Creator of Ultima Online kickstarting a new MMORPG for 2014

[NegaStoat]

I can have a house, chop wood, make a chair, sit in the chair, and with any luck... possibly even pvp and loot other people's chairs.

I'm sold. Can't wait.

[Buma]

This is old news about this kickstarter. The main issue with this one is not only is Richard porting to tablets for this game he openly said he wants more people to play mmo's on tablets and is why he is going this route. The game will be for PC but hearing him say tablet threw me off.

Also any mmorpg being developed by means of backers is just wrong in my opinion. You have all these people who back it, they all get goodies, including a big edge over other players when the game goes live just because they donated some money. I think kickstarter mmorpg's is going to be something I will stay very clear of. Why would you people throw your money at a company not even knowing what you are going to get. Developers always promise things but never fully give them. EQ Next for example, when they came out with the Pax 2009 video of the development team telling us the game will not change from current EQ, just the graphics and AI will get great improvements and story and questing will further be developed on, what we hear from them now is a totally different game not even resembling EQ.

[gotrocks]

Saw this a while back, looks awful.

My biggest problem is that Garriott is soooo full of himself. You should hear the way he talks about other developers. Not ok. I refuse to support any of his work when he has pretty much straight up said all developers except him, peter molyneux, and a couple others are total shit

[Borador]

Originally Posted by Buma [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also any mmorpg being developed by means of backers is just wrong in my opinion. You have all these people who back it, they all get goodies, including a big edge over other players when the game goes live just because they donated some money...

Agree... The easy mode casual gamer trend is one thing, but the pay for power stuff has to go. I really don't see why people like this.

[Estolcles]

Originally Posted by gotrocks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

he has pretty much straight up said all developers except him, peter molyneux, and a couple others are total shit

Molyneux.. the man who promises insane stuff, and delivers on only a quarter of the things.

All the "Fable" games, for instance....

[Estolcles]

Originally Posted by Borador [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Agree... The easy mode casual gamer trend is one thing, but the pay for power stuff has to go. I really don't see why people like this.

People would rather pay to have top gear instead of questing for/earning it.

Fucking lousy modern-age gaming...

[t0lkien]

Originally Posted by gotrocks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Saw this a while back, looks awful.

My biggest problem is that Garriott is soooo full of himself. You should hear the way he talks about other developers. Not ok. I refuse to support any of his work when he has pretty much straight up said all developers except him, peter molyneux, and a couple others are total shit

The new vid looks pretty great, and the no-hand-holding aspect of the design is loooooong overdue. Save us from WoW babies and their God awful cartoon diaper universe.

However, his trash talking about other designers is actually warranted in at least one way. The state of modern game design is ferking attrocious, and the guys generally put in charge of games in lead positions are aggressively mediocre and intentionally so. Lead design is a middle management position in which only those who capitulate to upper management survive i.e. they are yes men. I've been a Lead and have been forced into that same awful compromise, and it's soul destroying if you have any integrity. The ones that survive and endure there are not good designers - actually, I question what sort of people they are.

There are exceptions of course, but they are few now when they used to be (almost) the rule. Black Isle, Interplay, Origin, Sirtech, (young) id Software, the original LucasArts, the original Bioware and old Blizzard/Blizzard North (RIP) - so many of the ground breaking companies that created the genres we play now no longer exist, and the best of the designers have passed on to other things. Garriott on this point is spot on. His choice of designers whom he considers "his equal" are terribly misplaced IMO, and he obviously has a huge ego in this regard (and I don't necessarily agree with him). Calling the industry out for what it has become, though, just makes me cheer from the sidelines. It's a long overdue truth.

[Rogean]

He's going to create the next modern MMO with $2kk from a kickstarter?

Good luck.

[Godefroi]

Originally Posted by NegaStoat [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I can have a house, chop wood, make a chair, sit in the chair, and with any luck... possibly even pvp and loot other people's chairs.

I'm sold. Can't wait.

Lmao

[Kika Maslyaka]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

He's going to create the next modern MMO with $2kk from a kickstarter?

Good luck.

was my point exactly. However other sources say that Kickstarter camping was just a way to get some free dough and early pre-sales, and 30M have already has been put into a game. Plus, the guy is filthy rich. Combined with his ego, he can actually deliver a game exactly how he wants it... Even if no one is going to play it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]