Blizzard Will Have a New IP

[Jaesun]

I'm curious what the setting will be. So far they have:

 

Fantasy (WoW)

Gothic..... Fantasy? (Diablo)

Sci-Fi (Starcraft)

 

so... Gothic Sci-Fi? hehe

 

Actually if it IS Sci-Fi I might be a teeny tiny bit interested.

[Morgoth]

  Jaesun said:

I'm curious what the setting will be. So far they have:

 

Fantasy (WoW)

Gothic..... Fantasy? (Diablo)

Sci-Fi (Starcraft)

 

so... Gothic Sci-Fi? hehe

 

Actually if it IS Sci-Fi I might be a teeny tiny bit interested.

We won't find out anytime soon. Besides, Blizzard has a fifth project in development as well. I'm more curious about that (SC Ghost pretty please?).

[Mamoulian War]

  Morgoth said:

  Jaesun said:

I'm curious what the setting will be. So far they have:

 

Fantasy (WoW)

Gothic..... Fantasy? (Diablo)

Sci-Fi (Starcraft)

 

so... Gothic Sci-Fi? hehe

 

Actually if it IS Sci-Fi I might be a teeny tiny bit interested.

We won't find out anytime soon. Besides, Blizzard has a fifth project in development as well. I'm more curious about that (SC Ghost pretty please?).

 

i wish it would be Black Thorne 2

[Hurlshort]

Lost Vikings MMO.

[Promethean]

There is a lack of Norse mythology in games.

[Magister Lajciak]

I doubt the MMO will use WoW engine - the article seems to indirectly indicate that the only reason WoW engine is currently being used for testing purposes is because the dedicated engine is not ready yet. The engine not being ready yet even for preliminary testing also hints that the MMO is very, very far away from being released.

 

It is true that there have also been rumors of a fifth project at Blizzard. Perhaps it is Warcraft 4 - that would at least show that a successful MMO within a franchise does not necessarily mean the end of that franchise for all other games.

[Morgoth]

I'm all for a Warcraft 4 if they actually go back to the goofy Warcraft 2 style.

[Maria Caliban]

Warcraft 3 looked goofy to me.

[Aristes]

  Maria Caliban said:

Warcraft 3 looked goofy to me.

 

That's funny. I was literally thinking of making that exact statement when I first read Morgoth's post. I was too lazy.

[Jaesun]

  Morgoth said:

  Jaesun said:

I'm curious what the setting will be. So far they have:

 

Fantasy (WoW)

Gothic..... Fantasy? (Diablo)

Sci-Fi (Starcraft)

 

so... Gothic Sci-Fi? hehe

 

Actually if it IS Sci-Fi I might be a teeny tiny bit interested.

We won't find out anytime soon. Besides, Blizzard has a fifth project in development as well. I'm more curious about that (SC Ghost pretty please?).

 

I too wished they had continued with SC Ghost. I really was looking forward to that.

[Morgoth]

  Maria Caliban said:

Warcraft 3 looked goofy to me.

No, Warcraft 3 looked silly and toony. Warcraft 2 really has a sexy graphics style that I wish it could be reproduced in WC4, with modern tech.

[Maria Caliban]

  Morgoth said:

  Maria Caliban said:

Warcraft 3 looked goofy to me.

No, Warcraft 3 looked silly and toony. Warcraft 2 really has a sexy graphics style that I wish it could be reproduced in WC4, with modern tech.

 

W3 looked silly and toony. Sort of like that one cartoon guy -- what was his name?

 

 

On the other hand, W2 has bare orge butt. Something we all need more of.

[Morgoth]

Christ, you can't let off.... Okay, let's just agree that WC2 had a different graphics style from WC3, alright?

[Purkake]

Someone should really make an MMO set in the 1920/30 with all the mafia and detective noir stuff. Get some great music and slap a sepia filter on it and it'll be awesome.

 

My second choice would be a Shadowrun-style cyberpunk corporate-run dystopia.

 

Too bad there's one flaw with MMOs that you can't remove - other people...

[Aristes]

I would like a Call of Cthulu sort of MMORPG. Something like Mythos where folks go insane and whatnot. The 1920-1930s would be fine by me also. Either that or the modern paranormal that someone suggested up above.

[Purkake]

  Aristes said:

I would like a Call of Cthulu sort of MMORPG. Something like Mythos where folks go insane and whatnot. The 1920-1930s would be fine by me also. Either that or the modern paranormal that someone suggested up above.

 

MMOs and horror are probably a very bad mix. You can't really maintain a horror atmosphere with 6 idiots telling you stupid jokes on teamspeak. A good 1920/30 Mythosian rpg would be awesome, though. I'm sure the license is pretty cheap and Obsidian is already kind of working with Bethesda

 

I'm not a big fan of modern paranormal horror stuff, the guns and tech really ruin the atmosphere.

Edited May 18, 2009 by Purkake

[Aristes]

I loled at the teamspeak statement. Funny.

 

Yeah, I get your point, though. Still, it would be great for a large scale world as presented by an MMO. Too bad about the MMO, though. The story really takes a dive once you're dealing with tons of players.

[Purkake]

  Aristes said:

I loled at the teamspeak statement. Funny.

 

Yeah, I get your point, though. Still, it would be great for a large scale world as presented by an MMO. Too bad about the MMO, though. The story really takes a dive once you're dealing with tons of players.

 

Don't mind me, I'm just camping the Shub-Niggurath spawn.

 

On a more serious note, the sanity system offers a lot of great choices for an rpg(way more than increasingly blurry screen[tm]). Having to choose between your sanity and learning spells to survive would make for some great roleplaying. Suddenly you might not want to read every book and steal every shiny artifact.

Edited May 18, 2009 by Purkake

[Hurlshort]

I've never actually had to use voice chat with someone who I wasn't already familiar with.

[Purkake]

  Hurlshot said:

I've never actually had to use voice chat with someone who I wasn't already familiar with.

 

And non of the people you are familiar with make jokes while in voice chat?

 

It's really hard to maintain the horror atmosphere and tension when there are multiple people around.

[Hurlshort]

I suppose the same can be said about watching horror movies in a group.

[Maria Caliban]

  Morgoth said:

Christ, you can't let off....

 

Like a dog who just found a three day dead squirrel.

 

  Purkake said:

It's really hard to maintain the horror atmosphere and tension when there are multiple people around.

 

Though I don't know if a horror MMO is a good idea. The most fun I've ever had playing a game was Silent Hill 2 with a bunch of friends in college. The shrieking of the damned had nothing on those girls.

Edited May 19, 2009 by Maria Caliban

[Blarghagh]

  Aristes said:

I would like a Call of Cthulu sort of MMORPG. Something like Mythos where folks go insane and whatnot. The 1920-1930s would be fine by me also. Either that or the modern paranormal that someone suggested up above.

 

Yeah, everyone was hoping The Secret World was gonna be that, but then they released a CGI trailer which... looked like something completely different.

[Pope]

  Morgoth said:

I'm all for a Warcraft 4 if they actually go back to the goofy Warcraft 2 style.

 

Except that they've completely destroyed whatever interesting lore they had to suit WoW's gameplay.

[Mamoulian War]

  Pope said:

  Morgoth said:

I'm all for a Warcraft 4 if they actually go back to the goofy Warcraft 2 style.

 

Except that they've completely destroyed whatever interesting lore they had to suit WoW's gameplay.

 

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