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Interplay Developing $75 Million Fallout MMOG
Next Generation has very, very good news for RPG fans. Interplay is going to be developing a Fallout Massively Multiplayer Online Game ... and they're in it for serious. The official announcement says that they're going to be throwing $75 Million (dollars!) at development for this thing. From the article: "Production is proposed to begin as early as 2007, with a launch slated for Q3 2010. The company's proposal expects 1 million subscribers during the first year, and projects profitability in year two, revenue of $160 million annually after its first year and net income of $50 million annually starting in year three." Those are fighting words, and the 1 Million club they're aiming for ... maybe not so easy to get into. Also, didn't Interplay go out of business?
Bethesda bought the rights for everything EXCEPT a MMO in the Fallout universe, if I understood it correctly.
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Firearms are simple like bows and crossbows. Nothing complex on a MMORPG. It feels Ok. You can simply download and play Anarchy Online to test how feel.
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Fallen Earth (http://fallenearth.com/) might be interesting too. And since they have already shown a playable demo in an interview, it might be ready a lot earlier than the interplay game ;-)
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You make some good points here.
Some of my favorite Fallout moments were completing quests that actually made a difference.
Go kill the thugs terrorizing a town and the town gets happy.
Go blow up the outhouse that leads down to a cave, and you have crap all over the place forever.
Take out one of the major factions in town and things change...
One thing I hate about typical MMORPGS is that everything is infinitely repeatable. It has to be. If I can do a quest, then you have to be able to do the same quest. For that to work, everything has to reset.
If I screw with the controls to the nuclear reactor and irradiate everyone in town, I don't want to run back into town and see everyone has come back to life and waiting to see if you're going to kill them all too.
If I want to run into town and kill everyone there, right down to the women and children and claim the town as my own, I don't want to see you come in and do business with the newly resurrected weapons dealer.
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