Calling all Tad Williams fans!!! They are making a Otherlands MMO Game

JBod · 2 Oct 2008 at 10:00

EDIT: I NECRO'D MY OWN THREAD! Early Access is here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/376310/

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Rather than put this in PC Games (although I may do that as well

) it has just been announced they are releasing a PC MMO Game based on the Tad Williams Otherland series of novels:

http://www.developmag.com/press-rel...OGndash-dtp-entertainment-announces-Otherland

Not slated for release until about 2010, as usual I am in two minds about this going to be really really good or really really bad. However with Tad Williams consulting for it.... chances are good (I hope).

misterjingo · 2 Oct 2008 at 11:10

That has the potential to be very good. *points at his name

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FrenchTart · 2 Oct 2008 at 11:17

Wow... *checks it out*

I'm just re-reading Otherland at the moment. Now all we need is a Game of Thrones/Song of Ice and Fire MMO

TheMightyTen · 2 Oct 2008 at 11:43

For Gods sake we don't need anymore MMO's the market is becoming saturated :rolleyes:

Where's the fun going to be playing when the user base across all MMOs is so diluted :mad:

Also why ruin books by doing this :confused:

FrenchTart · 2 Oct 2008 at 11:49

TheMightyTen said:
For Gods sake we don't need anymore MMO's the market is becoming saturated

Where's the fun going to be playing when the user base across all MMOs is so diluted

Also why ruin books by doing this

We have enough MMOs coming out?

You could say the same about any game genre. FPS games...not many of those about, are there?

I guess we should just tell all those companies to cancel everything given that a new WoW expansion is out soon, right?

JBod · 2 Oct 2008 at 11:56

Heh, I put this in the Book section originally thinking it would generate more interest there... shoulda known Tad Williams fans are more likely to haunt the PC Games section

saint_jw · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:34

If only they could make it fully immersive and the only way you could play was to break into a mountain military base, hold on a sec...

Does sound good if they can re-create all the settings although I can't really get too excited about possible MMO's scheduled for the next 2-3 years.

Adsta · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:44

so another mmo....... just what we need more mmos

JBod · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:55

Adsta said:
so another mmo....... just what we need more mmos

Compared to FPS, RTS, RPG, 3rd Person Shooters they are a drop in the ocean.

Here is a list of all MMORPGs released and in dev:

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm

Adsta · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:57

JBod said:
Compared to FPS, RTS, RPG, 3rd Person Shooters they are a drop in the ocean.

Here is a list of all MMORPGs released and in dev:

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm

wow thats some nice info there

Sleepery · 2 Oct 2008 at 16:04

TheMightyTen said:
For Gods sake we don't need anymore MMO's the market is becoming saturated

Where's the fun going to be playing when the user base across all MMOs is so diluted

Also why ruin books by doing this

Decent sci-fi mmo's at the moment you can count on the fingers of one hand - Eve, Tabula Rasa, um...Anarchy Online I suppose and if there's something seriously wrong with you, SWG.

I'd kill for a few more decent mmo's that don't have orcs in em (except for the WH40k one, natch

)

JBod · 2 Oct 2008 at 17:06

Sleepery said:
Decent sci-fi mmo's at the moment you can count on the fingers of one hand - Eve, Tabula Rasa, um...Anarchy Online I suppose and if there's something seriously wrong with you, SWG.

I'd kill for a few more decent mmo's that don't have orcs in em (except for the WH40k one, natch )

here here!

I advise you to check out a MMO supposedly being released next year called Earthrise... this looks like a very good Sci-Fi MMO.

Flying Gribble · 2 Oct 2008 at 17:19

Awesome. Better get the OCZ Neural Actuator ordered then

LeJosh · 2 Oct 2008 at 17:43

Age of conan was based off of (quite obviously) Conan. But they promised far too much at release. I just hope they don't do it with this one.

hexxed · 3 Oct 2008 at 11:32

Screenies here on his website:

http://www.tadwilliams.com/

JBod · 3 Oct 2008 at 12:00

hexxed said:
Screenies here on his website:

http://www.tadwilliams.com/

That looks awesome. I am glad they are basing it on their version of the internet in the future depicted in the Otherland series.

Hostile_18 · 3 Oct 2008 at 12:26

Oh wow there my favorite books, I love RPG's but hate MMORPG's. Dillema!

misterjingo · 3 Oct 2008 at 12:27

hexxed said:
Screenies here on his website:

http://www.tadwilliams.com/

Looking very good. They could keep adding new zones, each playing very differently, or encompassing different game types. It'll be interesting to see where they go with this.

Curio · 3 Oct 2008 at 13:47

Hmm, not sure about this. Love TW's traditional fantasy stuff but found Otherland to be painfully boring. I gave up about 1/4 way into the second book

But if the game is good, who knows, maybe I'll give it a go and try the books again.

misterjingo · 3 Oct 2008 at 13:59

Curio said:
Hmm, not sure about this. Love TW's traditional fantasy stuff but found Otherland to be painfully boring. I gave up about 1/4 way into the second book

But if the game is good, who knows, maybe I'll give it a go and try the books again.

The books are worth sticking with. I found that MS&T had lots of painfully boring bits, but these things are what makes TWs books so great as they build a vivid world, history and set of characters. I have to say that his latest Shadow series is absolutely fantastic and I've found no boring bit in there yet

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Calling all Tad Williams fans!!! They are making a Otherlands MMO Game

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