What pen-&-paper RPG (D&D and the like) deserves to be adapted into an MMORPG, why, and by which development house?
Vampire the Masquerade and the rest of its cousins, all rolled into one (or if that's too hard, just the Masquerade). I think it has the best chance to succeed over my other choices here (the others being Gamma World and Lovecraft based stuff) as there are enough fans and enough lore to work with in terms of plot, factions, abilities and the like there already. CCP Games had the same idea and tried this with World of Darkness but had to cancel development. I think I'd like to see Cryptic take a shot at it because I like their model (f2p), and that they'd probably have a foundry (mission creator), and because while they don't really have standout games the ones I've tried are rather enjoyable.
Will any MMORPG ever overtake WoW as the leader of the genre? If so, what game will it be, and why?
That's a pretty open ended question. "Ever" as in - till the end of time? Then yes. Something will definitely overtake WoW. The "Why" is easy: new technologies and new IPs will emerge. Will your great, great grandkids be playing WoW? Maybe. But more likely they'll be playing something else... WoW 2, or maybe Starcraft Online? I'm sticking to Blizzard themed IPs since they have the best resources at the moment (funding and players) to make a game to rival WoW. It would be much harder for a small unknown company to oust them but hey... maybe an Attack on Titan MMO would bleed the WoW base enough to take over. Who knows?
What 'failed' video game deserves to be remade or brought back under new management?
Wizardry Online. SOE failed big time there, leading me and many other disgruntled Wizardry players to avoid any further SOE games. It should also be remade to be more violent, with a higher risk of character permadeath balanced off by slightly easier content. As it is you literally had to suicide your spirit against reapers if you wanted to lose your character or be extremely unlucky/unprepared in dice rolls. Even then, the "Soul" system that your characters shared meant that losing one guy didn't remove all your work anyway, just giving you a minor-moderate set back.
Click the image too see the consistency of SOE!
What game series would you like to see remade (updated graphics, but stays to the original story/gameplay) or rebooted (completely re-imagined with familiar bits)?
I'd like to see id-software's Doom series remade into an MMO. Maybe a survival MMO.
If the NBI formed a guild, would you join it? Where would you want the guild to play?
Unlikely, and if I did it would probably not as a regular member. A number of the NBI folk are people who are always sitting on the cutting edge games, new releases, betas and the like. Another bunch enjoy games that have a pay wall. I prefer sticking to free games that I can enjoy whenever I feel like. I'm also not sure how many of you are in my time zone to play with anyway! ;P
Is the 'holy trinity' really holy? (Coming from the removal of a healer in GW2)
I've spoken about this before but I don't mind repeating the important part: To me, the MMO Holy Trinity is a piece of shit. If you can't do everything yourself, you aren't much of a hero to begin with. I don't mind playing with other people or grouping to do content out of choice. It's when grouping becomes a necessity that I take issue, because it means the game is not letting my character evolve the way I want him to. Especially in games which tout "be whatever you want to be", or "the world depends on you" I generally lose interest when I realize it actually means "be what we catered for" and "the world depends on you... and all those other guys because individually you all just suck. Now check out this cool, unfair, boss whom you cannot solo!".
When you're deciding if you like a game or not, which aspect weighs the heaviest and why?
Fun! That's a no brainer. There is no point in spending time doing things you don't like. If a game is fun right off the bat or I can see will be fun when I get better at it I'll stick with it. If it's just tedious or of a genre I dislike I'll leave it alone.
There was a pen and paper RPG based off of Ninja Turtles that I rather enjoyed, but I was also quite young when I played it. Still, it's cartoony enough that it could work as an MMO.
ReplyDeleteI don't know where I fall as far as the NBI goes. I do play some cutting edge games, some betas, and some free to play titles. I also sometimes miss games and come back to them later (in the case of Rift that I've just started playing). Playstation Plus has also given me AAA titles for free that are a year or more old, and a lot of the time they're games that I never played when they were new.
I posed the question about the guild because I thought it would be cool to have a bunch of us in a guild somewhere, but yes, agreeing on where that somewhere is could be difficult. I didn't think time zones mattered, as the people in similar time zones would naturally group together, yet all progress made by the individual groups would benefit the guild as a whole. We've also found that the middle of the day (my time) seems to work world wide for the most part.
I'm beginning to ramble. Just wanted to throw some of that out there. Cool post.
Hehe never heard of the Ninja Turtles thingy! A bit strange if its a world full of mutated tortises though but there are weirder games out there (i think). Maybe you should post a topic on that and see how many people reply? :)
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