Pratchetts "Discworld" would work well for a whimsical MMO.
Flints "Ring of fire" would be interesting as an RvR sandbox.
Lukayenkos "Nightwatch" could be an interesting base for a modern horror MMO.
Jordans "Wheel of time" series might work as well, but that one would be easy to mess up. If you do it just right it could be awesome but I just see EA or SOE missing the whole point of the books and make a kill 10 rat game out of it.
But whatever Dev company got it, they would FUBAR it all to hell so its pointless to try
I feel that way about most "books into MMO" ideas.
The trouble is that books usually center around 1 or a handful of main characters. That does not translate well into a massively mulit-player design. Books that are more about a "world" would work better, like LotR or Dune. Krynn would be another world worth visiting in an MMOROG setting except there would be thousands of variations on "Raistlin"... Wraist-Lynn, XxRaistlinxX, DarkityDarkDark_Raistlin, and so forth.
Wheel of Time is indeed an interesting world, but how many players would get to use the "awesome, cool, truly epic" power of Rand, Lews and the Aes Sedai? Personally, I'd love to play a character like Perrin Aybarra with his wolfish abilities. Unfortunately, that is a pretty singular dream
A couple of other books that had good world design would be Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince series and Anne McCaffrey's Pern series. For a futuristic setting, Anne McCaffrey has her Acorna series taking place in space.
Raymond Feist's Midkemia has a wealth of ideas, as rifts open to different worlds, meaning that there could be literally hundreds (or more) of different worlds in which to adventure in. He has also fleshed out the history fairly well.
Another interesting world pops into my head: Jane Lindskold's Firekeeper series is full of magic, talents (lesser forms of magic), and history with "Royal" (intelligent) versions of animals.
And lastly, but not leastly, Elizabeth Moon's world in which The Deed of Paksenarrion takes place could be interesting, too. It is full of history, fighting, and even mercenary companies that could translate well into big PvP battles
- Al
Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse. - FARGIN_WAR
But whatever Dev company got it, they would FUBAR it all to hell so its pointless to try
I feel that way about most "books into MMO" ideas.
A couple of other books that had good world design would be Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince series and Anne McCaffrey's Pern series. For a futuristic setting, Anne McCaffrey has her Acorna series taking place in space.
I so want to fight threadfall while riding on the back of my blue dragon.
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Anything by Brandon Sanderson would make a great MMO, but his new masterpiece, The Stormlight Archive, would be especially good for it. It lends itself to a unique setting, political conflicts, dynamic weather, and faction wars. Plus, it's full of fascinating wildlife and fauna.
The first thing that popped into my mind when I read this question was the Courts of the Feyre series. I actually had a hard time remembering who the author was because it's been a long time since I read the books. But the world presented in that series has always stuck with me as something that would be a great inspiration for an urban fantasy MMO.
The Dark Elf Trilogy, Icewind Dale , Chronicles, Legends, and the Elminster books. I know I read a lot of others I enjoyed as well, but those are probably my favorite. I always wanted someone to do something with the Chronicles trilogy, but it never happened. Forgotten Realms is probably the richest world in terms of lore, but the current D&D rulelsets aren't as fun as the 1st and 2nd edition. It's why the video games that are based on them now don't due to well IMO. They also like to push their current settings on people.
Originally posted by Kyleran I so want to fight threadfall while riding on the back of my blue dragon.
I know! That would be sooooo cool!
- Al
Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse. - FARGIN_WAR
Originally posted by Flyte27 Dragonlance and Forgotten RealmsThe Dark Elf Trilogy, Icewind Dale , Chronicles, Legends, and the Elminster books. I know I read a lot of others I enjoyed as well, but those are probably my favorite. I always wanted someone to do something with the Chronicles trilogy, but it never happened. Forgotten Realms is probably the richest world in terms of lore, but the current D&D rulelsets aren't as fun as the 1st and 2nd edition. It's why the video games that are based on them now don't due to well IMO. They also like to push their current settings on people.
Each "new edition" of D&D has been more and more tailored to video gaming. 4.0 was so MMO oriented, even having classes listed as "tanks", "Healers", and "DPS" types.
- Al
Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse. - FARGIN_WAR
But whatever Dev company got it, they would FUBAR it all to hell so its pointless to try
I feel that way about most "books into MMO" ideas.
A couple of other books that had good world design would be Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince series and Anne McCaffrey's Pern series. For a futuristic setting, Anne McCaffrey has her Acorna series taking place in space.
I so want to fight threadfall while riding on the back of my blue dragon.
Hellz yea, this would be great. Add the political landscape and the harpers guild...could be great.
DUNE is so obvious but a the same time..it might be TOO complicated for an MMo...all the houses, the guild, the firemen and the sisterhood.
the legends of Dune series, set when Earth was viable and during the machine crusade could be amazing!
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Saw Dune mentioned a few times - That would be fantastic..
Also the whole of the David Eddings series of books... The Mallorean or some such.. Cant quite remember as I was a LOT younger when I read them, but did read every series....
You should watch the children of dune tv series if you loved Dune - captures book brilliantly and children of dune book > dune IMHO think I have read book about 5 times and watched the series about the same.
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Pratchetts "Discworld" would work well for a whimsical MMO.
Flints "Ring of fire" would be interesting as an RvR sandbox.
Lukayenkos "Nightwatch" could be an interesting base for a modern horror MMO.
Jordans "Wheel of time" series might work as well, but that one would be easy to mess up. If you do it just right it could be awesome but I just see EA or SOE missing the whole point of the books and make a kill 10 rat game out of it.
Hmm, CCP could probably make that one work if they just had money to make it.
Yeah CCP has a lot of success getting new games developed....
The trouble is that books usually center around 1 or a handful of main characters. That does not translate well into a massively mulit-player design. Books that are more about a "world" would work better, like LotR or Dune. Krynn would be another world worth visiting in an MMOROG setting except there would be thousands of variations on "Raistlin"... Wraist-Lynn, XxRaistlinxX, DarkityDarkDark_Raistlin, and so forth.
Wheel of Time is indeed an interesting world, but how many players would get to use the "awesome, cool, truly epic" power of Rand, Lews and the Aes Sedai? Personally, I'd love to play a character like Perrin Aybarra with his wolfish abilities. Unfortunately, that is a pretty singular dream
A couple of other books that had good world design would be Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince series and Anne McCaffrey's Pern series. For a futuristic setting, Anne McCaffrey has her Acorna series taking place in space.
Raymond Feist's Midkemia has a wealth of ideas, as rifts open to different worlds, meaning that there could be literally hundreds (or more) of different worlds in which to adventure in. He has also fleshed out the history fairly well.
Another interesting world pops into my head: Jane Lindskold's Firekeeper series is full of magic, talents (lesser forms of magic), and history with "Royal" (intelligent) versions of animals.
And lastly, but not leastly, Elizabeth Moon's world in which The Deed of Paksenarrion takes place could be interesting, too. It is full of history, fighting, and even mercenary companies that could translate well into big PvP battles
- Al
Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.- FARGIN_WAR
I so want to fight threadfall while riding on the back of my blue dragon.
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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Just about anything by Heinlein, maybe especially JOB
Dune
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Wheel of Time
The Simarillion
I'd love to see an mmo with lots of humor; some of my favorite times in games are those awesome easter eggs that crack you up.
The first thing that popped into my mind when I read this question was the Courts of the Feyre series. I actually had a hard time remembering who the author was because it's been a long time since I read the books. But the world presented in that series has always stuck with me as something that would be a great inspiration for an urban fantasy MMO.
Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms
The Dark Elf Trilogy, Icewind Dale , Chronicles, Legends, and the Elminster books. I know I read a lot of others I enjoyed as well, but those are probably my favorite. I always wanted someone to do something with the Chronicles trilogy, but it never happened. Forgotten Realms is probably the richest world in terms of lore, but the current D&D rulelsets aren't as fun as the 1st and 2nd edition. It's why the video games that are based on them now don't due to well IMO. They also like to push their current settings on people.
- Al
Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.- FARGIN_WAR
- Al
Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.- FARGIN_WAR
Hellz yea, this would be great. Add the political landscape and the harpers guild...could be great.
DUNE is so obvious but a the same time..it might be TOO complicated for an MMo...all the houses, the guild, the firemen and the sisterhood.
the legends of Dune series, set when Earth was viable and during the machine crusade could be amazing!
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-Writer
-Professional Amature
Not sure how well they would translate to an MMO but I'd love to see game versions of
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Saw Dune mentioned a few times - That would be fantastic..
Also the whole of the David Eddings series of books... The Mallorean or some such.. Cant quite remember as I was a LOT younger when I read them, but did read every series....
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Was thinking Dune but the guy who said "Devs would FUBAR Dune" is right. I never thought you could FUBAR Star Wars until I played TOR.
The guy who said "Blade Runner" hit it .. I'd be all over a sandbox Blade Runner.
Ideally the MMO has to be set in the universe of the book and not in the storyline of the book to be any good
DUNE
Saga Of The Exiles by Julian May
World of Watches (The Night Watch etc) by Sergei Lukyanenko
Middle earth not LOTR's, a massive book universe wasted