GDC10: Battlestar Galactica MMO coming

They are using the Unity Engine. It will be web based. I will approach it with an open mind until I see what the gameplay is like...

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27569/GDC_Bigpoint_Announces_Battlestar_MMO_Unity_Partnership_San_Francisco_Office.php

Awww... Shoot. I got so excited but browser based is a huge turn off.
And my hopes that a game will be able to atract me by having an artistic feeling similar to BSG are over after Black Prophecy went the f2p route.

I guess this game could work if it was a reimagining that had nothing to do with the TV series. Like a new version of "this happened before and will happen again". And a version were a humongous number of Battlestars escaped from the Cylons.
Or maybe an MMO that takes place in the first Cylon War.

Wouldn't it be a hoot if the game takes place after they find Earth, and it's just Colonials, Cylons, and cave people hunting and gathering in the Stone Age?

Well it will be done with the Unity platform. Thats the same platform that they used for Cartoon networks Fusion Fall which isn't too bad for a browser MMO. I wonder what they can do with that tech if they really push it.

Wow, I really hope they won't wreck this as badly as they did the TV-series...

The only way I see this IP working as an MMO is if they make it full PvP and have game play like a Battlefield 2142. Space combat could be fun if they add the same physics for space flight that the show used.

This makes me furious!

An Incredible IP being wasted because Universal wants a higher profit margin.

I hope they decide to let a real gaming company make this game.

On the one hand, OMG! On the other hand "plans on releasing the game later this year" OMG!!!

I was a fan of the series - well, at least the first couple seasons - but when I started reading this article, just through - meh. But this bit, 'the second thing we believe in is cross-platform,' really got me excited. Here's (probably naively) hoping they mean PC & Mac rather than PC & console.

WOW!!! When I started reading this.............. It was the happiest point of my life... BSG is my favorite series by far and I've always wanted a MMO based on it......... It being released this year... This is heaven... (I Thought) BUT one minute later my happiness went down to zero as fast as it had grown before... :( :(

BROWSER BASED !!!! Are you kidding me !!! A BSG browser based game ?!?!? How the hell are they going to do that ??..... F**CK this...

Wow this came out of left field. I'll keep in eye on this, but I'm not expecting much.

Haha another IP getting gutted I think.

MMO based on a popular TV series ...... where could this possibly go wrong *Cough Stargate Cough*

If you survive I look forward to playing a Cylon

At first, I was excited when I saw this. I love the IP and in the right hands think you could get something pretty great out of it.

But then I read further.... Out THIS year? How do you make a quality MMO that fast?? Oh... Browser-based, multiple references to the IPhone, and references to no downloads and consoles

nevermind, I now have zero-interest...

Next.

As a BSG fan, it's hard to be anything but pessimistic about this.

They must have been working on it a hell of a long time already if they're aiming to release this year. Also: Original Flavour BSG was miiiiiilless better. *runs and hides*

I can't wait to see all the Cylon customization options...you know, hairstyle and dye color...

Watch them screw up the flight physics and combat resolutions. Of course thats just me stereotyping, wonder why.

Browser based MMO? How to destroy a good IP.

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If they fuck this up i will never play another MMO every again