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Who else wants BioWare's new MMO to be set in the Forgotten Realms?
Ozriok
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http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10405
Jade Empire
Mass Effect
Neverwinter Nights
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
Baldurs Gate
Baldurs Gate II
Baldurs Gate: Throne of Bhaal
If anyone can make a badass MMO set in the Forgotten Realms it's these guys.
This is one of the two IP's that, if made into an MMO and done well I'd probably have no life whatsoever.
The other is Fallout.
Edited: NWN2
Jade Empire
Mass Effect
Neverwinter Nights
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
Baldurs Gate
Baldurs Gate II
Baldurs Gate: Throne of Bhaal
If anyone can make a badass MMO set in the Forgotten Realms it's these guys.
This is one of the two IP's that, if made into an MMO and done well I'd probably have no life whatsoever.
The other is Fallout.
Edited: NWN2
Yes, I also find that shallow and pedantic.
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A Fallout mmo. That would be fun.
Still, I would have loved to have seen Bioware make a FRMMORPG w/out any restraints because I'm pretty sure it would have been freakin' awesome.
There's always the possibility of a Fallout MMO though...even with the slim, pitching it to get out of debt chance Black Isle is taking on it.
Hopefully they'll have a completely useless but amazingly awesome Bloody Mess perk in the MMO as well.
Yes, I also find that shallow and pedantic.
If Bioware makes a Fallout MMOG Fallen Earth will be doomed!
The Jade Empire universe has a lot of potential. It's unique, colorful, and breaks out of the obscenley overused European fantasy setting.
A real D&Dish MMO would be nice. DD0 isn't remotely D&D.
http://www.greycouncil.org/
Even assuming you would be right, I am pretty sure they would never stick to such a broad statement without any considerations. Not working with LA anymore or unknown licensed properties would be understandable...but they know FR better than me (which is quite something in itself alone), better than most peoples at WotC. LA prolly piss them beyond comon sense, and they prolly make such a broad statement, they can always be worked out to work on a FR licensed...I am pretty sure WotC is dreaming about it as we speak, so they will prolly be extremely openminded and friendly...as they usually are between each others.
I feel pretty confident to say that eventually, BioWare will release more FR titles. Hopefully the MMO, but anything would be cool. Especially that MOST of what WotC would feedback and request as changed, would also have been a recommendation someone inside Bio's team would have said but be put aside for any nazi reason. See, if your "sponsor" at WotC request that you change A for B, and tiny designer soandso was saying the same stuff and the whole team didn't listen to him, it is fast and easy to understand the sponsor and usually bring the changes quite fast and naturally; it is not something new that they have no idea why the sponsor is requesting that, they understand that point pretty well and can work with it, they can also explain why they didn't went that way and try to convince the sponsor (and maybe fail, yet it show that they know what they are doing), especially that part of the team was saying it should be that way prior even getting a feedback from the "sponsor".
Saying that BioWare will never drink water ever again is more likely to happen than saying they will never work on FR again. Main reason: The fans want them to. The question is not IF they will make a Forgotten Realms game again, it is WHEN and HOW!
- "If I understand you well, you are telling me until next time. " - Ren
- "If I understand you well, you are telling me until next time. " - Ren
Actually yes, they plan to use part of the money made from fallout 3 (being developed by Bethseda) to help fund it, and our hoping to find more investers to fund production soon
That is not entirely true. In their forums, a dev eluded prefering to work on their own original IP. Big difference. In fact, someone came to the same conclusion as you and the same dev returned with a "rolleyes" emote to say it was a great leap of logic to go from "prefer to work on their own original IP" to "never work on licensed properities again."
Of course though people only want to use the absolutes. Perhaps it's easier to navigate life that way.
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ME ME ME ME!!!!!
Oh please please please, with sugar, cream and cherry on top !!!!
PLEASE BIOWARE MAKE FR MMO !!!! PLEASE!!!
I will pay 50$ monthly sub..anything....
"Before this battle is over all the world will know that few...stood against many." - King Leonidas
I would rather see a MMORPG based on the Might & Magic universe then on the Forgotten Realms , Not the Heroes of Might & Magic worlds but the original M&M worlds ie: Xeen ect .
Man is born, man lives, man dies, and its all vanity.
Actually when they reserved the rights for a Fallout MMO to themselves when the sold the rest of Fallout to Bethesda.
Although as much as I loved Fallout 1 and 2 I'm puzzled why people think it would automaticaly bury Fallen Earth? It's not like Fallout Tactics or even that god awfull playstation (Broherhood of Steel?) Fallout game were brillent just because they were in the Fallout setting.
dragonage.bioware.com/
There are some really interesting ideas in this one and I can see a further development into a 'brand' if this works out.
Some recent articles have really peaked my interest.