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shaman's tear
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 14 Jul 2002
Posts: 29
Location: Florida,USA |
With D&D crpg's (BG,NWN) having such a huge fan base & selling power do you think we'll see a mmorpg sometime in the future? I'm a big fan of the Forgotten Realms and i'd love to see a game set in that world with npc's based on novel characters.Maybe i'm biased but I think it would give SW:G a good run.
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Ekim
Eagle's Shadow
Joined: 27 May 2002
Posts: 2365
Location: Montreal, Canada |
It would certainly be interesting. But in my opinion what makes D&D special is the DM (Dungeon Master) and you couldn't have that in an MMORPG - not the kind you'Re referring to at least. Anything else would just be a re-hash of everything else that is being made, and there wouldn't be anything special about it. But I do agree that an MMORPG set in the DragonLance universe, for instance, would certainly have its charm!
I think NWN is the best thing any developer could have done with D&D and multiplayer. In any case D&D pen and paper games were always designed to be played by a few people, 10 players at most, and a DM, not thousands of players at the same time. NWN succeeds in re-creating the sense of group and interaction in multiplayer games when playing with a DM.
In short, I don't think doing a D&D based MMORPG would do justice to the D&D system at all, but the game worlds would certainly make for a good background.
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Ammon777
Warrior for Heaven
Joined: 20 Apr 2002
Posts: 2011
Location: United States |
I am thinking that it wont happen, at least not immediately. Reason is, D&D games that have come out have a strong story presence. It would be kind of hard to make that role-play deep-story happen in an MMORPG, unless they make it revolutionary. In any case, Ekim is right. It would be just a rehashment of everything else that is coming out. BUT, it could be a good idea for Wizards of the Coast, and I bet you a dollar that they are in fact thinking about it. After all, what developing company isnt thinking about MMORPGs nowadays? Its a big money, high-cost genre, and its only going to get bigger and better. Take AC2 for instance. I am in beta 2 of that game and the graphics are simply amazing. I have enough experience to say that this genre looks very promising for the future, and if there is ever a D&D setting MMORPG, it would be a big contender.
EDIT -- spelling correction 
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Kendrik
Thin Blue Line
Joined: 13 Jun 2002
Posts: 550
Location: England |
I suspect that there are already ideas on the drawing board for a MMORPG at WotC at the minute as it is too big of a market for them to ignore. I also suspect they will wait and see how warmly Warhammer Online is received as this is also based on a PnP system. WotC have recently learned that not everything with a D&D licence is gonna do well - remember the movie. So Caution is probably the keyword at the moment.
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Tue Sep 24, 2002 11:59 pm |
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Ammon777
Warrior for Heaven
Joined: 20 Apr 2002
Posts: 2011
Location: United States |
That DND movie was total crap. I can dream better stuff up than that shoddyy excuse for a movie with my brain folded up six times, crammed into my little toe, then kicked into a brick wall and absorbed into the rock. My brain, after all that abuse, could come up with a better movie than that stupid (read STUPID) dungeons and dragons movie. the end. 
EDIT -- made my comments more... appealing to... nice peoples. 
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