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Mythic Sues Microsoft Over Mythica MMORPG
An anonymous reader writes "Mythic Entertainment, developers of PC MMO videogame Dark Age of Camelot, has filed suit against Microsoft, arguing that Microsoft's upcoming MMORPG Mythica is too similar in name and content (it 'also employs Norse images and mythology') to its own name and flagship title. Maybe if game developers could dream up a genre other than fantasy, problems like this would be averted..."
Good, then Mythic can come out with a real-time strategy game called Ages Of Mythology(s) , featuring norse gods, greek gods, egyptian gods, and to be different, Indian Gods ;O :O
Microsoft shouldnt have a problem with that, should they?
fucking troll.
It's called SIMS Online
.sigs are for post^Hers.
"Window" is a generic term used in the field of computer science to describe an artifact commonly found in graphical user interfaces.
In this case, however, the term "mythic" is fanciful (though Microsoft may argue it's descriptive) in regards to a game, and Microsoft's usage includes the *entire* trademark.
The mythology of Arthur puts the time period way before 1200 AD. The pre-romantic story, derived from Celtic mythology, via Geoffrey of Monmouth, Wace, and Layamon, and appearing in the second book of Malory (in the form of a rip-off of a C14th epic poem, the so-called Alliterative Morte Arthur), tells of the Roman emperor Lucius, who demanded tribute from the Britons; Arthur refused to pay, and invaded Rome instead. But at the moment of his victory he was suddenly called home, his throne having been usurped, and he was killed in the civil war that ensued.
Most of the stuff about damsels in distress was added later by the French, who admittedly applied a liberal coating of 1200-ness to the story, but only because that's when they wrote their versions; that's just like today's modern-dress productions of Shakespeare.
- post-apocalyptic/dark future sci-fi (Road Warrior or Gammaworld)
- superheroes (isn't there something like this coming?)
- adventure a la Indiana Jones/Alan Quartermain
- swashbuckling/pirate style adventures
I'm not sure how many people would want to immerse themselves in these settings compared to fantasy, but the potential is there to restrict interactions to a pretty interpersonal level.No, rather it would be like Ford Motor Company releasing a car range called the SteeringWheel (tm). Perfectly fine, another company could not release a car range called the same, but it could still use steering wheel technology within it.
Bull shit!
I was a subscriber for 7 months to DAOC and not ONCE did I EVER feel Norse, Celtic, Druidic, or Athurian mythology. I felt trapped in a computer-spawned land of worthless badger slaying, griefing, and fort tug-of-war.
DAOC was everquest without the interesting locations. Please don't say it "took heavily" from such great legends you know it didn't have jack shit to do with.
A NPC named Lancalot sits in the middle of his castle and gives you quests to steal daggers from trolls. Oh yeah, I'm enthralled now!
Or even swashbuckkling/pirate style in a postapocolyptic dark scifi universe, focusing on ship combat and boarding. Say that most projectile weapons in the person-to-person combat are infeasible because of the likelyhood to pierce the hull of the ship the battle is taking place in. Ship-to-ship combat may be equipment based (and to some extent, player skill based), but boarding would involve player-skill melee combat. Or maybe I'm just being a moron, I really don't know. It seemed a good idea at the time.
I agree. I don't really see any harm in calling the game Mythica. It's not like they're calling it Dark Ages of Camelota. As far as similar content goes, take a look for yourself: Mythica and DAOC
Interestingly, if you go here ,the name of one "plane of existance" is called Midgard, as is the name of one of three realms in DAOC. Same legends aside, after visiting Mythica's page, I get visions of a 3D diablo 2 with a cracked out battle.net riding shotgun, not really DAOC. No mention of massive PVP, which in my opinion is what makes DAOC. I don't see a reason for Mythic to panic. DAOC is far more intriguing and well thought out imho.
You would have enjoyed the RP servers, and paying close attention to some of the out of the way quests. The epic quests were really interesting if you did them all. Look at what they recently did with the new Trials of Atlantis expansion! It's not the fault of Mythic if someone chooses to spend their time ignoring the content, and smashes bunnies for another carrot instead. "The grind is in your mind."
Auto-reply to ACs: "Truly, you have a dizzying intellect."
Mmmm... Dune?
;)...
A whole universe full of different cultures, close combat, range combat
Oh. I forgot. And Kevin J Anderson & Herbert's son to spoil it all.
Super Mario RPG Online?
But then again, I could be wrong.