Okay, so i watched the trailer, and I have to say that it tells a lot of pure bollocks.
1st off, "the most ambitious and unique computer game project ever undertaken." I have a few issues with that statement. Claiming that something is "The Most Unique computer game project" is an incredible fallacy, as there are a lot of unique games about, and a lot of unique and ambitious projects are being worked on. Planetary Anihilation, for example, the first RTS that will allow you to weaponize asteroids and have massive scale galactic conflicts. Okay, maybe the "ambitious" part is true, but certainly not "The Most Ambitious". Ultima Ratio Regum, the roguelike that aims to bring together Total War, RPG and just a bit of Crusader Kings. That is incredibly ambitious.
2nd off: "It seeks to create a completely new genre" No, constant player driven worlds are nothing new. Set up a massive enough Hardcore Minecraft server (about 100 people should suffice) and you've got yourself a world that will be driven by the players, where everything created will be player-made (except for precreated structures, such as villages). Also EVE online, which simulates space business and warfare quite well, where players have made adventures other people had into legends that very few people outised EVE will ever know. Also, the "Virtual Parallel Universe" does not really apply since it's not really a parallel universe, more a perpetual player driven world, something i mentioned in this rant mere sentances ago.
3rd off: Having the ability to create weapons, tools all by yourself would require either massive amounts of variable pre-set recipes for crafting, or an incredibly advanced crafting system.
4th off: "A simulation of humanity by humanity as individuals." There already is such a thing. It's called reality. Also, don't try to distinguish yourself from other MMOs, because that's pretty much what you're setting up here.
5th off: "A player can create an entire village governed by his own rules" well, the first principle of humanity is that people are massive dicks, and very few people would listen to what you have to say, especially in a world where everything is allowed and you're not playing with people you know. So, unless there are some in-game limitations set up, this whole village thing would only work out for someone who's strong enough to enforce his will, and has either no life or incredibly devoted friends all around the world, I can't really see this happening.
6th off: "The gameplay map will be enormous.... it'll take just over a year to walk over the whole game world." one word: MINECRAFT.
7th off: "Eventually, all of space will open up to them" Like EVE online, only with a Minecraft part for colonizing planets?
Okay, so so far, the trailer left me cold. It looks like someone thought to themselves: "What if Minecraft was an MMO and had a bastard child with EVE online?" and said "I'll do it!" without any actual experience in programming or knowing how games work (To store all that data... It'd require terrabytes. Even if it was played via Cloud Gaming, the server would have to have enormous amounts of RAM, Hard Drive space and an incredible CPU just to run this thing.)
Perhaps the introduction video will leave me less cold?
1st off: THE VIDEO QUALITY IS AWFUL.
2nd off: "It's like Pac-man and Tetris put together!" No. Whoever said this is a moron.
3rd off: The argument that this isn't Spore has been handled incredibly poorly.
You know what, I won't even do the point thing.
It is a project that is burdened by severe overambition. If it works out, I'll be glad, but I won't be holding my breath for it.
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Topic: The Universe Project (Read 8448 times)