Should orcs be a playable "race", errr uhm, species? In MMOs

[Bardp1999]

I have been waiting for an MMORPG, or really even just a good single player RPG where you play as a monster (Dragon, Chimera, Griffin, Hill Giant, Minotaur, Centaur, ect, ect) and the enemies are humans. You start raiding little villages and then by the end of the game you are attacking the kings castle.

You could even have a great story where the evil humans slay your mother dragon before your eyes as a bebe and then you grow and level in order to avenge poor mom. But bottom line is I want to play a cool monster and raid human cities as dungeons

[starkind]

Originally Posted by Bardp1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have been waiting for an MMORPG, or really even just a good single player RPG where you play as a monster (Dragon, Chimera, Griffin, Hill Giant, Minotaur, Centaur, ect, ect) and the enemies are humans. You start raiding little villages and then by the end of the game you are attacking the kings castle.

You could even have a great story where the evil humans slay your mother dragon before your eyes as a bebe and then you grow and level in order to avenge poor mom. But bottom line is I want to play a cool monster and raid human cities as dungeons

Wow has the undead and its orcs, Tauren and trolls. That is pretty much their excuse for the most part too. Humans are bad and ruined everything.

[Bardp1999]

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

Wow has the undead and its orcs, Tauren and trolls. That is pretty much their excuse for the most part too. Humans are bad and ruined everything.

I've always had this idea where you play as a Dragon (or some other mythical beast) and watch your parents get killed by human Knights and as a little dragon you vow that one day you will burn the city to the ground. The only way you survive from being killed with your parents is that a Dwarf saves you. You live in a cave with the Dwarf and he crafts you armor and weapons from materials you gather for your horde, maybe he is even playable and you use him spelunk into the mountain (this could be a whole mini-game thing in itself - the deeper you navigate into the mountain the better materials you get, but that might be too complicated and like a whole other game). As you progress through the game you find other Dragons who knew your parents and teach you new powers, maybe that's the main point of the game is finding new dragons to teach you (some friendly, some not so friendly).

It blows my mind there are no RPGs where you play as a bad ass monster - specifically a Dragon. Something like Diablo 3 but instead of lame humanoid classes the classes are: Dragon, Hill Giant, Hydra, Chimera, Vampire, Goro from Mortal Kombat, ect ect.

The only reason I have found online why no such game exists are that it would be like 50 times as labor-intensive for the art department making animations and skins, therefore it has never been done.

[Evia]

Originally Posted by Bardp1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've always had this idea where you play as a Dragon (or some other mythical beast) and watch your parents get killed by human Knights and as a little dragon you vow that one day you will burn the city to the ground. The only way you survive from being killed with your parents is that a Dwarf saves you. You live in a cave with the Dwarf and he crafts you armor and weapons from materials you gather for your horde, maybe he is even playable and you use him spelunk into the mountain (this could be a whole mini-game thing in itself - the deeper you navigate into the mountain the better materials you get, but that might be too complicated and like a whole other game). As you progress through the game you find other Dragons who knew your parents and teach you new powers, maybe that's the main point of the game is finding new dragons to teach you (some friendly, some not so friendly).

It blows my mind there are no RPGs where you play as a bad ass monster - specifically a Dragon. Something like Diablo 3 but instead of lame humanoid classes the classes are: Dragon, Hill Giant, Hydra, Chimera, Vampire, Goro from Mortal Kombat, ect ect.

The only reason I have found online why no such game exists are that it would be like 50 times as labor-intensive for the art department making animations and skins, therefore it has never been done.

Everr play Maneater? It's basically the exact game you described except you're a baby megalodon shark.

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[Boptop]

Originally Posted by Bardp1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've always had this idea where you play as a Dragon (or some other mythical beast) and watch your parents get killed by human Knights and as a little dragon you vow that one day you will burn the city to the ground. The only way you survive from being killed with your parents is that a Dwarf saves you. You live in a cave with the Dwarf and he crafts you armor and weapons from materials you gather for your horde, maybe he is even playable and you use him spelunk into the mountain (this could be a whole mini-game thing in itself - the deeper you navigate into the mountain the better materials you get, but that might be too complicated and like a whole other game). As you progress through the game you find other Dragons who knew your parents and teach you new powers, maybe that's the main point of the game is finding new dragons to teach you (some friendly, some not so friendly).

It blows my mind there are no RPGs where you play as a bad ass monster - specifically a Dragon. Something like Diablo 3 but instead of lame humanoid classes the classes are: Dragon, Hill Giant, Hydra, Chimera, Vampire, Goro from Mortal Kombat, ect ect.

The only reason I have found online why no such game exists are that it would be like 50 times as labor-intensive for the art department making animations and skins, therefore it has never been done.

I've had GMs put me in Vox and Venril Sathir's model before, does that count?

[Arteker]

Originally Posted by Bardp1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have been waiting for an MMORPG, or really even just a good single player RPG where you play as a monster (Dragon, Chimera, Griffin, Hill Giant, Minotaur, Centaur, ect, ect) and the enemies are humans. You start raiding little villages and then by the end of the game you are attacking the kings castle.

You could even have a great story where the evil humans slay your mother dragon before your eyes as a bebe and then you grow and level in order to avenge poor mom. But bottom line is I want to play a cool monster and raid human cities as dungeons

Might & Magic rpg series is what you lookin for after mandate of heaven you could play as draggon orcs minotaurs etc and u could play evil if u did choose it

[Jibartik]

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

Wow has the undead and its orcs, Tauren and trolls. That is pretty much their excuse for the most part too. Humans are bad and ruined everything.

I really liked how narratively they made both sides seem like the good guy!

[Jibartik]

Like if you played undead it was like, they were just innocent puppies trying to live, but the humans are reltenless monsters attacking them.

But the humans were like, trying to raise families and build happy farms but were being relentlessly attacked undead monsters.

I sided with the undead obviously, cute puppy skulls and cockroaches.

[starkind]

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