Why have you not whored out my childhood

[Doppler]

Ok i've been playing a distrubing amount of City of Heroes lately, and it got me thinking.

What other marketing angles could they exploit on tried and true formulas that i'd fall for like a leming on ritilin. I mean planetside was kinda like a poorly executed extension of my tribes fetish, the heir aparent that just didnt quite measure up. Neocron was fairly good try at my cyberpunk/shadowrun leanings, the only thing that really pissed me off was getting waxed in newbie zones by oposition members, who the minuete they were actualy in danger whould run up the stairs to the "safe zone" that was sposed to be the capital of my goddamn empire. Shouldnt that have gotten them insta gibbed by the police bots? That and classes being not even close to balanced kinda bit, anyone thats played recently elat me know if it's any better/worse?

So whats left as far as licenses that whould be awesome as MMORPGS if their pulled off even closed to right? Well theres one that comes to mind.

Fallout.

The fallout universe has it all, the oportunities for both PvP and dungeon crawling. Plenty of wasteland and former cities to set up settlements in, reasons to work together, reasons to fight. Plenty of difrent angles and power sets, a loyal cult following, a rich game world. It could encorporate a wide variety of angles and still be fun. If done right.

Who wel whould play a fallout RPG thats my question I guess, or think of another great old license that might be worth the MMORPG treatment.

[Squeeky]

Cops and Robbers. I used to run around the neighborhood playing that game in my underpants.

[Octavian]

Originally Posted by Squeeky

Cops and Robbers. I used to run around the neighborhood playing that game in my underpants.

I'm not saying this to be nice, but that's the most original idea I've heard in a long time.

[Indecisive]

No, Starcraft.

Nuff said.

[scarpas]

Originally Posted by Gohan

No, Starcraft.

Nuff said.

[Derfud]

Arcanum.

Completely unique character customization system, great plot, immersive world, developed characters, great era, magick vs. technology aspects.

[Zodiac]

Originally Posted by Derfud

Arcanum.

Completely unique character customization system, great plot, immersive world, developed characters, great era, magick vs. technology aspects.

That game kicked so much ass it was unreal.

[Everay]

it was made by the same people from Fallout too.

Brahmin dung, HA! "MOOO MOOO I SAY!"

"WTF did the cow just talk?"

[SDM]

Originally Posted by Everay

Brahmin dung, HA! "MOOO MOOO I SAY!"

"WTF did the cow just talk?"

[Everay]

Originally Posted by SDM

its from the game Fallout SDM, at one point you walk by a cow, and he goes MOO, MOO I SAY, and there is this one guy that freaks out and is like, WTF did the cow just talk?"

BTW, the funnyest part in part one has to be in Vault 16 i think it was, with the deathclaws, and the guy that keeps on talking about his life.

[Derfud]

Originally Posted by Everay

it was made by the same people from Fallout too.

Brahmin dung, HA! "MOOO MOOO I SAY!"

"WTF did the cow just talk?"

Yeah, it's a shame Troika wont be working on the next fallout game, they could have made it great, but now we will never know, since it was shit-canned.

I'll just have to wait for Vampires bloodlines.

[JetRaiden]

I voted yes because Ive heard good things about fallout, although Ive never played it.

[1024]

it sounds cool, although i've never played fallout. Is it really any good?

[Doppler]

Originally Posted by 1024

it sounds cool, although i've never played fallout. Is it really any good?

Fallout is arguably one of the best game ever, great world, great humor, great system, plenty of instresting things to do. Fallout 2 was just as good if not better.

[Everay]

i recently picked up Fallout Tactics, and oh man is it a bitch, fun, not as non linear, but a pain in the ass. fun though, very at that.