Dratic
Honour Bound Eternal Rapture
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Posted - 2009.08.18 12:50:00 -
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Originally by: Vector Aeon Okay, this does have the potential to screw up what some people believe to be vital sov mechanics in one way or another.
However, the absolutely earth-shattering step CCP could be taking, merging EVE with a futuristic combat MMO platform (thinking PlanetSide-like here)... well, as someone who has played a lot of EVE and a lot of FPS... this could be the greatest merge of gaming and game genres of all time.
My only gripe is @ the 'console only' bit... those two words guarantee the game will be dead in 5 years. That will need to be fixed, IMO. I can count on one hand how many still-active online shooters have come off consoles with fingers to spare. And, let's face it, an experimental title like this is unlikely to be the next Halo.
Don't crucially integrate EVE's slow-burning environment with the FPS console world of three-month half-lifes and rapid playerbase decay. Instead go with the Half-Life like PC FPS communities that refuse to die. People still play CS and PlanetSide as well as the Unreal games. Because, 10 years from now when PS3 and X360 are dead technology, and people are still upgrading and playing EVE on new boxes (hedging a bet this game will survive 10 more years, forgive me) that FPS integration means absolutely nothing.
I won't lie, I'm absolutely in love with this idea, but let's just tread with caution when dealing with console games and the gamers they produce- while the concept is incredible the playerbases are critical as well to success or failure- and hordes of raging 13-year-old XBL pubbies could do what many others have failed to do- make EVE unplayable.
TL:DR; Awesome potential, but console games burn out way too fast, integrating with slow-mo EVE is asking for instability in both game 'worlds'. Also consoles are fail.
Totally agree. The main problems i have are Console MMO - console players don't want to pay monthly for a specific game. No PC element - Having a pc element would give eve players a chance to participate in the game world if they're willing to pay again for dust and probably would have a better Chance of surviving and getting updates to the game. With a console you're pretty much having a one shot at the system and leaving it. I just don't have confidence that you'll get it right first time if any thing eve should have told you that.
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