Something in the Deus Ex universe would be sick. I'm thinking a bit like Face of Mankind or EVE, so that powerful players can still influence the world and thus you can have player-driven conspiracies and stuff. But you have to join factions, like in FoM, so that you know (prettymuch) who you can count on. Cmon, you know you want it...
"Smacking kids doesn't hurt them, kinetic energy does!"- Doctor Tobia
Malazan? It's already an RPG. No big stretch to make it an MMO.
So I checked out the series on Amazon and it runs a lot of comparisons alongside Martin's series. I guess what were teh chances of these two sgugestions being offered side by side. I guess if I wuold of known what the series was about, I would of just agreed.
By the way with the first book, is it really that complicated until you get to the second book and would the later books clear things up better? I would hate to have to jump between books or having to take note of everything to make sure I catch something 1-2 books later, feels a little tedious. Sorry reading reviews of the series since I been on the hunt for a new one.
A Song of Ice and Fire and Malazan are sorta similar, though I'd say Ice and Fire is more realistic and gritty while Malazan is fantastic and gritty. It's not that they're completely different, it's just a different concentration of certain elements.
The books are indeed a bit muddled to get into, with a lot going on, and not a lot of foundation. If you want something crisp and clear, no, I can't recommend the books. Not that they're bad, but they may not be for you.
if you could choose any game to make into a mmo, what would it be? dont worry about mechanics and how things would work. try to limit your choice to only 1 game.
i would choose silent hill! i think it would be off the chain.
p.s sorry if this thread has been done already, i didnt see it.
Make an MMO based on the tv show Firefly.
Velika: City of Wheels: Among the mortal races, the humans were the only one that never built cities or great empires; a curse laid upon them by their creator, Gidd, forced them to wander as nomads for twenty centuries...
Probably the best rpg i ever played and it ticked a couple of boxes that all mmorpgs seem to think are essential these days as it was buggy and missing some content on release. I played this game through for all the endings and as all the character types few games kept me coming back like this one.
Too lazy to see if anyone mentioned XCOM: UFO Defense yet. But, yeah. Especially if the different alien races are playable. Imma go all chrysalid on yo ass.
I can also roleplay the tower in a chess game and shout "is that a peasant at the horizon I see? I will smash it I will! Oh damn I broke one of my merlons!". -- maji
Playable factions could include The City Watch (of course!), Theives, Assassins, Seamstresses (!!!), and any other major Discworld guild. Should the game cover all or most of the disc, you could have the various regions like Omnia, Ubervalde, The Ramtops, Sto Helit, and so on.
Seriously, this would tickle my pickle.
"You'll never win an argument with an idiot because he is too stupid to recognize his own defeat." ~Anonymous
The Elder Scrolls: Would make a great mmo, and I hope Bethesda is working on it now. [...]
Err.
No can do.
The idea of an Elder Scrolls MMO would be a nightmare come true.
I suffered through their unbelievable crap of a rulesystem one time (Morrowind). I tried to suffer through it a second time for Oblivion, but failed miserably. Its just too much pain. Elder Scrolls has the worst rulesystem of all times, even worse than the one of Wizardry (which, while not really good, is at least still enjoyable).
The very idea of suffering this stuff again in a multiplayer environment with PvP is completely unbearable to me.
If they fix their rulesystem to enter concepts previously completely alien to it, such as balance, well thats better. Even the most remote glimpse of it would be a huge improvement to this unbelievable crap of a rulesystem.
But I strongly doubt it. To quote an Elder Scrolls developer after Morrowind: "The rulesystem is fine". I just couldnt believe it when I read it, but indeed Oblivion was just the same again. I swear these people dont have the faintest idea of what they are doing.
Even the most simplest and trivial rulesystem, like the one of Vampire: Bloodlines, is magnitudes more enjoyable than what Elder Scrolls offers.
So I'm definitely not playing Elder Scrolls MMO unless they fix their rulesystem first.
My problem with most IPs is quite simple: lack of diversity.
In SWTOR they added it artificially. You can play Healer in SWTOR because theres a variant of Jedi Consolar that is a healer. But thats artificial; in the original, Jedi Knights where just Jedi Knights, end of discussion. Skilled in avoiding being wounded or killed, but not skilled in respect to healing.
Thats what I would hate about a Fire and Ice MMO: either you stay true to the original, then Mages are nonexistant. Or you add them artificially.
Its worse with AoC. This MMO has very little to do with the world described in the books. The world in the books is vast and filled with an abundance of people and places. Instead, AoC comes with 3 races and very few classes.
LotR is absolutely awful. Its a small land with little diversity, its a very small number of races, and wizards are some kinds of gods, so actually no player would be allowed to be a wizard. LotRO worked around all this, but only so-so.
Compared to that, Vanguard was a heaven. Four types of healers, each playing very differently. Couple of dps classes, each very individual. Even three tank classes, although those play much too much alike.
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Something in the Deus Ex universe would be sick. I'm thinking a bit like Face of Mankind or EVE, so that powerful players can still influence the world and thus you can have player-driven conspiracies and stuff. But you have to join factions, like in FoM, so that you know (prettymuch) who you can count on. Cmon, you know you want it...
"Smacking kids doesn't hurt them, kinetic energy does!"- Doctor Tobia
aquanox.
A Song of Ice and Fire and Malazan are sorta similar, though I'd say Ice and Fire is more realistic and gritty while Malazan is fantastic and gritty. It's not that they're completely different, it's just a different concentration of certain elements.
The books are indeed a bit muddled to get into, with a lot going on, and not a lot of foundation. If you want something crisp and clear, no, I can't recommend the books. Not that they're bad, but they may not be for you.
Make an MMO based on the tv show Firefly.
Velika: City of Wheels: Among the mortal races, the humans were the only one that never built cities or great empires; a curse laid upon them by their creator, Gidd, forced them to wander as nomads for twenty centuries...
Vampire: The Masquerade
Probably the best rpg i ever played and it ticked a couple of boxes that all mmorpgs seem to think are essential these days as it was buggy and missing some content on release. I played this game through for all the endings and as all the character types few games kept me coming back like this one.
Too lazy to see if anyone mentioned XCOM: UFO Defense yet. But, yeah. Especially if the different alien races are playable. Imma go all chrysalid on yo ass.
I can also roleplay the tower in a chess game and shout "is that a peasant at the horizon I see? I will smash it I will! Oh damn I broke one of my merlons!". -- maji
Fallout. I would play this 25/8.
Discworld. Heck, if it was made to scale, the entire game could take place in Ankh-Morpork, according to this map: http://castrow.com/TP/ankh morpork map.jpg
Playable factions could include The City Watch (of course!), Theives, Assassins, Seamstresses (!!!), and any other major Discworld guild. Should the game cover all or most of the disc, you could have the various regions like Omnia, Ubervalde, The Ramtops, Sto Helit, and so on.
Seriously, this would tickle my pickle.
"You'll never win an argument with an idiot because he is too stupid to recognize his own defeat." ~Anonymous
Dungeon Keeper? You're only good.... when you're being bad!
And how dare no-one mention Diablo yet!!!
You should all be ashamed!
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Okay. Two of the above mentioned are German PnP franchises, but they are so incredibly cool!
Oh my god I would so completely HATE such a MMO.
About as much as LotRO, I think. No female dwarves, and bards as healers.
Or AoC, at least the way they did it.
Err.
No can do.
The idea of an Elder Scrolls MMO would be a nightmare come true.
I suffered through their unbelievable crap of a rulesystem one time (Morrowind). I tried to suffer through it a second time for Oblivion, but failed miserably. Its just too much pain. Elder Scrolls has the worst rulesystem of all times, even worse than the one of Wizardry (which, while not really good, is at least still enjoyable).
The very idea of suffering this stuff again in a multiplayer environment with PvP is completely unbearable to me.
If they fix their rulesystem to enter concepts previously completely alien to it, such as balance, well thats better. Even the most remote glimpse of it would be a huge improvement to this unbelievable crap of a rulesystem.
But I strongly doubt it. To quote an Elder Scrolls developer after Morrowind: "The rulesystem is fine". I just couldnt believe it when I read it, but indeed Oblivion was just the same again. I swear these people dont have the faintest idea of what they are doing.
Even the most simplest and trivial rulesystem, like the one of Vampire: Bloodlines, is magnitudes more enjoyable than what Elder Scrolls offers.
So I'm definitely not playing Elder Scrolls MMO unless they fix their rulesystem first.
My problem with most IPs is quite simple: lack of diversity.
In SWTOR they added it artificially. You can play Healer in SWTOR because theres a variant of Jedi Consolar that is a healer. But thats artificial; in the original, Jedi Knights where just Jedi Knights, end of discussion. Skilled in avoiding being wounded or killed, but not skilled in respect to healing.
Thats what I would hate about a Fire and Ice MMO: either you stay true to the original, then Mages are nonexistant. Or you add them artificially.
Its worse with AoC. This MMO has very little to do with the world described in the books. The world in the books is vast and filled with an abundance of people and places. Instead, AoC comes with 3 races and very few classes.
LotR is absolutely awful. Its a small land with little diversity, its a very small number of races, and wizards are some kinds of gods, so actually no player would be allowed to be a wizard. LotRO worked around all this, but only so-so.
Compared to that, Vanguard was a heaven. Four types of healers, each playing very differently. Couple of dps classes, each very individual. Even three tank classes, although those play much too much alike.
Total war. It would nice to control a battalion instead of just a character for once. No magic either!
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