Originally posted by Loke666

Historical. There are a lot of periods that would make excellent MMOs ((Western is kinda historical too, more or less at least).

No magic, no healing, no elves.

England 1066, Germany during the 30 year war, the American independance war, France in the 17th century (3 Musketeers online?), Scandinavia 10th century... And so many more that would make great settings including a half historical CIV type of MMO.

None of the other choices is even close in possibilities. And fantasy MMOs have been done to death.

Horror have potential as well, I would love a Lovecraft based game set in the 30s.

 This would be my preference as well.    Love to see a medieval time period MMORPG, or one based on ancient Rome.   That would rock as well.

An issue with historical, would be that potential need to create a "What-If?" scenario so that it was outside of the witnessed historical timeframe.  Otherwise, you know what happens.  Then to an extent, it becomes a themed 3D chatroom.  Then again, many of the games feel that way, do they not?  Costumed 3D chatrooms in themeparks.  So perhaps, they would fit right in.

Regardless of the genre, if it is a story where you are a passenger - you are still a passenger.

Really? Anything but fantasy.

I voted cyberpunk.

Originally posted by Teala

Originally posted by Loke666

Historical. There are a lot of periods that would make excellent MMOs ((Western is kinda historical too, more or less at least).

No magic, no healing, no elves.

England 1066, Germany during the 30 year war, the American independance war, France in the 17th century (3 Musketeers online?), Scandinavia 10th century... And so many more that would make great settings including a half historical CIV type of MMO.

None of the other choices is even close in possibilities. And fantasy MMOs have been done to death.

Horror have potential as well, I would love a Lovecraft based game set in the 30s.

 This would be my preference as well.    Love to see a medieval time period MMORPG, or one based on ancient Rome.   That would rock as well.

heh whislt a Historical based MMO could be a lot of fun I have this scenario running through my head.

Just after character creation you get this message "I'm sorry your character died of Cholera as a baby please create a new character"

Originally posted by VirusDancer

An issue with historical, would be that potential need to create a "What-If?" scenario so that it was outside of the witnessed historical timeframe.  Otherwise, you know what happens.  Then to an extent, it becomes a themed 3D chatroom.  Then again, many of the games feel that way, do they not?  Costumed 3D chatrooms in themeparks.  So perhaps, they would fit right in.

Regardless of the genre, if it is a story where you are a passenger - you are still a passenger.

 True, true...but I think if done correctly, a game set in say medieval times could work.    It doesn't have to be set in our medieval times though, it just needs to be themed as such.   No magic, no dragons, no eleves, fairies...just a medieval sim.   You know, castles, fiefs, peasants, knights, ladies, lords, barrons, that sorta stuff.   Think EVE, but in a medieval setting.    

Originally posted by Drakynn

Originally posted by Teala

Originally posted by Loke666

Historical. There are a lot of periods that would make excellent MMOs ((Western is kinda historical too, more or less at least).

No magic, no healing, no elves.

England 1066, Germany during the 30 year war, the American independance war, France in the 17th century (3 Musketeers online?), Scandinavia 10th century... And so many more that would make great settings including a half historical CIV type of MMO.

None of the other choices is even close in possibilities. And fantasy MMOs have been done to death.

Horror have potential as well, I would love a Lovecraft based game set in the 30s.

 This would be my preference as well.    Love to see a medieval time period MMORPG, or one based on ancient Rome.   That would rock as well.

heh whislt a Historical based MMO could be a lot of fun I have this scenario running through my head.

Just after character creation you get this message "I'm sorry your character died of Cholera as a baby please create a new character"

 LOL...now that would be funny.

HIstory... with some twists?  Chances to go back and re-write some key points in history?  See what the world might have been like if 'the other guys' would've won this war or that war?

Could be interesting. 

Originally posted by BlackWatch

HIstory... with some twists?  Chances to go back and re-write some key points in history?  See what the world might have been like if 'the other guys' would've won this war or that war?

Could be interesting. 

heh yeah but doesn't have to be medievil or ancient history based, if anyone ever palyed a game called Iron Storm...that games world would make a interesting backdrop for an MMO

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Storm_%28video_game%29

Historical is fun.  It doesn't have to be isolated to one event however, and it can be combined with other genres.  Age of Empires 2 is a good example at combining historical elements with other things.

I voted Cyberpunk, but the H.P. Lovecraft 30s setting horror game sound like a great game also. The only thing that would worry me about a horror MMO is that you can bet your ass, with the developer climate the way it is they would want to tap into that "Twilight teen crowd" and that would be a real horror game. 

i would choose the Fantasy and Sci-Fi are cool games..

it's interesting seeing how the voting is going so far.

Shadowrun, Shadowrun, Shadowrun...

Oddly, my other favorite would be MMORPG, would be from the same pen and paper company, and that is Mechwarrior, done well. Both titles are so righteously fucked over in copywrite ownership, I have little hope of ever seeing either one.

id love to see a steam punk mmorpg like Neo Steam, but sub based and of course with quality of a sub game cos neo steam sucks old donkey nuts.. also a remastered version and also sub based version of an horror mmorpg like Requiem online(which currently sux also)... both ideas with a new engine and revamp ftw

Dieselpunk

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I voted "other" because I would mainly be interested in a horror themed mmorpg.

I would love an mmorpg of setting like Assassin's Creed, combining the Medivial setting with the modern world setting. 

A combat system where tactical approach is required,.......and who doesn't like climbing buildings and jump off it lol.

Steampunk, Cyberpunk, and Horror would all be MMOs id like to see and play.

I chose other because I'm looking for an MMO that clearly doesn't think about genre at all, a world with a theme, that is later defined by others as part of a genre. It's clear more and more MMOs are just generic fantasy worlds, in reality the other genres are just as generic, but since they aren't as abundant nobody notices as much.

However to be realistic: I haven't seen any good Horror MMOs, so I guess that would be my first choice. My second would be a realistic evolution like one, like Spore, or something similar.