What Types of Games Would People Like To See?
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@Ominous said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
Yeah, humans only tends to cut out like 50% of the possible players. Or, you end up with some subset of humans standing in for the speshul elf people.
Just based off of the current population of human only games, I'm gonna have to disagree on that one. But I too would like a human only game
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I can see that humans-only cutting 50% of the possible players but only in a setting that typically has non-humans as expected playable characters, maybe? Like, if you make a game in a setting with dwarves but I can't play a dwarf, you can go to hell and take your game with you, which I feel is a perfectly reasonable reaction.
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@peasoupling Arx has elves and you can't play an elf...
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@bear_necessities Right! In an original setting, I really don't think it's as much of a factor. On Arx and elves, it's more that I don't think people expect xenomorphs to be playable in a game set in the Alien universe.
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@peasoupling Ah yeah that makes sense!
I will say that I think there's a strong demand for human vs evil games, if evidenced by Gray Harbor and Spirit Lake's population. Gray Harbor still averages 50+ players a night, Spirit Lake's right up there with 25-30. Those are both very healthy populations for a MUSH, and suggests that people want those sorts of games.
I don't personally want to play a horror/supernatural game where PCs are werewolves/vampires/etc. I will play a game where those creatures are the ENEMIES, but the second you stick werewolf/vamp PCs, it becomes like.. World of Darkness Lite. If I wanted to play a WoD game, I'd play one
Gimmie some supernatural horror where I as a normal (or slightly powered) human have to fight the bad guys and I'm all over that! -
@peasoupling said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
I can see that humans-only cutting 50% of the possible players but only in a setting that typically has non-humans as expected playable characters, maybe? Like, if you make a game in a setting with dwarves but I can't play a dwarf, you can go to hell and take your game with you, which I feel is a perfectly reasonable reaction.
Oh, for sure. If I log in to Middle Earth by Night and can't play a Hobbit Vampire, I'm probably gonna be bummed.
But if you're thinking about making a game, and you're like "WE NEED ALL THE PLAYABLE RACES OR NO ONE WILL PLAY HERE," then you're 31 flavors of wrong, friend.
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@krmbm said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
@peasoupling said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
I can see that humans-only cutting 50% of the possible players but only in a setting that typically has non-humans as expected playable characters, maybe? Like, if you make a game in a setting with dwarves but I can't play a dwarf, you can go to hell and take your game with you, which I feel is a perfectly reasonable reaction.
Oh, for sure. If I log in to Middle Earth by Night and can't play a Hobbit Vampire, I'm probably gonna be bummed.
But if you're thinking about making a game, and you're like "WE NEED ALL THE PLAYABLE RACES OR NO ONE WILL PLAY HERE," then you're 31 flavors of wrong, friend.
You want to play a hobbit vampire? WHO EVEN ARE YOU?!
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A literal anklebiter??
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I concur. Some choice is nice, but not necessary. I played around with the idea, and made three other races for my own system (elves, dwarves, wildlings).
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WoD set in the Vampire Hunter D universe.
Post apocalyptic vampires, werewolves, and all manner of monsters living with the Barbarois. Ancient vampire lords in castles that were once equipped with rockets to travel to a safe zone on the dark side of the moon. Wild west type towns with high-tech hunters taking on bounties to hold back the dark.
Delete the Hog Pit. It'll be fun.
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@Ghost Oooh! Ooh! Or WoD (or something) in the Hellsing universe! Maybe with the power levels scaled down from Alucard's ridiculous abilities.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender/Legend of Korra
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@LordObes said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
Avatar: The Last Airbender/Legend of Korra
Don't we have one of these? Or has it closed already?
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I would like an urban supernatural that's not WOD necessarily. Toss Supernatural, some of the vampire/werewolf shows, some of the magic shows.. and blend.
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@Macha said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
I would like an urban supernatural that's not WOD necessarily. Toss Supernatural, some of the vampire/werewolf shows, some of the magic shows.. and blend.
Isn't that Gray Harbor and/or Spirit Lake?
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@JinShei already roped me back into online gaming with exactly the kind of MU I wanted to see -- a Discworld game set at the end of the novel series, and in MUSH format so I don't get sucked into grinding experience and money all day instead of getting any work done. I don't have a problem with getting sucked into that sort of thing, nope. Ahem.
Anyway, if I was to look for another game sometime, I'd be very open-minded. I can do fantasy, sci-fi, urban realism -- the biggest turn-off for me, honestly, isn't setting as much as it's the amount of infodump you need to digest before joining in. When MU descriptions talk game stats for RPGs I've never read, get all technical, or otherwise reveal themselves to have no shallow end in which to get started, I walk away. I'm happy to learn a new setting's lore, but no one is an olympic swimmer on the first day -- don't toss me in the deep end.
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@Derp I meant with the canon bits. I don't think either of those fit
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@Goblin said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
I always wanted a Discworld game set in Ankh Morpork.
I just spotted this and am now giggling. See you at the Drum tonight?
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@Macha said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
@Derp I meant with the canon bits. I don't think either of those fit
There have been a couple of those games...
......but they allowed FCs from those shows, and you had to put up with the people who want to play FCs from those shows.
