Comments on: MMORPGs I’d Love To See

By: Nathan Hawks

Nathan Hawks — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:55:25 +0000

Definitely Shadowrun or Cyberpunk. I’d settle for either, but, all things considered, I’d prefer something more real, like a William Gibson-esque setting. Nethackers, over-chipped psychos, grungy neon-lit puddles in the street? Yes please. FASTER, please.

By: Beej

Beej — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:41:17 +0000

Having done part of my Master’s thesis (before it was canned by my department) on the Dark Tower series, I can wholeheartedly say that the universe is ripe for adapting into new media, the comic books were just the start. A film series is likely next, but an MMO in Mid-World and End-World…I can only imagine how much time that would suck from me.

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By: Gordon

Gordon — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:39:21 +0000

Dune and Bladerunner would be awesome. I think Dune is pretty well establish to be MMO-ized fairly easily. Blade Runner has an amazing world but would need some work to flesh it out. The suggestion made me recall the Blade Runner PC game from the late 90s. I loved it and it really captured the atmosphere for the film. Here’s the wiki link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner_(1997_video_game)

By: spinks

spinks — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:57:43 +0000

Oo, Earthsea would be cool.

Some of the ones I think might make cool settings:

Dune

The Dreaming (from Sandman)

Bladerunner

Arabian Nights (why does all fantasy have to be euro-medieval?)

By: Jeremy S.

Jeremy S. — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:55:34 +0000

Some of my fave books are being made into a MMORPG, the Otherland series.

It ran for 4 massive books(about 1,000 pages each).

I am really curious to see it, but I’m not sure if I’ll like it.

While the books are awesome, it revolves around a gigantic virtual “system” that contains hundreds of separate worlds(many are dark/twisted versions of real life or old stories- I.E. one world is War of the World’s where the aliens never died from becoming sick, another is a bizarre twisted Wizard of Oz where there are hundred’s of Dorothies bred as sex slaves)

I would want to see Ursula K. LeGuin’s “Earthsea” books made into an MMO. It’s a solid world with the most unique mythologies/history/economy/governments and while it has dragon’s and wizards, her version are so unique. I really think it could make for a great MMO.

Also the world fits so nicely as the entire world is made of of many different sized islands. No big continents and such.

By: Guaka

Guaka — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:28:34 +0000

A cthulhu mmo would be a challenge to design but it could make a complete change of pace and a real alternative. Maybe a sanity system, elaborate investigation quests, you could ally to various gods and get abilities based on that. Loads of potential