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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited February 2012 in Ten Forward
For me it's Alpha Centauri http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier's_Alpha_Centauri

It's my favorite turn based strategy game, probably my favorite game of all time. I'd like to see it blended into an MMO where players choose to be a part of the different factions, starting from the initial landing until an end (there were a variety of ways to end this game) is reached and then the game is reset.

It's an older game (1999) and here's youtube of its intro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=035cpHEowS4

Here's a cut scene for one of the many projects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY57ErBkFFE&feature=related
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    The game of Life.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Discworld.

    seriously, think about it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Well first i"d like them made into movies, but I think the Inheritance Cylce by Christopher Paolini has potential.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Halo: combat revolved.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    James Bond
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Pokemon
    /10char
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Resident Evil Online: Raccon City
    A full blown survive the city.
    Gotta find food, water, supplies and of course fight thru the dead.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    I'd love a Half Life 2 as I'm a bit of a fan of this series.
    Would love to be part of the resistance movement :cool:

    Anything but fantasy (elves/wizards) gets a tick in my books

    I am looking forward to The Secret World
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Traveller!

    EDIT: or Star Trek.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    I would so play an Alpha Centauri MMO. I used to play the **** out of that game for endless hours. Who needs social interaction when you've got Alpha Centauri?? :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Pocket Monsters

    I mean COME ON Nintendo.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Portal 2

    Cave Johnson for the win!!!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Pokemon
    /10char

    This sums it up for me! All the regions, all the Pokemon, etc.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Mafia Wars that is set in the 1600s with ships and cannons and stuff.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    I would really like to see

    - Stargate ("present day" not the likes of Stargate Infinity)
    - Pokemon (this feeling actually took me by surprise - gotta catch 'em all, league games, Pika pika omg - ONLY THE FIRST 151)
    - Fallout (not a fan of that semi-similar one out at the minute)
    - Warhammer 40k (Space Marine game style, not Dark Millennium if that even survives)

    I could list more, but considering I'm already playing several mmos, the addition of these would seriously curb my time to eat, sleep, drink and socialize... (further)...

    Don't hit me now, but I actually think Cryptic has the tech to do Stargate and Pokemon. I'm not saying the money, or the staff, but the tech. Shooter mode p90s against Goa'Uld! Team Rocket and snorlax! rofl
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Invader Zim. Hopefully the Irken Empire will get more attention. Love Irken ships, and I want to visit Foodcourtia.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    For books: Neal Stephenson's 'Snow Crash'. Or at least Shadowrun.
    For TV: Since Star Trek's already taken...... I would have to say Harsh Realm. Especially if you could have an actual map of america generated and evolved from a past census.
    For Comics: DC's taken, and Marvel would be pointless if there's already a half dozen superhero MMO's, so... The Walking Dead. Again, see Harsh Realm on how to make it really awesome.
    For Videogames: System Shock is top of my list, though a Battletech/Mechwarrior MMO would be awesome as hell.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    I would have to go with the Fallout universe - there's just so much potential there.

    Also, Sid Meier's Pirates!, although maybe a little less cartoonish, and with a bigger map with more area to explore.

    I can't believe no one has mentioned Firefly yet...although that might be a bit like an MMO version of Privateer, which was also awesome.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    .....Star Trek.... :p;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Shadowrun

    Since we're at Catalyst Games and former FASA games, Battletech might also be interesting.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Once upon a time I was really excited for the StarGate MMO, It faltered though. I thought that would be a great IP for an MMO. Other than that. GI JOE maybe.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    PARANOIA

    An RPG that is just asking for the MMO treatment.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    The Honor Harrington book series
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Doctor Who. Not that silly browser-based thing they're doing, but a real MMO. On the other hand, since (given the IP) it would likely not feature combat, I'm not sure what you'd actually DO.

    Also -- and I can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet -- Game of Thrones (or more properly, A Song of Ice and Fire).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    How about a Freespace MMO. Anyone remember freespace but me?

    That game had the best space fighter combat ever and the storyline was fantastic. It would be great to have an mmo in that univere.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Thissler wrote:
    Traveller!

    EDIT: or Star Trek.


    Traveler would be awesome. My personal wish would be the "Land" from Stephen R. Donaldsons Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    stargate.

    i actually think this would be a great MMO. lots of story content, cool factions to play. and i always liked the way the writers and creators wrapped in ancient mythology into the story to make it believable. what if there really is a stargate program, and the TV show is just a cover to let the idea slowly leak into the mainstream? kinda like wormhole extreme...:p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Leisure Suite Larry

    For real: An extemely realistic and historically based Roman Empire-MMO. Think of all the politics, the intrigues, the gladiators, the legates. Think of a the antique Rome of Marcus Aurelius time!

    I think smth like this would be way too intellectual for the current market, though...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    WarpVis wrote: »
    PARANOIA

    An RPG that is just asking for the MMO treatment.

    Some of my best RPG stories come from that game. From that game, I learned to always hit the deck whenever the lights go out. *LOL*
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    A true Star Wars MMO, not this TOR TRIBBLE.

    A true Trek MMO.

    A firefly MMO.

    Mass Effect MMO.

    GTA/Saints Row-esque MMO, APB doesn't count.

    A Halo MMO FPS.
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