Ugh, a browser based game.  I'm sorry, I know they are popular with a certain sect of gamers, but I cannot see myself ever playing one.  

It's unfortunate, because I think a traditional MMO based on the BSG universe would be quite interesting.

Prax

browser based ? Item mall?  Oh jeez...this could be a great MMO and instead it's going to be browser based and item shop crap??

 A little excited by the title.  Then read "will be out this fall" and was like WTF, and then I read Browser Based.  Well that's crap.  I think it will help bridge the gap between facebook gamers and the rest of us, but as for being something I would play... doubtful at best.

epic letdown

I am seeing these browser games pop up all over the place; of various types.  Is this the ultimate in casual? Not sure, but just popped into Lord of Ultima myself www.lordofultima.com/en to see whats happening there.  Im just curious b/c i cant see the lasting game-play value, but cant look away either.

 ...meh, item malls and browser-based, no hardcore justice for the sci-fi IP it seems...

I can't say it's a fail, but I can be *almost* sure I am not within the target audience for this MMO.

Ah WTH? Browser based? /sigh..... 

Yet another grand IP ruined.

*sigh*

I call shenanigans.

This is just an early setup for a big April fool's day joke on the legions of BSG fans out there.

At least, it better be...

Bleh....

My hopes of playing an space mmog fades with every release of info, wth is wrong with the studios creating space-oriented mediocre games.

sigh

Well, it'll keep down developer costs. A couple guys with flash and java experience, and you too can create your own MMO with item shop!

Battlestar Galactica is part of a new wave of games playable entirely in a Web browser for "free".

It's not free if you pay for anything in the game. Which they obviously are trying to get you to do.

In such games, which are hugely popular in South Korea and China and growing fast in the West, players can choose to purchase additional items such as weapons, costumes and access to new levels.

Goes to show how markedly different our cultures are from the east.

The Battlestar Galactica game is being published by Bigpoint, in which Syfy parent company NBC Universal is co-owner of a majority stake.

NBC is a joke.

"With a browser game, you just get started when you launch," said Nils-Holger Henning, chief communications officer of Bigpoint. "We can constantly add features and content for people who are playing."   

As if it was ANY different from a client server setup like WoW... oh wait. It isn't.
 

I smell incoming trash...

Unfortunately...

I'm not a huge BSG fan (other than one of Wilma) but I am sort of looking forward to this.  Something I can play on my lunch break, and play with people who don't have gaming PC's sounds interesting to me.  Though I can empathize with people who want a full scale MMO for the IP, for me a more D&D style RPG type role player, this does have some appeal.

Meh,whilst I loved the latest BSG series,I don't think it would make a good hardcore MMO if based on the events int he series,it's just not a great setting for an MMORPG IMO.Maybe if the based it on the first Cylon war it would be doable.But how do you simulate a lone fleet of transport ships with one battlecruiser defending it fleeing into ever changing unknown space from an overwhelming enemy force in a MMO design without it becoming unprofitable to develop and maintain?I would love if someone could pull that off though heh.

Ah Well I guess this means there wills till be no good games based on the series lol.

 Thank god it is going to be browser based. I would be more pissed at them ruining the IP (Based off the ORIGINAL series... You know... where Starbuck was a PIMP and not a women?) on a grand scale than on this little thing.

How about we let Cryptic develop it instead? It will still be released at the same time. /sarcasm

now this is a stupid decision :/

A browser game? Count me out. *sigh*.

~Miles "Tails" Prower out! Catch me if you can!

Now J. Whedon should fund the development of a "proper" MMO in the Firefly universe.

First thought: Cool! I love BSG, a really good BSG MMO would rock!

Second thought: Browser based? Paaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssssss...

I am disappoint.

Originally posted by tuppe99

Now J. Whedon should fund the development of a "proper" MMO in the Firefly universe.

A Serenity game was in the works years ago. I think they dropped development on it.  Would've been great to see. Firefly was awesome!

Remember this scene? "Darn."

~Miles "Tails" Prower out! Catch me if you can!

seems like a huge waste of a great IP. 

i too am very disappointed they opted for the cheap and easy browser based/item mall option

That being said Runescape was browser based and was a pretty decent game (could certainly hold your attention longer than most browser games).  What I am interested in is how MMO like they will make it.

GDC 2010: Battlestar Galactica MMO Announced

YAY!, finaly, been hoping for one for some time now.........

free-to-play (item mall supported) browser-based MMOG, with a launch date set for August or September

Ehum...what? Free to......browser-b.....launch August..........

Don't think my hopes will be justified, but then again I am sort of getting used to these IP's being a fraction of what they could be in the MMORPG genre

 More info about the BG-MMO

Players will be able to choose to play as cylons or humans in a constant
struggle to control the universe or just survive its perils. A blend of
tactical space combat, exploration, and mission-based gameplay will provide a
diverse experience. The dramatic missions will define the game's overall
storyline, enabling the player to delve into mysteries of the Battlestar
universe. Battlestar Galactica Online will create a new standard for web
games, with beautiful 3d graphics and innovative game mechanics bringing a
new level of game play to browser based MMOG. Assets from the television
production will be integrated into the game to deliver an even more authentic
experience.
Taken from: ANP Pers Support

At first I read "free-to-play" and thought oh noes.

Then came the "browser-based" and the game died.

ROTFLMAO!

Heh heh heh eh....  what?

This was serious?

Darn.

OK, I first thought this would be some kind of advertisement for the show.  Mot of the browserbased MMO type games are like this.  However, the show is over.

So, WTF? 

Let's count the number of things that will probably doom this game from this short story.

1. The LA Times is reporting that Bigpoint Games
Game developer with no MMO experience.

2. which is co-owned by SyFy parent company NBC Universal
Who will demand huge profits with minimal investment and with NO understanding of game development much less MMO games.

3. is developing a new MMOG based on the "Battlestar Galactica" IP.
Games based on TV shows or movies have almost all been so bad it hurts.

4. the game is said to be a free-to-play (item mall supported)
Item Mall + greedy media companies = crazy high prices

5. browser-based MMOG
Ummm yeah. Do I need to say anything?

6. with a launch date set for August or September.
So I am sure this means they are entering beta like now? That or there will be almost no beta.

This has fail written all over it. Yet another Sci-Fi MMO doomed from the get go. Come on people I am sick of Orcs and Wizards!

 Browser-based isn't that bad

 www.gameogre.com/unrealtournament3.htm

Unreal Tournement is Browser Based after all

that said....

Where's Starbuck?

What the FRAK??!

mh, I also don't like the browser based format. But maby we see a real MMO of this IP in the future? 

Its true there are some great browser based games I'm just alittle worried about the item mall pay for content. I'll try it for a while since I love the ip. Still It would have been a great traditional mmorpg.

"As you command"

o well such a shame i migh tjust look at it if the spice flying i s cool, anything has to be better than sto.

Originally posted by tuppe99

Now J. Whedon should fund the development of a "proper" MMO in the Firefly universe.

Now that's an IP with a ton of potential.

If a cheap brower-based game is released, it could set the stage for a more full-blown development down the road.

Let's face it, big investments in MMOs are just gone now. So many titles, so few successes, it's understandable that developers are leery of going triple A right out of the gate.

However, I saw nothing to indicate the long term plans of the game. As always, it's best to wait and see, though limiting a game to a browser and following the cash shop model is usually a non-starter for many.

Are we becoming obsolete dinosaurs here at MMORPG.com? The industry is clearly moving in a direction we all seem to dislike. Are we no longer the target market? Evidence would indicate that we're not... :(

 I admit, when I first heard the news that it was going to be an item mall, browser game, I was rather disappointed. Battlestar Galactica would have been grand as a client based game, and I've always loved games that took place in a science fiction setting. But then, I remembered Runescape; even though it was a browser game, it still was pretty epic. There was so many things to do in that game, and it still ranks as one of my favourite MMO games. I'm hoping that Battlestar Galactica would be able to carry it out in a similar fashion to Runescape.

I'm perfectly fine with item mall games, because at least I am able to control my spending habits. So yes, I guess I could continue to wait for news on this game. Though if Starbuck was anything other than male, I would not touch the thing with a ten foot pole. I absolutely loved Starbuck in the original, and when they actually changed his gender, it almost broke my heart. It's like Han Solo being female. Urg... *vomit*

I'm fine with F2P, but disappointed that it will be browser based. At least the 3D engine that will be used is a decent one for a browser. From the description of the game, it sounds like it will have a style somewhat like STO. I had great hopes for STO and it was a major disappointment, so I'm taking a wait-and-see attitude on this one. At least with F2P, it won't cost me anything to try it out and follow its progress (I rarely waste money on item shops).

I have to admit I was a bit surprised by New BSG being browser based F2P model but we are in the time of Low Cash Low Risk. I expect this period will last for a few years yet and it is a shame that they're going down that route. Still no sci-fi games gettting proper treatment. Oh well, if they're gonna murder an IP, at least it's this one and not the original.

Originally posted by Mokwee

epic letdown

Indeed, would make a sex joke about major let downs, but I believe the browser based description does a fine job of explaining itself.

Originally posted by BizkitNL

Yet another grand IP ruined.

*sigh*

Originally posted by Mokwee

epic letdown

quite personally who ever decided to go browswer based for bsg should be shot, and I volunteer to do it for free.

If they make this with the Unity engine there's a possibility of it becoming really cross-platform, like being on iphones as well as consoles & PC.

As for quality, well, I expect yer basic shoot em up all out actioner style ame with token interactivity with others, if they make a decent space shooter game out of this I'd be surprised, if they managed anything that truly could be considered MMO I'd be amazed.

The Battlestar franchise sold out to some shitty company? How surprising.. not.

Bah shit, I always thought that the BSG universe would make a great sandbox platform.

O well, fuck damn bah shit!

Originally posted by nekollx

 Browser-based isn't that bad

 www.gameogre.com/unrealtournament3.htm

Unreal Tournement is Browser Based after all

that said....

 

Where's Starbuck?

Unreal Tournament is browser based? What???

I say this game is DOOMED! It has received the 1st ever official DOOM stamp by the Doomsayer. Or maybe the 2nd, if it is, its been along time! So I don't use it lightly.

Like many have said, great IP, gonna be pathetic in design.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

MMOs truly turn out to be the most greedy pig these days. Such an awesome IP going to waste for the fast cash, it's a shame.

Since when is a Browser Based game an MMORPG?

I was excited when I saw the Title, then I read the post...

Whoever is in charge of making descision about the BSG IP needs to be fired, simple as that. What a complete waste of an IP.

The title made me very interested, then I read the whole article...

Another great Sci-Fi IP going to the dogs.

Such a shame.

Browser game. Fail. I would have loved a game that took place on a Battlestar, with ship to ship combat, and planet exploration.

 I stopped reading here 

"In such games, which are hugely popular in South Korea and China and growing fast in the West, players can choose to purchase additional items such as weapons, costumes and access to new levels."

Im a HUGE fan of BSG, but browser + item shop = crap

I've played some of Bigpoint's games, and they're pretty good actually. If a browser based game is where they are going, and if it's anything like Dark Orbit, then I will put some time into it before writing it off. I wish it was based on old school Battle Star, I've never seen the newer one so I won't be to familiar with the game.

This is amusing, going to release in the fall?  You can guess how bad a MMO is if it does.  Sorry if I laugh now at any fool who purchases this game if it ever launches.

One of the worst remakes in television history is getting an mmo? There are fun browser games on facebook i play but this doesnt rate imo. Edward James Almos was the only good thing going for that show.

(BBBBBBWWWWWAAAAHHHHHH fires poop stained plungers at producers of the remake of Battlestar Galactica!)

What do you expect?  In the largest marketing blunder since New Coke, the geniuses at the SciFi channel changed its name to Syfy (sounds like sissy).  They also decided that pro wrestling was good science fiction.  This same crew wants to bring a BattleStar Galactica game to your browser.  I can see it now..."Click here to fondle Starbuck".  That's about the level of gameplay I expect from these people.

I have watched and loved both versions of BSG.  More so the original than the remake but I understand the need to re-visit stories.  That said, I never saw a MMO made of the remake being very good.  There was little beyond the war between the Cylons and humans.  Very little exploration to be honest and more with human condition than extraterrestial encounters.  In this understanding, I feel the original would have had more MMO potential.

As it stands, it looks very much like a quick grab before the public forget about the series.  "Caprica" probably allows for this decision as its a related property that keeps the franchise in the public eye.  Low balling the game allows for the producers to do this with little investment but gain all the reward.  Just too bad it will not be a AAA game.

*sigh*

Browser based...lame

Item mall...lame

Another great IP bites the dust.

Hugely disappointed by this news.

Just found out its being made by norwegians >< We always make sucky MMOs?

Release in August or September 2010 probably translates to re-skin of Bigpoint's existing Dark Orbit property, with possibly some slight adjustments.  Shrewd move, I guess.

Dark Orbit's reasonably successful, and the BSG IP will bring them a ton of potential users.

Still, darn.  A full-blown MMO for this IP might have been nice... though full MMO's based on existing IP's don't always turn out so well: witness what happened to Cheyenne Mtn with Stargate:Worlds.  Or, well, Cryptic and STO.  But at least Cryptic released product.

Originally posted by RavingRabbid

One of the worst remakes in television history is getting an mmo? There are fun browser games on facebook i play but this doesnt rate imo. Edward James Almos was the only good thing going for that show.

(BBBBBBWWWWWAAAAHHHHHH fires poop stained plungers at producers of the remake of Battlestar Galactica!)

Did you watch the original BSG? I did. Did you watch the remake? I did (I even watched Galactica 1980 *shudder*.)

I loved the original when I first saw it, it was delightful to watch and I had a great time watching it. But the remake is so far beyond the original in every conceivable way that I'm really not sure how anyone who saw both shows could call it "the worst remake in television history" unless they can't see past the nostalgia they feel for the original show.

In other words the remake is an absolute modern masterpiece, the original was incredibly campy, and somewhat silly, yet fun.

Hey now, I watched BSG as it actually came out as a young boy, and let me tell you, the ladies of BSG were da bomb!!!

I knew they were da bomb, before I knew what do with da bomb! That's how bomb they were!

And the series was fun too, I just watched the entire series again on Hulu recently, and yeah I stand by that, the series was definitely a good story, acting... developed in the 1970s, y'know..disco....almost 40 years ago, take it easy with the hatin'. It's like when Starbuck was on the A-Team, we still called him Starbuck, that's serious loyalty there!! step off! 

but I digress, a BSG MMO....EPIC!

f2p...umm, ok I'm in, but careful with the cash shop NBC Universal (the same company that owns WoW, yeah I said it)

Browser based???......"Son, I am disappoint."

Hopefully NBC sees the excitement around a BSG universe based MMO and pours some real dev dollars into making it worth playing (and nixes the browser based idea).