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What if there were a tongue in cheek mmo, such as Army of Darkness?

AmatheAmathe Member LegendaryPosts: 7,630
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Most mmos so far as I can see are fairly serious. WoW has a lot of humor added but overall it's still pretty standard fantasy.

 

I think it would be fun to have a fantasy mmo that is tongue in cheek. The movie Army of Darkness would be a great example of what I have in mind.

 

You could still quest, explore, fight etc. but it would have more comedy woven in and the story could be hilarious.

 

There have been single player games that have done this, like A Bard's Tale.  But I haven't seen any mmos.

 

Thoughts?

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  • frankahfrankah Member UncommonPosts: 73

    OMG Army of Darkness MMO? While I know it would suck, because it's awesome-ness could never be captured. I just wanna run around and emote.

    "Suck my Boomstick"

    Hail to the king baby!

  • GTwanderGTwander Member UncommonPosts: 6,035

    Their "tongue in cheek" comes from "breaking the 4th wall".

    Every time your character makes a snappy comeback at the narrator your average player is going to scream about how his immersion is broken.

    Writer / Musician / Game Designer

    Now Playing: Skyrim, Wurm Online, Tropico 4
    Waiting On: GW2, TSW, Archeage, The Rapture

  • madeuxmadeux Member Posts: 1,786

    As long as Bruce is involved, I'd preorder.  Seriously.

  • frankahfrankah Member UncommonPosts: 73

    Originally posted by madeux

    As long as Bruce is involved, I'd preorder.  Seriously.

    I second that notion. I'm not one of those weird ass, follow Bruce around and sex him up fans. But I think, for a B Actor, he is definitely the shit. Plain and simple. 

    But as an MMO like that, it would fail because trolls and people constantly holding it to the tier/model its based on. And when sequels/remakes come out, GENERALLY they fail, pretty epic at that.

    So i can't truly see a tongue-in-cheek being done without a metric load of complaints from fanbois and general whiners.

  • Loke666Loke666 Member EpicPosts: 21,441

    Sure, a Evil dead or Discworld MMO would be rather fun.

    The only MMO thta have some dark humor right now is WAR and they actually cut out most of the RPG and tabletop games funny stuff.

    I play a Evil dead MMO. Really, I would.

  • madeuxmadeux Member Posts: 1,786

    Originally posted by frankah

    Originally posted by madeux

    As long as Bruce is involved, I'd preorder.  Seriously.

    I second that notion. I'm not one of those weird ass, follow Bruce around and sex him up fans. But I think, for a B Actor, he is definitely the shit. Plain and simple. 

    But as an MMO like that, it would fail because trolls and people constantly holding it to the tier/model its based on. And when sequels/remakes come out, GENERALLY they fail, pretty epic at that.

    So i can't truly see a tongue-in-cheek being done without a metric load of complaints from fanbois and general whiners.

    Come on, what possible complaint could they have about a Bubba Ho-Tep MMO? :)

  • GTwanderGTwander Member UncommonPosts: 6,035

    If you really want an IP that has an excuse to go balls out; Hitchhiker's Guide.

    Writer / Musician / Game Designer

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  • HenchdwarfHenchdwarf Member UncommonPosts: 517

    ever play Broken Helix?

     

    it was a PS 1 game starring bruce campbell. it was hilariously awesome

  • madeuxmadeux Member Posts: 1,786

    Originally posted by GTwander

    If you really want an IP that has an excuse to go balls out; Hitchhiker's Guide.

    You'll find me farming for Perfectly Normal Beast meat in order to make sandwiches!

  • ChrisMatternChrisMattern Member Posts: 1,478

    Kingdom of Loathing. You need to play this game.

  • lingshirenlingshiren Member Posts: 9

    Originally posted by madeux

    Originally posted by GTwander

    If you really want an IP that has an excuse to go balls out; Hitchhiker's Guide.

    You'll find me farming for Perfectly Normal Beast meat in order to make sandwiches!

    I'd be out stalking mattresses so i can kill them and sell their rather polite, good-parenting carcasses to the local bedroom warehouse...

  • Novic2Novic2 Member UncommonPosts: 74

    An Alice in wonderland style mmo would be trippy. 

  • CacaphonyCacaphony Member Posts: 738

    S mart should be the starting area.

  • DrakynnDrakynn Member Posts: 2,030

    Originally posted by Amathe

    Most mmos so far as I can see are fairly serious. WoW has a lot of humor added but overall it's still pretty standard fantasy.

     

    I think it would be fun to have a fantasy mmo that is tongue in cheek. The movie Army of Darkness would be a great example of what I have in mind.

     

    You could still quest, explore, fight etc. but it would have more comedy woven in and the story could be hilarious.

     

    There have been single player games that have done this, like A Bard's Tale.  But I haven't seen any mmos.

     

    Thoughts?

    Like anything else it would depend on the quality of the writing and of the game.I would have to disagree with you aobut WoW though...It starts off well and interesting lore wise but quickly devolves into pop culture reference humor ranging from obvious to obscure and lore and good plots fall to the wayside.Of course that's just my opinion.

  • SnarlingWolfSnarlingWolf Member Posts: 2,697

    There was one, it was called Dungeon Runners and it got shut down due to lack of interest.

  • NinjaVegaNinjaVega Member Posts: 52

    Originally posted by Amathe

    Most mmos so far as I can see are fairly serious. WoW has a lot of humor added but overall it's still pretty standard fantasy.

     

    I think it would be fun to have a fantasy mmo that is tongue in cheek. The movie Army of Darkness would be a great example of what I have in mind.

     

    You could still quest, explore, fight etc. but it would have more comedy woven in and the story could be hilarious.

     

    There have been single player games that have done this, like A Bard's Tale.  But I haven't seen any mmos.

     

    Thoughts?

    Dungeon Runners

    It was a tongue in cheek MMO that made fun of everyrthing that has to do with MMO's including itself

    Unfortunatly it didn't make enough to sustain itself and was canceled at the start of this year

  • MarlonBMarlonB Member UncommonPosts: 526

    Originally posted by ChrisMattern

    Kingdom of Loathing. You need to play this game.

     

    Exactly :) .... that was the first one that popped into my mind reading tongue and cheek ... had good fun with this one for a long time !

  • Arctic2006Arctic2006 Member Posts: 31

    Army of Darkness MMO? Yes! I would give that a whirl in a heartbeat. All hail Bruce Campbell!

  • djazzydjazzy Member Posts: 3,578

    Groovy

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