A lot of people know the feelings i have about this MMORPG.
The addage i've head of "build it and they will come" just wont cut it. Too many people have criticisms for the star trek series of games, most people wont even look at a trek game simply cause it has a stigma attached to it which is one of the reasons classic games like SFC series, Armada, EF and the likes never sold the amount of copies that games like Quake, Doom, Sims (dont laugh now...), Battlefield and the likes have sold. Those games started at some point, and whebn the original was released they made a fortune. It's a sad state of affairs when a game that is a decade old still hold the record for the amount of copies sold in the trek series of games...and that game is Star Trek: 25th Anniversary...an old DOS game (which you can win on the latest STGD competition...*cough*). The question of support also comes up. There was another fully online game, anyone remember it? The game was called ConQuest Online and Activision literally pulled support and servers for the game under the feet of the people who payed for the expansion sets and accounts, and that game was released when trek gaming was at a high point. Ok, so it might not have been an MMOPRG but it didnt bode well for all the gamers who played that game, they wont return, thats for sure.
I agree with pestalence (hears gasps of shock from folks) what people should be focusing on right now is the old games, its the games like Orion Pirates, SFC 3, Armada 1 & 2 and the Elite Force series. Those games hold the be all and end all of all thats left of the once massive community i became a part of more than a decade ago and i have seen that old community slowly be forgotten about infavour of "making a quick buck" by releaseing an MMORPG. Other big sites have given a lot of time to the MMORPG, i was going to release a large section on my site dedicated to it, but i have decided against it, whats the point anyway? The game aint out for 24 months and theres people forming gaming fleets around it already. Not only that but MMORPG stands for Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, have ya seen one of the recent interviews? Perpetual have said the game wont have any role playing servers on launch and may have one added at a later date. I can see it now, a ship is busy roleplaying in the world of trek, and another ship fires on them calling them stupid noobs for roleplaying. Its a disaster waiting to happen, the game will turn into an FPS in space.
An mmorpg will only last as long as there is a big enough player base for Perpetual and Paramount to make a profit...is there REALLY enough people around who will continue to pay for play when there is other MMORPG's out there which are well established? The franchise cant even manage to keep a new series on the air...thats gotta say something. Orion Pirates and Starfleet Command 3 have still got a lot of clout left in it, the lobbies are relatively busy and the modding scene is still going strong. Dynaverse campaigns for both the games are still going strong as well. If people start turning there backs on the older games and wait for 2 years for this new MMORPG the original community will close it's doors, we will lose modders, fleets and a lot of sites.
...and when (not if) this new mmorpg fails where will people turn to? Lets face it people, in 2 years time can we honestly say that OP and the entire SFC community will still be around? I'll tell ya this much, STGD might be a site which is known for its outspoken warring nature, but the site is still serving the older community (even games like Birth of the Federation) for a purpose. We need these older games, if not for the players, then for something for the community to keep busy with for the next 2 years.
Victoria, even just for a week or so, borrow a copy of Orion Pirates, someone in here might help ya out with that (youll NEVER get a cheap copy of SFC 3...Activision seen to that) and try out OP in GameSpy Arcade or one of the DII/III campaigns, trust me, it will convert ya...it did with me, even though i suck at OP now cause i aint played it for some time.
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