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Any MMORPG similar to Song of Ice & Fire by George RR Martin?
GameMonger71
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I am looking for an MMO similar to these excellent, if long in coming, books. Things I Iike about the books that I am looking for in a game:
1) Gritty, realistic graphics and armor sets (no cartoonish or anime graphics please...I am burnt out on that style)
2) Traditional medieval classes (knights, warriors, cleric/friar, ranger types) with magic being okay too
3) Political intrigue amongst various factions whether different player factions or just NPC factions
4) Good PvE only would be okay, but a mix of PvE and PvP would be great since it adds to the tensions and conflict. I liked the PvP I found in Shadowbane. I am not a huge fan of FFA PvP, but the fortesses we built in Shadowbane had some meaning and when we lost ours and had it burnt to the ground it was a sad day. I also liked Shadowbane's classes.
Games that I have played and ruled out due to quite simply not finding them very fun (in my opinion):
-AoC: I do not really like the setting and I strongly dislike the sameness of the armor sets. I also dislike that almost all the armor set involves kilts/skirts. The gameplay was just okay for me.
-WAR: The PvE portion falls flat of being anywhere near fun for me. This was a big disappointment given all the available source material they had. The PvP is fun in spots, but ultimately this game falls short for me.
Thanks!
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I wish, it's my favorite book series of all time.
well go for AIOn or Guildwars or atlantica online if you like.
No mmo out yet that comes close to it, but I can't wait for the HBO mini series^^ they better not screw it up..
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...
No, sorry.
And even if it did exist I fear that they just would destroy it with adding tanks and healers to screw over the great books, just like they did with Howard and Tolkien. It would just be Wow in a slightly different setting, where every player out of five would have a dragon pet.
I really like these books myself, I would love to be in that tournament (from the second book I think), I love to be involved in all the plots and cut throating and I love to play a game like that with a more realistic combat system.
But I am afraid no dev could pull a game like that off, maybe ANET since they seems to be ignoring the old mechanics that really don't work in that kind of game, or maybe Paradox who made Mount and blade (but in that case they need a few better programmers, coding never been their strong side).
There is really no low fantasy MMO, AoC should really have been that but we got screwed there. And there is really room for at least one.
*Drooool* Really? I missed about it, must see it
Perhaps it would be better suited for a singleplayer game and not an mmo.
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...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvYCxnp7uis
here is the HBO homepage for it: http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html
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...