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System · June 19

Playable Worlds Posts Some Intriguing Questions in New Mystery Countdown | MMORPG.com

Raph Koster's Playable Worlds has been pretty quiet on their upcoming project, with the occasional notable hire, info or partnership, but it seems like something is coming with a new mystery countdown happening.

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Wargfoot · June 19

I sense a monetization scheme that is the stuff of nightmares.
The first clue in their countdown sounds like a monitized solution looking for a problem.

AlleineDragonfyre · June 19

Wargfoot said:

I sense a monetization scheme that is the stuff of nightmares.

The first clue in their countdown sounds like a monitized solution looking for a problem.

The project is privately funded.

Terazon · June 19

Never again will I play a game made by him

Tiller · June 19

Change your character? That's nothing groundbreaking, that's just alts or rerolling you main.

Facebook, instagram and X platforms are dead to me, oh and also Nextdoor.

Dattelis · June 19

Its gonna be funny as hell if this turns out to be a gacha game

Wargfoot · June 19

AlleineDragonfyre said:

Wargfoot said:

I sense a monetization scheme that is the stuff of nightmares.

The first clue in their countdown sounds like a monitized solution looking for a problem.

The project is privately funded.

I'm happy to check back in 2yrs to be proven wrong.
Granted, I'm at a loss as to how privately funded relieves monetization concerns.

Abimor · June 19

Terazon said:

Never again will I play a game made by him

the only thing i lnow about him is he was involved in swg somehow is he a jerk or something? Why do you have the anti stance about him?

Scot · June 20

Abimor said:

Terazon said:

Never again will I play a game made by him

the only thing i lnow about him is he was involved in swg somehow is he a jerk or something? Why do you have the anti stance about him?

He is a known figure in the gaming industry, therefore he will have supporters and detractors, goes with the territory.

Scot · June 20

Tiller said:

Change your character? That's nothing groundbreaking, that's just alts or rerolling you main.

Facebook, instagram and X platforms are dead to me, oh and also Nextdoor.

Indeed, but I recon this is going to be some sort of Rift like ability to "change your class on the fly". With all the same benefits and problems that caused for gameplay.

Wargfoot · June 20

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sabrefoxx · June 20

On Facebook:

10: What if... you could actually invent new things in an MMO?
9: What if... there was a way to discover secrets in an MMO -- and no easy wiki holding all the answers?

My impression: Just from the sound of things, they want to create the holy grail of video games. If it's a fantasy game (the image looks sci-fi) then imagine being a wizard who could invent entirely new powerful spells based on the magical rules of the world. If it's a sci-fi game, imagine being a researcher who invents incredible tech based on actual mathematics.

It sounds like they are about to promise a type of "universe" similar to Star Citizen. Take that for what you will.

Wargfoot · June 20

What if... you actually delivered a game?

Theocritus · June 20

Wargfoot said:

What if... you actually delivered a game?

With a name like "playable worlds" it doesnt give me much confidence

Asm0deus · June 20

I originally read this as payable worlds....lol

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ValdemarJ · June 20

Asm0deus said:

I originally read this as payable worlds....lol

The Force is strong with this one.

GrimDogGaming · June 20

Wish Koster would just fade into the dustbin of obscurity where he belongs. He can play with Garriott, Molyneux, and Roper if he's that bored.

Cogohi · June 20

sabrefoxx said:

On Facebook:

10: What if... you could actually invent new things in an MMO?

9: What if... there was a way to discover secrets in an MMO -- and no easy wiki holding all the answers?.

10: Eclipse Phase/Altered Carbon MMO when?
9: No thanks.

I do give logic challenges a fair shake however I have yet to play a game where there wasn't at least one such puzzle that was a complete waste of my time. Put the key behind a jumping puzzle and it's probably going to be a hard pass from me. If that blocks my progress then the developer really wasn't interested in my money.

AlleineDragonfyre · June 20

Terazon said:

Never again will I play a game made by him

Why?

AlleineDragonfyre · June 20

GrimDogGaming said:

Wish Koster would just fade into the dustbin of obscurity where he belongs. He can play with Garriott, Molyneux, and Roper if he's that bored.

I don't understand why you believe Raph has anything to do with what Richard Garriott has done after working with him on the Ultima Online project. He had nothing to do with any MMOs after Star Wars Galaxies.

kitarad · June 20

AlleineDragonfyre said:

GrimDogGaming said:

Wish Koster would just fade into the dustbin of obscurity where he belongs. He can play with Garriott, Molyneux, and Roper if he's that bored.

I don't understand why you believe Raph has anything to do with what Richard Garriott has done after working with him on the Ultima Online project. He had nothing to do with any MMOs after Star Wars Galaxies.

Didn't he work on Crowfall?

Sovrath · June 20

tzervo said:

Abimor said:

Terazon said:

Never again will I play a game made by him

the only thing i lnow about him is he was involved in swg somehow is he a jerk or something? Why do you have the anti stance about him?

He has some recurring themes in his designs that have fans and opponents. For example he is very pro-player shops and anti-AH, something that I personally and subjectively hate - I hated its Crowfall version especially, on which he was working as a consultant recently-ish.

I actually loved the player shops in lineage 2. Made the cities and towns feel bustling.

AlleineDragonfyre · June 20

kitarad said:

AlleineDragonfyre said:

GrimDogGaming said:

Wish Koster would just fade into the dustbin of obscurity where he belongs. He can play with Garriott, Molyneux, and Roper if he's that bored.

I don't understand why you believe Raph has anything to do with what Richard Garriott has done after working with him on the Ultima Online project. He had nothing to do with any MMOs after Star Wars Galaxies.

Didn't he work on Crowfall?

He consulted, yes, but it wasn't "his" game. https://www.raphkoster.com/2015/01/22/working-on-crowfall/#more-23044

Tiller · June 20

A lot of his ideas are what Linden Lab has been doing successfully with second life for years now. He's not going to create anything better than SL because the folks who play it only play SL and few are interested in making a life in anything else. Most don't even play other games. Hell LL tried to make another virtual world called Sansar and is pretty much tanking. It's an idea that no one else will ever succeed at no mater how smart you think you are. His game will have a very small audience.

Angrakhan · June 20

I dunno these pie in the sky questions smell of Star Citizen. Not the infinite ship sales part, but the forever scope creep part. Like someone is going to try and build the be all end all game of games instead of just focusing on one thing and being really good at that. It's particularly concerning that other games have asked the same questions and not fared particularly well.

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