Interplay Launches Fallout Online Teaser Site
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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Well as much hate/love there is for this, this is going to years off. I think this will be the first MMO I'll actually follow from creation to release since Fallen Earth. I may not follow it all the way through, it may not turn out like I'd hope it to be.
I say we all wait and see before we make praise or damn the game.
I say we all wait and see before we make praise or damn the game.
An MMO faction can usually be separated into five NPC types. The leader quest giver guy, shop owners who occasionally give quests, a couple quest guys, faction management, and filler characters to add a feeling of depth. That's an example of how your run of the mill Korean MMO works with a half and half chance of that last one.Legion said:
However since interplay's already been known for good single player games the faction will hopefully have a small cast of ten to thirty main NPCs that include merchants and faction management that are all involved in interlocking quests. The rest will be filler NPCs, but might have there own name and personal story or two to give the player some depth to explore and enjoy.
More then likely factions will play out like this.
Faction>Clan>Player
The faction is BOS, Enclave, Talon Co. etc., the clan will be a player built group inside the faction, and the players an agent of all of the above.
Weedgamer79: hey paladinoftech
Paladinoftech23: what
Weedgamer79:join my awesome raider clan
Paladinoftech23: i can't im in the bos faction
Weedgamer79: i have a bos character what clan are you in?
Paladinoftech23: the knighthood
Weedgamer79: awesome
Weedgamer79: DOWN WITH HISTORY UP WITH THE FUUUTURE!
Paladinnotech23: rofl
I don't know about the rest of you, but whenever I play one of the Fallout games there's always this little voice in my head saying, "oh, if only I were being charged subscription and getting teabagged right now."
Finally, my prayers have been answered. This is going to be awesome.
Finally, my prayers have been answered. This is going to be awesome.
Hooray! To be honest, I still don't know if I'll end up joining it; I've held an aversion to MMORPG's for this long, I don't see why I should stop now. Still, if anything could break me into the virtual world, it's a Fallout MMO.
Incidentally, who wants to bet it'll bomb after about six months?
EDIT: I love how, during the sign-up part, they ask you not what your favourite Fallout game is, but which one made by Interplay is your favourite. There's bound to be a ton of people who would have only just become interested in the franchise after playing FO3. After hearing that there was an MMO being made, they'd jump on the site, only to be forced to answer which one of three games they've never played before was their favourite. Plus there might be a small amount of people who wouldn't have even played FO3 let alone the originals, but would be interested in learning more about the MMO.
It's a bit of a silly question really.
Incidentally, who wants to bet it'll bomb after about six months?
EDIT: I love how, during the sign-up part, they ask you not what your favourite Fallout game is, but which one made by Interplay is your favourite. There's bound to be a ton of people who would have only just become interested in the franchise after playing FO3. After hearing that there was an MMO being made, they'd jump on the site, only to be forced to answer which one of three games they've never played before was their favourite. Plus there might be a small amount of people who wouldn't have even played FO3 let alone the originals, but would be interested in learning more about the MMO.
It's a bit of a silly question really.
Really?Andy Chalk said:
In my opinion, it's one of the worst.
I mean, Fallout seems to push that lonely-survivor bit in a world that has been all but killed by the apocalypse.
When there's 12,000 other people exactly like you online at any give time, it just ruins the immersion. Besides the usual idiots clogging up the chat channels or killing you in the wilderness just to waste your time.
To me, it just makes more sense if you can justify having such a large, dense population available. Like having multiple stable, established populations on hand dealing with a larger overall crisis. As much as I hate to say it, WoW pulls this off nicely.
Or perhaps several factions in a large city fighting a shadow war in which there is presently no clear winner.
Settings like those just make more sense to me I guess.
Multiplayer Fallout isn't a bad idea, don't get me wrong. I just think that taking out that "Massive" bit would feel more authentic.
Then there's the issue of turning another solid game series into an MMORPG.. seemingly for no other reason than because marketing data says to.
This might just be me, but I could never get into MMORPGs. Not for a lack of trying mind you.
Partly because the world feels stagnant and motionless; nothing ever changes. Nothing you do ever matters. It can't change for practical reasons. So in essence, your "role" is meaningless.
Show of hands people: How many of you are honestly looking forward to doing those stupid "Go here. Fetch this. Kill those." quests over and over again? Will the Fallout universe change this up to be consistently entertaining, exciting and immersive no matter how many iterations of these quests you do?
Of course not.
I say this because that's the only thing these MMORPGs do now since in a combat centric game there isn't anything else you could possibly ask the average player to do; let alone think about.
The other reason I can't get into MMORPGs is because once you've done that Unholy Trinity of quests once, you are going to do nothing else but grind your brains out just so you can have the privilege to do it all again.
It all feels like some horrible trap that you willingly pay for.
"The Master Lives?" Shouldn't think so. I've got a tactical nuke that says otherwise.
Seriously, I do hope that note on the table's not legitimate. There's no reason they'd have to resurrect their first baddie, even if they want to resurrect the whole super mutant plot.
Seriously, I do hope that note on the table's not legitimate. There's no reason they'd have to resurrect their first baddie, even if they want to resurrect the whole super mutant plot.
Lol I was half way done reading your post when I started to think the same exact thing XDWoodsey said:
Well, I had pretty much given up on all MMOs out there...well, till now. I have to admit, this one has caught my attention the way few have over the past 5 years.
I don't think this will be the end of the single player Fallout. If this goes well, I can see more being released in the future. Why, because they can then base more MMOs off of them.
I will be waiting with anticipation.
I don't think this will be the end of the single player Fallout. If this goes well, I can see more being released in the future. Why, because they can then base more MMOs off of them.
I will be waiting with anticipation.