Originally posted by Humphrie

I'll be frank: I have no interest in GW2. And it's not because I think it's a bad game (I don't), but simply because I'm tired of the 'fantasy blended with half-hearted steampunk' setting. I wouldn't mind all-out steampunk, but I have no interest in playing anything with a high-fantasy-influenced setting any longer.

In a broader sense, though, I simply want to know what's 'big' that's in the works for the next year or so. Heading in 2012, I pretty much knew what was coming -- TOR, TSW, GW2, Tera, etc. Now, I'm lost. Aside from Titan (which is, let's face it, years away), what else is in the pipe? I know Archeage is kind of a vague 'coming soon,' and while I'm excited about the idea of a new sandbox MMO, it's hard to give any weight to a Korean MMO -- every one I've tried has been a dud.

So, please: enlighten me. What's coming soon that's big? And, hell, include the fantasy ones -- I just want some idea of what the market for the next 18-24 months looks like.

PS: even if they aren't AAA efforts, anyone know of some full-blown sandboxes or steampunk-themed titles that are coming soon?

I think the biggest none fantasy game game that will release relatively soon will be Undead labs "Class 4". It is a zombie apocalypse MMO by Jeff Strain, the guy who was lead designer on Diablo, Warcraft 3, Guildwars 1 and 2 (the first half of the development). They have a rather impressive staff and Microsoft is paying the bills so the budget is fine enough as well. It will be nothing like any other MMO though.

Besides that I think I would keep my eyes out for CCPs "World of darkness online", a gothic horror sandbox. The problem with it is that CCP constantly steals staff from it for work on Eve and Dust so I am not sure when it will be released but what they introducedat Eves fan fair seemed promising.

Planetside 2, a space MMO FPS might also be worth a look.

Originally posted by Loke666

Originally posted by Humphrie

I'll be frank: I have no interest in GW2. And it's not because I think it's a bad game (I don't), but simply because I'm tired of the 'fantasy blended with half-hearted steampunk' setting. I wouldn't mind all-out steampunk, but I have no interest in playing anything with a high-fantasy-influenced setting any longer.

In a broader sense, though, I simply want to know what's 'big' that's in the works for the next year or so. Heading in 2012, I pretty much knew what was coming -- TOR, TSW, GW2, Tera, etc. Now, I'm lost. Aside from Titan (which is, let's face it, years away), what else is in the pipe? I know Archeage is kind of a vague 'coming soon,' and while I'm excited about the idea of a new sandbox MMO, it's hard to give any weight to a Korean MMO -- every one I've tried has been a dud.

So, please: enlighten me. What's coming soon that's big? And, hell, include the fantasy ones -- I just want some idea of what the market for the next 18-24 months looks like.

PS: even if they aren't AAA efforts, anyone know of some full-blown sandboxes or steampunk-themed titles that are coming soon?

I think the biggest none fantasy game game that will release relatively soon will be Undead labs "Class 4". It is a zombie apocalypse MMO by Jeff Strain, the guy who was lead designer on Diablo, Warcraft 3, Guildwars 1 and 2 (the first half of the development). They have a rather impressive staff and Microsoft is paying the bills so the budget is fine enough as well. It will be nothing like any other MMO though.

Besides that I think I would keep my eyes out for CCPs "World of darkness online", a gothic horror sandbox. The problem with it is that CCP constantly steals staff from it for work on Eve and Dust so I am not sure when it will be released but what they introducedat Eves fan fair seemed promising.

Planetside 2, a space MMO FPS might also be worth a look.

First, thanks... and that goes to everyone who replied.

Second, does Undead Labs have an entry on this website? If so, I'm not seeing it.

*Edit* Wow, WoD looks very, very cool. Pity the resources are being funneled elsewhere. I've personally thought for years that Dust looked like an epic flop in the making. Here's hoping its pending failure doesn't kill WoD in the process.

Originally posted by Laross
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This!  Plus I'm wondering what Archeage will do for the genre.  When I first heard about it, it seemed exciting, but watching gameplay of it, I'm not sure.

When it comes to “AAA” titles, defined here as meaning big budget “and” big names then you only have The Elder Scrolls Online coming soon. I am still waiting on the reveal from Blizzard regarding Titan. World of Darkness from CCP seems to be creeping along. EQNext is farther off.

Origins of Malu and The Repopulation are two noteworthy upcoming sandbox games from smaller indie teams. Wildstar seems to be a well produced MMORPG worth keeping an eye on that might bring something new to market with some sand and theme in the box. There are a couple of games from Asia showing promise (being Archeage and Blade and Soul) but I am not sure if they will make it to market over here anytime soon.

Originally posted by Humphrie

First, thanks... and that goes to everyone who replied.

Second, does Undead Labs have an entry on this website? If so, I'm not seeing it.

*Edit* Wow, WoD looks very, very cool. Pity the resources are being funneled elsewhere. I've personally thought for years that Dust looked like an epic flop in the making. Here's hoping its pending failure doesn't kill WoD in the process.

No, for some reasons aren´t the forum for Class 4 up yet. Here is it´s home page though: http://undeadlabs.com/

The reason it is the top of my list is because of the very experienced team together with a good budget. Heck, they have a team that any MMO company must be jealous of.

However will they first release Class 3 for PC and Xbox,, it is not a MMO but a regular multiplayer zombie game.

And WoDO seems really nice... They show a little here http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/09/22/this-week-in-mmo-rated-m-for-mature-edition/. :)

Archeage

The elder scrolls online

Wildstar

Otherland

Wildstar

CABAL2

ArchAge

After GW2 lets see..

I'll be keeping an eye on:

AA, PS2, Defiance, MWO, EIN, EoC, NW.. even the new updated version of FFXIV, rebuilt from the ground up. That is to come soon.     HERE   

after GW2 comes out i won't realy be "waiting" for anything rly......i do look forward to get more info on Titan from Blizzard but i am not getting my hopes up too much for an FPSMMO (yeah that's what i think Titan will be, nothing confermed but mark my words....it will be a shooter)

So far from what i've seen only Archeage and The Repopulation interest me.  

TESO may or may not be great. i'm not going to judge it until i know more about it.  Pretty tired of the neverending themepark treadmill though myself so i'm not going to list it as one i'm looking forward to playing.  

still excited for GW2 though, it is at least a fresh and fun take on the themepark model.  i'm not all doom and gloom!

If GW2 doesn't work out (and it'd likely be more a content thing than gameplay) I'll probably head back to Rift.  Trion's done a fantastic job with it.

Personally I don't have my eye on the horizon too much with MMORPGs.  I suppose this is because I feel someone can either

1. Be satisfied with existing games in which case there isn't a need to anticipate future MMORPGs, OR
2. Be dissatisfied, in which case there isn't a need to anticipate future MMORPGs.

Wait for the Skyrim Construction Set/General Modding bugs to be fixed up and then look forward to a heavily modded Skyrim. There's not that many games in the pipeline outside of things that are essentially vaporware at this point. Or if not vaporware, nothing new.

TESO remains to be seen as either complete trash on Zenimax's part, or a complete masterpiece a la the Elder Scrolls-genre-gone-MMO. But I'm not holding my breath when it comes to Zenimax; -Maybe- if it were Bethesda. But that's not the case here.