Top Ten Games That Should Be MMOs
MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood counts down the Top 10 video games that should be made into MMOs.
The game World of Warcraft has become synonymous with the MMORPG genre, and why shouldn't it? The game's subscriptions numbers speak volumes, its boxes dominate shelves in video game stores, TV shows parody it while its commercials run on another channel. The reasons for WoW's dominance in the video game industry are many and varied and could be debated for hours. One thing that can not be argued though is that Warcraft's popularity as a pre existing video game franchise played a role.
With that in mind, MMORPG.com presents a list of the top ten video games that should be made into MMOs:
# 10 Kingdom Hearts Online
In 2002, the company now known as Square Enix launched a game that combined its popular Final Fantasy series with an unlikely partner in Disney. It melded FF characters with classic Disney characters and settings. While the premise might sound absurd at the outset, audiences enjoyed it and the game spawned a number of sequels.
;)
Kingdom Hearts Online would give both Square Enix and Disney Interactive a new and interesting title to add their MMO libraries.
"Rejected Selection" - Tetris Online
Players can choose from up to seven different classes: Straight Line, L Shape, J Shape, Cube, S Shape, Z Shape and T Shape. Each class has its own role, but players must work together to accomplish their goals. The quests may be repetitive, but players will love the fast paced action.
#9 Madden Online / EA Sports Online
Nobody does sports games as well as EA. They have games in every major sport, headlined by the consistently best selling Madden football franchise. With sport-based MMOs gaining momentum within the genre, it may be time for the Sports branch of the mighty Electronic Arts to try their hands at an MMO.
Developers could focus on their flagship Madden franchise and make a football game, or take advantage of their many professional league licenses to let players try to develop multi-sport talents to compete against the best in the sport of their choosing.
#8 Battlefield Online
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The Battlefield franchise has always been about online player vs. player action. Soldiers compete against each other on their choice of a number of maps. Over the game's last few incarnations, moves have been made to add an RPG style experience and levelling system so that players can advance their soldiers, giving them access to stronger equipment and abilities. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to take the RPG transformation one step further and meld the maps into a single world, giving the MMO community an updated modern war game with a familiar face.
"Rejected Selection" - WWE Smackdown vs Raw Online
Create your own wrestler and battle other players for the World Heavyweight Championship. Quests include hitting your friend with a steel chair, keeping Hulk Hogan's ego in check, posing for the crowd and passing your steroids test.
# 7 Age of Empires Online
Blizzard started their move into the MMORPG realm by adapting an RTS series, and Microsoft could do the same with their popular franchise (now that Ensemble has been shuttered). Realm vs. Realm action is a perfect fit as some of the greatest civilizations from Earth's history battle for supremacy.
Historical MMOs don't have a fantastic track record, at least when it comes to Ancient Rome (Imperator, Gods & Heroes), but mix together all of the popular empires within a single era of history, add a little bit of war and violence, a crafting and discovery system, a city building (and destroying) system and Microsoft might be looking at a hit MMO.
#6 BioShock
The massive popularity of 2K's submerged first person shooter alone merits BioShock's consideration to be a candidate for an MMO makeover. If you add on the game's retro flavour, its combination of technology and super powers that look a lot like magic and its well crafted storyline, it becomes a no brainer.
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The entertainment world is abuzz these days with prequels, so why not make BioShock Online a prequel that dates back to the 1950s as strife began to grow in Rapture leading to the revolt and eventual breakdown of their civilization?
"Rejected Selection" - Pac Man Online
This Player vs. Player MMO allows gamers to choose one of two factions, the Pac Men or the Ghosts. The peace loving Pac Men advance primarily through gather quests, feeding their race's unquenchable hunger for white pellets and are occasionally rewarded with a cherry or strawberry rare drop. The ghosts, on the other hand, are a warlike race, defending their homeland from the insatiable Pac Men. Which side will you choose?
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you forgot 2
1) Elder Scrolls Online
2) Fallout Online
both game series revolutionized the CRPG Experience that no other game has come close to
Elder Scrolls? Fallout 3?
ditto and ditto.
Those would be AMAZING mmorpgs.
Guys,
Trying to avoid games that are being made... As to the other games, opnions will differ ;)
I know your talking about video games made into MMOs but Rifts should be on there somewhere. Its perfect for an MMO. YOu could just take the original core book and make an MMO out of it. And the expantions could be the other side books they have out. its brilliant i say.....
I completely agree. Another list for another day :)
Yeah, seriously. How could someone just brush over two of the most popular rpg's to date.
Elder scrolls online: tying all the old elder scrolls like morrowind, oblivion and daggerfall together and an expanded new territory. WoooHooo, it would have blizzard shakin in its shoes.
and secondly, Just call it Fallout World Online, starting with Fallout 3 and then just expanding across the united states and just think of the scope of the game if they could expand to europe and asia. They would never have a lack of content, aboveground and also underground instances. Are you kidding me?
I know bethesda has it's own formula and it seems to be very successful for them, I was just a bit dissapointed when FO3 had no online functions. Oh well, maybe in the future.
10 -> Nah
9-> I'm sure sports nuts would love it, isn't someone trying to do a sports MMO?
8->Would be great assuming that there was better balance, no lame revive bunny hoping medics, and no cheats like the actual game
7-> eh
6->never actual tried the game
5->nah
4->sure
3-> If by Left4Dead MMO you mean a survival MMO involving zombies but not like Left4Dead in any way at all then yes. If you mean like Left4Dead then nah
2->Thought some companies talked about this, maybe it was wishfull thinking
1->How would this not be WoW but with different races?
Wow, not Diablo Online?
I still think a Wild Wild West MMO could work. Gunslingers, Indians and their forklore, Wacky Engineers with steam powered enhancements, toss in some Far West Martial artists with a Kung Fu flavor and you could break open this era. Fantasy-History MMO.
Magic the Gathering Online -A few card / skill games out there now ( Wizard 101, Guild Wars ( sort of), and some card gmaes that tie into MMO worlds ( WoW, Legends of Norrath). Why not ?
Bioshock? C'mon. It was a decent shooter, nothing more.
And fail for not having Mass Effect.
The Dark Eye (Fantasy Pen and Paper RPG, 4 singleplayer PC games so far and more currently in development)
Shadowrun (Magic High-Tech Mix Pen and Paper RPG, some old console games and a horrible shooter)
Battletech (Mech Tabletop, several Mech shooters, 2 RTS, 1 semi MMO that was stopped shortly before release)
Mass Effect or even Half-life 2 would fit as an MMO a lot more than Bioshock.
One is a space opera with unlimited potential, the other a post apocalyptic sci-fi shooter. But bioshock? Underwater city? really?
A MechWarrior online would be awesome.
Guys - The entire point of these lists is to inspire discussion. No one is going to agree with anyone 100%, so if you think something is missing, feel free to explain why... just try and keep the flamethrowers stashed ;)
A MechWarrior online would be awesome.
I'm glad someone else remembered our friends at FASA.
Down with Jade Phoenix!
10. would sound interesting,..
9. nah sport mmo has been tried before with Shot Online (Golf). Isn't there a soccer one as well?
8. how about instead a mmo based off of the likes of street fighter or mortal kombat (with semi-permadeath)
7. never played so not sure on that
6. I'd vote Pac-Man online just for the sake of it being Pac-Man (pssst you free to play mmo makers get going on this)
5. GAH now i have images of Mario tossing PokeBalls at Bowser while dancing around mushrooms.
4. YES!
3. would definatly bring innovation back to the genre
2. but would it be set in a previous city or a whole new one.
1. nah, Diablo would be a better property for blizzard to mil..... er make into a MMO
I think a Battlefield MMO would be really cool.
One that didn't make the list that I think would be awesome would be a Pokemon based MMO. It would be like playing a Game Boy pokemon in 3d in a persistant world with tons of people. The 11 year old in me gets giddy at the thought.
Ok, I am guilty of a touch of trolling, please forgive me. I have an active imagination
I thought of another game that should of made the list, Warhammer 40K:Dawn of war online. Keep the RTS aspect and allow me to cultivate a squad that I can turn into an army with the guild creation tab. Think of mixing the core elements of Atlantica Online wich I am a fan of into the warhammer 40k lore-iverse. Give me the ability to expand into different worlds via airships that I can level up as well as well as my squad and we have the yen to play Starcraft online covered. Start with one main character and a few soldiers/followers and level up to a maximum number that is interchangable with only certain alignments/races and classes.
Obviously Orcs and Sisters of Battle will never get along. That handles the racial part of it. Need to expand into a different race, no problem just recruit or do a questline for it if you are a proper alignment.
Hey wait a sec, why should I play this game?
So my guild can band together and act as an army?
YES!
And I can also own a city on planet X? Or maybe eventually own a planet?
YES!
Fully customizable armor and weapons?
YES!
And I can build a fortress/warship etc for my guildmates to recoup and train in?
YES!
Is there alot of PVP, or PVE if I'm not in the mood to fight?
YES and YES!
How much is this game?
$50 for software and $10 a month.
Ok, sounds great! Where can I download the software and sign up!
Umm, sorry you can't; the game doesn't exist online just as a single player RTS, they put all the IP and effort into Warhammer Online the fantasy Genre. Y'know that one, really laggy, boring and set in a played out single avatar fantasy setting exactly like WoW, FFXI, Everquest and a host of similar MMORPG's?
Boo...
don't remember where here in the forums but someone linked an unofficial Pokemon MMO
don't remember where here in the forums but someone linked an unofficial Pokemon MMO
Yeah I saw that, but was a little disheartened when I saw it wasn't "official"
None of those games ...
But I'm sure some of it will happen, and some of them may even become good.
But I rather see developer funds go towards creativity and new worlds.
/junker
If blizzard can make a better and more meaningful pvp system than in WoW, then i would get excited over a Starcraft mmo. I played starcraft before warcraft so it would bring back so many memorys, and to atcually run around the starcraft world would be awesome. It could be a massive world with planets, own and customize spaceships, be a freakin bad ass zealot and become a templar, or a marine, be a ghost for the rouge type lovers, or be a...zerg thing ha...sweet
As I rode though the countryside on horse-back, or ran through the alleys or over the rooftops of the cities I thought that Assassin's Creed would make an amazing MMO environment.
FYI THQ is trying to make a Warhammer 40k MMO...
http://www.massively.com/2009/04/03/warhammer-40k-mmo-gets-a-release-date/
I'd probably check out a Rifts MMO provided they do not use the Palladium game mechanics. I life the setting but I've always found Palladium to be one of the worst mechanics systems.
Not likely. Bethesda (or was it the other company involved with Fallout?) has said they are only interested in single-player CRPGs.
Age of Empires would actually be really nice. I always prefer sci-fi to fantasy... Age of Empires Online would be closer to fantasy... what with the swords and horses and stuff. But I reckon it would work really well! I'd be a Persian with an elephant :-P
GTA I've always thought would make a good MMO. GTA4 Multiplayer show on a kinda small scale what it would be like... and it's exactly as I thought... awesome...
Of those 10, the only one I would be interested in would be NWN MMO.
Rather than going with computer game to MMO conversions, I'd love to see more companies do pen-and-paper RPG to MMO games. Just about any decent pnp RPG could be made into a good MMO.
I'm sure we will see a D&D 4e MMO at some point - the rules read like they were already planning that when it was designed (I'm still undecided if I would call D&D 4e "decent").
Wow, what a poor list... most of those games simply wouldn't pass as fuill fledged MMOs, but maybe in a form of some MORPG
My personal list? Warhammer 40k (need more info until we know it's not just vaporware), Elder Scrolls and, believe it or not, Dune.
Fallout
what a noobs list but thats excepted from mmorpg.com i guess
I agree with Battletech or Mechwarrior MMO and Pokemon MMO and HL2 WAY before Bioshock. I've been talking about a full on sports MMO for a long time now, but we just have F2P ones, junk mostly.
Meh, to the OP's choices. A few I'd like to see made into MMO's
10 - Something based on GGR Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire"
Not sure if this would make a good MMO (thats why its 10), but I like the books.
9 - Planetside 2
It WAS a great game, it needs to be redone, modernized, disversified, and balanced.
(I know its not 100% on topic as it had been made already)
8 - Road Warrior
We need a game that mixes a good post-apocalypse MMO with vehicles (Fallen Earth may be the answer).
7 - Serenity/Babylon 5
Cant decide which would be better. I like the idea of the low-tech Serenity (Firefly) setting. But I think Babylon 5 would have a better diversety to its lore and races.
6 - AD&D World of Greyhawk
Set in a quasi-medieval time, it a low/medium magic world. I'm not a big fan of the Forgotten Relms setting, its such a high-magic setting it nothing but magic as technology.
5 - BF2 (BF 2142)
Either of them would make a so-so game. But we need a good FPS MMO. Personally I'd think my #1 would be better.
4 - Cthulhu
Nuff' said.
3 - Shadowrun
A world of super corps and where magic has returned to the modern world. Wiki it, it would make a badass setting.
2 - World of Darkness (CCP has the rights, just a matter of waiting)
Vampires, werewolfs, mages, all in the modern world. For those who dont know think Bloodrayne, or Vampire the Masquerade (which is based off of WoD).
1 - MechWarrior Online.
Everything from space battles, to air combat, to Mech combat, to vehicle combat, to soldier combat. Absolutly would make the most badass MMO.
Id like to see Rock N' Roll Racing Online, where you could get out of your car, in a huge world, and doing races.
battlefield 2 sounds good to.
I think there's a game like that comming on the PS3, I just seen 1 video so im not to sure but look pretty cool, (just looked on google its only 256 player and its with the socom franchise, still good tough)
age of empires time period more historical mmo would be cool.
Pokemon should be on that list, along with harry potter. I dont even like harry potter and i know that wouldbe more successful as an mmo then bioshock.
With this list, Jon was going for gaming franchises. Those, while they have loads of video games, I am sure you would agree are not "primarily" about video games.
I suspect a future list will include a list of non-gaming centric IP that should be MMOed.
1. Neverwinter Nights- But just call it Forgotten Realms Online
Make the world huge and nothing like the instanced piece of garbage DDO
If it hasn't been said already.. KH the MMO already exists.
In china. a little google and wiki diving produced the following name "Disney fantasy Onine" being put out by NetDragon
I fully endorse these ideas. I would try all of these if they became mmos.
I agree with what Kruul said about Neverwinter Nights being called Forgotten Realms Online. Neverwinter Nights makes it sound small and limited to a certain set of games. Not unlike the Lord of the Rings Online and Middle Earth Online debacle.
Several months ago I found an announcement that EA had set aside millions for a Battlefield style MMO. That's all the news I've ever seen and yes it was that vague. So, we'll probably see a Battlefield Online within the next 2 years. I can only hope they lean a little to the realistic side of things rather than the arcade side. Battlefield 2 was great, but it was a little too much arcade to hit people in the face twice or in the body 7 times before they hit the dirt.
Agreed. A Dragonlance setting would be great. Forgotten Relams, NWN any of them done correctly would be nice to see.
Zombies Ate My Neighbors Online would be a better choice for a zombie MMO.
Mass Effect Online would be awesome! Operation Flashpoint would make a better FPS MMO than any of the Battlefield games. From my old pen & paper days Twilight 2000 Online or Car Wars Online would be a blast to play.
Oh and Fallout and The Elder Scrolls are already being made into MMOs Stradden? Interplay is definitely never going to produce a MMO as they're a disaster of a company now and Bethesda is very hush hush about what they're currently working on. Do you know something we don't?
Bren
Your list fails; FAILS I say.
Where is Deadlands Online?
Where in the HELL is Warmachine Online?
Battlefield Online? Left For Dead Online?? No you are seriouse? ROTFLMAO How about no...Here is one Call of Cuthullu Online, Here is another Shannara Online. My god so many awesome IP's that would make great MMO's and you pick the worst ten.
Oh hell yeah, I just had to throw my vote in for Mechwarrior - would make for a great MMO.
Battlefield has an oline game coming, its called Battlefield Heroes. Also wouldn't Starcraft Online, be called World of Starcraft. LOL! Sorry I had to say it.
In addition to your list , I would add Mass Effect. If Bioware made Mass Effect Online. I'd only play Star Wars: The Old Republic and Mass Effect Online.
Off topic: For another list, for another day. I think both Transformers and G.I. Joe could be really good MMOs. You have two factions in each and there a battle raging on. Isn't that the base of all MMOs anyway. :) I would hope they would be based off of their classic 80's cartoon versions.
Oh yeah, I forgot about this one. Definitely, Mechwarrior would be an awesome IP for a MMO as well.
Bren
Quite possibly the worst selections for games that should be MMO's...but the rejected ones were funny.
Thieves World online
Now that has potential
Personally, if you're going AD&D I'd much rather have...
Planescape Online
Im surprised no one have said Unreal! It would be the perfect IP for a MMO with lots of lore and races. A real MMOFPS :)
A well put together Dragonlance mmo would be cool.
Not sure how it would work, but i would like to see Fable online. And have your avatars grow old and die so I could see how many try to die with the most/elite stuff.
My top candidates for MMO development:
So to whomever it may concern, get to work.....
I would love it. Wonder how many Raistlan Majere look alikes we would see ? :)
An Age of Empires MMO would be awesome, but it'd have to be on a scale which would be too difficult to make.
I love babylon 5. :3 But does anyone remember Descent Freespace 2? God that franchise would make an awesome MMO!
And does anyone remember Zork? It brings back fond memories, does anyone see MMO potential there?
On the note of really stinking old games, how about an Angel Devoid live action movie? xD
Why do people keep saying Diablo online? It's called Wow people. If you've played both games you'd know that the Wow classes are very closely tied to the Diablo ones, right down to the spell trees and individual spells (whirlwind for example). The only difference is a slightly different setting.
Actually Stradden, your wrestling reject IS being made by THQ's own inhouse Vigil studio. They are the same ones that are making the upcoming Warhammer 40k Online, scheduled for release in 2012. The WWE online title, I believe is slated for 2011. It was on the same slide when news broke about WAR40K.
Just thought I would give you a heads up.
A older PC game named "Arcanum of Steamworks & Magick Obscura" would have made a *great* world for an MMO to be based on.
Wow, you want a Left4Dead MMO? seriously?
I am a horror movie fan, zombie fan, Valve fan and L4D fan, but this is a ridiculously bad suggestion. L4D only works because it lacks any evolving world. As an MMO it would lose all of its defining features and since L4D has no real story there isn't a whole lot to expand upon.
L4D is fun because of the horror story cliques and relatively high tension combat. It just wouldn't work as an MMO.
Ok, I thought Blizzard announced that the Starcraft universe was going to be setting for the new MMO a month or two ago. (Thought I had read this on the Blizzard website... maybe I'm wrong.) If I'm correct here, that means you should have had a different #1 on there. Otherwise, Starcraft could make a great MMO if Blizzard doesn't fail at good game mechanics like WoW.
While all the 10 mentions (and the some 'didn't quite make it' add-ins) have all been solid games on their own right, I didn't see any smaller titles that might actually make a solid MMO.
Fallout definitely is slated for production into an MMO, but Interplay's financial issues and legal tie-ups have this on hold and possibly even just vaporware. Interplay can't raise capital due to legal issues and Bethesda hasn't made any comments about potentially picking it up.
Mechwarrior is one I'd love to see, so my vote is with you guys. Several games have mechs in them, but none really measure up. I really think this is one game that should be completely PvP-centric with the ability to establish bases for resource production. I think it would be a great candidate for a single-server system, too.
While we're on the subject of old FASA IPs... Shadowrun! While only two actual video games have been developed based on this franchise (PC/XBOX360 and SNES), the game has a great background and versitile gameplay that gets away from that annoying level grind. The biggest issue with this game is factoring in certain game mechanics that could put a character out of commission for a year or more (game time) such as recovery from cybertech implanting/upgrading. Neither of the past games has done the original RPG justice, though.
games that should be turned into mmos
intresting list ,there were some id like to see happen but i think there are some that were left out on your list that would of
of been more deserving like
fable online
zelda online
vampire the masquerade online
mass effect online
megaman online
dynasty warriors online
thoese are just a few suggestions as to what i think would of been great games to play online
I was just going to mention vampire the masquerade but instead of just of that they should incorperate all the stories that White Wolf has into 1 online game called White Wolf Online that way you have vampire hunters, werewolf hunters, mages, everything in 1 big game that spans the whole globe.
I was just going to mention vampire the masquerade but instead of just of that they should incorperate all the stories that White Wolf has into 1 online game called White Wolf Online that way you have vampire hunters, werewolf hunters, mages, everything in 1 big game that spans the whole globe.
i was trying to remember the name of the other popular white wolf game besides vampire , but if you could recall what it is called id be happy to mention that as a choice for a mmorpg.
I was just going to mention vampire the masquerade but instead of just of that they should incorperate all the stories that White Wolf has into 1 online game called White Wolf Online that way you have vampire hunters, werewolf hunters, mages, everything in 1 big game that spans the whole globe.
Someone might want to check into it again, but I believe CCP had the liscense to make a mmo out of the Whitewolf universe. If that project is still going, then yes... it is being made.
Guild wars.
FAIL !!!!!
10-No
9-No
8-No need
7-No wouldn't be fun grinding ore.
6-Why? Its an epic single player game.
5-This could be cool.
4-Again there is already DDO and its mutiplayer anyway.
3-If it was survival horror then yes
2-Would be very cool for some people
1-Never played but it would be perhaps to simular to WoW.
My top game to MMO would be Pokemon as that would be freaking awesome. Also a warhammer 40k one as an FPS would be really cool too.
I'm always amazed that Kingdom Hearts exists at all. Used to be a producer at Disney and similar ideas were always axed because they might mix different properties in the same setting, which is directly counter to policy. It mystifies me.
In any case... my list would be totally different. Some of the ideas make little sense to me. For instance, I'm not sure what the point of a Madden MMO would be, considering most of the players of sports sims are perfectly happy playing games against friends. So either this MMO would see tens of thousands of NFL team owners... or I guess you'd be playing a single player. I'm having trouble envisioning the career path of a place-kicker character.
Some of them seem done or overdone, a Neverwinter Nights MMO? I mean, yeah, great fantasy setting... seeing as it's a D&D setting and all, but do we need another generic fantasy MMO? Do we need another D&D MMO? Then there's Grand Theft Auto, it's a great idea, but isn't someone making something pretty much identical to that already?
And some that I'd love to see are totally missing. I mean, I'd have to have a MechWarrior MMO. Yes, there have been online Battletech things but not really open MMOstyle and none that I've noticed since computers started handling more than 256 colors at once, but there hasn't been a good "western" giant robot game in ages. (All anime aside, I refuse to believe that any military would build a giant war machine that uses a sword as main weapon... k?)
I'd also like to see Interstate 76 come to the MMO world. An MMO with the same "Wow, I'm really in a 65 chevy with a flamethrower on the roof!" feel to it would not only be great fun, but spark a renaissance in the PC steering wheel accessories market.
What about fable?!
The owning of houses, jobs, marrage. A unique yet neat skill system. But i did hate going from young and nice looking to old and ugly looking. but the story always made up for that, as your always being tortured for a few years anyhow.
But as an mmo this would be awsome, it would kill that weird virtual dice feel wow, and some of the others have.
The ability to lock your doors, gaurd the city. or be the badgguys and raid the city. With the battle system you would really have a chance gear or no gear.
Thats a whole concpt of city raiding and duals, yet alone what leaving the city would be like...
Tho this is just my oppinion, :)
I vote for Starcraft and Diablo because these two games would be perfect. I'd also want a Spore like Roller Coaster Tycoon where I could go and visit other peoples theme parks and have to compete with them and take ideas from eachother. Would be soo kool to compete for the best rides you made and stuff like that.
A GTA kind of game is being made, its called crime craft
Think Battletoads would make a great MMO.
You do know that Dynasty Warriors Online is out in Asia right?
i was trying to remember the name of the other popular white wolf game besides vampire , but if you could recall what it is called id be happy to mention that as a choice for a mmorpg.
White Wolf did several settings all based in the same "world". They could be played as stand alone or mixed and matched.
The grand campaign setting was called;
World of Darkness or WoD.
It includes...
Vampire: The Masquerade (the best known and most popular)
Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Mage: The Ascension
Wraith: The Oblivion
Changeling: The Dreaming
Hunter: The Reckoning
Mummy: The Resurrection
Demon: The Fallen
(And others)
CCP (the creators of Eve Online) has the rights to this setting. And I'm 100% positive they plan on making a MMO out of it. And considering how popular vampires are (and horror themes in general) they should do quit well with it.
id vote for a terminator war mmo
and theres allready in the works a star trek mmo
still looking for a spy mmo
and fallout online mmo any one?
how about a privateer mmo just not full of PVP jerks like EVE i like to enjoy a game without some butthead ruining it.
Forgotten Realms
www.wizards.com/dnd/images/wd_maps/FRposterLarge_150.jpg
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World and story of Gothic 1,2 & 3 would make a great MMO! Best worldbuild, ever.
*Disclaimer: If you detect sarcasm in any of my answers that aren't labeld sarcasm answer /sarcasm then you have only yourself to blame.
10. No personal interest in IP. First impression is it's a kiddos game because of Disney. Don't think I'd let my Disney age children play an MMO (if I had Disney age children, or any children for that matter, lol).
9. Why? People can already take control of teams and play each other online as it is. The only reason I could see to do it is so that people could play an individual player on a team. I just don't see the MMO community at large willing to do that. THe sports community may embrace it to a degree, but you'll never get "wow" numbers sarcasm and that's what matters, right!? /sarcasm.
8. Aren't they attempting this with Huxley? Wasn't this attempted with Planetside?
7. No better way to further drive a spike in between people and ratchet up nationalism than to accurately reflect real heritage in a game that allows pvp and tea bagging and trash talking. My prediction: AoEO gives us the first international MMO homicide case OR sparks a real life conflict between to neighbor nations as a loss online prompts the zealous to go next door and "prove" they are better.
6. Can't say anything negative about this one as my wife loved the game (and reads my posts on occaision).
5. See #10.
4. Ok, this one I could see being a winner of an idea. They'd have to stick with the d20 system and not, I repeat not do what Turbine did with their one shot at it. Normal questing MMO with a huge wide world to go explore. From the streets of Neverwinter to the Weimic tribal villages of The Shaar. (note, don't care if they include Thay. I'm not going there even if they do. Those wizards have itchy fireball fingers)
3. Zombie flicks or related "entertainment" are like NASCAR to me. I don't want to spend 3 hours watching people make left turns (though those right turns can be interesting) and I don't "get it" about running from and killing zombies hour upon hour upon hour.
2. Yes. So everyone that wants to be a "thug" or "gangsta" can go here and I don't have to /ignore so often.
1. Just have a feeling if I don't like WoW's gameplay, I'm pretty sure I won't like WoW gameplay with a Starcraft skin. I mean, really, who honestly thinks Blizzard is going to move away from the WoW formula (which, ahem, they created). Ok, the irony, who better to make a move away from the WoW formula than blizzard. Take Starcraft and make a polished MMO in the mold of the first generation MMOs where all of us nerds and geeks took our "fantasy worlds" seriously and the world creators did too, realizing there is more to a MMO world than combat.
Meh, I'm sure someone would play any of those. The only one I would be interested in playing would be Neverwinter Nights Online, though. And that's only if it got a "proper" MMO treatment and not the D&D Online one.
I was just going to mention vampire the masquerade but instead of just of that they should incorperate all the stories that White Wolf has into 1 online game called White Wolf Online that way you have vampire hunters, werewolf hunters, mages, everything in 1 big game that spans the whole globe.
World of Darkness Online is already ongoing at CCP's Atlanta studio.
i was trying to remember the name of the other popular white wolf game besides vampire , but if you could recall what it is called id be happy to mention that as a choice for a mmorpg.
White Wolf did several settings all based in the same "world". They could be played as stand alone or mixed and matched.
The grand campaign setting was called;
World of Darkness or WoD.
It includes...
Vampire: The Masquerade (the best known and most popular)
Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Mage: The Ascension
Wraith: The Oblivion
Changeling: The Dreaming
Hunter: The Reckoning
Mummy: The Resurrection
Demon: The Fallen
(And others)
CCP (the creators of Eve Online) has the rights to this setting. And I'm 100% positive they plan on making a MMO out of it. And considering how popular vampires are (and horror themes in general) they should do quit well with it.
Plan on making an MMO out of it? My friend, they have already started. World of Darkness Online is in production. It was announced that after the latest expansion hit in March (09) they were pulling more resources over to WoDO.
I kinda figured they'd wait till after "Walking in Stations", to start working on it.
But Im very, very, VERY happy to hear they are allocating more resources to it.
Thanks for the heads up.
I wonder if the reason CCP said that is because Funcom has stated that they plan on doing a horror MMO? And have been working on one since before AoC was released.
The only ones i see in this list who have potential are NWN ans Starcraft.
But for me the best choice is Shadowrun.... this world is exactly what i want, corporation, magic,gun, corruption, hacker etc
Plan on making an MMO out of it? My friend, they have already started. World of Darkness Online is in production. It was announced that after the latest expansion hit in March (09) they were pulling more resources over to WoDO.
Furthermore, they said on the day of the merger in 2006 that it would be in the works.
I think that the general opinion is in favor of Neverwinter Nights, the most hardcore, complete and original RPG game ever! If it turns into an MMO, my god, it will be a revelation!! I only hope it follows the ADnD rules to the bone!!! no ganking allowed and futile PvP, Myth, Glory, and great storyline served on a gold platter.. that;s the heart and soul of an RPG game, not some cartoonish hack n slash running around. Age of Conan tried that, but it;s up to the team behind Neverwinter Nights to make the real and absolute difference in this!!
I know that if this comes true i will be there from the very first minute...Imagine the world of the Forgotten Realms open to everyone...no comment.
Maybe a Rainbow Six MMO? I could see a lot of potential there. Along the lines of "The Agency" only with special ops, instead of agents.
How could these two have been overlooked?
How about Masquerade would be nice to have vamps and wearwolves instead of elves and dwarfs
Shadowrun yep, very intresting setting magic-cyber punk.
Battetech, could be intresting as full loot pvp, as gathering what's left on field is part of lore. Could be quite intresting.
Fallout, originals not 3...
Aliens vs. Predators 3 sides, with quite different play style. Aliens for sneaky, predators for solo and marines maybe as group or player with AI-group. Planetary scale, could be quite intresting game as whole.
I may be alone, but I would love to see a MMO game (not RPG) to simulate the Battletech tabletop game (yes, including the hex grids). With the computer doing all the bookkeeping and dice rolling, gameplay would speed up a hundred fold.
How could these two have been overlooked?
My guess because there's already Spellborn and Fallen Earth.
Shadowrun yep, very intresting setting magic-cyber punk.
Battetech, could be intresting as full loot pvp, as gathering what's left on field is part of lore. Could be quite intresting.
Fallout, originals not 3...
Aliens vs. Predators 3 sides, with quite different play style. Aliens for sneaky, predators for solo and marines maybe as group or player with AI-group. Planetary scale, could be quite intresting game as whole.
I'd love to see Shadowrun, Fallout (1&2) and Battletech made into MMOs. I just don't trust ANY developer right now to handle them even remotely respectfully and carefully. So, I'm content with them not being MMOs for the moment.
What's sad is that Smith and Tinker, comprised of the some of the original FASA founders, seems to be more interested in making toys and such, not computer/video games. What's even more depressing (aside from 10/07 being the last time any news was posted to the site) is that they used to have an "team" section, listing what team members they had and some bio info. Now that's gone, and their Job listings page is empty. Can you say belly up? Wouldn't surprise me. So, two of the greatest gaming IPs go down in flames (computer/video wise; thank goondess the pencil and paper licenses are with people who have an actual interest in keeping the worlds alive) because their current handlers, and ironically creators, are so short-sighted as to not use them.
I agree with NWN online but I think we should maybe broaden the spectrum and just say Forgotten Realms Online. We get all the really cool places in the FR world. There are sooooo many more interesting places to explore in Faerun, you wouldnt even have to make it Toril. There is enough content on Faerun that you could make a 10 year MMO with proper funding that would blow all the other competition away! The Underdark alone would be an amazing expansion. Not to mention running the streets of Waterdeep, Calimport and Baldur's Gate! Running into Pharaun, Artemis, Drizzt, or Elminster! That MMO would be AMAZING!
I actually enjoyed this news discussion. I thought your input on games that would make good MMO's were spot on and the rejects were humerous.
totally agree with most of these comments. One of the few discussions i read all the way through AND bothered to comment.
I'll take StarCraft:Online any day!
=P
I can't really disagree with any of those choices but if I could I would probably change forgotten realms for Dragonlance even though I know I'm probably in the minority.
1. Baldur's Gate Online
2. Elder Scrolls Online
3. Thief Online
4. Wheel of Time Online -
5. Fallout Online
6. Diablo Online
I know the Wheel of Time ONline is under developmentg but with few details. Elder Scrolls is rumored top be under development along with Fallout.
The only two good choices , Tetris and Pacman online, were rejected. But seriously you cant turn a good crpg game into an mmorpg, itll just thumb it down and destroy it ,making another generic "fields of monsters" mmorpg game.
Don't you mean World of Starcraft ? Lol! You know that's what Blizzard would call it, if they did make it.
thinking about it more, tetris online the T block would be way too suggestive lol.
Mass Effect would be a great MMO imo. But BioWare has there hands full with SWtor.
Very much agree with what some have already mentioned...
MechWarrior Online could be done so nicely. Different clans. Get your credits to upgrade your mech(s) equipment. Open field PvP, capturing bases, resources, etc.
Fallout Online would be great too. Although I've never actually played any of the single player Fallout games, I'm STILL looking for that "Gamma World" MMO experience. I know one day it will happen (Fallen Earth maybe?)
I heard someone mention a Planet of the Apes MMO in one thread. That could be interesting. Maybe three factions (Apes, Men, Mutated Men). Might be a good idea.
I personally would like to see a Call of Duty MMO. Something decent done in a World War 2 setting. (and sorry, but World War 2 Online just doesn't do it for me). I envisioned it like Planetside. Where levels mattered in the equipment choices you had, but didn't mean much when you are toe to toe on the battlefield. A level 5 player vs a level 25 player are evenly matched, and skill, not level, determines the winner. Maybe even instead of levels, you could mark your progess as ranks (Captain, Major, etc...)
And speaking of Planetside....um...Planetside 2 please.
Lastly, anyone who comes up with the idea to break the whole "kill, loot, level" treadmill that make up 99% of the MMOs today, I'll buy a lifetime subscription. Thanks...
Of the ten on your list I could go for NWN Online if as others have mentioned previously it was expanded to the whole FR universe.
Off the list I would go for the Wheel of Time.
Firstly, EA Sports has an MMO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzUuQG2b0lU
No, its not football, but a football game would also not translate well into a fully PC played sport. It could work, and I'm sure people would play it. Nevertheless, one of their franchises is already there.
Secondly.... Uh, WESTERN MMO? GUN Online? Who doesn't want to roam the plains of the old west, wander the dusty woodplanked sidewalks of a ghost-town-to-be? Throw down in a game of cards against the nastiest currs around. This is a travesty that this is not an MMO in production.
Fallout Online please.
Don't you mean
WorldUniverse of Starcraft ? Lol! You know that's what Blizzard would call it, if they did make it.Fixed
What a great game ...it could have been a skill base MMO and I like the Arcane vs Technology idea in this game.
Duke's World Online
A world were every Hollywood action film theme is law. You build your hero or villian based on those laws. Babes, Booze, and Blowing hell out of punks. PVP? Hell yeah! Good Cop, Bad Cop time. Factions? Underworld drug lords, Alien A$$holes, Commies, Neo-nazis, rogue-government teams and demons are just a few targets for correction.
As Duke Nukem would say:
"Plenty of places to park my bricks."
please stop or I'm gonna wet my pants
Not having Elder Scrolls Online makes this list pointless.
And if it is being made, lets have an MMORPG.com official forum for it then???????????//
deff should do Legend of Dragoon (ps1) and Star Ocean
Pre-CU SWG should be an MMO, but it's not, go figure.
I loved Legend of Dragoon! That game was so Epic, and the combat was amazing! I would love to see another game in that series! I am not sure if it would work as an mmo but another game would be so great!
Dungeon Keeper - expanded so you can be both a keeper and a raider.
Wasteland. Before Fallout there was wasteland and it was good! I missed fallout 1 and 2 but didn't find fallout 3 to be all that great.
I think L4D is the wrong zombie game to make into a mmorpg but I do agree there is room for a good one.
System Shock 2 - would make a better mmorpg than Bioshock though a huge amount of both these games is that you are alone. Not sure they would work as a mmorpg.
definately a Diablo mmorpg is needed, preferably one thats more first and third person perspective oriented.
Also, not to sound like a complete "dweeb" but... and I'll probably get crap for saying this.... Naruto. Shoot me, but damn the world they made, method of fighting and overall potential, is perfect for a mmorpg.
Check out a sample video of one of the 360 single player titles. If they took the naruto world, put it in a ninja village with clans vs ninja vs clans, pvp and pve, used the darker less kid focused Manga (comic) undertone, this would be the best mmorpg franchise to work with since WoW.
Plan on making an MMO out of it? My friend, they have already started. World of Darkness Online is in production. It was announced that after the latest expansion hit in March (09) they were pulling more resources over to WoDO.
I'll be surprised if the WoD MMO is going to be based off the (Old) World of Darkness line, considering that White Wolf killed it off four years ago and rebooted the franchise. The (New) World of Darkness consists of:
There are guidlines for posting a game on this site. It usually involves a website, and at least 5 screenshots. I remember it very well, as we had begged and pleaded for months for MO to have one, before Starvault sent Stradden enough info to warrant their spot. Bethsada will have to play by the rules, just like everyone else.
Wasn't the first Neverwinter Nights game a MMO? I think it was available on AOL or such.
I'd like Wizards of the Coasts to make a Magic The Gathering Online MMORPG...not a damn virtual card game.
They already have the factions in place, a great story line, and a shitload of classes/bosses and every other damn thing that an MMO needs to succeed.
I'm glad someone else remembered our friends at FASA.
Down with Jade Phoenix!
If I wrote the list, Mechwarrior / Battletech would easily be number one. :)
Overall I agree with most of the selections you mentioned in the article. I would love to see a GTA MMO and definitely a NWN MMO would be good. I do disagree with the Madden selection. I see why you might put that in as there are no sports based MMO's on the market. Any company considering doing one though should really focus on European Football rather than American. If the game was any good you could potentially have a game that was so large in potential subscribers that my head hurts just thinking about it. Also, I wouldn't mind a Fallout MMO of some sort as a potential option. I would also really like to see an MMO based on the Sci-Fi television show from the 80's called.... V. I already have the back story and the character models flushed out for that game. Too bad I don't own my own software development company. lol
Jon,
I just want to post a quick apology for coming down so fast with "What!?!?! No elder scrolls o.O! Heretic!" before reading into your posts on this forum. You are right, you can't post about games that could be in developement; there is another Elder Scrolls game in dev as we speak. Is it online, we don't know. But you did put together a great wishlist and heck, I would of been a big fan of an Online GTA. Sorry about jumping on the bandwagon, or trollwagon...lol.
I also want to point out that NWN and NWN2 has a pretty expanded online community through the persistant world format. I play on a PW called realms of trinity and I can say that the player made content is as good as the companies (sometimes, it's even better. Shhh). But it's fun, FREE and the community itself is mature and helpful. I'll post some links if anyone is interested. The software itself is cheap $10 I paid for Mask of the betrayer and Storm of Zehir.
nwvault.ign.com/fms/TopRated.php
www.realmsoftrinity.com/
nwvault.ign.com/View.php Your going to need this.
I hope this helps someone that always wished for a NWN online game,
Have Fun!
Ink
if only ea would bring back earth & beyond. I'd be happy to pay $25.00 a month for 3 accounts if they did
Darklands, the classic single-player RPG from Microrose, set in a semi-realistic mediveal Europe, there's some witches and other folk-lore related enemies but mostly it's a down to earth and realistic world where alchemy just happen to work. Would be cool. Needs to be done.
I would like to play Zelda online. I use to love that game. I guess it may not work as a MMO though considering Link was always the lone hero.
I totally agree, when playing through it i imagined myself being in a MMO lol. Already has main city and very interactive quests, plus the combat has a little something for everybody. Would have been amazing.....
That list is...ok. No Elder Scrolls or Fallout? APB is the GTA Online pretty much. Kingdom Hearts? Nah, Just play ToonTown and Final Fantasy XI (hope that is the right numeral). I was going to say Shenmue, but I think there is a Shenmue Online already. I honeslty think a Mega Man X Online would make sense. I think sometimes when you think of games that should be an MMO, thinking outside the box would be nice. Not to what is close to being one, but something that has the properities to introduce thousands of new life and breed into it.
Neverwinter nights seems like a nice choice.
I havent read all the replies.. but after having read the article, first things that comes to mind is - how can ANYONE make such a list and not include Fallout as an MMO?
Oh wow, I forgot about that game, it was great!
It would definately make for a good MMO setting, thanks for bringing back a fond memory!
Bioshock WTF!? should be System shock mmo bioshock doesnt even deserve to be on that list! there are far more better games! SHOGO:M.A.D for instance would make a brilliant MMO too :P sorry but this should be renamed (TOP 10 MODERN GAMES THAT SHOULD BE MMOS).
I totally agree, when playing through it i imagined myself being in a MMO lol. Already has main city and very interactive quests, plus the combat has a little something for everybody. Would have been amazing.....
and Mass Effect 2
I'm gonna say it.... Vampire Bloodlines the Masquerade Online :) and Fallout 3 could have been a MMO and it should have certainly been coop as it stands... I think the whole D+D theme should leave for a while. Elves,orcs,goblins etc.... getting old even though what is out there is fun... Vampires and Shooters!! Bring it on !!
I agree Vampires the Masquerade would be great, even more if they could get more then just vampires in.
Also why does everyone like starcraft so much? If you ask me it wasn't any better or did anything new that Warcraft did, so please no to that as an online game xD
Also Fallout online would be epic also.
Fallout MMO Would be great
Mechwarrior. Would love to see a Mech MMO as good as Mechwarrior to customize the best machines ever built!
Pokemon Online. Alot might agree and alot might disagree but i sure one would love to see a Pokemon MMO go up in the future.
Resident Evil MMO (or a normal Zombie MMO) / Surviveal MMO
Another re-amped World War 2 MMO
I'll be surprised if the WoD MMO is going to be based off the (Old) World of Darkness line, considering that White Wolf killed it off four years ago and rebooted the franchise. The (New) World of Darkness consists of:
You won't be surprised, then. It's being made using the "new" World of Darkness setting. CCP/white Wolf has stated as much and the 1 or 2 fan sites up for it orient themselves using references to the new stuff. Personally, I could go with either version. I loved Masquerade and after reading the new WoD core book and the Requiem book cover to cover I have no real issues with the new version. I hate that my beloved Gangrel had their history changed, but, meh, not enough for me to lose an ounce of interest.
I would love to see a Record of Lodoss War mmo or atleast one that uses some anime style graphics
SEE Battletech: 3025 it was going to be a mechwarrior 2 MMORPG but failed to even make it into retail... Stupid EA fags.
yeah I agree with this guy, Record of Lodoss War MMO would be a very cool setting, a lot of lore behind it and it wouldnt be completely restricted to just the Lodoss island, as there are many other places in that world to go other than lodoss.
The idea of a Left 4 Dead mmo does sound great. Running arround the city finding new survivors to team up with, or battle for safehouses, supply points (ammo, health,..)
A battlefield one also doesnt sound bad.
Dunno, Lodoss war is ok but the world isn't amazing. I rather had a "The slayers" MMO :).
But, yes, Anime style works well for an MMO as long as they dont use it as an excuse for bad graphics as so many F2P games do. High polygon count and good shadows/lightning is a must.
And as long as they stay away from cheesy stuff like DBZ and Pokemon. Robotech/Macross would make a nice MMO or Trigun also. Hellsing for that matter as a horror MMO (The scene where the nazi vampires invade London in zeppelins would be... intresting...).
With this list, Jon was going for gaming franchises. Those, while they have loads of video games, I am sure you would agree are not "primarily" about video games.
I suspect a future list will include a list of non-gaming centric IP that should be MMOed.
You don't know much about Pokemon do you?
Pokemon is originally a video game franchises, saying it can't be a video game that gets turned into a MMORPG is like saying you can't turn in Starcraft because it has books, etc based on it.
Anyway, some more options;
* Harvest moon/Rune Factory MMORPG (this is easy to understand)
* Half-Life (huge universe, could work extremely well when going into the smaller details)
* Quake/Doom?
* Dragon Quest
* CHRONO TRIGGER!!!111 (wow how many new and interesting ideas could you come up with the Chrono series?)
EDIT: Trauma Centre online! LOL choose which doctor class you want to be, you can even be a Nurse!
Awful list. Why pick the most popular console games to turn into MMOs just because they sell well? A Neverwinter Nights MMO? Why thell do that when you can make an Forgotten Realms MMO? You know, the world it's based in?
Crimson Skies. (The definitive alternative to space-sims)
Battletech. (MechWarrior)
World of Darkness. (Vampire: The Masquerade)
Starcraft
Diablo
Fallout (Since it's obvious the one in development isn't coming)
The Elder Scrolls
Pokemon (And certainly not the entire Nintendo IP lineup crammed into one game like that anti-drug cartoon from the 90's)
Deus Ex
Homeworld
Tribes
Heros of Might & Magic
I definitely agree with the Neverwinter Nights Online idea.
The Persistent Worlds (PWs) some of the people created (and still run to this day in some cases) for that game were nothing short of impressive. Complete, functional trade-based economies, fully realized/scripted gladiator arenas, deep and evolving plots, and on and on... They were basically really great MMOs shrunken down to a much smaller scale.
I always thought that if some of the better PW designers/coders for NwN were to get together and work on a MMO, they could do some amazing stuff.
As for BioShock online? Hmmm... I dunno, the environment's large... but kinda confined for a game that would support and keep tens, or potentially hundreds of thousands of people entertained for the long term.
Well, I'm the Managing Editor of this website, and I've been working here for nearly five years. What are your credentials?Also, I spell my name Wood, not Woods. Like what you throw in the fire, not what you walk through on a summer day.
As has been said previously in this thread, he idea of these lists is to encourage discussion. There is absolutely no way to create a list like this that is going to make everyone happy. Your opinions are going to be different from mine. Just for those of you who might be wondering, here's the approach I took to create my list: First, I discounted any game that was currently being made. This removes World of Darkness, Fallout and others. Second, I wanted to take a look at games from a number of different genres. I threw in Sports, FPS, Survival, Children's, Historical, War, RTS, Open World and more. Personally, I think what an MMO is is evolving beyond just RPGs. What's happening is games from other genres are making their way in and incorporating time tested RPG elements into their games, creating a new and more expansive breed of MMORPG. The idea with this list was to be as diverse as possible to open up discussion on the matter.
Now, that's not saying that I don't look back and say oops on a couple. For example, When I played Mass Effect, I remember thinking... "This would make a great MMO". I blanked on it when I wsa writing the article. Anyone who writes something like this will always tell you that they remembered something after publish that should have been there.
Umm yea id have to say Elder scrolls MMO or fallout, by Berthisda ether way.
Neverwinter Nights is part of the AD&D Forgotten Realms world, so this includes Baldurs Gate, Icewind Dale as well as Neverwinter so there is huge potential as you could have all these zones and all the ones connecting them.
But given that Wizards of the coast and Hasbro made an abomination that was the 3rd edition AD&D rules I would want to see a whole new ruleset being created or a rollback to 1st of 2nd edition AD&D.
World of Darkness Online is already ongoing at CCP's Atlanta studio.
Aye, and maybe some of you guys could sign up to speed up the process?
Oh wow, I forgot about that game, it was great!
It would definately make for a good MMO setting, thanks for bringing back a fond memory!
Lets hope it does not arrive on 11 disks liek the orginal :)
but yes tha twould be good, i wonder if i still have my copy around and if it still run
Mass Effect anyone?
Mass Effect would totally be awesome as an mmo. I liked their choices of Neverwinter Nights, Age of Empires and Bioshock as mmos. I used to play Neverwinter Nights and Age of Empires all the time and at the time there weren't many games better than those.
I agree. I am shocked these were missing from the list. Both would be great MMO themes.
Also, I don't think Neverwinter Nights should be on the list. The reason is that it was already done. The very fist MMORPG I ever played was the original 2D Neverwinter Nights playable only over AOL *gag*. That was a loooong time ago.
As to the original list, I like the idea of a Nintendo MMORPG. I think it would appeal to other casual gamers like myself. A raid could be a princess kidnapping - you either have to kidnap her or rescue her depending on your faction. But I wonder what the quests would be like - "Go jump on 10 Goombas" ?
I could totally see this. Definitely a skill-based system with taijutsu, genjutsu, ninjutsu and "med-jutsu" branches. While the basic skills (shuriken throwing, running, basic chakra control for standing on water or the sides of trees) would be available to everyone, the village you pick would affect specific powers and clothing available. And you could have a summoning power - maybe have some quests that would involve working with frogs/dogs/snakes/chimps and when you've reached a certain partnership level, you gain the ability to summon them.
It could work...
I only see one of those games off that list becoming an mmo and that is Kingdom of Hearts, as far as what content would be there is hard to say. Now i see some potential for some of the other games not on that list doing well as niche mmo's for sure. If they ever do decide to make a Forgotten Realms mmo then i see that doing very well if done right(not wow). MechWarriors would also be a worthy mmo as well as some of the other suggestions i see from players.
LOTR!! Produced by a different company!! LOL
Hard to believe no Elder Scrolls in this list.
Oblivion or Morrowind or the entire Lore of TES would be #1 if i wrote this list.
No Elder Scrolls because Mortal Online has hijacked their combat system lol..
Diablo Online? How does someone miss this? This person obviously doesn't know about what people want.
.Hack// would be a great mmo considering the anime is originaly in the mmo format then on PS2 it kinda took the mmo look but really wasnt an mmo. so that would be an amazing mmo
A Battlefield Online, Age of Empires Online, Left 4 Dead Online, and Starcaft Online would be awesome.
There are certain things that you need make up an mmo, while some of these games listed certainly have immersive quality that isn't enough. Two notable mentions I might also point out have some issues.
Bioshock certainly had an awesome environment and story base but that game came under attack early on for good reason. They gave the players the ability to chase down and disembowel little girls that behaved so much like the real thing it was scary. It may be violating a sacred cow to question the sanity of creative genius game devs but I have no love for sacred cows so I will. The guy who came up with the little sisters as targets idea needs professional help. It was a magnificent piece of art but it was still disturbing. Nothing new btw to artist though out history. In WoW we have people dragging around the orphans so they can have fun with the idea of tormenting children and you want to give them little sisters in a progressive mmo? No.
GTO? One of the most controversial game series ever and you want to give people the opportunity to live in it. No, no, no and ... no. Srsly.
An mmo is persistent, immersive and dynamic. It is consistently evolving and reinventing it self in modifications. You need a good frame for that in the foundation of the storyline and not a storyline that could potentially evolve out of control. That being said some of the suggestions by replies here seem much better suited imo for the job. Better yet there are some great fantasy novel series out there that would make awesome mmo games.
Hey there everyone.
interesting discussion...
personally i have always thought about the anime Hunter X Hunter as a mmo it has most just not to say all of a mmo systems even the greed island parts are mmo styled.
some studio should really think about this. i really do like hunter x hunter's concept.
what about you guys?
I did not get a chance to read through all the pages here but I did not see a mention of the Nightwatch (Daywatch and Twilightwatch also) series being an idea for an mmorpg. If anyone has read the books (Not just watched the movies since the movies only brush the surface of the first book) then I hope you would agree it would make an interesting mmorpg or even just a single player rpg. I know a company made a single player game out of the first book I think but it was horrible.
What a great game ...it could have been a skill base MMO and I like the Arcane vs Technology idea in this game.
I'm in.
X-com or maybe a sandbox Mastor of Orion PvP MMOFPS game. My $.02
Well there's a lot of indie development out there...so it's just possibly that most of you have already missed SMOO Online...which was created by 1 man-band developer Doomsberg on the Multiverse platform. This was just a test of course a challenge issued 1 year earlier to create a different type of game using the MV platform (at GDC i think) and this is what resulted from it.
Enjoy the video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnqL7Fn1GTc
And I agree there's a number of mmo's that could be made from existing IP's out there so to throw mine in the ring...
Force of Arms (In development) the Mech MMORPG ...based on a love of the Mechwarrrior and Battletech universes but with all its own new lore and backgrounds. Footage of in-game models and Renders from DragonCon 2008 video are here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rYZrO56DyA
Games I'd love to see, defintely the Forgotten Realms universe...and as mmo's ideas are a dime a dozen I have a couple of other personal favorites from old Table top...Deadlands which has been mentioned here a couple of times and which I have already planned out to be my next mmorpg project I work on following release of FOA. Then I would also like to see Dune and the Alternity Universe (Retro sci-fi like old Traveller) made into an mmo....if I can get Steve to come down on his IP licesnse then I'll do that one as well....you wouldn't believe the price he wants for it.... :)
I disagree with many titles on the list.
Battlefield should not be made as an MMO. I'll say that Heroes is a good exception and that the game is pure solid but any serious BF game should remain how it is. The FPS communities has a competitive scene with major events and such, making an MMO will destroy this.
Neverwinter night
Again, no... the beauty of NWN is that the players gets to make content and allow other players to play in it. You have story tellers, building and planning out an epic adventure over several months. It's basically D&D with a graphical interface.
NWN MMO = Dungeon and Dragons onlines
Left 4 Dead
While I like the idea, do you seriously think it's going to work? Did you actually play L4D for a few months?
I don't think so...
As for Nintendo, Kingdom Hearts, Madden, age of empires here's the a simple quote...
Awesome + awesome does not always equal Awesome.
I'm suprise you didn't mention Command and Conquer instead of Age of Empires. At least C&C has 3 distinct faction, with 3 distinct goals and a storyline with 200 years of background and wars.
Battlefield already has an MMO and it's BF heroes or WWII Online. Do you know what happens to noobs in WWII online? They get to walk 45 minutes in the wrong direction only to get killed by a sniper 1 mile away lol...
The world of Bioshock could potentially make a cool MMO but only the world, not the game itself.
Basicaly, aside from Starcraft, I have no idea where you got your ideas but seriously, as a writer you could have looked a bit deeper. I like what you normaly write but this time, you we're lazy and that's pretty sad. You did exactly what most companies do lately, you simply picked a bunch of random popular names and placed the awesome tag on them. Might as well say that Unreal Tournament could make an MMO... after all it has more then 10 distinct factions, a huge storyline and enough worlds to crush Starcraft to it's knees. Yet, you went on and named something like Nintendo worlds online?
God of War... now that would be win.
It seems like Nintendo would sooner gnaw it's nunchucku controllers off than have anything to do with an MMO.
They've made it no secret that they're targeting gamers not even old enough to cross the street by themselves. That's why the Wii and DS make full use of garbage friend codes and the most un-fun multiplayer modes ever (Only multiplayer over the internet counts here, you can still squeeze some fun out of a group of friends huddled around a TV.) Nintendo's just too worried about predators and other unsavory types roaming the servers to risk putting in place such an open system.
It is a pretty interesting idea though. A Mario World Online, although I doubt humans would be a playable race, world PvP between the mushroom people and goombas would be a blast.
I have not read all 170 replies, so forgive me if this has already been suggested..
But how about Monkey Island Online.
Age of Empires, interesting. No one has really thought about that, as far as I know. There is a lot of complexity when it comes to RTS games (well, maybe not anymore with the release of Dawn of War II...), primarily city building, tech trees (which could be adapted to some sort of crafting or upgrade system), and, of course, factional warfare.
All the other suggestions were interesting as well, except Starcraft Online, which is cliché. Everyone wants one, and Korea would go nuts.
Don't discount Shadowrun as a great property for an onine game. Hackers, Cyber Samurais, Shamans, shapeshifting dragons. What a great combination. Plus the RPG system is already created, I think Shadowrun roleplaying rules are up to their 4th edition.
Oh, and there was already a Neverwinter Nights MMOG. It was one of the very first actually. It ran from about 92 to 97 on AOL. Was the game that broke my online gaming cherry. And my bank account (pay per hour, once paid 1400 dollars for a month of play).
Sorry if this has been mentioned before since theres so many replys but I'm honestly suprised that Pokemon was not on the list. Yea I know some people don't like the francise, but the games have always been fun to me. Seems like a game that would be a lot of fun in a MMO setting with the potential for expansions. If they allow players to control the pokemon in a more proactive manner then turn based it would be insane!
Why not create a 'Hello Kitty' MMO while you are there, it could work...
Jade Empire online, Silver from infogrames, Dizzy ,Disciples
- Heroes of Might and Magic
- Pokemon/Digimon
- Diablo
- Final Fantasy Tactics
=D
Golden Sun Online
Little guys making waves
I keep going back to MechWarrior / BattleTech games... The old paper and pencil game on up to the CRPG games.
CarWars / AutoDuel, another good game that has would be a fun MMO
Traveller is another game series that I would like to see in an MMO.
There have been pseudo attempts to make MMO's similar to these, but they have been over simplified and uninspired. Would really like to see a properly developed game for any of these.
I'm suprised that Mass Effect wasn't on the list. Aswell as Fallout. Both game would own as mmo's
About WH40K; It's in the works, just be patient ^^
Because both are soon to be MMOs.
I could totally see this. Definitely a skill-based system with taijutsu, genjutsu, ninjutsu and "med-jutsu" branches. While the basic skills (shuriken throwing, running, basic chakra control for standing on water or the sides of trees) would be available to everyone, the village you pick would affect specific powers and clothing available. And you could have a summoning power - maybe have some quests that would involve working with frogs/dogs/snakes/chimps and when you've reached a certain partnership level, you gain the ability to summon them.
It could work...
Why not create a 'Hello Kitty' MMO while you are there, it could work...
Because it's already been done. I give you Hello Kitty Online! Enjoy!
Bren
Mount and Blade set in Europe 1275 year would be Best MMO.
I would really like to see an Elder Scrolls MMO and a Mortal Kombat MMO.
Because it's already been done. I give you Hello Kitty Online! Enjoy!
Bren
Pwnt. Lawl.
my friend they already have Pokemon Online ----> http://www.pokemonworldonline.net/features.php
and yes, it is GBA style but you see other players.
Hate to burst your bubble at your list but there has already been a Neverwinter Nights MMO. Backed by AOL and published by SSI back in 1993. It was one of the first true MMOs out there, even if it was dialup. It had avatars you could interact with and quests. Gameplay was, at the time, very advanced and there was several hundred players in the game pretty much all the time.
So unless BioWare would be able to acquire the rights to produce another Neverwinter Nights MMO from AOL (since BioWare still holds the Neverwinter Nights licenses for single player versions) and given their ability to produce quality games and their new found jump into the MMO arena with SW:TOR, that would probably be the only way such a game could come to light.
However, I would also love to see a Mass Effect MMO, given the way the single player game is setup, it wouldnt seem to be that difficult to make a MMO that plays in the same fashion, and it would have virtually unlimited expansion ability, cause they could just add new worlds to create more quests and areas to explore, something that they should have focused on doing in the now dead Tabula Rasa.
There are plenty of fantasy based MMOs out there so a good sci-fi one in addition to SW:TOR would go a long way.
I've always thought that the lore and world behind Megaman or Megaman X games would make for a really good mmo. I worked on making it into a mud way back in the day, but it ended up not quite working out, and I gave up.
I mean, they did make Megaman into an RPG on the Gamecube. Command Mission, I think it was called, and I thought it worked out very well. I think it'd translate great into an MMO, but maybe that's just me.
you FORGOT... THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU ONLINE! it would look something like this: you have died and yu are supposed to form a pact with another player character to suvive the noise and you choose which pins you are best at in the beginning and fix that the tips in the original comes much earlier i've cleared the game and only recently found out all about it... (if you haven't guessed I am crazy in twewy) also if you dont know what it is look for a walkthrough on youtube that should cover half of its glory
sure if they fix that TINY BUG when you get stuck in the game
anyhow it sounds intersting so i support it
I would love to play an updated version of Might and Magic 6, 7 and 8.
I know turn based games are now out of fashion but I loved these games. In an MMO it would be a bit like Atlantica Online combat party with Might and Magic storyline and quests. An old game that had classes, levels and skills and atmosphere. I would still be playing it if the old graphics did not look so bad on modern high resolution monitors.
I'm surprised that Game Freak/Nintendo haven't decided to come up with a Pokemon MMO, but make it mostly instanced like Guild Wars to get that feeling of being the master, as well as giving opportunities to have little storyline arcs, like the hunt for a powerful Pokemon or having a bunch of characters to interact with, such as Gary, Ash, etc.
I know I'm kind of old to still be interested in Pokemon, but it's not like I wouldn't be interested in such a thing. After all, I think the concept of capturing and fighting with monsters is used in other online games. Why not make it an official Pokemon one?
I got this idea from listening to Retronauts, by the way.
Kinda late to answering this, but...
They did make .hack//Fragment, which is an MMO form of .hack, but it failed so miserably that they didn't bring it Stateside, and it closed rather quickly.
I think people are more interested in the storyline and graphical appeal of the .hack games than the actual MMO aspects themselves.
I loved Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego as a child... forced me to learn geography and major imports/exports, animals, plants and other aspects of other countries. I watched it on TV and played it on my computer waaaaaaaay back. But I am sure Google and other search engines would be a draw back from the actual learning to who can search the fastest. Nothing wrong with a game that can get kids to be interested in people and places outside of their little cities.
As to it being an MMO...well that would take some fancy dancing to ever make it happen ... but thanks for bringing it up. Maybe one day there will be an MMO bent on teaching school/high school aged kids. PVP Hangman and other language and history based pop quiz sudden death PKON free for alls...oh yeah!
Ok, does anyone agree with.....
Dynasty Warriors Online. And dont think crappy Koei quality. Think Triple A, over the top Jade Empire style Dynasty warriors.
The story is amazing, combat should be superb and revolutionizing and give it Jade Empire mechanics and progression. Pure win.
Devil May Cry Online
/world
There was a Shadowrun mmorpg in development. However, Microsoft pulled permission to make it from the developer when they decided to make the Shadowrun game for XBOX 360. Considering how that game bombed due to Microsofts' stupidity of making an rpg into a "Quake" clone, plus the fact Microsoft is now butthurt over that fact, I highly doubt they'll ever give the permission out again.
I think that you should try Dynasty Warriors Online before you assume it's crap. I mean, it's pretty good in my eyes.
You guys can't honestly play .Hack//G.U. or any of the other .hack games, and wish that they wouldn't make that into an MMO! That game is already made in an MMO format, all they need is the platforming to be able to with-hold the mass amounts of players that would be playing at a time!
I'd say that the only downside to that would be all of the gamers who aren't 'origional', and steal or closely copy the names of the characters from the game or from the anime.
No mention of gears of war? it has a major story line that spans before the events of either of the games, a whole planet above and blow ground, with 2 main forces. The current engine is capable of mass AI on screen, it's also capable of mass players as the same engine is being used for huxley. It'd mainly be a RvR where you'd fight for control of objectives accross the world, that maybe give your side a buff when help. Could even add in clans/guilds but it'd be called units, maybe adding in bases/hq for your unit, that could taken by the oppsersite side. Not to sure bout leveling on this tho, maybe put a rank system in place and make it that you can only access certain weapons/vehicle above said levels.
Personally, I'm pretty bored about fantasy moo games: mages, clerics, necromancers, warriors, fancy feys and the like.. they are everywhere and all the same things.
I would like to see some more techlike moo. Starcraft would be great. Some doom-like even, too, or half-life or Robotech/MechWarrior-like. Or even more present days, like GTA or similar.
My 10 choices would be :
1. Zelda
2. Starquest
3. Fable
4. Jade Empire
5. Kingdom Hearts
6. Monkey Island
7. Dune
8. Skies of Arcadia
9. Dragons Quest
10. Grandia
I'd like to fully throw in my support for the following:
1. Mechwarrior/Battletech MMO
2. Shadowrun MMO
3. Crimson Skies MMO
So basically FASA heh
Sadly enough they all had multiple video games based on them but they are all ripe and almost make more sense as MMOS.
Lots of good games listed. Some I didn't even know about. Will check them out.
I think Planescape would make an awesome MMO. A unique environment, a limitless expansion mechanism and endless story driven elements. All features that make for a great MMO.
In the Sci-Fi area I'd love to see Freespace as an MMO.
Also Half-Life would make for an interesting MMO.
So many of the suggested games are FPS games. Most of those seem to die quickly in the MMO realm. Maybe some of you should look at what works and what doesn't work before suggesting games. Just because it makes a good FPS does not mean it will be a good MMO too.
True you can't just take a good single or multi player FPS and stick it online and have a winning MMO. However that has nothing to do with the visual perspective of the game. Its more a factor of failing to restructure the game to be successful as an MMO which is an entirely different genre.
My Top Picks Would Be
1) Elder Scrolls
2) Neverwinter Nights
3) Age of Empires
4) Vampire: The Masquerade
Elder Scrolls for me is one of the best rpg games ever made and while Neverwinter Nights share some similarities for me I prefer Elder Scrolls especially the latest one. I'd like to see them further develop the vampire condition with in the game and even add warewolves to the games as well. With that I would like to see more of true class syestem, but allowing a system to exsist that would still one to custiomize their class for the own needs. I know I also mentioned Vampire: The Masquerade and that there is alredy a game being made to a mmo, none the less I still see it worth mentioning.
I have many ideas that at least I think could work will in a rpg type mmo, yet this is neither the place or time to mentioning them but I may post on it at some point.
Nice article. As for none-video game based (except that it has been made into games before of course) I would really love to see a Dune Online. It's a very interesting universe and I think it could be translated into a great sci-fi MMORPG.
Two games you left out that I would love to see made into MMOs would have to be Civilizations and Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic. That is all.
Hah, in the old days when the Internet was open, I emailed Bethesda saying that they should make their next game an MMO, or at least cooperative multiplayer. Daggerfall had the "push the mouse forward, your sword extends into a thrust, pull the mouse back and shove it forward, you execute an overhand slash" thing going, which sadly is gone today - you kids are just too uncoordinated to handle that kind of action :P
We were playing EQ1 at the time, and I really wanted that kind of FPS (First Person Swordplay) action in an MMO. Because this was teh old-skool Internet, the lead dev of Bethesda himself emailed me back. His message was "We think single-player games are where it's at, and that's what we're going to keep making" or words to that effect.
well, Bethesda is making money, but *cough* WoW, I wonder what the possibilities would have been if they'd taken the at-the-time premier single-player RPG franchise and gone MMO or even multiplayer with it?
Side note, there's actually a couple of guys who have gotten limited mulitplayer to work with Oblivion. Take that Mr. Dev! :P
www.qwerty-games.com
csusap.csu.edu.au/~mloxto01/index.htm
The Elder Scrolls would be the king of all MMORPG's . I just hope i'll catch the day Bethesda will make this step.
I know that they are focused on single player..but they do make the BEST single player RPG's out there !
Everybody I know that played The Elder Scrolls feels the same. Multiplayer would be great, just to show off with your character :)
PVP, a dream ! Just imagine playing Oblivion with a couple of friends in a cold Ayleid ruin and taking on a dark very powerfull boss...a daedra mabe?...
But ...what do you say about multiplayer with Oblivion? Please fill me in.
Totally forgot about this - you can play Oblivion multiplayer on Xbox Live (coop mode too, so you can go questing with your friends). So, I guess when a player talks, it doesn't matter, but when Microsoft talks, you sit up and wag your tail, eh Bethesda?
However, multiplayer with PC Oblivion is barely functional, and not worth playing atm. Follow the links I put in and hope people stay engaged, Oblivion is fading away now. I think we may have to be satisfied with SWTOR for PC MMO story-based RPG play.
Alot of talk about a Fallout MMO which I think would be cool.
Wait...Oblivion for Xbox has multiplayer ??? Darn..then i gotta get me one.
Yes..i checked the links but as you said...so little functionality.