Name: VIPPER 2009-04-18 6:07
Any ideas on a romanticized WWI era MMORPG?
Like, set in the later 1800s to the beginning of WWI, but, with the war going on.
Obviously, actual units strategising and fighting one another would be a big part of the game, and, though it would strive for some realism, it would of course be fantasized to a significant degree (steampunk tech, mysticism/occultism, zepplin carriers, supertanks etc.)
Then there would be the adventurism aspect of the game, with Dark Africa being a vast unexplored continent with a full range of ecosystems to explore, along with their respective beasts, seamonsters, heandhunters, etc.
a major theme would be totalitarianism vs. individualistic societies. Major players could be the British Empire, the Empire of Japan, the French Third Republic, and Imperial Russia, more or less as allies on one side, and the the Austria-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, relatively new German Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria more or less as allies on the other side, with non-playable major races including Chinese / Indian kingdoms and warlord states, central asian empires, etc..
The differences between different Empires would be exaggerated greatly. Germans would be 'extremely german', etc., as would their appearence.
Racism done right could help the game, i think, so long as it was suttle enough.
Perhaps the could be expanisons that add north and south america as major players,
I've been throwing these ideas around in my head for a little while, just wanna know what everyone else thinks.
Like, set in the later 1800s to the beginning of WWI, but, with the war going on.
Obviously, actual units strategising and fighting one another would be a big part of the game, and, though it would strive for some realism, it would of course be fantasized to a significant degree (steampunk tech, mysticism/occultism, zepplin carriers, supertanks etc.)
Then there would be the adventurism aspect of the game, with Dark Africa being a vast unexplored continent with a full range of ecosystems to explore, along with their respective beasts, seamonsters, heandhunters, etc.
a major theme would be totalitarianism vs. individualistic societies. Major players could be the British Empire, the Empire of Japan, the French Third Republic, and Imperial Russia, more or less as allies on one side, and the the Austria-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, relatively new German Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria more or less as allies on the other side, with non-playable major races including Chinese / Indian kingdoms and warlord states, central asian empires, etc..
The differences between different Empires would be exaggerated greatly. Germans would be 'extremely german', etc., as would their appearence.
Racism done right could help the game, i think, so long as it was suttle enough.
Perhaps the could be expanisons that add north and south america as major players,
I've been throwing these ideas around in my head for a little while, just wanna know what everyone else thinks.