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static07
Member Posts: 7
I don't know if this has been asked before, I did some searching and didn't find anything like it. Anyway if such a thread does exist, just link it.
Been playing AoC for a week now, before that LotRo, tried Vanguard, EQ2 & WoW.
The games I do like most are those who work around an exisiting Lore outside the games. The works of JRR Tolkien in LotrO gave me a good feeling of belonging in the mmorpg, familiarity and a connection to the world. I haven't read the Conan books yet, but still I feel in that game that I as a character am in a breathing world.
Unlike in WoW, EQ2 & Vanguard the world seemed to be built around the game, and not vice versa.
Prefering LotRo & AoC as mmorpg's I started wondering what "Lore" could yet be used for a mmorpg to be built around. We had Star Wars in the past and now Star Gate Worlds coming up. But what else, wich other fantasy of sci-fi novels, films or others would you like to see in the form of a mmorpg?
Some I could think of are:
- Dune
- The Sword Of Truth
- Shannara
And you?
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Star Trek
Farscape
Babylon 5
Rifts (Palladium Games)
Buck Rogers
Star Frontiers (Old TSR)
Flash Gordon
Gi-Joe
Masters of the Universe
Mad Max
Car Wars/Autoduel (Steve Jackson Games)
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lol @ star trek.
now that game was going to be a flop
MMO wish list:
-Changeable worlds
-Solid non level based game
-Sharks with lasers attached to their heads
I thought EQ (1) had get lore but started losing it after PoP and was gone by time i left at the expansion of Omens of War.
There is very good Warcraft lore some of my favorite lore is about Thrall it's an awesome story but Blizzard def will sacrifices lore for gaming convenience every chance they get.
playing 14 day trial on LotR atm and at level 6 it still stays true to the lore but then again what a level 6 know?