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johnmatthais Tipster Joined: 4/28/07 Posts: 2693 Maybe if I'm going to have my Xfire profile up, I should start using Xfire...	6/18/07 8:44:13 PM#21 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) hmmm...i kinda like the ideas of games in the likes of Phylon, Planetside and Tabula Rasa...very different...i also sort of like GE and SotNW...they're not really fantasy, more historical...but i guess fantasy because of some of the enemies...a blend, if you will... EDIT: also waitin on Stargate Worlds Check out the MUD I'm making!
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CharslesT Novice Member Joined: 6/03/07 Posts: 375 Eq 2, Xbox 360 EA Kills! RIP Sim City. RIP Dungeon Keeper.	6/18/07 8:46:48 PM#22 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) I want a science fiction mmo world as big as Vanguard's is now though. Boycott EA Games. RIP Sim City.
Alverant Novice Member Joined: 3/12/07 Posts: 136	6/18/07 10:10:17 PM#23 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Part of why Fantasy is so popular is that it's easy to make and accept. Fantasy has certain archtypes like elves, dwarves, orcs, fighters, clerics, mages, etc. It's been done to death. SF has a different problem. Its archtypes are owned as intellectual property and come from series. And SF series don't have a great record when translated into games. So to make a good SF game you need to have a comfortable setting for the user (among other things). Which leads you to a Catch-22. If you do with the familiar you're accused of not being original. People will say, "It's just [fantasy MMO here] but in space." But if you're original and different your players can't identify with the setting and will stay away. Fantasy is given much more leeway. What race would the average player make a character, an elf or an 8-legged Lovecraft-ian horror?
kiDo Novice Member Joined: 2/15/04 Posts: 29	6/18/07 10:19:18 PM#24 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Elgareth I like Fantasy more than Sci-Fi. Or well, the only Sci-Fi Universe I'd love to see a MMO from is Warhammer 40k's Science-Fantasy-Mix (Gogo THQ ) I dunno exactly why, but Magic, Plate Armor, Druids, Archers are more my taste than some High Tech Laser Weapons and Plasma Blasters and whatnot. Plus, I feel that Melee is not a good idea in "normal" Sci-Fi Universes, if it IS implemented, it feels kinda wrong to me... why would a Sword do more damage than concentrated balls of plasma? (Also the reason why W40k is the best Sci-Fi Universe IMO, blends Melee and Range so well. Chain-Swords ftw :-) ) how funny would it be if they came out with a gundam MMO :P Waiting for: WAR,TCoS & Darkfall.
Ponico Novice Member Joined: 2/01/06 Posts: 625 Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can? - Sun Tsu	6/18/07 10:28:40 PM#25 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) A good Sci Fi mmo... I hope to see a few in the near future! I never really liked medieval but then, I love mmos... ugh lol I know that Serenity is maybe coming out as an MMO. I think that this is a brilliant setting for a grand population of players. It has an old cowboy feel with a space epic story of good versus evil mixed with some myth and exotic technologies. The setting itself is solid enough to make a game alive... now it just depends on the guys that are making it... :X I still think that Shattered Galaxy and Mankind were among the best Sci Fi mmo i've ever played :P
gpett Novice Member Joined: 12/01/06 Posts: 1106	6/18/07 11:34:20 PM#26 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by kiDo Originally posted by Elgareth I like Fantasy more than Sci-Fi. Or well, the only Sci-Fi Universe I'd love to see a MMO from is Warhammer 40k's Science-Fantasy-Mix (Gogo THQ ) I dunno exactly why, but Magic, Plate Armor, Druids, Archers are more my taste than some High Tech Laser Weapons and Plasma Blasters and whatnot. Plus, I feel that Melee is not a good idea in "normal" Sci-Fi Universes, if it IS implemented, it feels kinda wrong to me... why would a Sword do more damage than concentrated balls of plasma? (Also the reason why W40k is the best Sci-Fi Universe IMO, blends Melee and Range so well. Chain-Swords ftw :-) ) how funny would it be if they came out with a gundam MMO :P Age of Arms is a chinese gundamn mmo that is in beta test.
Kurir Novice Member Joined: 12/21/03 Posts: 251 Bring back Earth and Beyond.	6/18/07 11:36:15 PM#27 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) I would like to see an Earth and Beyond type MMO come out again, not the gank your neighbor style that are being developed or have been released. My major problem with the "Sci-Fi" that we're being given is that its not "Sci-Fi" but is really Sci-Fantasy, Laser Hand Guns instead of Swords, Mutant Radioactive Spiders instead of Ogres etc...