Rumor: BioShock MMO in the Works

[Aurora219]

Yeah, developers DO need to jump off the MMO bandwagon. They're a bad idea for all involved unless they go all-in, else you end up with an expensive, empty world that nobody visits and therefore anyone who DOES visit leaves pretty rapidly. Cue the overheads for the developers and suddenly you've got a lot of wasted time and effort. Effort that could be spent on better things.

 

[Hazy]

Well, lets all make MMOs! Im waiting for the Oregon Trail MMO.

"Your level 48 Scavenger has died of dysentery. Game over."

OT: I'd rather not see BioShock as an MMO. Like Fallout, the player has a connection with the world around them. A connection I would not like to see ruined by a bunch of people running around going 'lolwut!'

 

[insectoid]

Didn't they learn their lesson with the 'huge' success of Bioshock 2 multiplayer? Some games just don't need the interaction of other humans, 'kay?

 

[WhiteTigerShiro]

Seriously? How can you turn this into a MMO? It's one ~dead~ city, there's no possibility for MMO in there.

This is what I was thinking. Granted that since Rapture is a derelict city it makes for a good excuse on why something should be rare, but it just isn't Rapture if there's 1000 people on patch day all grinding the same area.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO god no...

 

[ObsessiveSketch]

Seriously? How can you turn this into a MMO? It's one ~dead~ city, there's no possibility for MMO in there.

There was a period in the game universe when it wasn't a dead city. A Rapture-set MMO sounds pretty cool to me.

That's what the multiplayer was for! The filling in of Rapture's history. If they make an MMO, they'll be making it for people who like MMO's, not Bioshock fans, because most Bioshock fans were dodgy with the multiplayer alone!

 

[Andronicus]

Are you kidding me?
This is as bad as the Fallout MMO.

Not every franchise has to be turned into an MMO, people. You won't be World of Warcraft, you won't beat World of Warcraft, you don't have to try and steal their pie.

Geez. What's next? A Mario MMO?
Count me out.

I dunno, a Fallout MMO could be really cool if it's done properly. A Fallout MMO would definately have great exploration value since you're able to wander around Earth and visit real places that exist today - 200 years after a nuclear war.
Personally, I'd like a Fallout online game done in Diablo style but less linear and with Fallout 3's interface. Each act could be a different place on Earth and you could team up with up to 7 other players to clear content and do quests. Act One, for example, could be the Washington DC Ruins.

Generally speaking, I like the idea of a Fallout MMO. It'd be a good way to expand the world, as long as it's done properly, and there would be plenty of things to see and do. One of the main problems I have with it is atmosphere; when you've got a large number of players wandering around the same area killing boars molerats and hunting for phat lewts, it sort of loses that bleak, post-apocalyptic "dog-eat-dog, every man for himself" vibe that is the world of Fallout. It's a matter of atmosphere, really, and I just don't see how an MMO can maintain the same atmosphere of the Fallout series.

OT: Yeah, I don't really play MMO's at all, but I have absolute confidence in the ability of a Bioshock MMO to fail to deliver in every aspect possible. I really don't see any justification in continuing the story. Bioshock was good, yes, but we really don't need any more, and producing more anyway will most probably do much more harm than good. And yes, there really are far too many MMOs on the market these days.

Live and Let Die, 2K.

 

[ManiacEskimo]

Because the world needs YET ANOTHER mmorpg.