Yes, a game concept. I apologize if this is not the best place to put it and if you aren't interested in stuff like this (becouse i can only imagine the amount of people that comes to You saying : Hey, i have an idea for a new game and its the best you'll ever hear!!!!)
well, i wont say that my game idea is the best you'll hear but im confident it is the best I have ever heared And if you are asking : "Why us!!??? Don't you have any friends??Someone who would actually care??" Well, my favorite game still is Kotor, one of the few games where i felt the "power" of a good and creative team behind it...
so, if im to share a dream at least i share it with the best , if there's someone who could make it work it would be you guys.
But i know that wont happen i have no expectations, just a dream i want to share and maybe you will use some ideas " (yeah ,right... )
So, my dream,
I dream of an MMORPG that would place WoW in a corner. Hehehe, this starts well <_<
Nothing "revolutionary" but with enough creativity to be different.
To explain better, i'll compare my dream game with WoW only on this small detail: back story, better yet "it's universe". The Universe of Wow comes from RTS's,we all know that, and even though RTS's are not the best way to tell a story, WoW managed to adquire a credible story. People were getting used to elves, orcs an so on, so they haven't found the story strange, leading hordes of stupid orcs was kind of nice ... so the warcraft universe starts emerging. All this just to tell how important i find to have a back story, i think that the player should know and be a fan of the story way before being part of it.
So , imo this dream game would need not one , but 2 single player games behind it.. one for each nation in conflit.
Those 2 games would be "simply" 3rd person rpgs with a medieval story behind.
Why 2? First , a good story would create the universe. Second , 2 games , 2 nations .. a conflit.
In the first prequel we would follow the life of a young boy, orphan with a sad past that finds himself as the rightfull owner of his home kingdom. A deep and strong personallity meant to be king, someone like Prince of Percia .. but much more sociable The second prequel with a similar story, the rise of another young king.
This 2 prequels needed to be good on they're own but they would the mean to a higher end. Hopefully , if the players felt "emerged" in the universe of this two similar but separated nations , that would make a good entrance for a much more ambicious project : the mmropg
The MMORPG would start with the discovery of one of the nations by the other . Well, they started on the wrong foot (explaining it would mean more lines , so lets just call it an "incident"), creating a deadly hatred between both kings. there's no "bad guy" here, both nations are noble and fight for they're cause... making harder for players to choose sides.
Well , that would be one of the most important features , as for the rest...
i am sick of elves, mages with fireballs , dragons and evil bosses that takes 2 hours to kill. Isn't there enough evil in Men? Why turn to ugly and "scary" bosses? Can't there be some imagination without turning to fantasy?I would like to see for once a more realistic rpg,something without magic , without those stupid squares where you place your inventory, without swords coming out of killed spiders, without super health potions that restores and heals....teleports....
That was all nice ..when diablo was launch!! Are we still in the same path...? Yes, it still works.. until someone having the briliant idea of changing for better.. i wish that culd be Obsidian
But what could make the game "real"? I like to picture the first nation as a robin hood style land but without merlin the second nation more oriental based , that would also help to spread the market into asia...
Beautiful horses , lakes ,forests .. imagination, art .... cant a land have its "magic" without the fantasy?
well, im getting carried away.. so much details i would like to say... so i'll just mention one more point:
combat system
the most real possible,i dont click on another player see if the name is in red and if so , double click and attack! in my dream,depends on the players skills... a combat can last for hours or it can just end up in one minute with a decapitated head. yes, im talking about real combat here, why cant archers have full control of theyre arrows in 1st person view..? why cant warriors have full control of theyre weapon , theyre shield .. with the left and right mouse buttons?
if someone hits you with an arrow in the arm , fight with the other. if it goes to the heart you are dead! no "respaw", you never fought that day , it was just a bad dream...
ok, i said to much .. now if someone had the patience to read all of this , pls tell me why would my dream fail ...becouse you guys are much more experienced then i am and could say what works in this fictious project and whats just meant to fail.
thank you for your patience now i can sleep better at night