, not sure how you came to that conclusion. "What was very briefly"? Ryzom easily holds up to more current games.

http://mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/125427

Originally posted by Torak

Originally posted by hubertgrove

I did try Rhyzom but only very briefly and, for some reason, it did not appeal at all. I think it was simply because it did not offer the visual richness that the games brought out by the big, well-financed companies can offer (though those same companies can often screw up a game - like SOE did with SWG). I hope TS will be good too - though I still wish some clever company would mine the Dr. Who or Dune franchises simply to provide their excellent, deep level content and all the possibilities that presupposes.

Hmmm like who?

Sorry bro, not sure how you came to that conclusion. "What was very briefly"? Ryzom easily holds up to more current games.

http://mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/125427

Originally posted by ammie
I think a Terry Pratchett, Discworld MMORPG would be great!  You could have a field day with character customization,  a really varied and interesting world and a really rich history and story-line.

But most importantly would be to give it that priceless sense of humor the books have!

And where else would you get to ride on a disc on the back of four elephants atop a huge turtle

LOL, agreed  - yes, the Pratchett Looniverse would make a wonderful mmorpg.

Originally posted by hubertgrove

Relax - I am not making any point about Ryzom except to say that for a very brief period indeed, perhaps only the length of an afternoon, I played it and did not enjoy it. I have played many - or at least some seven or eight MORPGs - and found that all of them 'hooked' me for longer than Ryzom. That is not Ryzom's fault, it just did not appeal to me personally. I do understand that it has a large and loyal following.

Its cool, sorry if it came across in a aggressive manor. I need to be brief at times, I'm at work.

One thing that does put many people off about Ryzom is the art style. As far as a "large" following ....unfortunately thats not the case.

Dune or Discworld would be interesting.

I lean more toward original IP's however as players tend to base their expectations on preconceived ideas of what the game will be like.  Then there is usually a pretty sever backlash when it doesn't turn out how the fans want it. See SWG, DDO and the Matrix. You can even see it in the LotR reactions. Star Trek is another ticking time bomb. They are already up in arms over the design direction that game has taken and its still over a year from launch. Building games on IP's is risky business.

A Dune MMORPG was in developement some time ago and had gotten fairly far in the process when unfortunately the production team went belly up and plopped itslef and the project, never to be seen or heard from again.

At the time there was no interest (read this as no one smart enough) to take over the project and that was the end of that. Some rumor mills have suggested that a team somewhere has purchased the old code and is working on it again, although rumors are as good as they are credible and well... that's pretty self eplanotory.

Hmm, an interesting concept. However, would it fit a model for a massive multiplayer game? From what i remember of Dr. Who is more or less a solo guy on adventures or the more recent BBC TV series, a few support cast members supporting Dr. Who.

Game design could be relatively simple: Instances. (Dr. Who and team enter in their telephone closet and pop into next instance)

Character development I guess would be skill based. No formal professions I suppose.

What other character customization would you have? Upgrade your time machine?

What economy would you have?

The challenges you could offer would be more intellectual than weapon combat fights. How is Myst: URU doing as a game?

Originally posted by EggFtegg
Dr Who MMORPG?

When you can travel anywhere in time and space, that's a pretty big ask of any games developer!

Heh heh. Agreed. I love Dr. Who (both its original run and the revamped series) but it is way too big a "world" to cover in an MMORPG. And even with the popularity of the series worldwide, the show basically has a cult following when you compare it to Star Trek or any other number of sci-fi series. Even if the mechanics of the game and the game world itself were something that could be pulled off well I'm not sure it's an IP that would mean huge returns for a developer outside of the UK. Would be funny though...

/whisper <Timelord13> Hey, can you give me a hand with a prison break on Shada?

/whisper <Cybermike> Sorry, killing rats in Victorian London ATM.

Originally posted by Lucifrank

/whisper <Timelord13> Hey, can you give me a hand with a prison break on Shada?

/whisper <Cybermike> Sorry, killing rats in Victorian London ATM.

Originally posted by hubertgrove

These are the mmorpgs I want to see - not more point-eared elfs casting weedy fireballs!

Bring on the non-traditional Sci-Fi!

Dr. Who would have to be set before the Time wars then if they did one since the Doctor IS the last time lord and you know everyone would want to be a time lord .  

Dune....i dunno strange movie and lots of sand...i'd get tired of sand

now Steampunk would be interesting it would have to be done right and with our luck the Koreans would make it an item mall and that....would suck.

Didn't George Lucas basically steal Frank Herbert's Dune universe when he made Star Wars? You could try Star Wars Galaxies.

Personally, George Lucas is what keeps me from the game in the first place. He completely misunderstood his own product in my opinion. And some might say the devs of SWG misunderstood their product...

I play Ryzom with the imagery of Miyazaki's Nausicaä manga and lately Brian Aldiss' Hothouse before my eyes.