The Daily Grind: Which non-existent MMO genre would you play?

@DemonXaphan
I was just about to respond the same. Few weeks back I saw Transformers, and now GI Joe. Back to topic, would be nice to see some of these properties turned into "true" MMOs as opposed to quick money grabs.

@Balraw
I'll +1 for a wild west sandbox. Think of going to somewhere random out west and setting up your own little saloon and watching a town take shape around it. Gunslingers dueling it out in the streets. I'm thinking part Maverick with the gambling and The Quick and the Dead with the dueling contests.

@Balraw

My friends and I have often wondered why a Wild West MMORPG hasn't happened yet. The genre seems to offer a lot of the familiar elements gamers like in their MMORPGs, all wrapped up in something which isn't the same-old, same-old.

There used to be a belief that "nobody cares about Wild West stories today", but Red Dead Redemption kinda put the spike to /that/ idea, didn't it? :-)

@Balraw Red Dead MMO?

@Balraw

Agreed, I would totally be into a Wild West MMO! There was a tabletop game I played a long time ago called Deadlands that combined the Wild West with horror and a tiny bit of steampunk. That would be my personal favorite flavor of Wild West MMO -- but anything set in that era would be pretty cool, really.

@Balraw

I would LOVE to see a wild west sand box

@Balraw

Frack yes. Wild West Sandbox pls.

@Balraw Agree! Give me DeadWood online!

@Ken from Chicago

All of this. Yes.

@Ken from Chicago Oops, I forgot to mention factions on that last option, cuz otherwise you might think I was suggesting a simplistic 2-sided human vs alien factions. Nope.

Terrans--

They tend to only trust human tech. There gear is big, slow, tough, solid and reliable. They, as a group, are also seeking away to retake Earth of Olde.

Alphans--

They argue humans must tap into their latent superhuman psionic abilities to reach their potential. They are fast, stealthy, can strike very hard, great at recon and support but they are also relatively the most fragile. Carrying too much armor and electronics is a greater mental strain on them. They, as a group, believe in survival, but think concerns of land, of retaking Olde Earth are trivial at best, dangerous at worst.

Deltans--

They believe humanity must adapt or die. They see the advanced alien technology as key to humanity's growth and are the first to scavenge, claim, use, adapt and reverse-engineer alien technology for their own. They travel average speed, but their armor and weapons are lighter and more powerful than standard human tech--but also less reliable. As a group, they want to stay on New Earth and secure from the alien invaders that are en route--the long way around since the stargate was destroyed.

Omegans--

They believe it's humanity destiny to adapt and conquer, that the alien conquest of Earth was a massive boon to humanity, unleashing human's latent super-abilities, bootstrapping alien technological progress for their own--as well as provided alien genetic material for gengineering.

They move at random speed, and what they lack in defense they compensate in offense or vice versa. With any Omega group you're never sure what to expect.

As a group and to a person, the Omegans want it all--it's only a matter of time. They want Old Earth, New Earth, and all planets in between and around. They like and use all tech, human and alien, so much they willing to bionically enhance their own bodies with cybernetic replacements--and to do the same with spliced genetic alien material. They are the creepy faction of the lot, jacks of trades, master of them all--just very very very slowly mastering them all.

@Ken from Chicago I seem to have played that game before...

(Tabula Rasa)

@Ken from Chicago

Trigun MMO vs Firefly MMO....

...let the battle begin.

@Utakata that's no battle. Firefly MMO fer sure.

@Ken from Chicago

*Bites tounge*