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What's so MMO about Huxley?
Hi all,
before starting I must admit not having to read alot about the game even though the gengre MMOFPS is exciting. I have played alot of Planetside, BF/BF2142 and Counterstrike (which might be relavant if you continue to read on)
ok, to start off:
[quote]Webzen's Huxley is described on its official website as, "a massively multiplayer online first-person shooting game (MMOFPS)". Why then does it have its own entry here at MMORPG.com? The answer, it turns out, if fairly simple. While cloaked in a first person perspective, Huxley has all of the trappings of an MMORPG, a persistent world, quests, clans, character growth, classes and more all make an appearance for this upcoming title. [/quote]
After reading the GDC preview I get the impression that this is NOT a MMO. Rather a FPS with an interactive lobby where you also can tweak the equipment and gear of your character. A maxiumum 12 vs 12 (?)...would be more in the ranks of Counterstrike than Battlefield (32 vs 32) and not even remotely close to Planetside. If the number in Huxley are greater than communicated in the article I can not understand how this havent been communicated - someone have done a very poor job...
I do not say this is a bad thing, just think the label is wrong for how the game seems to be constructed...unless I totaly have misunderstod it all? Have I?
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Playing: Rogue
Played: AO, CoH, DAoC, EQII, Horizons, Planetside, SWG
Tested: AC2, Lineage II, Vanguard, WoW...and more
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Whoever did that review sucked and I doubt they even really talked to the Producer.. They probably were looking over someones shoulder or something.
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You see, every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You spread to an area, and you multiply, and you multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet.-Mr.Smith
Yeah i'm not sure where you read any of that information but it's not CS size games or even BF size.
Regular faction vs. faction maps are 100 players vs. 100 players.
Maps with faction vs. faction vs. npc's is 64 total players (32 from each playable side) in addition to the enemy NPC's.
Don't forget the "quests", character advancment, and vendors
As for the Scale of huxley battles....they have said stuff along the lines of 100 player maps. I have my doubts about consumer PC's being able to keep up with that, especialy when you look at huxley's graphics.
Still, to me 100+ vs 100+ player battles just seem like overcompensation. Realy in a FPS you can only fight so many people at once before it just becomes stupid. 12 vs 12 seems like more than enough to get an enjoyable fight going. That is unless of course your the type of guy who only gets enjoyment out of sitting around in a Tank and blasting waves of infantry who are forced to funnel down a bridge or in/out a single door....and in that case i can understand the "more targets = more kills = more points" argument.
In anycase, i spent the last year or so watching and waiting for huxley...watched as release date after release date passed without even a hint of development. So realy, untill i see "100 Huxley Beta Key give away" plastered on the main MMORPG homepage i'm just gonna let this one sit on the back burner....i don't need to get all excited about a game that is seemingly never going to happen.
I think that this battle system is definitely different and will add a lot to the current MMO "formula." I can't wait to be fighting in one of those battles. The one problem that I foresee is MASSIVE lagging issues. I hope that they find some way around this, but there's a reason that no one has done this before. I'm not knocking it yet though. I will give them the opportunity to prove themselves and will have high hopes because that just sounds like one of the coolest battle moments ever. I always love in games when you're thrown in with a whole lot of people to kill (one of the most memorable from Kingdom Hearts II....1000 heartless...need I say more?).
-Benhamine
{IT'S HERE}Tank and Spank: Two Gamers' Quest for a Good MMO{IT'S HERE}
Thanks for all the feedback.
Instead of having the article scare me away you guys have encouraged me to take a closer look and not remove Huxley from my radar.
Game on!
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Playing: Rogue
Played: AO, CoH, DAoC, EQII, Horizons, Planetside, SWG
Tested: AC2, Lineage II, Vanguard, WoW...and more
When the Xbox version hits and it allow those players to play and introduce a new species. They will also be able to field 100 players in pvp battles, so sometime after launch there will be a 3 way battle of 100v100v100.
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You see, every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You spread to an area, and you multiply, and you multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet.-Mr.Smith
{IT'S HERE}Tank and Spank: Two Gamers' Quest for a Good MMO{IT'S HERE}
Currently: Playing EVE Online
Previous: FFXI, Dragonrealms, sad little stint in WOWland.
Awaiting: Fallen Earth, Hero''s Journey, Tabula Rasa, Age of Conan.
I guess thats a good point.
We would realy have to know what the "maps" are going to look like.
Somone else raised a good point about NPC's....I imagine that they will likely be used to "fill in" alot of the gaps.
Quoted from this article boy www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/79144
"Players on PC will be able to choose the side of the Sapiens or the Alternatives. On the XBox 360 players will be able to play as a part of the Human Liberation Organization (HLO) and fight against the Sapiens and Alternatives".
That sounds like its 3 sides to me there turbo.. And if its 3 sides chances are that each of those 3 sides can field 3 different freaking armies, and if they are 3 freaking armies and assuming the 100 cap is true... Lets see thats 100v100v100.
Unless you got some new and improved uptodate info that will shed some light on this subject and correct what little we know about this damn game, I suggest you STFU.
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You see, every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You spread to an area, and you multiply, and you multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet.-Mr.Smith
Well i believe the only reason that 3rd party exists is just so console players can figure out on their own that they are horrible against PC players and sould either: 1. Quit or 2. Go buy themselves a computer.
Also I believe that these 100 vs 100 instances will be much like that of Battlegrounds in WoW, you que up and it teleports you in. This does not mean that there wont be areas outside of these battlegrounds to encounter the enemy during missions, as said in the PC Gamer Huxley article.
Here is a quote from the WarCry.com article about Huxley after they met with Huxley rep Jason Wonacott at GDC 2007. Webzen hopes to bring Huxley to the PC later this year and the Xbox 360 in 2008.
"The game is scheduled to hit the PC market late this year with the Xbox 360 version to follow six months or more later. Webzen emphasized their desire to make a second tailored version and not a mere port. He also noted that they will likely try to keep the 360 and PC players largely separate, although some limited cross platform play is anticipated on the cooperative side. The emphasis for the PC version is clearly online PvP, while on the 360, they hope to put more detail into the single-player/cooperative aspects of the game."
The MMORPG.com Huxley article is know to have bad information in it. Read the whole Huxley GDC 07 thread in the news section of these forums.
There are more then one place stating what I have said above, look into some of the Huxle online communities sites for a reference..
This game just seems to have to much conflicting information which is sad since there is hardly any info in the first place.
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You see, every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You spread to an area, and you multiply, and you multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet.-Mr.Smith
This game looks awsome
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People worried about lag and 100v100 being too much need to visit planetside. It is not uncommon to have well over 100 people in THREE armies fighting in one area. Sure it is nuts but with all the bombs, flail artillary, stealthers, snipers, etc it realliy feels like a real battle!
Friggin love that game (till Hux that is I hope!)
Never give up and never surrender!