Post by Ghost of Landar on Nov 23, 2004 6:49:24 GMT
No offense to the people working on the LW MMORPG, but it just seems like the market is saturated with such games and I'd say that a majority of gamers prefer to be able to just play at home without the connection to others, even if that is ALSO a great ability to possess.
I think of the success of a Knights of the Old Republic AND of Total War: Rome and Kohan and a few other games(including Pirates!) and I wonder:
Would some kind of hybrid game really find success? Think of it, Kohan is just some world that someone made up and it has NONE of the richness and complexity and emotional pull of Lone Wolf. Why not make a game that combines the RPG element with the potential for massive battles or even running an empire like Total War?
In TW: Rome you can fight in the STREETS of cities! Can you imagine fighting In Kaag and seeing the main citadel just go upwards to infinity onscreen while a Freelands army tries to take the city? Or how about managing the economy and alliances of Sommerlund to fend off the attacks of the Darklords while sending Kai(or LW if you play during that era) on particular missions!(imagine holding off the Darklords for 40 days while LW fetches the Sommerswerd! Or for those 8 years he was gone in Daziarn)
Or, if we can't get those epic battles at Tahou or anything like it, just a solid RPG with great story and voice acting like KotOR would be nice.
I think of the success of a Knights of the Old Republic AND of Total War: Rome and Kohan and a few other games(including Pirates!) and I wonder:
Would some kind of hybrid game really find success? Think of it, Kohan is just some world that someone made up and it has NONE of the richness and complexity and emotional pull of Lone Wolf. Why not make a game that combines the RPG element with the potential for massive battles or even running an empire like Total War?
In TW: Rome you can fight in the STREETS of cities! Can you imagine fighting In Kaag and seeing the main citadel just go upwards to infinity onscreen while a Freelands army tries to take the city? Or how about managing the economy and alliances of Sommerlund to fend off the attacks of the Darklords while sending Kai(or LW if you play during that era) on particular missions!(imagine holding off the Darklords for 40 days while LW fetches the Sommerswerd! Or for those 8 years he was gone in Daziarn)
Or, if we can't get those epic battles at Tahou or anything like it, just a solid RPG with great story and voice acting like KotOR would be nice.