Meta Like Idea

mekhere

You know how the metaverse has been looked down upon by everyone because no one wants to go blind paying 12000 dollars in gas fees to furnish their house or dress their avatar? well, it got me thinking......
what if we take this concept of the metaverse and throw away the glasses and make a sandbox like stargate that links certain or all mmo games to try to consolidate the already fractured player bases. We can then force everyone into a cloud like they say they want to be, and we can all coexist in peace. It's like the comic con of mmo's. You can even make a pvp arena. This solves the security problem with games and fixes the player base problems.
/Discuss






If there's a Times New Roman, is there also a Divide by New Roman?
You are an easter bunny sir, and I will find you! 

Dibdabs

What's the point in discussing a purely speculative idea that will 100% never, ever come to pass.

Quizzical

So you're saying that you want yet another game launcher, but one that can launch all of the MMOs?

OldKingLog

The ruthless assimilation and conglomeration, not to mention subjugation and execution of gaming companies by mega crops (Assholes at EA I'm looking right at you) is what turned gaming to total shit in the first place. No thanks.

mekhere

i just thought enough games have been made that we can finally have a stargate game. eve online is the base. then attach all the other mmo's to different planets and tie all the stories into the asgards. 

Champie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSimulator (2007)

"OpenSimulator is an open-source server platform originally launched in 2007 for hosting virtual worlds and metaverse environments. It is largely compatible with the virtual world Second Life but full compatibility is not a design goal."


"OpenSim also uses an architecture known as "Hypergrid", which allows users to teleport between multiple OpenSim-based virtual worlds by providing a hyperlinked map which indexes public grids.[5] This allows for public grids to retain teleportation links to each other without having to be on the same grid. The number of hypergrid-enabled OpenSimulator grids fluctuates. A list of active hypergrid-enabled OpenSimulator grids is maintained by Hypergrid Business-Active Hypergrids. As of January 2020, there were just over 300 active hypergrid-enabled services."

Uwakionna

Isn't this called Roblox (or Core)?

Champie

Uwakionna said:

Isn't this called Roblox (or Core)?

No, Roblox is a child exploitation app and Core is a sad waste of time and money.

Uwakionna

Champie said:

Uwakionna said:

Isn't this called Roblox (or Core)?

No, Roblox is a child exploitation app and Core is a sad waste of time and money.

That doesn't sound different to me. "Waste of time and money", not to mention "exploitative", kinda summarizes most open sims. The sliver of sims that exist not dedicated to porn are dominantly "clubs" or shopping malls with tons of poorly designed and unoptimized content specifically made for other players to consume then stand around lagging every sim to hell.

Fundamentally though, the mechanics are what they are though. A core platform upon which variety of experiences get built and then linked between. That's exactly what Roblox, Core, etc are. Opinions of their content aside.

Sovrath

" links certain or all mmo games to try to consolidate the already fractured player bases. We can then force everyone into a cloud like they say they want to be,"

I would think that since multiple mmorpg games are made by different companies that would be problematic. I am assuming that these "gates" are just ways to log into another game?

I would also be hesitant to say that you can "force everyone into a cloud like 'they' say they want to be' because while some might want to be "forced" into a cloud not everyone will want that or even have the same idea as to what that looks like.

Just because you see vocal discussion about players playing together doesn't mean that the majority want to play together in the same way.

Theocritus

I hear the word "meta" now and its an instant turnoff

mekhere

Sovrath said:

" links certain or all mmo games to try to consolidate the already fractured player bases. We can then force everyone into a cloud like they say they want to be,"

I would think that since multiple mmorpg games are made by different companies that would be problematic. I am assuming that these "gates" are just ways to log into another game?

I would also be hesitant to say that you can "force everyone into a cloud like 'they' say they want to be' because while some might want to be "forced" into a cloud not everyone will want that or even have the same idea as to what that looks like.

Just because you see vocal discussion about players playing together doesn't mean that the majority want to play together in the same way.

Yes, they are gates. I was thinking that if all the mmorpg's from 1997 to 2010 were merged into one universe like stargate, it would create a whole new experience. Eve people could visit everquest. We could even have a new pve/pvp arena for everyone. We could take those 20 year characters and do something new with them. 
Everyone does want to be forced back into certain environments. People admit to it all the time. 

Sovrath

mekhere said:

Sovrath said:

" links certain or all mmo games to try to consolidate the already fractured player bases. We can then force everyone into a cloud like they say they want to be,"

I would think that since multiple mmorpg games are made by different companies that would be problematic. I am assuming that these "gates" are just ways to log into another game?

I would also be hesitant to say that you can "force everyone into a cloud like 'they' say they want to be' because while some might want to be "forced" into a cloud not everyone will want that or even have the same idea as to what that looks like.

Just because you see vocal discussion about players playing together doesn't mean that the majority want to play together in the same way.

Yes, they are gates. I was thinking that if all the mmorpg's from 1997 to 2010 were merged into one universe like stargate, it would create a whole new experience. Eve people could visit everquest. We could even have a new pve/pvp arena for everyone. We could take those 20 year characters and do something new with them. 
Everyone does want to be forced back into certain environments. People admit to it all the time. 

Like I said, what you are suggesting would require an agreement from many different publishers. Additionally, some might not like the idea of giving an easy "off" from their game to a competitor.

As far as wanting to be "forced into environments" you might want to be forced into an environment but guarantee I don't. 

And I would be highly surprised if I was the only one.

I've seen this topic come up before and I still think the only way it would work is if one developer had several mmorpg's and they wanted to link them for their customers' convenience.