10-14-2003, 10:50 AM
Mithrandir,Oct 13 2003, 09:35 PM Wrote:Single player version of WHAT? You can't make the zones client-side because that would just make it open season to cheat. You can't make a completely seperate 1-player game because there is absolutely nothing in the MMOG that lends itself to being a 1-player game in the least. You would have to make a completely new game and package it in the same box - with its own bugs, development cycle, patchs, etc. Completely inefficient and unneeded... You play a MMORPG to play a MMORPG. What's the point of a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game if it's not massive, not multiplayer, and not online?Exactly. I do not want to pay for a game and then keep paying when I cannot do anything with it unless I'm paying that monthly fee. When I stop paying for the servers, it becomes a 45$ coaster.
I'm not sure if there's nothing in the MMOG that can appeal to single player (Morrowind comes to mind, a few friends said it was great because it was like a MMORPG without all the morons that populate them :lol: I know this is overly simplified so don't burn me :P). The single-player world doesn't need to be so huge after all. They could sell a few-player-oriented server as well for the same price of the client. But until there's some added value to that purchase, a good single-player or P2P small multiplayer game will be superior in my view.