Square Enix working on a new MMO

@Syesta. It's most likely a Dragon Quest MMO since it would be a sure thing.

I really doubt SE would take that big of a gamble with creating a new IP and spending over 5 years developing it with the chance that it could be a failure like everything they release (with the few exceptions of Squaresoft FF remakes, DQ and anime), especially with all the losses they've had lately.

I believe Level-5 develops Dragon Quest too.

@Monkey D Luffy You never know we just might see a Deus Ex, Tomb Raider or Theif MMO :-P As unlikely as they might be I know I would like to see the world of Deus Ex make the transition.

@BubleFett

I saw this article and the first thing that popped into my head is "Maybe they should focus on trying to make one decent MMO before they try to make several more craptastic MMOs"

It is companies like this (and Cryptic) that make the MMO industry look like an antiquated joke that doesn't know how to make a solid game.

@BubleFett

Of the top 3 things you mentioned were game breakers.... JUMPING was one of them. If you could not jump in an MMO, this would prevent you from purchasing it?

You would cancel an MMO subscription if you loved the questing, enemies, graphics, but it was lacking JUMP?

I just want to ask you why you like jumping? When have you used "JUMP" in an MMORPG, and was it to advance the dungeon or reach an inaccessible area?

I'm not a fan of FFXIV either, I am just really intrigued by the fact that the top 3 drawbacks of the game for you (there are many more) includes "no jumping".

Please here for everyone to know?

When Sony can keep their servers up, this may be relevant

@Eamil
If the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting different results, that would definitely qualify.

@(Unverified)

This x10.

The fact that its taken 7 months only to get minor tweaks says this exact thing to me. All new items added are superficial at best and require /text commands to use them ingame. I forgot, is it 2011? Cant we code things and get windows to confirm changes? Drag and Drop type menus weren't invented before Oct. 2010 was it?

@(Unverified) The dev's are contemplating adding zones to the areas. They realize that having such large areas limits the variance in art and such. Zoning would fix that.

@kunic

I'm not sure they'll invest in zone recreation, your probably right about expansion zones. There so much foundation programing that's just screwed u[, and it can become such a money pit, essential their remaking the game on unstable ground. It's to costly.

@Alex Oglitchkin

I was thinking the same, but they'd have to work with Disney and split the profits. Then there's the question of if Disney would allow them in this case to do it, since they also have an MMO studio. MMOs being a different department from single-player games.

Kingdom Hearts, IMO, would be the odds-on-favorite of IP choice, but they certainly have other IPs. Again, IMO, they should do something different (not FF-related, sorry Ivalice fans). So that means Dragon Quest or the other IPs.

I wouldn't mind a totally new IP, as Systa mentioned in the first reply, That would be a so very "Square Soft thing to do". We just have to see.

There is even target audience to consider and complexity. They do have a nice history of wanting complexity, but will they make a simple MMO for the kids in this case?