Global Agenda: You Got Shooter in my MMO!

Susan Arendt

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Global Agenda: You Got Shooter in my MMO!

Could a single game please both shooter and MMOG fans? You'll have to play Global Agenda to find out.

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DTWolfwood

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yeah it would be nice to offer some kind of free trial <.< something this new and radical is gonna have a hard time convincing either group to shell out the money to test an experiment.
 

Kollega

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Good,good. I may actually try it,despite i don't like MMORPGs. Now... what platform is it on? PC?
 

laryri

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I never win these name draws but it's a good thing I've got a huge beta resume.
 

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BlueInkAlchemist said:
Didn't they already try something like this with Planetside? Or Tabula Rasa?
With regard to the combat, yes, but the "buy once, play like a shooter" approach is, as far as I know, new. You can ignore the MMO aspects completely if you'd rather not be bothered with them.
 
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BlueInkAlchemist said:
Didn't they already try something like this with Planetside? Or Tabula Rasa?
Planetside was a shooter in the same way that EQ was. Just using guns instead of fireballs.
Tabula Rasa enforced MMO workings on an FPS.

I'm hoping they go with the model that works on Borderlands, but make sure that it's well balanced - and that's why I'm going for the Beta.
 

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Susan Arendt said:
With regard to the combat, yes, but the "buy once, play like a shooter" approach is, as far as I know, new. You can ignore the MMO aspects completely if you'd rather not be bothered with them.
The_root_of_all_evil said:
Planetside was a shooter in the same way that EQ was. Just using guns instead of fireballs.
Tabula Rasa enforced MMO workings on an FPS.

I'm hoping they go with the model that works on Borderlands, but make sure that it's well balanced - and that's why I'm going for the Beta.
You know, in light of this, I just might have to do the same. Thanks. :)
 

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BlueInkAlchemist said:
Didn't they already try something like this with Planetside? Or Tabula Rasa?
ahh planetside, that was some good shit there, if only it had its game play tweeked a bit and sony didnt decide to leave it out to die on the side of the road
 

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I hope this will be a success, what MMORPGs need is decent gameplay. There's no reason you can't have proper combat in an MMO, see Vendetta Online for what is essentially Eve with proper combat. Just a shame it's got such a small team behind it.
 

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If any one group is skeptical, whether it be the shooter fans or the traditional MMO players, I'd say the MMO crowd may be skeptical more so than the shooter base. I've played both types, and I can say I've been waiting for a shooter to come along and successfully merge both genre. I think Planetside is the closest game I can think of, but it failed in many respects.

A skill based game with teamplay mechanics, multiple classes, and the ability to customize your character, using multiple talent trees and the combination of equipment slots to make a truly unique avatar? That sounds pretty good to me. If GA's gameplay alone is as exciting as what the Alpha/Beta testers, the spectators at the gaming conventions, claim it to be, imagine the MMO elements and territory control factored in.

For those of you who have just stumbled upon Global Agenda, I highly recommend you find out as much as you can about it. Goto the GA website and read the features, read all the articles and watch the videos.

So, to answer Susan's post, I'd say the answer is a definite YES.
 

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The_root_of_all_evil said:
BlueInkAlchemist said:
Didn't they already try something like this with Planetside? Or Tabula Rasa?
Planetside was a shooter in the same way that EQ was. Just using guns instead of fireballs.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOF6-dZHj_c - Planetside

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8HdEVo9HgI - Everquest.

Yeah, way to have no idea what you are talking about.
 
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Delicious said:
The_root_of_all_evil said:
BlueInkAlchemist said:
Didn't they already try something like this with Planetside? Or Tabula Rasa?
Planetside was a shooter in the same way that EQ was. Just using guns instead of fireballs.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOF6-dZHj_c - Planetside

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8HdEVo9HgI - Everquest.

Yeah, way to have no idea what you are talking about.
More than you did by including a fist fight
 

GrinningManiac

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It's non-subscription

That is my one and only turn-off for nearly every interesting MMO. (Hell, I'd even give EVE a shot if it were free (I know there's a trial, I can't be bothered))
 

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The_root_of_all_evil said:
Delicious said:
The_root_of_all_evil said:
BlueInkAlchemist said:
Didn't they already try something like this with Planetside? Or Tabula Rasa?
Planetside was a shooter in the same way that EQ was. Just using guns instead of fireballs.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOF6-dZHj_c - Planetside

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8HdEVo9HgI - Everquest.

Yeah, way to have no idea what you are talking about.
More than you did by including a fist fight
I searched for Everquest Gameplay, and that was the one of the first I found that actually involved gameplay.

Here's the point: One game has dice rolls, the other doesn't. One game requires FPS skills, the other doesn't. To state they are both equal in the shooter department is idiotic, and I'd rather not have people who have never played what is one of my favorite games making negative comments that can only drive off players from a game that practically defined the MMOFPS genre. (With a notable mention to WW2online, although the battles are considerably smaller).
 

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Hard to describe? It's an MMOFPS, it's been done before, pay some attention...

I'm waiting for a really good MMOFPS to come out, I'd be hooked for months at least.
 
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Delicious said:
I searched for Everquest Gameplay, and that was the one of the first I found that actually involved gameplay.
So you're slagging off Everquest, one of my favoured games, without having really played it?

See my bind here? If you want to big up PS, you can do it without laying into me.