Mmo?

[Madfish]

Originally Posted by madcat

Thats what I was worried about at first, that Clod was dead as a flight sim and turned into a MMO but it seems this is a separate game based on the Clod engine. Quote from this weeks Friday update;

So what I am thinking is we have seen previous updates that some vehicles have been given interiors and made playable in some future patch. So maybe they have decided to expand this and create like a WW2Online based on the Clod engine.

What you think to that?

I see, thanks for posting that.

And what I think? Well, I guess competition is never bad but recently I believe there is too much stuff going on that requires a fanbase way to large for the games to really shine.

E.g. we already have a decent number of recent Flight sims but they are all crap in many ways and do not get developed properly.
Microsoft Flight, DCS games, Rise of Flight, Cliffs of Dover. They are all brilliant in some ways and just as bad in others. None of these games is truly enjoyable anymore as they all lack something - features, content, fair pricing, being free of bugs etc.

I get the feeling that the more publishing companies try to squeeze out money they misunderstand the consequences.
Some types of games can't be made just for the money. There aren't enought players to support that many games and also if you try to get rich from niche genres you will end up splitting the playerbase.


Is there really enough room for an MMO when we can't even get simple multiplayer working without seeing the same faces every day? I'd say yes if the AI was smart enough to really replace humans in a fun way but I haven't come across this yet and I'm very sure I won't within the next 2 or 3 years - when companies will finally hit the graphics barrier and start tuning phsyics, simulation and interaction with the digital worlds.