Otherland MMO Announced 142
Eurogamer breaks news that German games publisher DTP Entertainment will be making an MMORPG based on Tad Williams' Otherland series of books. As anyone who has read the books will know, this could be an interesting new spin on virtual worlds. Quoting:
"For want of a better soundbite, let's call it the first cyberpunk MMO: a virtual world about virtual worlds, in which your avatar is an avatar, the NPCs play NPCs, and you explore a multiverse in which you might be in realistic historical surroundings one minute, and cartoon fantasy ones the next. Everything changes, even your own appearance, and nothing is even pretending to be real. ... You start the game as one of those consciousnesses in a place called the Land of the Lost, a nightmare scenario which you're trying to escape. You'll run, be killed, and reborn in a 'baby' state as a simple, low-rent sim (though we suspect the game won't be using that term, for obvious reasons) - a blank, featureless avatar that can be male, female or even neither."
Not interested (Score:2, Funny)
Wake me up when a mutant is using hypnotic mind-control to make me believe I'm actually in the game. Until then I don't think this is going to be a particularly compelling MMORPG.
Brainstorming session gone wrong (Score:1, Funny)
Boss: Okay guys, we have to come up with some better ideas for this new MMO.
Producer 1: I think we should go for the most realistic historical surroundings!
Producer 2: That's boring! How about a cartoon fantasy world?
Four hours later
Boss: You still haven't made a decision.
Producer 1: Oh yeah we have. We're gonna do both!
Boss (disheartened): Both?
Producer 2: Yeah! It'll be a completely open world, totally unfocused! A sandbox! The user makes the choices!
Producer 1: With open-endedness! And it'll be like...so, meta-
Boss: Oh, for fuck's sake. Just throw in a bunch of crap stolen from BladeRunner and call it 'cyberpunk', then it will sell.
Producer 1: You're the boss!
Can you get out? (Score:5, Funny)
Uh Oh (Score:2, Funny)
haven't tried any MMOs, They look too addictive.
I won't play this
I really like the books.
I won't play this.
I won't play this
I won't play this.
I won't play this
I won't play this.
I really like the books.
I won't play this
I won't play this.
i really like the books.
i will play this.
Re:But will it be a WoW killer!?!?!? (Score:3, Funny)
Wrong. The most important question is:
"Will it run Linux?"
Hmmmm.. no, sorry! It is:
"Will it run in Linux?".
Re:Brainstorming session gone wrong (Score:1, Funny)
Also, you should win prizes for playing it.