Mmorpg Idea

SidSid Corwid of the Free Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12903Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">Stargate SG1</div> I have been thinking about this for a while...

Those of you who are familiar with the movie, and the series will know what I'm talking about.

Picture this:

A game where you can join a number of factions: The Humans, the Tok'ra, the Goa'uld, Azguard - etc.
Vehicles could include: Jeeps, Tanks and Apaches for the Humans, Those Huge flying Pyramid-things - etc.

On each Faction, they have a main planet - which their Stargate is located.
Useing the Stargate - you could explore other planets, claim them, colonize them for yoru Faction - or just make it your new home and attempt to make a living off it.
Other people could visit your planet - and you could build up a squad of people and form an attack on an opposing Faction's stargate, or home planet.

Characters could specialize as Infantry, Engineers, Pilots, Drivers, Civililians - etc.
Pilots could comandeer huge spacecraft and fly them to an enemy position and unleash havoc - of course you would need of crew of teammates - each person specializing in a diffrent thing - engineer, pilot, gunner - etc.

These huge ships could turn the tide of battle - thats why they are difficult to operate.

Diffrent classes (and levels of classes) can operate and use, and have diffrent abilities - the ability to build an outpost on a planet, etc.

Anyways - this is just a very loose Idea.

What do you guys think of this idea, guys? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Comments

  • Vulgar_MenaceVulgar_Menace Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22118Members
    pretty good idea. good luck getting anyone to use it without ripping you off and making billions of dollars of of your idea.......Ive gotta go...I....I...I left the umm....iron on.
  • SidSid Corwid of the Free Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12903Members, Constellation
    edited November 2003
    Hmm - I gotta coin this idea. XD

    *Starts placing random "™'s" everywhere*
  • Vulgar_MenaceVulgar_Menace Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22118Members
    oh well <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>THANK YOU VERY MUCH</span></span>
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    you go ahead and coin the idea, I'll laugh as you get shut down and/or sued just like every other Stargate game before yours was...
  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    I don't think so. Yes, there's a lot of potential in the Stargate universe for games, but not for a MMORPG. What you've suggested isn't a MMORPG anyway, it's a class-based FPS.

    Anyway, if anyone's going to make a Stargate game it's the guys who actually own the rights to it. Why not come up with something original yourself?
  • Vulgar_MenaceVulgar_Menace Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22118Members
    *GASP*! SID! your almost at your "elite" post!! break out the booze!!
  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    edited November 2003
    Its an interesting idea. Unfortunatly, even if you had carmack-like coding skillz you would still have to work on it for quite a while before you could convince any Open Source coders to help. And if it isn't open source, then good luck doing all by yourself (or with a small team). Not to mention that you would probably need to get the Stargate SG-1 license, weather its commercial or not.
  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    while you're at it drop the classes and levels and try something different...

    <b>Thief (level 20):</b> "I can't use this shield which is the same size and weight as my current shield because it's warrior only"
    <b>Mage (level 11):</b> "I can't hit people with this stick because it needs level 12... despite the fact it's just a stick"
    <b>Warrior (level 38):</b> "I can't use this tiny dagger because I'm not a puny girlyman thief but I can heft giant zweihanders at the nawrty peoples"
    <b>Mage (level 11):</b> "..."
    <b>Thief (level 20):</b> "..."
    <b>Mage (level 11):</b> "when i get to level 40 you're so getting fireballed"
    <b>Thief (level 20):</b> "when I get to level 40 I'll... um... OMG THIS IS SO UNBALANCED!!! NERF!!! NEEEERF!!!"
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