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SolarShado

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Game Idea
« on: October 16, 2009, 01:58:39 am »
This may sound wierd, but the idea came in a dream. As in, I dreamt I was playing this game. Anyway, here it is.

Think Battlefront. Starwars Batttlefront. Then think bigger, much bigger. Possibly entire-planet-as-one-map bigger. At least multi-city bigger. Then add a persistent world and make it a MMO.

That's the basic concept I suppose, except the character I was playing as was more like StarKiller from the Force Unleashed than some random mook.

Also, the vehicles (or at least the troop-transport I was in) are more like mobile buildings in how you interact with them. That is, rather than walking up and pressing Y or whatever, you actually walk throught the ship to the cockpit.

I'm probably not remotely managing to convey how awesome the idea is in my mind: It's very late...
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Re: Game Idea
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2009, 03:05:16 am »
Sounds like Planetside.
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Re: Game Idea
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2009, 06:03:55 am »
Yeah... We all dream about massive online multiplayer games with mechanics like battlefield but in a sci-fi world...

with thousands of players... etc...

The thing is... Technology isn't ready yet.
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Re: Game Idea
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2009, 06:10:51 am »
Quote from: Alexhans on October 16, 2009, 06:03:55 am
The thing is... Technology isn't ready yet.
But damned if it isn't close.
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Re: Game Idea
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2009, 03:05:35 pm »
I don't think we've even gotten the "loose vehicle" deal down in singleplayer games yet.  Gonna be a while before MMO's get hold of them.

There was a game I saw a while back, with either modern or WWII tech levels...  It was a Massively Multiplayer FPS, and they had a few tanks, airplanes and whatnot in there...  I think it allowed for the front line to shift as well, as players captured certain important buildings and locales.

I seem to remember it being free, too...  Only thing I know for almost-certain is that you could buy newer and better guns through microtransactions.  Whether or not that excluded a monthly fee, I'm not actually too sure.

Damned if I can remember the name of it though...
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Re: Game Idea
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2009, 03:50:48 pm »
Sounds like 2142.
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Re: Game Idea
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2009, 04:37:13 pm »
Battlefield 2142 is O, but it isn't MM.
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Re: Game Idea
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2009, 04:41:23 pm »
Aqizzar: It's called World War II Online. Still alive.
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Re: Game Idea
« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2009, 04:46:50 pm »
Quote from: Servant Corps on October 16, 2009, 04:41:23 pm
Aqizzar: It's called World War II Online. Still alive.

I seem to remember people talking about how avatars helped them distinguish one person from another.  This is apparently not always the case.

By the way, my name does have a 'U' in it.
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Re: Game Idea
« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2009, 04:49:27 pm »
I turned avatars off, you see.
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Re: Game Idea
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2009, 04:55:06 pm »
So did I.  That's why I didn't know you were lacking one.  I figured I was just about the only one left.

Still though, what is it with people mistakenly responding to "Aqizzar"?  I mean, I've done the same thing.  Are we just always thinking about him subconsciously or something?
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« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2009, 10:09:08 pm »
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Re: Game Idea
« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2009, 08:33:33 pm »
What about fallen earth?

It's a seamless (I thiinnnk) MMO with vehicles and guns, although it fails as an FPS and is more an RPG, the basic concept is there. At least it has persistent seamless world with character building and vehicles and shooting.
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Re: Game Idea
« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2009, 09:00:51 am »
No, Sonerohi. Aquizzar is just a carrier for the CHIN.
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