New MMO Brings Old Testament Online
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vansau said:
Pssst. Your code is showing.
OT: Oh boy. Blizzard better be careful. Looks like we have a challenger for WoW on our hands here!
Sounds like a bad Age of Empires clone. Can't say I'd be that interested even were I religious.
You know what would be interesting though, a game like this where they let you play as the Caananites or one of the other tribes of the time. Fighting in the name of Baal and all that. Now that's a game I'd check out.
You know what would be interesting though, a game like this where they let you play as the Caananites or one of the other tribes of the time. Fighting in the name of Baal and all that. Now that's a game I'd check out.
I would just like to point out that the murder of Abel and the Flood occur BEFORE Abraham, so these are unlikely events to appear in such a game.vansau said:
I hate how every designer of a Christian game always tries to make it about "getting closer to the Bible" instead of simply making a great game based on the stories and settings therein. The Bible can stand up on its own merits as a story telling device, and people who want to study the Bible can do so without a game. They need to stop trying to make everything part of some religious education and start looking at the Bible as a wellspring of interesting source material.
I think this is actually a step in the right direction for religious gaming, as much as that might seem an oxymoron.
Right now, so many religious game developers make a game preachy first, and then worry about tacking gameplay on later. It's that kind of thing that gets them mocked and sees their games as total failures... The only people that will buy the games are people that're already Christian/Jewish/Hindu/whatever. Gamers don't go in going "Man, this game is gonna have a great message!" They go in looking for fun, and if there's a message in it (as there can be in a lot of games) so be it.
I can't wait until someone really gets a grip on that and actually makes something that's a game first religious second. It'll be good for them, because, if it's good enough, people will buy the good game and happen to hear their message, so their message gets heard, and they stop making crappy games, so it's at least somewhat good for the game market.
Right now, so many religious game developers make a game preachy first, and then worry about tacking gameplay on later. It's that kind of thing that gets them mocked and sees their games as total failures... The only people that will buy the games are people that're already Christian/Jewish/Hindu/whatever. Gamers don't go in going "Man, this game is gonna have a great message!" They go in looking for fun, and if there's a message in it (as there can be in a lot of games) so be it.
I can't wait until someone really gets a grip on that and actually makes something that's a game first religious second. It'll be good for them, because, if it's good enough, people will buy the good game and happen to hear their message, so their message gets heard, and they stop making crappy games, so it's at least somewhat good for the game market.
Yes, Christianity started out a Jewish Sect, and alot of the beliefs in the Old Testament are essential to the beliefs and tenanents in christianity.vansau said:
p.s If I reply to you (vansau) and you get a notification, will "breese" also get a reply notification?
Well, maybe extremist Catholics, Muslims and Jews can kill each other in a browser based MMO to prove once in for all who's god is real and who is right. Probably not.
While interesting and a nice attempt I can't say with any sort of honesty that I think that this will work out well.