Goes by the name "Otherland". Sounds like it will be low on the PvP - preview describes as "largley cooperative". Still, they're playing about with some of the typical notions of MMOs apparently - we'll see just how far they deviate from the mainstream.
Also, while the descriptions are quite hacker/cyberspace esque, I don't see the "punk" aspect that properly charaterises cyberpunk at all. Anyone read the novels can confirm/deny that?
Thread: New "cyberpunk" MMO announced.
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02-10-08, 02:05 #1Slaving over Sony Vegas
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New "cyberpunk" MMO announced.
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02-10-08, 10:39 #2Loving Titan
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Earthrise is the one repeatedly catching my attention.
Nice find though!
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02-10-08, 11:16 #3Seekin
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Otherland will be based on the "Fantasy" Books.
Just google for it
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03-10-08, 05:38 #4Stuff
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Oh shit. Awesome. I hope whoever is making it does it right. I've read the books and I've even met and hung out with the author twice (he lives locally to me). This should definitely be really interesting. Between the real world (in the books) and the Otherland network it should be really cool.
This page gives you a basic overview of the story's premise. This page, which is a (lengthy) synopsis of the first book, will give you a good foundation for what the story is all about and from there you can see how it could be made into an MMO.Last edited by SnowCrash; 05-10-08 at 12:33.
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05-10-08, 07:10 #5SXR Member
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I still have hopes for Fallen Earth...
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05-10-08, 07:14 #6Registered User
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Pshah, im more hardcore than you FN. I still have hopes for TWILIGHT WAR.
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05-10-08, 15:46 #7[-sYn-]
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I still have hopes for Face of Mankind. LAWL jp.
Otherland sounds good. I'm gunna buy the novels and see what the backstory is like.“Last of the freelance hackers and Greatest swordfighter in the world.”
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05-10-08, 16:07 #8The Chosen One
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Looks good, fingers crossed
I'm still here, Just my playtime is severely reduced... Freelance hacker for hire
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05-10-08, 17:53 #9Section 2
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I still have hopes for Neocron.
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05-10-08, 20:35 #10English Lead Moderator, Community Consultant
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The first couple of books or so were pretty good (if a little derivative) but then it descended into thousands of pages of the following:
1) Arrive in a new world that is weirder than the last
2) Check it out for a bit
3) Bad guy arrives in world
4) Bad guy chases good guys
5) Move on to the next world
6) Rinse and repeat
It's incredibly rare that I leave a book unfinished but I'm sad to say that I did so with one of the Otherlands (can't remember which any more).
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05-10-08, 21:30 #11Registered User
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tss, competition? :P
/me wants mmo based on Takeshi Kovacsingame names: Biglines (dissy spy), Mr Tool (low tech tank), Engineer Tool (constructor), Medical Tool (ppu/hacker/poker), Father Tool (apu)
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05-10-08, 22:21 #12English Lead Moderator, Community Consultant
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Not if it's anything like the books. Originally Posted by Biglines
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05-10-08, 23:47 #13Registered User
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hehe, wasn't you who also recommended the Takeshi Kovacs books? (altered carbon and such?)
ingame names: Biglines (dissy spy), Mr Tool (low tech tank), Engineer Tool (constructor), Medical Tool (ppu/hacker/poker), Father Tool (apu)
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Fantastic books, but I don't think they'd make a good MMO. Now Neil Asher's Polity series on the other hand...
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