Stalker MMO

DrfuzzyDrfuzzy FEW... MORE.... INCHES... Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21094Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">WHAT</div>Just caught wind of this, the beta was just released. I'm on satellite internet now, so I haven't been able to tell if its any good yet. Also word has it that its not fully translated.

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<a href="http://stalker-online.so/" target="_blank">http://stalker-online.so/</a>
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  • KhyronKhyron Join Date: 2012-02-02 Member: 143308Members
    I'm a huge fan of stalker but I was always a bit skeptical about how the format would work as an MMO. Shadows of Chernobyl was really groundbreaking for me, on par with the original Deus Ex. I was fortunate enough to play it after a number of patches had been released so I only encountered a few quest related bugs. Clear Sky was an incremental step forwards, it was a more polished game than SoC but the story was lacking and the faction system was overplayed. Call of Pripyat really stepped it up though, excellent graphics, much more satisfying story. I recommend CoP to anybody who hasn't played any of the series.

    Searching the tubes turns up a bunch of 1 year old vids for the MMO and it doesn't look like much has changed. I'm pretty shocked with the 3rd person perspective, graphics and animation. I could handle that if there is compelling gameplay but from what I can tell it's standard MMO stuff, go kill 10 mutant dogs. Bleh.
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  • TemphageTemphage Join Date: 2009-10-28 Member: 69158Members
    Because <game concept> + <thousands of morons> + <MMO 'features'> always means an awesome game.

    No really, why the ###### do people keep acting like an MMO format is the ultimate refinement of any game?
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  • SopsSops Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17894Members, Constellation
    Because the characters and environments you loved in previous games will distract you from the many hours of mind numbing grinding.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Could have promise if it adopted a non-optional open-world PvP system and encouraged faction warfare and territorialism among players, like Eve Online. That plus fps gameplay might be worth looking at. But no, it'll probably be ######.
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  • SopsSops Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17894Members, Constellation
    Planet Side is about faction warfare, EvE is about griefing every other player in the game.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Eve online certainly requires ruthlessness. But that works well with Stalker's lawless setting. Without something to distinguish the game, I don't see how it would compete. Setting alone can't and won't do it. SWTOR is based on one of the most popular settings in existence, and it's still struggling.
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  • Chris0132Chris0132 Join Date: 2009-07-25 Member: 68262Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1950472:date=Jul 11 2012, 03:09 AM:name=lolfighter)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (lolfighter @ Jul 11 2012, 03:09 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1950472"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Could have promise if it adopted a non-optional open-world PvP system and encouraged faction warfare and territorialism among players, like Eve Online. That plus fps gameplay might be worth looking at. But no, it'll probably be ######.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Isn't that just DayZ?
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    My vague, imaginary idea of it is BETTER than DayZ.
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  • Chris0132Chris0132 Join Date: 2009-07-25 Member: 68262Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1950778:date=Jul 11 2012, 11:14 PM:name=lolfighter)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (lolfighter @ Jul 11 2012, 11:14 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1950778"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->My vague, imaginary idea of it is BETTER than DayZ.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Ahh, the old 'like <game> but better'.

    Which is to say, probably the logic behind making everything in the world an MMO, because obviously it'll be like the original, only MULTIPLAYER and therefore COOLER.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Join Date: 2005-05-15 Member: 51659
    Stalker is a perfect basis for a coop game with a couple of people. But an overcrowded zone totally destroys the atmosphere. The only good way to do an MMO is making it instanced.

    Still I'd prefer a simple coop mode.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    edited July 2012
    Instanced or HUGE. Eve is fortunate in that regard, because it's a whole ######load of empty space. Crafting a world that feels huge and somewhat desolate despite having thousands of players in it would be a lot of work.
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    Looks awful.
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