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MO, hidden funcom project?
dark_fail09
Member Posts: 13
Ok, before throwing tantrums at eachother lets say this is possibility and i believe seeing things so far i have more then good enough reason to believe so. Now lets get on it shall we?
- Same forum layout, exactly as aocs
- New trailer shows some interesting things
- very simmiliar engine to aoc and the style of fighting, character design and even music, and even world!
- huge ammount of gore and blood, and then the funniest part(head choping, fatalities etc..)
So lets get serious about funcom now, who in the right mind would announce another mmo under funcom anymore? I am sure they are more then aware it would cut them chances for revenue return at least by 70% of what could be financialy achieved.
I am sure some will get pissed by this, fanboys come fast and leave even faster but anyhow isnt this bit to much coincidence? As man once said when its to much of coincidence then probablly its not.
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You talk about MO fanboys, but fail to realize that you are yourself a Funcom troll, as delusional as any other MO fanboy.
In short: No, dude, Funcom is not making MO....
How is trolling questioning things? I thought trolling is something else but i am glad you shed a light of your positive attitude over me without adding anything valuable to read
Well to be honest with you, I believe that Funcom is really proud of AoC, and proud of what they accomplished. I mean take a look at other MMO launches such as Darkfall where it was released with only half of the features and only 1 server...
And also there is the fact that AoC seems to be rebounding right now under their new game design lead, new content being churned out, Dx10 support finally rolling out.
Comparing MO's forums to only AoC's is a moot point simply because 90% of the forums out there, especially game forums are powered by vBulletin, so it's no surprise they look similar. Also read the FAQ page and company history page, you'll find they have very little in common with Funcom.
I have a lot of hope for MO, but don't trust a hope... it is forsaken in these lands.
TheNewGuy: Ultima Online (Catskills)
With regard to the forums, are you familiar vBulletin? That's the forum software used by Darkfall, Mortal Online and many other communities, so it only makes sense that several have chosen similar streamlined/sleek default layouts.
vBulletin: http://www.vbulletin.com/
The Mortal Online guild Scions also uses the same forum software and layout: http://scionsonline.com/forum/
With regards to the conspiracy theory that Funcom is silently behind the Mortal Online project I would only point out to you that if that were the case then Funcom somehow managed to bend over and fornicate themselves when they allowed their Star Vault Secret Squirrel Project to become a publicly traded company on the Swedish stock exchange.
In effect they would have this secret project going but they would be unable to actually make any money from it because all assets, intellectual properties, owner's equity, etc is now in a corporation that they can't get their hands on without it becoming public knowledge through the quarterly financial reports required from publicly traded companies.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources - Albert Einstein
Are they proud? I am not sure but i am sure they made enough money to be pleased. Darkfall? Wont even mention it.
About forums, yes its vbulletin but what i meant is totally same sheme, darkness, blood, black background.... you get picture, then this trailer, i wouldnt be surprised at all ... it all points to it but hey we will see in time, so far one thing is for sure about my view on mmo industry, believe what you see and not what they tell you to believe.
So do you believe wind is real?
People tell you it's real, but you can't see it, so in your mind does it exist?
Also, OP, Funcom has already announced another MMO, The Secret World and I think they are pretty proud about both AoC and AO. Just because you did not like AoC (as you did not like Darkfall as well, Mr I Made an Account to Troll DF. I am sure you have a Failcom account as well.) does not mean that Funcom should feel guilty.
Wow. I thought I heard some interesting manure slop from Tasos' mouth, but this? This really takes the cake. As the above poster pointed out, have you ever heard of vBulletin? It is a forum software used by a number of games, and other websites. It is no WONDER the forum layout would look similiar across games.
The gameplay/ graphics? Are you kidding me? MO is in a different league than AoC. The graphics are more a nod to Bethsada than Funcom, just take a closer look. Not to mention, I believe Funcom uses their own "Dreamworld" engine, whereas Starvault uses the Unreal3 engine. Two completely different engines, allowing for a completely different set up and experience. What is even better, is given the screens/ vids, it appears that it is ACTUALLY a gameplay trailer, as opposed to CG ( I like my cg, dont get me wrong. I would rather prefer gameplay trailers, as they show actual animations and models/ textures... and well- gameplay!)
Huge amount of gore and blood. Oh I don't know, seems like ANY game that has used the Havoc engine (aside from Force Unleashed) has had increased amounts of gore. Take Requiem for example. Is Requiem a Funcom project? I dare you to ask a player...
Let's take a look at Funcom's REAL "secret" project". Coincidently enough, it is called Secret World! Take a look at that if you want to know more about Funcom's "secret project".
Of course, if you took off your tinfoil hat, you would also know all of this by now. Of course, you would also probably stop getting those Amos and Andy radio voices from inside your head.
Edit: I have heard of some ridiculous trolling from people before, but wow.. this one actually knumbed my mind, so please forgive the erratic sentence and paragraph structure.
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Tried- L2, Ryzom, WAR, DDO, PWI, Tab Rasa, Requiem, Champs, AA, JD, PWI, SUN, Dawntide
Played- SWG (pre-cu), AoC, VG, WoW, LoTRO,CoX, EQ2, DAOC, GW, PotBS, Aion, MO,APB, NASA, Fallen Earth, DCUO, Rift
Playing- EVE, Black Prophecy, TOR
Waiting for- Tera, Jumpgate Evo, WH40K, WWE, WOD, TSW
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You need to buy a new brain.
If it's not broken, you are not innovating.
I don't really get it, your assumptions that MO is a "secret funcom project" don't hold much ground, it's kind of a random connection if you ask me.
Also, a forum shouldn't really determine whether or not it is being made by a certain company. As other posters said, they just use the same engine.
Yeah i am totally going to disagree with OP on this one. I did think the webpage looked the same but it's vbulletin and not completely the same look. As far as blood and chopping heads off, so what they took something successful from another game and put it into their game. The devs there have been asking and taking advice from the community ever since the forums have been up and running. The engine for the game is not similar either, AoC's engine is a continued version of AO's and MO is using the unreal engine. You have nothing on this argument other than the webpage uses a similar color scheme and there is blood, gore, and decapitations in the game. As far as the world looking the same, go watch the vids again, there is some areas that may look alike but there are some areas that def. have a different feel to them. You might want to think a little more or have much more proof before you start a whole thread based on pretty much nothing.
This thread is an insult to anyone's intelligence. I find it odd that the mods here don't close these threads down.
Let's see some solid evidence of the connection besides the fact they use VBulletin like every other MMO recently.
So tomorrow, another new member under another name will post "MO = *random MMO?"
A lot of companies use the same forum software.
A company wouldn't cannibalize it's own audience by creating a second title that appeals directly to the players of the first.
Tin foil is for leftovers, not heads.
- RPG Quiz - can you get all 25 right?
- FPS Quiz - how well do you know your shooters?
The game uses the EXACT same engine,not to be a surprise,many developers re use the same engineBlizzard is one with WOW and the Warcraft engine.Why would Funcom use a different engine anyhow?this engine is decent enough for sure.
The game is NOTHING like AOC it is a modern realistic setting.The one problem i have is not really relegated to just this game but MOST games.The problem is that many of the buildings will be static,meaning they are just there but nothing to interact with, i never liked that approach to making a world seem life like/realistic.
The game will also have a mode for players to play solo if they desire to play that way.Perhaps this means it will be sort of like Guild Wars,but that is just my guess.
The detail looks real good so far,but like i said ,i feel alot of the objects in the world will be static.If nothing else this game looks like it will look good,sort of along the same lines as Earthrise,we will have to wait and see as time moves along.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
They don't use the same engine at all. Age of Conan uses the Dreamworld Engine and Mortal Online uses the Unreal engine.
The above poster is mostly writing a lot of false information.
MO is certainly not a "modern realistic setting", nor does it have a singleplayer mode at all.
Stop spreading misinformation.
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OP, ... and the earth is flat.
Funcom is a located in Norway and Star Vault is located in Sweden in city Malmö. ... and No, Sweden and Norway is not states in USA.
uh oh
somebody hacked into the underwhelming fear packed deep inside the mmo community at large and used it to create a pile of bullshit known as a conspiracy theory
best just close this thread
Just when you think you have all the answers, I change the questions.
Funcom are probably almost certainly not pulling the levers for producing MO. I dont think MO developers have anything to funcom. Many fantasy settings share familar elements. Blood is a major thing for developers to attract the e - peen crowd. ( But yes there is too much). Forum software might be the same 3rd party one. Dunno.
That said :
If it was a choice between funcom and Aventurine. Well funcom stepping out from behind the MO curtain is much preferable than Lord Tasos and his cheeky grin and stupidly long feature list of lies.
As it stands good luck MO, I am *more* optimistic about this one.
so you're saying violence = funcom?
troll elsewhere.
Funcom and Tasos have united.
The end is nigh.
To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming!
On we sweep with threshing oar, our only goal will be the western shore."
OP's post in this thread delivers tbh. Never have I ever seen such a conspiracy theory based on such weak arguments.
Playing: Battlefield - Bad company (Xbox360) Arma2, DFO (PC)
On my radar: TSW, MO
MMO's played: SWG (pre cu/cu), WoW, AoC, WAR, DFO, Planetside
MMO's that I have tested: Lotro, L2, Aion, Ryzom
Funcom are proud of AoC? So they can proud of lying to and cheating a large part of the MMO playing community? Gaute Godager resigned because he was proud?
Get real.
Here's a better one:
Mortal Online is actually just another version of Darkfall being worked on by Aventurine so that after they grab all the money they can before Darkfall tumbles into oblivion. Then they'll bring out MO to clean up on the ones who passed on Darkfall.
After all, Talos.......Tasos..........
Edit: By the way, i agree with Spaceweed10 in his post above mine.