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Lego MMOG Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the swordhand-connects-to-the-orc's-face dept.

Gamespot is reporting that a Lego Massively Multiplayer Game aimed at kids is in the works. Developer NetDevil, makers of Auto Assault, will be working on the project. No firm details beyond the project's announcement at this point, but the site slates the game for a 2008 launch.

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  1. Oh Boy by inklein · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As a kid who grew up on legos, does a computer game destroy the point of legos?
    I mean, you're supposed to BUILD with them!

    1. Re:Oh Boy by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Interesting

      That's not what LEGO is about. The really cool thing 'bout them was that you could take the (more or less) generic parts and build something new that came out of your imagination.

      I've recently seen some of the "newer" LEGO boxes and I was appalled. I mean, what does it have to do with LEGO when you get like 4 parts that you have to link together, and which you can't put together any other way than how it's intended?

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  2. Re:An MMO for kids? by iainl · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Really? Not insubstantial portions of the internet are filled with adult geeks who still play with Lego, and their designs. But these are usually nano-scale Giant Japanese Robots, Star Wars vehicles, assorted creatures from the Cthulhu Mythos and film sets.

    As much as I don't want ten replies with links to anatomical Lego designs, there seems a higher chance of your daughter being attacked by Yog Sothoth than animated penii.

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  3. Blockland!! by Some+Guy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There is already a game where you build with lego-like-but-not-lego blocks. It's called Blockland and it's cool. Although it isn't massive, it is multiplayer...

  4. Netdevil, huh? by Bieeanda · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Given the abysmal sales and retention rates of Auto Assault, and the server consolidations that have resulted from both, I'm really surprised that anyone was crazy enough to finance their pursuit of such a lucrative license.

  5. Re:An MMO for kids? by argStyopa · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm not entirely sure I agree.
    I would have agreed with you that MMOs are inevitably 'tainted', but Disney's Toontown is an outstanding example of a fun MMO that is totally child-safe. I was amazed at the unobtrusive yet secure protections that they have in place, yet it remains a really quite a fun game.

    So I wouldn't say it's impossible. Difficult? Especially if you hand them freeform construction tools, yes. But I would no longer say impossible.

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