Thanks for these replies - and keep it up.

As has been said, poor management can cause a lot of propblems.  As the market widens, more people hear of MMORPGs and decide to take a dable, then more people will want to try something different.  Take a for instance - look at frontier1859.com - there is a brilliant idea for a game, that as yet doesnt have enough commercial backing and the producers dont want to make a hash of it.  Look at the new shadowrun game - there was an opportunity for an awesome mmorpg, but the produces have made it into a FPS, this will work well, but there is so much more available to be done.  Certainly we can see good ideas all around, but commercialism takes precident.

As mroe and more MMORPGs appear then the users will gradually filter through to the games that they want to play - most havent been written.  For instance where are the games for the younger players?  We have toon town and..... ? hmmmm, WoW as its colourful and i know players younger than 13 get on to it  even though they arent allowed.

I believe the BBc will be producing a MMORPG environment, a complete persistent world, at some point, and this could be very interesting - but what sort of game will it be?  or will it be a game, or a learning environment... or news.... or.... well we just dont know.

All I do know is i want to play something, fun and interesting...... 

I hear what you are saying Chiff, and have a few answers myself.  As you say you would either be ripped off or just watch the ideas go POOF into the ether of good gaming.  Ive been around sourceforge warching a few games being developed there, and sure they have some realy great ideas but you need to invest serious money to get a game launched that isnt a few mates... etc

You need to apporach a 'big' independent company...

As you say the current splurge of games all seem to be coming from the same sort of mould.  Secretly im hoping White Wolf/CCP will open up some dialogue for developers of their new world of darkness mmorpg.  After all EVE seems to answer quite a few questions - but im not really a spce ship kinda guy... give me a nice juicey mage :)

I have to admit this is one game I am really looking forward to try!

Just thought i'd open a can of worms  (ooh yummy).

Well Ive played MMORPGS since the start, and before that roleplaying games since the late 70s and computer games since 1980 (sinclaire zx-80).

I loved mmorpgs - everquest was amazing, ultima online just proved i want cut out to be a PvP person.  Since then ive played almost every game, and have been lucky enough to beta test a lot of them.

So how come i now dont have the 'get up and go' to play anything?  Sure EVE was my last game and if i had the finances i would probably still be playing it - but that isnt the reason I quit them all - and a game is only a game - its longevity is limited, only so many times you can do the same thing over, so a game has to evolve.

So what is the next big game?  or the next different game?  Vanguard was promising to be so different.... yet couldnt deliver.  Reminds me so much of  Horizons - a truly great game that just didnt have the backing it needed.

Who is developing a game that is going to truly evolve?

Im on a contract with T-mobile, web'n'walk unlimited access for 7quid a month :)

Mind you - cant get this download to my phone - but im working on it !!!

Good article - it was (is?) a great game, i followed it for years and years then ot was ...released....

Good luck to the both of them, another community like that would be great on their next game.

I can't wait to read part 2 of this article.

Well at least they got it sorted out,  as said, a few more people are looking at the game.

The problem always seems to be that if you want a next gen total inclusive game, that anything else you look at or try that doesnt match that criteria is poop.  However some people dont have cutting edge machine able to run that type of game, others want a nice simple game, and others are younger and need to develop their tastes. 

 Live and let live.

It does seem odd doesnt it - after all, as stated earlier - free advertising cannot be bad.  Or can it ?

If the game is in pre-alpha, then none of the images could be live, or are subject to major change.   Where did the images/logo's come from?

Of course any news will pique 'SOME' interest, and makes people look.  However all I see (and this is my personalu opinion) is an image from GUComics and a certain Fly(game) zapper.  I do hope this is wrong for any game developers sake.  Lets see if Linux Cyb. release new images and logos that CAN be used...

Well i'm lucky enough to have been playing MMorpgs for the pst 7 years or so.  Ive seen good and BAD, Ive tested most of them out there and sure, a few were released early - SWG and Hz come to mind...  but most people were amazed at how well WoW has taken off, and yet how must R is there in the MMORPGs of today?  NOT a lot.  We saw role playing back inthe days of Ultima Online, then came the PKing then PGanking...

Of the current crop this one has to be looking very good indeed.  I like the newsletters and info trickle, also the fact that I see posts from developers all over that show me we have people who take notice and listen, and yet are still able to stick to their guns.  I would LOVE to get my hands on this one ASAP.

Good Luck TCoS.

I admit this one looks awesome - shame there are no dates or anything on it - no holding your breath for it :(

As for AutoAssault ?  what's wrong with it if you want a driving Mad Max style MMORPG for a while - it's great.