Venturebeat: Blizzard delays unannounced MMO until 2016, resets whole project
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Big Phoenix
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Dandai
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I don't know that Blizzard will make WoW-levels of money off of Hearthstone, but I'm extremely confident it will make them money hand over fist. They really dun goofed with no WoW item tie-ins and no mobile presence, though. I have no fucking clue how they didn't even pencil that in as the first thing on their to-do list after the PC version goes gold (iirc they stated that they had no immediate plans for a mobile version but they weren't ruling out an iPad versionat some point[???]).
You know the more I think about it the more I think a polished mature collectors (pokemon) game could be. People don't seem to mind the glorified lobbys in games these days which would suit that kind of game perfectly not to mention you could tie it in to all platforms Phone/ipad/PC/console. I mean you could really play the game anywhere with the PC being the over world. Turn based combat for the minion fighting and MMO combat for the PvE in which you catch them.. Could that be the next big thing that's definitely achievable with the technology we have today? I think it could.
Mr Creed
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It's Blizzard, when they wrote the design docs for that mobile phones were still used for phone calls and instead of being mini-computers. Under the same logic there's no point in them trying to get their product onto android or apple, by the time they get done with it the then-current operating system would need an emulator to run it because it's hopelessly outdated. The mobile market moves much faster then Blizzard.
Cartoon completely reminds me of my high school experience regarding WoW. Got into beta late Junior year and pretty much played all the time. Random people at school would make snide comments like I was a super nerd or some shit, and now I run into them years later and they are all eager to play with me. Cracks me up.
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hodj
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It wouldn't BE pokemon. It wouldn't be some cutesy kiddy bullshit.
It would have to be matured up some but not made all eXXXXXXtreme HARDCORE with half naked chicks everywhere like Tera or something, obviously. The term pokemon is just being used to describe the genre. Maybe we should be saying "Pokemon Like" in the vein of a "rogue like" so people get that we're not saying literally make a Pokemon MMO (though if Nintendo did, it would make a killing just in Japan alone). We're saying a game based around seeking out, battling, capturing, training "pets" (Note, these pets could be fucking dragons and umber hulks for all I care) to duel/compete with other players in a tourney style system would have broad appeal as long as it was handled maturely and developed properly.
The whole E-sports thing would be huge in it. You could have sponsored tourneys, duels, etc. just like the arena shit in WoW, but there would be the tactical depth of a Collectible Game because what you bring to the table in terms of pets, their levels, their skills and their elemental affinities would have a huge influence on your ability to win.
I can literally see dollar signs in front of my eyes talking about this. I know it would work. Someone in the industry just has to have the talent, balls, and comprehension for what people are looking for in a MMO style Pokemon like game to make it happen.
That's all.
It would have to be matured up some but not made all eXXXXXXtreme HARDCORE with half naked chicks everywhere like Tera or something, obviously. The term pokemon is just being used to describe the genre. Maybe we should be saying "Pokemon Like" in the vein of a "rogue like" so people get that we're not saying literally make a Pokemon MMO (though if Nintendo did, it would make a killing just in Japan alone). We're saying a game based around seeking out, battling, capturing, training "pets" (Note, these pets could be fucking dragons and umber hulks for all I care) to duel/compete with other players in a tourney style system would have broad appeal as long as it was handled maturely and developed properly.
The whole E-sports thing would be huge in it. You could have sponsored tourneys, duels, etc. just like the arena shit in WoW, but there would be the tactical depth of a Collectible Game because what you bring to the table in terms of pets, their levels, their skills and their elemental affinities would have a huge influence on your ability to win.
I can literally see dollar signs in front of my eyes talking about this. I know it would work. Someone in the industry just has to have the talent, balls, and comprehension for what people are looking for in a MMO style Pokemon like game to make it happen.
That's all.
Xarpolis
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I like hodj's idea. It would be kind of like a "Monster Hunter" style MMO, where you can tame said monster and use it in an arena to battle other peoples monsters. That would be pretty sweet. Real Time for the actual capture, and turn-based for the Arena style fighting.
hodj
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Well yeah obviously, my point is to the people saying "Pokemon type MMO? Why do people think it would do well?" and I'm just trying to point out that it doesn't, by necessity, have to be the Pokemon intellectual property.
Of course, as I said in my previous post, if Nintendo ALSO made a real Pokemon branded MMO, that would be a license to print money, of course it would.
But just because some people are turned off to the Pokemon IP, doesn't mean a Collectible Pet battling MMO that draws inspiration heavily from Pokemon wouldn't work.
Totally digging the idea of setting up player run Gyms, by the way. Fucking genius.
Flipmode
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What the fuck would you like us to talk about? An MMO nobody has any details about that was canceled? They covered that on the first page. Now the conversation has shifted elsewhere. Deal with it dickhead!
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