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8-bit MMO?!

Post by Blorx » Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:26 pm

So everyone complains about graphics. Well, what about text-based games? No graphics. No one ever complains. They just say that it's not their type.

Well, I'm gonna ask. If someone made an 8-bit MMO (Atari/NES/etc) would you play it?

It'd be stylized of course, but you get the point.

I would. It would be interesting. ^_^

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Re: 8-bit MMO?!

Post by Glabbit » Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:59 pm

Depends on the gameplay, of course XP

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Re: 8-bit MMO?!

Post by Blorx » Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:09 pm

I'm kind of curious as to how it would play out though. I kinda wanna draw up a design document just to see if it would be fun.

I just thought it would be cool because the first thing I imagined when I thought of it was simplistic different colored objects and players running around a black background and everything having a trailing blur behind it as the player moves around. Looks kinda BA in my head.

Of course, some buzzkill would call it too trippy. =P

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Re: 8-bit MMO?!

Post by Zaphon » Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:46 pm

Perhaps a game like that could focus on something other than being an endless grindfest,
and have engaging gameplay.
Like a Massively Multiplayer Platforming Game. That would be swell!

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Re: 8-bit MMO?!

Post by Blorx » Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:11 pm

Yeah, that could be pretty awesome. A game like that could be a grindfest and no one would complain. =D

It'd have to have arcade-style gameplay, but it would work.

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Re: 8-bit MMO?!

Post by MONKEYZ RULE » Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:42 pm

I'd still play WoW even if it had the graphics of runescape or CC.

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Re: 8-bit MMO?!

Post by Blorx » Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:03 pm

MONKEYZ RULE wrote:I'd still play WoW even if it had the graphics of runescape or CC.
Want an Earth Eternal Closed Beta account then? It plays just like WoW except you can refashion armor to make it look like different armor, if the armor that's better doesn't look the way you like and the old armor does. It also will soon have groves, which are your own area to terraform, build and place foliage however you want. Did I mention there are 22 races?

Okay, back on topic. Still think it would be a BA experience.

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Re: 8-bit MMO?!

Post by Dudeman » Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:24 pm

Blorx wrote:Want an Earth Eternal Closed Beta account then?
Oh, oh, pick me!

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Re: 8-bit MMO?!

Post by invertin » Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:58 pm

If it was fun, I'd play it.

And anyone who complained about graphics would be punchfaced.

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Re: 8-bit MMO?!

Post by Blorx » Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:01 am

Yeah. Still can't believe people trash games with less than life-like or anime-like graphics. It's kind of pathetic. There are plenty of engaging games WITHOUT graphics. Why can't a game be engaging and not need a supercomputer to play?

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Re: 8-bit MMO?!

Post by ecyor0 » Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:40 am

8-bit? pfft, I insist on EGA graphics, minimum.

Seriously though, it could work, if you went about it the right way - although you'd be limited to a top-down view, unless you did something weird where you had 3d models, but filtered into an 8-bit format.

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Re: 8-bit MMO?!

Post by MONKEYZ RULE » Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:39 am

Blorx wrote:
MONKEYZ RULE wrote:I'd still play WoW even if it had the graphics of runescape or CC.
Want an Earth Eternal Closed Beta account then? It plays just like WoW except you can refashion armor to make it look like different armor, if the armor that's better doesn't look the way you like and the old armor does. It also will soon have groves, which are your own area to terraform, build and place foliage however you want. Did I mention there are 22 races?

Okay, back on topic. Still think it would be a BA experience.
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