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The Ultimate MMORPG

Posted by Zonk on from the has-to-have-bunnies dept.

MMORPG.com has up an editorial looking at one man's vision of the perfect Massively Multiplayer Game. From the article: "I have read about the new games on the horizon, and they seem to all have one thing in common: They focus on a few key features, and leave out brilliant concepts that have already made it in to modern games. That means that in order for the players to get all the features they enjoy in a game, they would have to play more than one MMORPG, if not many MMORPGs. I do not know about you, but I struggle with playing one at a time."

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  1. Rather than make the "Best" mmorpg by hobotron · · Score: 4, Interesting


    Why dont you concentrate on things that make all mmorpgs suck?

    SomethingAwful has a hilarious yet very insightful look at your typical mmorpg.

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  2. MMOGs are very hard to keep balanced by grumpygrodyguy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The hardest problem in online gaming today is to create a system where players can be continuously rewarded for their time but maintain game balance so that certain player types don't become overpowered. Unfortunately these two forces are counteracting.

    WoW did a great job of creating balance, but a lousy job of fostering player growth(60+ game sucks). Everquest did a decent job of finding a happy median between the two, but the high level game became very very slow.

    Expert gamers are all about finding exploits to increase their power, a good MMOG must reward savvy players, but at the same time protect other players and the economy from being exploited...usually it's the stuff designers never considered or intended that end up causing the most problems. All in all it's a very difficult problem to address.

    That means that in order for the players to get all the features they enjoy in a game, they would have to play more than one MMORPG, if not many MMORPGs.

    Ultimately, more features == more exploits.

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  3. Re:, Wars, Survival, Wealth - Anything But The Gri by willnz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    i'm building a proof-of-concept game (FOUND Desert Island) for casual gamers.

    the whole idea is to do away with grinding, in fact grinding will hurt the gameplay, and it does seem to address few of your points, like:

    1. the island regrows/heals itself based on player's involvement

    2. everyone dies, sooner or later

    3. besides the normal hunting/gathering, players can reproduce offsprings

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