Well this isnt quite off topic so DONT MOVE IT ROOSTER! /~unreal/ubb/html/smile.gif. This is just an idea for the ultimate game. A game based on many things, two of the main ones being Unreal Tournament and Ultima Online. Yep you can see where this is heading cant you.
Basicly use an Unreal Tournament and Quake slant on the Ultima Online theme. A HUGE universe to explore, consisting of several planets. Each planet has its own citys and landscape and its own shops, buildings and commerce. Instead of clans there could be governments and pirates, companys and armys, formed by groups of players. There could be cars and trains and all sorts for transport (which could be driven). And if the idea of joining an organisation isnt for you, just be a freelance, and do your own thing.
People could buy buildings, spaceships and land, even planets, upgrade weapons and get more ammo. There could be contract killings, hired guards, you name it. Money would be earned by jobs, looting and bountey on pirates. Trading would form an important part. There would be no need for an experience system, as it would be YOUR skills than define your character. If your character dies, you respawn on another planet some where, which would be chosen by you, though restrictions would stop you spawning in certain places, (ie. enemy planets or planets the other side of the galaxy)
To spice things up even more, space travel between planets would be possible, either through huge transport ships, or by flying your own fighter craft. Alliances could form, planets formed under one leader ship, and HUGE battles fought numbering hundreds or even thousands of players. Imagine a planetary attack, with a thousand strong force raiding a city. Planets could be taken over, and empires formed by powerful fractions. (Imagine C1 as "the empire" and $GB$ as the rebels /~unreal/ubb/html/smile.gif) Different planets would have different enviroments such as desert and artic, all with different economys (defined by who ever rules the planet). Hell you could even toss in an alien nation as well.
A full and very large inventory system could be used to include all sorts of items from guns to equipment. You could enter conversation with close players, or communicate with friends over a com link across larger distances. Basicly at the end of it all, you have a fully populated world of individualy thinking people, all with different interests and alliances. A fully alive world.
This is the ultimate game, this trully would be unreal.
PS. This idea was brought to you by a very bored and internet deprived mind /~unreal/ubb/html/smile.gif Yes I know this game would be almost impossible to do, even in the future but hey, a guy can hope cant he /~unreal/ubb/html/smile.gif
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[Ci]LordKhaine|TC{PuF}
Weapon strategist for Capture
Basicly use an Unreal Tournament and Quake slant on the Ultima Online theme. A HUGE universe to explore, consisting of several planets. Each planet has its own citys and landscape and its own shops, buildings and commerce. Instead of clans there could be governments and pirates, companys and armys, formed by groups of players. There could be cars and trains and all sorts for transport (which could be driven). And if the idea of joining an organisation isnt for you, just be a freelance, and do your own thing.
People could buy buildings, spaceships and land, even planets, upgrade weapons and get more ammo. There could be contract killings, hired guards, you name it. Money would be earned by jobs, looting and bountey on pirates. Trading would form an important part. There would be no need for an experience system, as it would be YOUR skills than define your character. If your character dies, you respawn on another planet some where, which would be chosen by you, though restrictions would stop you spawning in certain places, (ie. enemy planets or planets the other side of the galaxy)
To spice things up even more, space travel between planets would be possible, either through huge transport ships, or by flying your own fighter craft. Alliances could form, planets formed under one leader ship, and HUGE battles fought numbering hundreds or even thousands of players. Imagine a planetary attack, with a thousand strong force raiding a city. Planets could be taken over, and empires formed by powerful fractions. (Imagine C1 as "the empire" and $GB$ as the rebels /~unreal/ubb/html/smile.gif) Different planets would have different enviroments such as desert and artic, all with different economys (defined by who ever rules the planet). Hell you could even toss in an alien nation as well.
A full and very large inventory system could be used to include all sorts of items from guns to equipment. You could enter conversation with close players, or communicate with friends over a com link across larger distances. Basicly at the end of it all, you have a fully populated world of individualy thinking people, all with different interests and alliances. A fully alive world.
This is the ultimate game, this trully would be unreal.
PS. This idea was brought to you by a very bored and internet deprived mind /~unreal/ubb/html/smile.gif Yes I know this game would be almost impossible to do, even in the future but hey, a guy can hope cant he /~unreal/ubb/html/smile.gif
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[Ci]LordKhaine|TC{PuF}
Weapon strategist for Capture