BonsaiK said:
WriterX said:
I agree with BonsaiK. In a Post-Apocalyptic world the thing which would keep people alive is some brighter future in the distance.If that was not at all possible, the very point of survival would be meaningless as soon as the people realised it.
Of course, people might have different priorities, different "missions" (some people might try to act heroes and simply help others, for whatever odd reason) but when there is nobody left to defend?
When there is a set goal in a game, or a number of possible outcomes I believe players will look more positively at always there being a chance to win, rather than a moment appearing where all that is left is sad defeat.
Glad to see that you get it. This is why you can't have a Zombie Survival MMORPG. Zombie Survival FPS? Yes. Zombie Survival RPG? Yes. Zombie Survival tower defense game? Yes. Zombie Survival MMORPG? Absolutely not, not ever. Because MMORPGs are designed to be infinite, and Zombie Survival is a temporary situation by definition. The game attached to it must have a begining and an end or the story and the action will make no sense.
I just dont think this is accurate, many MMOs are set in a state of constant/static war/crisis.
Its simply a setting. If its player driven, (like EVE), then theres no reason it couldnt work. There doesnt have to be a 'light at the end of the tunnel'
Think outside the Warcraft bubble; because that type of MMO would not translate well; but travelling 0.0 space in Eve is like travelling Europe circa 1943. As long as the game world isnt too small; it can be entirely player driven; no need for any/many NPCs except for the hordes and hordes. You can even have sub-plots and politics interwoven into this setting.
Thats why I said "see Max Brooks; World War Z" - It goes beyond the standard robinson cruiso scenario usually depicted by Films. The first 48hours is nothing. - thats the tutorial, getting to the mall roof, and being extracted. The game begins
after extraction.
You're thinking too narrow buddy- and I definitely recommend World War Z to you; that book will make you look at human nature/zombies/politics in a whole new way