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Matrix MMORPG

Posted by Hemos on from the milking-yet-more-money dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As linked to in this post, Matrix: Online has been announced. The official site for the game describes it as a MMORPG of epic proportions as people will get to feel what it's like to be a part of the matrix realm. Although the details list lots of interesting information, the most important piece I found was in the FAQ section... where they state that the game takes place after Matrix Revolutions... Are they trying to hint at something?"

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  1. can't wait! by TomSawyer · · Score: 5, Funny

    "D00d! j00r totally cheating, quit dodging my bullets! Oh yeah! I buy that, sure, we can all jump that high. f0x0r j00!"

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  2. When the system bogs down by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

    When this Matrix game system bogs down to poor planning for number of users and bandwidth, and everything starts to look like running multi-user Quake IV on a 286 IBM-PC AT with a 300 baud modem, the guys running the game can say "There's nothing wrong here. You are just watching bullet-time effects"

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    1. Re:When the system bogs down by loadquo · · Score: 2, Funny

      And bugs in the game will be the 'glitches' when the agents alter reality.

      And someone will try and crash the game to free the people from the matrix, claiming to be The One.

  3. Isn't this a little redundant? by hprotagonist0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, the Matrix essentially is an MMORPG. Who knows, maybe this is how the Matrix got started. Instead of the Matrix Online, it should be called Matrix 0.0.1 (alpha). Let's just hope they don't make the AI too good.

    "Hey man, I just got the Matrix Online. It's awesome. They've got this great new interface, too. The surgery wasn't too bad, but it's kinda hard to sleep comfortably with this thing on the back of my neck."

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  4. Bullet Time? Simple! by th3walrus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unfortunately, present day MMORPG designers have considerably less creativity than your average banker. Otherwise they would realize how easy bullet time is to implement.

    Obviously you can't slow down the whole world for everyone. Which is why you return to the wonderful world of turn based party-only combat! Take the combat system used in the pioneer MMORPG, The Realm, and add features to bring it up to date.

    It's a shame that this kind of combat system would deviate too much from the standard MMORPG template. Otherwise we might have a decent game for once.

  5. Re:Interesting point by MojoMonkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, sounds like it will be an exciting game. Wake someone up, bring in Habitat for Humanity and build a home. Repeat.

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  6. Wow by EABird · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here I thought we were already in the Matrix MMORPG

  7. Just a fancy asb sticker for our matrix world.... by UltimaL337Star · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can imagine it now... after buying the matrix online, you find a shop in the game that sells the matrix online in which you play inside a computer inside the matrix online and each time you always meet the same KFC bearded white guy ready to sell you the same matrix online for all of eternity... untill you do something to change the future... hmm... perhaps actually send the 20$ rebate... in which things go backwards and you start to receive 20$ in the world where you purchased the matrix online and them 20$ for that world and.....