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Marvel and Cryptic Studios MMORPG in the Works

Posted on Thursday 28th September 2006 at 10:42 by Zero_Hawk
It would seem that Cryptic Studios and Marvel Comics have crossed sort of tension they had between them after the whole City of Heroes copyright infringement lawsuits. A strange twist indeed after you consider the speculations of people that the only reason Marvel was doing such a thing was to make City of Heroes look bad, before they launched their very own MMORPG.

It seems fairly evident that the game is still more of an idea than that of something definitive, it has been tentatively titled "Marvel Universe Online" and they hope the game will achieve more than the City of Heroes games could. The main focus of CoH being that the game is fun to play, the companies seem to be contemplating some sort of economy reminiscent to that of World of Warcraf for MUOt.

Slated for launch on the Xbox 360 and PC only, one has to wonder though, how different will this game be from the Heroes universe? Since the game IS going to be set in the Marvel universe, there will be more boundaries to their creativity, but at the same time there will be far more ideas to access from. But I suppose that means no generic, mindless Spider-man and Wolverine clones everywhere, since its likely the two will be NPCs. Or will that still have absolutely no bearing on anything at all? Nothing is set in stone at this point I believe, but personally I hope that if the game does go through, you can choose from the very start whether you want to be good or evil, or even better yet you have to somehow earn the title of good evil. Something along the lines of everyone starts off neutral, and then different reactions to events can help dictate your characters alignment.

Basically what i'm saying is something to the extent of, little old lady is in the street, semi truck is fast enclosing on her, if you don't do something she'll be hit. Push her down ++++++ evil, ignore +evil, help her +good.

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HamedoComment 1: 2006-09-28 12:32
Hamedo Neat concept, but I doubt it'll put a dent into CoH or CoH's fanbase.
SilverlanceComment 2: 2006-09-28 13:44
Silverlance Sounds interesting but I'm still hoping someone will someday release an MMORPG that's actually fun and not just mindless item-gathering and repetitive mass-genocide to gain a level. I can't help but get the feeling this is going to be a game where you fight hoards of generic thugs to gain the next level so you can do 3 extra damage per attack, and where you collect 50 Old Lady Dentures and 15 Squidmen Armors to make a Cape of Holy Cheese.

If they can go beyond that, kudos to them. The MMO genre is growing increasingly predictable and seems to be little more than an old toy with a new packaging with each new released game.

On the other hand, I've always wanted to find an MMO where players define the storyline (ie, Evil Player attempts to level a village, Party of Good Players attempts to stop him and his minions.) But sadly, a lot of people on the intar-web are just lazy and would rather build up their character and hang out with their guild.

Will this be the one to change that? Who knows. Maybe, maybe not.
RoughknightVIIComment 3: 2006-09-28 22:56
RoughknightVII Isn't this like that one X-Box game, Fable? Except of course that it's not online?? I don't know, I couldn't think of anything else to post, so I just posted this....
Cloud_Strife510Comment 4: 2006-09-28 23:28
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and where you collect 50 Old Lady Dentures and 15 Squidmen Armors to make a Cape of Holy Cheese.

That is going into my sig.

I've fallen out of the MMORPG thing, after I bought guild wars and found out my comp was too old to show the graphics as it should be.

I agree that this probably won't do as well as city of heroes;
limiting themselves to the marvel universe, they'll need to come up with something fresh and new to get my interest.
Dragon KingComment 5: 2006-10-01 20:21
Dragon King Im not a big fan of MMORPG's because I fine you start out too slow.

But I did always want to try Fable, wish I had a X-Box. Starcraft Friend told me alot about it.

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Where you collect 50 old lady dentures and 15 squidmen armors to make a cape of holy cheese.
Rofl

But yes you do prove a point indeed. And the point above is too funny for words.You need numbers.

With the "evil side" and "good side" in you reminds me of Starwars KOTOR (knight of the old republic)
You Spoony Bard!Comment 6: 2006-10-05 17:16
You Spoony Bard! I've never been a big fan of MMO's, especially considering the computer i run on is crap at best, and quite frankly, I can do better things with those 20 dollars a month. The game seems to be no more than a gimmick with that whole good side/bad side option, and frankly, its beginning to become a cliche in games nowadays.

Oh, well. Just another reason for me not to buy a 360.
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