Hello all, im in my mid 40's so this may be alittle dated but Joel Rosenberg wrote a remarkable set of novels called the Guardians of the Flame series.  It was about not only fantasy style stories such as Forgotten realms, d&d ideas but also slavery & the need for good to abolish such a terrible concept. You could do alot with it and be very happy.  Also possible Piers Anthony Xanth series with players only having one power and cannot be duplicated. random generation for all of coarse or something like that.  Anyway just a thought. Peace!!!

Originally posted by tayschrenn  

Michael Moorcock Eternal Champion series.Probably Hawkmoon which is set on an alternate earth.

Thx T

First and ONLY thing that popped into my mind.. although i love the Young Kingdoms of the Elric saga.. played the original Stormbringer rpg alot and loved it!

Lots of great suggestions here. I especially like the idea of Pern.

My suggestion though would be Tad Williams'  "Otherland" series. Very  near future Science Fiction.

Lot and lots of possibilities there... If you've read it you know...

Middle Earth (and NO, I don't count LOTRO the linear themepark game).

Hyperborea (Conan's world.  And NO, I don't count Age of Conan, the linear instanced themepark game).

Norrath.  (One more go, and Sony should do it right this time.  And NO MOON.)

Originally posted by pencilrick

Middle Earth (and NO, I don't count LOTRO the linear themepark game).

Hyperborea (Conan's world.  And NO, I don't count Age of Conan, the linear instanced themepark game).

Norrath.  (One more go, and Sony should do it right this time.  And NO MOON.)

Trying not to flame; just curious. Why do you think Middle Earth would work well as a sandbox? I thought they were terrific books, but I really feel the setting is single-story oriented.

Sorry to spam, I'm just in love with Forgotten Realms. Plenty enough material to make it accurate, it's a truly intricate and living world, with updates as new novels are released. It's just the best fantasy setting (In my opinion).

D&D Worlds:

  The Forgotten Realms

  Dark Sun

  Planescape

Other Stuff:

  Call of Cthulhu (1920s or Delta Green campaign)

  Wheel of Time

  Gamma World

  Stormbringer (Elric, Melnibone)

D&D World: Ravenloft.   I really want a horror MMO dammit.

Originally posted by MangoXII

Originally posted by pencilrick

Middle Earth (and NO, I don't count LOTRO the linear themepark game).

Hyperborea (Conan's world.  And NO, I don't count Age of Conan, the linear instanced themepark game).

Norrath.  (One more go, and Sony should do it right this time.  And NO MOON.)

 

Trying not to flame; just curious. Why do you think Middle Earth would work well as a sandbox? I thought they were terrific books, but I really feel the setting is single-story oriented.

Sorry to spam, I'm just in love with Forgotten Realms. Plenty enough material to make it accurate, it's a truly intricate and living world, with updates as new novels are released. It's just the best fantasy setting (In my opinion).

Well, from nearly everyone I have ever known who loved Tolkien's work, all had a desire to live in Middle Earth (even though that's impossible, of course).  Just the beauty and wonder and mystery of the world are the attraction.

The Middle Earth I loved came from The Hobbit and not from the darker Lord of the Rings.  Sure, Middle Earth could work as a sandbox; why not?  Plop the new hobbits in the hobbit area, the  new Elves in Mirkwood or Loth Lorien, the Dwarves from whatever mountains, the Humans from Gondor, Rohan, or just-the-woods (if Rangers) and turn folks loose to level and explore.  No reason why Sauran cannot be some persistent uber boss mob that only the level 80's can take on in raids.

Now Forgotten Realms would be an excellent sandbox world as well.

I think linear themepark games are mostly good for noobs (as in new to computer games, not just MMO's), and sandbox games are better for more seasoned players who "want more" in an MMO.

I think a big issue I have with LOTR being used in games is just that...well, to me hobbits should be pretty much awful at everything but eating and drinking, and possibly farming. But that's just me.

Terminator

Mass Effect

Robotech/Macross

I'd love to see MMOs based on:

- World of Nehwon (Fritz Leiber)

- Melnibone & the Young Kingdoms (Michael Moorcock)

However, I think a fully realised Hyborea would make the ultimate setting for an MMO, with all it's diverse cultures and landscapes.

Oh well...

Originally posted by Lithoman

Lots of great suggestions here. I especially like the idea of Pern.

My suggestion though would be Tad Williams'  "Otherland" series. Very  near future Science Fiction.

Lot and lots of possibilities there... If you've read it you know...

I was just about to suggest 'Otherland' as well, a wonderful series of novels that could be a great MMO.

How about the 'Wild Cards' mosaic novel series? Super powers but not  in the usual sense, plus the world setting had lots of interesting dynamics & political intrigues that might be good for an MMO too.

http://aryvandaar.swordcoast.net/~elven/faerun_map_new.jpg

Enough said, right? :D

 MAD MAX

As a FPSMMO similer to Fallout 3 but with deep vechile customization

Not much AI Except Really tuff stuff and I mean tuff were you need to group just to travel, And travel you must.. No fast travel BS..

Day/Night cycle Is a must as there has to be a sense of Danger at night From AI which mostley would be flying, driving, As in have AI assult player citys at night.

But of course the main attraction is pure RvR PVP, its how you skill up and rank up, No lvls you can use anything but weather or not your good depends on how long or much you have used it, Have supplies for each city so there would have to be a chain of command in place from the Guild that owns the city.

Of course you would have your own equips but if your sieged for 3 days.. theres only so much ammo a guy can hold and of course that guild is going to be handing ouit the guns/ammo like cookies to save there precious city maybee have a -30% manufacture time for guilds that own the city. A Collection system, Raiding AI towns gives your town X ammount of supplies, Have votes in place, Not Guild v Guild to see who owns citys as any A-hole could missuse supplies, but keep the option there to do so!

I think it's time we had a modern WWII MMO. Perhaps based on something like Len Deighton's SS GB, about a nazi occupied UK. I'd suggest only being able to play Allies though, as I don't think it's a good idea to encourage people to roleplay nazis. The nazis would be the mobs basically. You could play resistance fighters trying to reclaim Britain. I suppose that would mean no PvP though...

Dune

Samurai (I was thinking the Way of the Samurai games)

Mount & Blade

Robot chiken

Dr. Who

Stargate

The Looking Glass Wars.

Originally posted by DeathPriest

Wheel of time mmo would be amazing

^^ This one would be amazing if done right, especially as the series will never be finished now,  would leave the devs a lot of room for creativity

Dune might be good too but have feeling it would end up being just pretty standard class types with dune names

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