I love this thread but I gots to say it some things just don't lend themselves to being made into mmo's.

Though I would love to see a serenity based mmo, and yes I know all the rumors, but I mean a real tangable one.

 Honest answer other than the earlier mentions of mine I can't think of an ip that isn't being used that I'd want to see as an mmo. And in truth most of the ones I'd like to see as an mmo I really fear what they would be like. AoC really messed up the lore of Howards Conan's, and SWG really didn't seem to work well with lore post revamp. 

MacGyver =) hardcore crafting mmorpg

Fifth Element

Mad max

There's one, and only one, IP that I would love to see that hasn't been done, BATTLETECH!!!!!   This game would be so awesome.  Not only could you upgrade your mech, you could upgrade your pilot too!  PvP in this game would be awesome.  If not Battletech, then I guess I could settle for a Gundam or Esca Flowne IP.  I want something with Mechs!

Steven Erikson's - Malazian book of the fallen

Truly epic in scope, will have material for decades to use

Fading Suns/Dune

As mention before, Firefly, and Dune. I think I'll also throw in Battlestar Galactica. One episode left folks,and it's a 2 hour finale.

Wasn't the rumors surronding the Firefly mmo, is that it was shelved for some crappy lame Buffy the Vampire mmo?

Originally posted by Joppari

Terry Pratchett's Discworld would also be awesome.

Second this.

Fallout 3. It's perfect for an MMORPG. It already has mobs, NPC's, a post apocalyptic world, weapons, etc.

Also, Gamma World. Probably not many remember it, but it was a great gaming system, published by TSR. Sort of a post apocalyptic psychedelic sci fi version of D&D.

Dark Sun

Ravenloft

Forgotten Realms

Vampire the masqerade

Fallout

The Elder Scrolls

Halo

|Mass Effect

SOme of the old Chaosium games like Runequest or Stormbringer (based on the M Moorcock) books would be great.

Originally posted by SuiMe

Chazmyr, White Wolf/CCP are doing an MMO called " World of Darkness"

It should have Vamps, Were's and Mages in it.

 

Rough release date is 2010/2011

Thanks! I had forgotten about that...silly me =)

When i say AD&D, i mean use the 2nd Edition rules, and not the D20 system =/

one word

DUNE

Warhammer 40k

Mad Max

Fallout

Any other good postapocaliptyc ip :D

already posted but 

DUNE

end of thread. it would probably get shat on like turbine did to tolkien 

George Romero's Dead series.  Maybe.. "Chronicles of the Dead"

Zelda for sure.  This is a gold mine.  Not sure why nobody has tried it yet.

Dragon Quest

Breath of Fire

Lunar

How about something Medical?  Trauma Center was a decent game, why not a massive version of it where you can gain reputation with patients, make more money, operations could be like raids.. get a group together.  And all the drama and storyling of a House MD type show.  Get a 5 man group together, perform heart surgery.  Woot.

Street fighter and Megaman are both screaming for an MMO title.  And it's not like Capcom doesn't have the money to do it.

Castlevania

There's tons of ideas, but you can't make them too miniscule.  Sure you might like some 46 part book series written by a D&D nerd who makes barely enough to pay rent, but no company is going to drop millions on turning his vision into an MMO because twelve people will be dying to play it.  And no I don't meant like Robert Jordan or Terry brooks, but some of these series mentioned in this thread don't have as many people reading them as the worst P2P MMOs have subscriptions.

Shadowrun

Battletech

The Dark Eye 

Shadowrun

Originally posted by cribzie

MacGyver =) hardcore crafting mmorpg

lol :)

I'm going to reiterate this, just because it was the first thing to pop into my head too.

Dune!!

I would also love to see Salvatore's work get its own MMO. Have him right for it and everything.

H.P. Lovecraft

Warhammer 40k

Dune

Ravenloft

Dragonlance

Macross

Castlevania

Mad Max (though Fallen Earth sounds like it would fit that style)

Romero's Dead (need a good horror survival MMO)

Warhammer 40k is already under development, offshoot studio of THX - was announced last year, no eta yet.

No Dungeons and Dragons worlds other than the one out now are likely unless some real fancy legal work happens...or Turbine does it as a spin off of DDO. Same goes for a lot of older "TSR" owned/developed worlds, might be a legal nightmare.

As for specific IPs that haven't made it into MMOs yet that might do well:

There are a couple of "big name" fantasy universes that might be doable - Thieves World, RR Martin's "Fire&Ice", Mercedes Lackeys "Bardic" universe,  etc...problem is most of these aren't really that distinctive or iconic and there are a ton of "generic" fantasy MMOs already. Glen Cook and Stephen Eriksons worlds are great but would make incredibly crappy MMOs.

Sci-Fi is a little brighter: Riddicks universe, Pournelle's Co-Dominium future, Babylon 5 universe, Aliens universe, Weber's Honorverse (game based on this was announced but seems to have flopped/vapored), Starship Troopers universe..I can't see the Battletech universe making it into an MMO  - could be done well, but I suspect getting the IP would be a legal tangle of epic proportions now. Although the Renegade Legion universe could be a nice possibility.

Horror/other has some good contenders too: Lovecraft/Cthulhu, various Vampire/Buffy esque worlds, Mutant Chronicles, Chandler/30's gangsters, James Bond etc.

Well Ravenloft is owned by White Wolf now, and Dragonlance is owned by the creators, as was done when WotC bought out the D&D rights from TSR so both are viable options

It's been said already but something giant walking battle tankish...  Mechwarrior/Battletech have not been done well for a long time, and never as an MMO, but I think the technology is there for it now. However, I could also get into a Robotech mmo.

That said... any really "sim" feeling car based mmo would be a dream. Auto Assault missed the mark by going the Twisted Metal/Arcade route. Imagine Interstate 76 gone global, or Road Warrior if post-apocolyptic is your bag. Where i76 excelled as a solo game was the feel of driving across real countryside in a hot rod with a machine gun strapped to the roof.

I'm going to go against the grain and say no to the Sword of Truth series. I love the books, but like many other fictional settings they're too oriented on the hero and his friends being the "only" this, or the "last remaining" that. Kind of puts you back in the, what do you do with a million Jedis conundrum that SWG struggled with.

I'm also not sure about how a Romero-styled zombie mmo would work over time. I suppose it'd make things real easy on the dev team, only having to deal with human models, and rotting human models in terms of animation... I just can't see what you'd do over a long period of time though.