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Another Xbox 360 MMOG

Posted by Zonk on from the turn-of-events dept.

Microsoft seems to be adopting the attitude that MMOGs, popular as they are nowadays, are a worthwhile investment for the 360. With FFXI already slated to show up on the console, Gamespot has word that Webzen's thugs and cops MMOG All Points Bulletin will be making an appearance on the system as well. From the article: "While APB was originally announced solely for the PC, rumors of a console version sprang up last week. That's when Jones sealed a deal with Microsoft to develop games for its next-gen console, the Xbox 360. Seeing how APB was Real Time Worlds' sole project, many suspected it would be only a matter of time until a 360 version was announced."

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  1. Something different by bornyesterday · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I think the thing that most intrigues me about APB is that it is one of the few MMORPGs not set in a scifi or fantasy world. I think thats something that we need to see more of. There are only so many aliens and ogres out there to kill.

    Where are the wild west mmorpgs where you can choose to be a gunslinger, a cowboy, a card sharp, a cattle rustler, sherriff, indian, etc. Same basic idea, but more historical/realistic setting. Just like APB looks like it will be.

    Stuff based in reality is more interesting IMHO.

    1. Re:Something different by alvinrod · · Score: 3, Insightful
      Personally, I have a feeling that it will be suspiciously similar to GTA, except that there will be hundreds of players rather than some crappy AI.

      I don't mean for this to sound like a bad thing. A lot of people have wished that Grand Theft Auto had been playable online or at least some multiplayer features (and don't talk about the crappy two player feature in GTA:SA, because that wasn't all that great) that would allow friends to play together.

      There would be a few issues with such a game, but as long as most people aren't running around with heavy weapons, it would be 'aight. The mission system would largely be gone, but the fact that people could form gangs and have turf wars would be interesting.

      Just so long as it doesn't borrow all of the crafting elements from other RPGs, I think it would be alright.

  2. Re:MMOGs on the X-Box by hollismb · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Um, why do you need a keyboard for a MMORPG? All Xbox Live enabled games have voice communication. Why not just talk? Proximity voice and messaging would pretty much take care of it, without having to stop moving to type on a keyboard. Keyboard communication really sucked in Phantasy Star Online, for example. Matter of fact, I won't ever buy a console game that requires a keyboard: If I wanted to play games at a desk I'd do it on my PC.

  3. Keyboard/mouse? No way! by fr0dicus · · Score: 2, Insightful
    If you want those, stick to your PC. Live is much better, some games have proximity headset chat already, and it works well. Couple this with a friends list and you're laughing. I'm in a guild on WoW that mainly uses headsets, and it works really well, allowing you to get on with the game.

    Joypad control is also better for third person/driving, which a GTA clone surely is.

  4. Rockstar, you pw4n my w0rld. by Shihar · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If APB is just another MMORPG with the setting swapped out, it will suck. Period. The problem with MMOPRGs is NOT the lack of original settings. The problem is they fail to have even mildly creative gameplay. You couldn't pay me enough to play another leveling treadmill game. I tried EQ, AC, DAoC, WoW, and MO. Thanks, I am full now. You can take your shitty level treadmill and shove it, m'kay?

    APB has the potential to explode because it has the potential to take the stupid 'leveling up' gameplay and do away with it. If this game is worth a damn it won't have epic raids - or if they are epic, they will be epic in that you got 40 of your bodies to go thrash the shit out of the some other gang, not because you spent 9 hours fighting your way into a dungeon and killing an NPC with 6 billion HP for ph4t l00t.

    I rarely say this, these days when it comes to MMORPGs, but I actually have a little faith. I have had a number of gaming fantasies since I first unwrapped Doom. After seeing the original GTA (the 2d one), I had a gaming fantasy about a game where I could run amok in a completely open 3d city, stealing cars, shooting people, or stopping at every single red light. GTA3 came pretty fucking close to fulfilling all of those fantasies. If they can fulfill my fantasy for an MMORPG that isn't about leveling and has shit to do other then mindlessly kill NPCs for ph4t l00t, well, I will bow before their awesome power.

    It is a shame few other gaming companies have even an once of the guts that Rockstar has. I don't want the evolutionary boring crap Blizzard shits out. I am glad they are the masters of taking an established genera and refining it, but I want a company that boldly tries new things. There are plenty of spineless companies like Blizzards out there producing more of the same. The Rockstar's are few and far in between. Hell, even to this day no one has had the guts to try and imitate GTA with anything more then half hearted lobtimized imitations.

    Rockstar, you pw4n my w0rld.

  5. Little Early for Hype by b0r0din · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This game is getting released in 2008. That means, wow, the Xbox360 will have an MMORPG in _3_ years.

    This is the kind of crappy hype I hate, where they announce how awesome their console is because it'll have some game no one has reviewed or tested yet, oh and which won't be released even on PC for the next two years.