Ok I made an account largely just to comment on this topic.
Firstly:
Entropy_kC said:
Ethereal.Frog said:
I wouldn't play any, because the one I would play I already play.
World of Warcraft if you're wondering. But you aren't wondering, you don't care about me, I play a mindless mmo full of assholes and trolls.
Yup. If I played one I'd go back to the one I SOMEHOW MANAGED TO QUIT (which is
not impossible, contrary to massively popular belief). WoW is a very well made MMOG and the people who don't like it are the people who:
a) Haven't played it, therefore are ignorant and believe that it ruins lives
b) Played it but were shit at it so quit and complained about the "nerds" who beat them at everything they tried to do
c) Played it, were adequate at it to make it to a high stage in the game but quit because they didn't like it or can't afford the fees. I think this is the small minority of people who dislike the game though, even though most people will probably
claim to be in this category.
You left out d) the section of us that grew up on the original Warcraft series, as well as the "hardcore gamers" as was considered 15 years ago, who read the accompanying meda which was involved with the game - namely books; you know thats strange paper things. Problem with the old beings such as us, is not that we get our asses handed to us by 12year old brats with too much allowance and very little social skills, who dont even know that there are other warcraft games, or that we may not have the patience or free time to reach level 80 and get all the Epic Gear and then go out PvPing and twiddling our thumbs untill the next installment is released and we can continue our grind-fest up to level 90. No, our problem is that we are so disillustioned by the massacre that new-blood writers have made of the storyline that we simply don't want to play it.
Cajt said:
Daedalus1942 said:
The Stargate MMO quite interested me.
Yes, blasting Goa'ulds sounds like fun!
Alas, this would have been awesome, however, some fucknut in a suit said it wouldn't be economically viable to create a game that big. I hate to admit it, but look at WoW for an online example of massive areas. Oblivion and Morrowind, for offline examples of vast worlds. Then look at Eve Online for the vast space-scapes.
But yet these are the same bunch of wankers who decided to give the go-ahead to Stargate Infinity - one of the biggest cartoon sci-fi spinoff flops ever.
Yes, yes I know all about Stargate Worlds; which granted does look really intersting. However, the original concept was an FPS - which you cannot deny would have been infinatly more interesting that your shit-standard MMORPG. Which honestly looks like another WoW rip-off along the same lines as RF online and Archlord.
GodsClown said:
I think if done right a One Piece or a Naruto MMO could work very well. Naruto would be able to pick which country your from, special bloodline type deals, blah blah. One Piece could find Devil's Fruit enchance your character, be kind of like a giant PvPvE type deal.
Ok I'm not sure about One Peice, however, if you look hard enough you can find a Naruto one based on the Ragnarok Online engine. Obviously nothing spectacular, but the elements you mentioned are in there.
needausername said:
Pokemon, because I'm cool like that.
This could work. However, three main problems, as well as a host of little ones.
1) This is and always has been my main argument with pokemon games since Gold and Silver. Stop limiting to 4 fucking moves! You bastards and Game Freak and Nintendo have the capability to do it! Stop sticking with "tradition" (which might I add is their SOLE reason for keeping 4moves - theyve admitted it). Give us just 6 at the minimum. 2 for attack, 2 for defence and 2 support type.
2) Take a leaf from Digimon's book. Add more variety. Make it so we can make more things than just Onix and Scyther hold "metal coat" to evolve them into metal forms. Don't go as nuts as what Digimon has with UberPerfectMetalWarGrayRapingEverythingMon. But the general idea still stands.
3) Get more people playing, other than stupid little kids who are freaking obsessed with fucking Pikachu and Jigglypuff, or the hardcore obsessed whom make perfect teams to counter any strategy all of whom have perfect stats because theyve bred them so many fucking times, Ditto looks more like swiss cheese than yoghert.
Also when the hell is the Smash Bros. style pokemon going to come out?!
Also Annoying Turd mentions a Dune MMO, which could, like anything, if done correctly, be freaking fantastic. You've got a million and one different houses and sects to choose from and plenty of basic classes to choose from, with racial specalities like the House Harkonnen Shock Troopers - which are mentioned in the books, who are virtually walking tanks. Simmilarly, Ordos Venom Troopers, the Imperial Sadukar Elites, and many, many more.
