General Discussion

Originally posted by achesoma

Just don't see how it would work as a MMO.  In the Harry Potter world you can't just be running around killing stuff, just wouldn't fit.  So what would you be doing most of the time?  What would you do for end-game fun? 

It might work as a non-violent, child -oriented MMO ala Toon Town, but can't see it as a mainstream adult game.

Haha. Just imagen all the frigin Harry Potters riding around playing quidditch against each other, fighting to see who's the best. I would play for the entertainment of watching but regret the download size.

We need an adult server!

lol JK....

But no thanks, I agree with that person, some things should just be left as they are.

Never say never...

Well actually the thought of a Mythical MMO like Harry Potter would be sound in design i think. Make the Structure like SWG sandbox with skills and professions with the trainers to go to.

You could make it so that as you level you can get better capes wands, potions depending on what class your in, diffrent mounts and some sweet PVP.

You could have Wizards vs Warlocks like the Rebel and Imperial setup, and make like 4 factions to be a part of. Elves, Warlocks, Demons, or Witches, or somthing along those lines.

Mounts could range from Brooms to Flying dragons depending on your alignment and skill level. All in All i think something like this would be kewl to play.

What in heavens name is so wrong about a Harry potter MMO? Its not like you HAVE to play it. That does not take away that the IP definetly has potential for an MMO. Sure it might turn into a kids MMO, but so what? Its not like there are many MMO's for children out there. The game can take place in hogwarts, keep it simple.

I don't see how they can turn the harry potter series into a mmo. The series is very linier and only a few places are ever actually mentioned in the books, which is probably why they have only made single player games out of them.

I can see a multiplayer quiditch or whatever that broom football type game is called, as a succesful fantasy sports multiplayer game. But it would be more like guild wars diablo etc, which aren't mmos.

edit: oh to that guy who asked how you felt about the ending of the books, tbh it sucked, was as predictable as i thought it would be, ended up finshing the book in little over 6 hours, good time killer though :)

first of all for the age thing yes you would get alot of people playing who are younger but just because it was orginally aimed at the younger generation 9-15 in 1997 dosn't mean its the only people reading the books my grandmother my mother and myself all read the books and im sure if i gave my great grandmother the book to she would absaloutly enjoy them lets not forget that lotr was orginally aimed at children too.

as for the class thing in harry potter there are many "sub classes" i guess you could call them of mage transfiguer, herboligist,forute teller, ect... or they could do it on they way you cast spells (agressive,defensive,acrobatic) kind of like the diffrent jedi/sith fighting forms. plus the world has sooo many secrets to it like hidden chambers and passegway that would be very intresting to discover. as for hogwarts it could either be the first 20 levels or what ever or  many other ways of doing it. i would like to see an exciting story to it but i don't no if the voldomort one would work or not?

if you just think of all the guild crafting dueling quiditch leagues working for the ministry and being able to jynx anything then having aurors hunt you down lol

but it would definatly work

I'm a 30 something guy and I enjoyed the book. I've known of people from various age groups from teens all the way to to 60s enjoying the book. My favorite spell in Harry Potter is the patronus charm .... EXPECTO PATRONUM! But a harry potter mmo.. I rather leave it as a book. A very specific IP like this just doesn't translate well into a good MMO.

The part that you are all missing is that the core audience has aged 10 years since the first book and the newest ones are written for young adults. Moreover, Harry Potter as a fictional universe has the exact same appeal to adults that Star Wars does (minus the nostalgia of course) in that both were aimed at children (ask George Lucas) and both have always been enjoyed by an extremely wide audience. This oddity owes itself to the fact that both settings are explorations of mythic archetypes that would make Joseph Campbell proud! Even if they characters are children, the story they create is timeless. It's human.

Sure, you may all feel better about yourself ridiculing these books as childish, but it is an extremely hallow criticism. The evidence of the audience, the author, the quality, and the themes of the books themselves starkly contradict such easy dismissal.

As for an MMO - it isn't possible. EA actually started one years back and Richard Garriot was briefly affiliated with it... It was scr