Mythica MMORPG Cancelled By Microsoft

http://www.mythica.com/Default.htm?c00=1

http://www.1up.com/article2/0,4364,1526467,00.asp

I read about this one a while ago, sounded cool because it was supposed to be very story-driven.

They wanted to make an MMORPG that let you feel like you were as important a character as you would be in any offline RPG... which is a cool thing to work for I think.

But... it's not World of Warcraft so in the end, I don't really care about the title. Bummer for the employees though.

""after careful evaluation of the MMORPG landscape, MGS has decided to stream-line its portfolio, making fewer investments in this genre."

Translation: This game sucked compared to everything else already out there and coming out, so we cut it.

We're probably lucky that we didnt get a bomb. Hopefully the people getting the ax will get good jobs soon, I wish the best of luck to them.

"MGS has decided to stream-line its portfolio"

I sure hope they did. Some of their Xbox stuff is incomprehensibly bad. OK, not that ba...never mind.

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Originally Posted by NoFace

I read about this one a while ago, sounded cool because it was supposed to be very story-driven.

They wanted to make an MMORPG that let you feel like you were as important a character as you would be in any offline RPG... which is a cool thing to work for I think.

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You're asking for a game that can not exist in an MMORPG context since essentially you have thousands of people all wanting to be the main or just an important character. To do that you'd have to make a thousand stories and that level of effort into a single game is completely insane.

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Originally Posted by Ammadeau

You're asking for a game that can not exist in an MMORPG context since essentially you have thousands of people all wanting to be the main or just an important character. To do that you'd have to make a thousand stories and that level of effort into a single game is completely insane.

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Not at all, you're thinking solely of the traditional MMORPG mission-style of doing things. It could be done with the game custom tailoring the telling of stories to each individual person. The persistant for everyone part is altered a bit since that would mean you could still reach and fight "bosses" after other people already have for themselves (which could present problems in chosen party members), but it could be done and workarounds could be found for most of the problems. Sorta like what Blizzard is currently doing with WoW.

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Originally Posted by Ammadeau

You're asking for a game that can not exist in an MMORPG context since essentially you have thousands of people all wanting to be the main or just an important character. To do that you'd have to make a thousand stories and that level of effort into a single game is completely insane.

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And that's why it was exciting. Thanks for pointing that out though ;)

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Originally Posted by NoFace

I read about this one a while ago, sounded cool because it was supposed to be very story-driven.

They wanted to make an MMORPG that let you feel like you were as important a character as you would be in any offline RPG... which is a cool thing to work for I think.

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That would have NEVER worked. Unless you can code a translator that turns 'cry mor noob' into 'Do not despair young one, for oft are we tried in the troublesome times."

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Originally Posted by MechDeus

Not at all, you're thinking solely of the traditional MMORPG mission-style of doing things. It could be done with the game custom tailoring the telling of stories to each individual person. The persistant for everyone part is altered a bit since that would mean you could still reach and fight "bosses" after other people already have for themselves (which could present problems in chosen party members), but it could be done and workarounds could be found for most of the problems. Sorta like what Blizzard is currently doing with WoW.

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I'm a little confused by what you're saying here. Doesn't this just make it an offline game that you happen to be playing online? How would this make it different from a normal offline rpg?

FFXI does things like that, it works just fine. You advance through missions (which offer most of the game's story) at your own pace, and you get cutscenes that make it seem like you're the hero. It's pretty basic compared to what Mythica planned and yes, also what World of Warcraft is doing, but it's a nice touch and definitely increases my enjoyment of the genre.

Being a hero but doing it with friends and existing in a very well fleshed out online persistent world is quite enjoyable.

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""after careful evaluation of the MMORPG landscape, MGS has decided to stream-line its portfolio, making fewer investments in this genre."

Translation: This game sucked compared to everything else already out there and coming out, so we cut it.

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Your translation skills need work. My translation is "the market is oversaturated as is and dozens more are coming out in the next year and we have no significant fan base from Asheron's Call to migrate to this one, and everyone's gonna be playing World of Warcraft anyway. Even if it was the best game ever nobody was gonna play it."

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Originally Posted by NoFace

FFXI does things like that, it works just fine. You advance through missions (which offer most of the game's story) at your own pace, and you get cutscenes that make it seem like you're the hero. It's pretty basic compared to what Mythica planned and yes, also what World of Warcraft is doing, but it's a nice touch and definitely increases my enjoyment of the genre.

Being a hero but doing it with friends and existing in a very well fleshed out online persistent world is quite enjoyable.

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I just started FFXI last night.

It has ass controls for a PC game. SWG's controls are 10x better.

Aside from that, not bad.

Mzo, you really need this.

I can't play the game with the keyboard, but it plays perfectly with the Dual Shock 2.

Target/control menus with the d-pad, move with the left analog stick, camera with the right analog stick, and the other twelve useable buttons let you control just about everything else.

If you don't want to use a PS2 controller, then at least do this... never use the mouse. Go all keyboard, I hear that works out alright (but you don't get any analog movement of course).

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

Your translation skills need work. My translation is "the market is oversaturated as is and dozens more are coming out in the next year and we have no significant fan base from Asheron's Call to migrate to this one, and everyone's gonna be playing World of Warcraft anyway. Even if it was the best game ever nobody was gonna play it."

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That's more what I was thinking.

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Originally Posted by NoFace

Mzo, you really need this.

I can't play the game with the keyboard, but it plays perfectly with the Dual Shock 2.

Target/control menus with the d-pad, move with the left analog stick, camera with the right analog stick, and the other twelve useable buttons let you control just about everything else.

If you don't want to use a PS2 controller, then at least do this... never use the mouse. Go all keyboard, I hear that works out alright (but you don't get any analog movement of course).



That's more what I was thinking.

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Damn, you have to buy the 50 game, pay for a subscription, and then get an accessory to get the best control out of the game - for heavens sake. The only way i could see myself trying out FFXI is when they hopefully make the client downloadable. Money is tight thesedays.

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Originally Posted by station82o

Damn, you have to buy the 50 game, pay for a subscription, and then get an accessory to get the best control out of the game - for heavens sake. The only way i could see myself trying out FFXI is when they hopefully make the client downloadable. Money is tight thesedays.

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Damn, to get the best control out of Pop'n Music, I have to buy a $250 controller. F**k that game.