News Room Contributor Posts: 8020 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 | |
Games Editor Posts: 4193 Joined: 20 Dec 2005 | Not so shiny :( |
Beat Writer Posts: 201 Joined: 11 Apr 2008 | (random chinese cursing) In all honesty, I kind of agree though. A Firefly MMO would be hard to pull off, especially with a fan base as rabid as this one is. |
Web Developer Posts: 825 Joined: 6 Jun 2007 | "fully immersive 3-D environment or as a Flash-based 2-D game" This already looks like a blockbuster of an MMOG; how can you go wrong with creating something that translates well as both of those, in all its massive, multiplayer glory? Immersive 3-D! Too many dimensions? Pick one, we'll drop it, and it'll still be good, honest! (if I broke any sarcasm meters there, I apologize) |
Artist Posts: 191 Joined: 24 Jun 2008 | BOO - I love me some Firefly :( |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 785 Joined: 20 Sep 2007 | ...a MMO? When the main point of Firefly was the characters? Great thinking there ~~ Personally I hope both these projects crash and burn ~~ |
Copy Clerk Posts: 72 Joined: 16 Apr 2008 | Firefly didn't fail as a TV show. Fox execs are just retarded. |
Press Junketeer Posts: 413 Joined: 6 Dec 2007 | Firefly is a really neat little show that never really got a chance. Even the movie, marketed more as a gesture towards hardcore Firefly fans, didn't get the bank it could have. That being said, this is a good decision. I love Firefly, but the IP is entirely too small and self-contained to really contain much in the way of accuracy, which means a lot of it would have been completely new. I'd much rather that resources be put towards giving Firefly one last attempt on TV, running the correct, complete set of episodes on more than just an obscure time on Sci-fi or attaching it to another show's coattails. Probably not likely, but it would be nice. |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 604 Joined: 17 Oct 2007 | NOOOOO! YOU ******** AAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH! FUCK BUFFY! |
Anonymous Source Posts: 2 Joined: 15 Jul 2008 | Well, the problem as far as I'm aware is not that Multiverse didn't get support from Fox/Whedon for the Firefly MMO - it's that they didn't get a development team together. The Buffyverse is slightly more suitable for an MMO, certainly - everyone can in fact be a Slayer. But this business of "fully immersive 3-D environment or as a Flash-based 2-D game" sounds very vapourware-ish to me. |
BANNED Posts: 681 Joined: 6 Dec 2007 | Ah, Buffy. One of the many reasons I don't watch TV anymore. User was banned for: Mom Calls For Ban On Underworld. (Permanent) |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire Posts: 10317 Joined: 28 Nov 2007 | NO! BAD JOSS! Serenity>Buffy (haven't seen Firefly, so...)! |
Muckraker Posts: 278 Joined: 4 Sep 2008 | As much as I love both series, I'd prefer a Firefly MMORPG. And I'm worried by that "fully immersive 3-D environment or as a Flash-based 2-D game" Unless that means that you'll have the game (3d) and some minigame which unlocks XP and items for your character (2d)...still even then I'm worried. |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 571 Joined: 22 Apr 2008 | I'd prefer to have a single player Firefly game, where you can have some character development. And Buffy as a whole, i couldn't care less. |
News Room Contributor Posts: 8020 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 | But Buffy is far more conducive to MMOG conversion than Firefly. You've already got a well-developed background story that encourages PVE and PVP combat, you've got clearly defined factions and character classes, you've got a game world that's relatively simple to duplicate, and you've got the benefit of building a game around a proven hit rather than a little-known cult phenomenon that, while admittedly awesome, couldn't even finish out a truncated tv season. |
Web Developer Posts: 825 Joined: 6 Jun 2007 | For me it comes down to a matter of taste. I loved the Buffy series, but at no point do I see myself actually enjoying being a part of it as one of the factions/characters. The content is already defined, and already seen by me once. If they're going with all-new stories and concepts that were not already covered, then we're back with wondering why they stopped with Firefly. It's the same Whedon storytelling in a world not already been mined out for 7 seasons of shows (more if you count Angel). |
Beat Writer Posts: 173 Joined: 22 Apr 2008 | Dammit. Suckage. |
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Random nothing! BUFFY YOU BITCH, Cao ni zhu zong shi ba dai! Damnit Whedon, why do you let that whore outshine Serenity? User was suspended for: MMOG Teaches Kids About Traffic Safety. (3 days) |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1075 Joined: 4 Sep 2008 | Just think back to early Buffy, and relax. And we'll get our Firefly, don't you worry. And it better have the series' music, not the Serenity music. |
Muckraker Posts: 338 Joined: 17 Jun 2009 | Gorram.... somethingorother! Gaah! What makes it worse is this is the FIRST I've heard of a Firefly MMO! |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 932 Joined: 27 Apr 2008 |
And what makes it even worse is that this news is 11 months old. |
Press Junketeer Posts: 396 Joined: 1 Apr 2009 | "Fox says the Firefly MMOG is still in the works, so fans shouldn't give up hope just yet, but the property's failure as a television show and movie is a big liability." Failure as a television show....hmmm, I wonder who or what is to blame for that?! Why the HELL does Fox have ANYTHING to do with the Firefly franchise? They gave up on it before the pilot even aired....(or, more precisely, when the pilot WOULD have aired). It's Joss' baby, and Fox needs to stay the hell away from it. |
Muckraker Posts: 334 Joined: 19 Dec 2007 | Firefly/Serenity as a mrpger would be very difficult to make into a good game experience, considering the show is only partly about the world, but mostly about the characters struggling to survive in it. I reckon it would make for an awesome action-rpg ala Kotor though. If you think of it, each TV episode was set up similarly to how missions in Kotor was set up. Fox and Joss should go talking to Bioware on this one! |
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Firefly MMOG Delayed; Buffy Announced
Bad news for gamers hoping to find some Serenity of their own: The Firefly MMOG has been delayed.
The news follows the announcement of an upcoming MMOG based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly creator Joss Whedon's other, more popular, property. Game Daily News speculates that Whedon and Fox have focused their efforts on the more lucrative Buffy franchise, resulting in the Firefly delay.
The new Buffy MMOG will allow players to experience the game world as either a "fully immersive 3-D environment or as a Flash-based 2-D game," with interaction between players in both modes. The game will be launched as part of Multiverse Places, described by MMOG platform developer Multiverse as a "new social virtual world."
"As a brilliant storyteller and world-maker, Joss Whedon crafts stories that expand perfectly into the new medium of virtual worlds," said Multiverse co-founder Corey Bridges. "Not to give away too much, but when the Buffy team finished the television series, they created the perfect launching point for an MMOG where everyone will feel like they're an important character in the ongoing story."
Fox says the Firefly MMOG is still in the works, so fans shouldn't give up hope just yet, but the property's failure as a television show and movie is a big liability. Presenting the 'verse in a manner that would satisfy fans of the franchise is also a very dicey proposition - you can't all be Mal or Jayne, kids - and questions about the long-term viability of the game are very valid. Serenity ended the Firefly series on a satisfying, if not entirely happy, note; perhaps it would be best to just leave it at that.
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