Two-Headed Ogres Added To World Of Warcraft 48
An anonymous reader writes "It's official: Blizzard Entertainment is proud to announce that two-headed ogres, each head controlled by a different player, are now a playable race in World of Warcraft, their upcoming PC massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Giving two separate players simultaneous control of a single body, this new race introduces a unique cooperative gaming experience never before attempted. Current beta testers should expect to see these innovative new game mechanics added in the coming weeks."
ugh. (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Two headed ogres? (Score:3, Funny)
3-headed Knight (Score:5, Funny)
Obligatory Monty Python Response. (Score:2, Funny)
"He is brave Sir Robin, brave Sir Robin, who
"Shut up. Oh, nobody really. just passing through."
"What do you want?"
"To fight and
"Shut up. Nothing really. just to pass through, good Sir knight."
"I'm afraid not. This is my bit of the forest. Find your own bit."
"I am a Knight of King Arthur's Round Table. I seek the Holy Grail - Stand aside and let me pass."
"You are a Knight of the Round Table?
"I am."
"Shit."
"In that case I shall have to kill you."
"Shall I?"
"Oh, I don't think
Re:3-headed Knight (Score:1)
Re:3-headed Knight (Score:2)
King Ghidrah (Score:4, Insightful)
At least they didn't lose the source code (Score:2, Funny)
Re:At least they didn't lose the source code (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:At least they didn't lose the source code (Score:3, Informative)
suggestion... (Score:1)
one player could operate larry's head and one... well, you know.
I prefer the First of Octember. (Score:3, Insightful)
It's less annoying than April Fools.
In other news... (Score:2)
April Foo--!! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:April Foo--!! (Score:2)
Re:April Foo--!! (Score:3, Insightful)
It may be an April Fool's yoke, but a really good one. Why? because it's believable
No one would pay a subscription for using a character that is permanently attached to another randomly chosen user, of course, but it doesn't sound completely impossible to sell.Wouldn't it be a good idea if two "ogre" players could perform some kind of ritual to merge together into a Double Headed Ogre? If there are some stats or strategic gains why not. The added HP alone could worth the inconveniences.
Re:April Foo--!! (Score:4, Insightful)
It's not much different than most games where two people pilot a vehicle (like a PlanetSide tank, one in the drivers seat, one in the gunner), except you'd be bound for the whole existence of the character.
Some people would love the challenge. Much like back when EverQuest had evil races who were hated by most NPC's. They adapted, and focused on their advantages.
If this ever were to be in the game, I guarantee you would see them in play, sometimes quite successfully. I would have a lot of respect for the duo that got a high level Two-Headed Ogre.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with innovative game thinking. I didn't buy Warcraft III because jack had changed between it and its half-decade earlier predecessor. But I would almost guarantee I'd buy WoW if it had this class (much like I bought Horizons for the dragons).
Ditto (Score:2)
I'll second that, i've sort of been watching WoW with about a 25% interest level, after seeing the 2-headed Ogre my interest is at about a 90% and i will definately be purchasing this game (not to mention the monthly subscription).
Re:wtf is wrong with everyone (Score:1)
Oh bugger, that's a real law? Thank god I'll be out of university by the time it comes into force.
Good advice for anyone (Score:5, Funny)
pvp (Score:5, Funny)
no i'm talking about wow, im serious !
Re:pvp (Score:1)
As you both have the same HP, or rather you have two HPs merged into 1, making you hard to butcher, but alas still if one die both die.
Screenshots! (Score:2)
Still a great idea (Score:2)
Re:Still a great idea (Score:4, Informative)
A couple of years back, Blizzard announced that it'll add a new race to Warcraft III [battle.net], the Panda race, it was an April fool.
however, last year Blizzard added the Pandaren Brewmaster [battle.net] to Warcraft III's expansion, The Frozen Throne.
Re:Still a great idea (Score:5, Interesting)
I'm more interested in today's other Blizzard news (Score:2)
Rob
Re:I'm more interested in today's other Blizzard n (Score:3, Interesting)
Innovation in a MMORPG? Bah (Score:1)
Well, I'd play it... AF or not. (Score:1)
Re:Well, I'd play it... AF or not. (Score:1)
Blizzard History (Score:1, Redundant)
Diablo's Secret Cow Level started as an April Fools joke too
Re:Blizzard History (Score:1, Redundant)
Re: (Score:3, Interesting)
Interesting - If its not an april fool's joke (Score:1)
This could be potentially more dangerous for players because of griefers. They could Really mess up someone's game play. Another problem I see is if one half is never online, then the two headed experience someone wants may not be worth while.
At least this isn't UT... (Score:2)
Intriguing possibilities (Score:3, Interesting)
Arguably, this might be just what MMORPGs need... something that enforces sociability and cooperation with a person who they don't get to choose. It's possible that two people creating an ogre character end up with personalities that mesh well, but in any other case the users would be forced to come up with a system of compromises and rules for how things will be done.
One particular book, Forever Peace [scifi.com] by Joe Haldeman proposes the idea that humans which are forced into interacting with each other continuously will ultimately gain an empathy with humanity as a whole that will result in peacefulness and civility.
Yes, the book I mentioned is Sci-Fi, though the idea isn't too far off from reality. At a recent meeting of PUMUG [purdue.org], we had a demo of a recently released group-programming tool that was essentially just a text editor for more than 1 person. Most of the folks at the meeting had the program up and running, so we shared a common text file for editing. The chaos of ~10 people was incredible, though a sense of order was eventually established with the understand that each person got a particular line or set of lines to write on (with no outside interference) and that people would refrain from huge text pastes or deletes. There were the occasional annoyances, but most people that stuck it through were civil about it and managed quite an interesting conversation that entirely distracted from the meeting.
So yes, it is April 1st, but this is one story that I would hope might be real. If it were, I might very well play an ogre myself. Feel free to look for me... the name'll probably be something like Grantor\/\/1zzz3|2D, and I'll be going insane. Cheers.
Re:Intriguing possibilities MOD PARENT UP (Score:1)
Re:Intriguing possibilities (Score:4, Insightful)
It'd be fantastic if come tommorrow the joke was on all the nay-sayers.
-Grym
Re:Intriguing possibilities (Score:1)
Why? I can't choose my co-workers or my family; now you don't want me to choose my gaming buddies? Geez.
-Jeff
I would play this. (Score:3, Insightful)
It could be a mess to tie the control thogeter on the devs. side. But it would really create a new experience! Diverse experiences is what these games need to keep old players who want to try new things. I would hope it would be possible to choose who you will play with or go random. Maybe have rituals to transplant your spirit into another body too(changing partner). Etc.
wow (Score:1)
Hmmmmmmz.... slashdotter 'cmon... *sigh* (Score:1)
Rooting for the ogres (Score:1)