Firefly Online Trailer [Jul 27, 2014, 10:46 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
A new If I Were a
Captain trailer offers a first look at gameplay from Firefly Online, the
upcoming Unity-engine MMOG based on Firefly, the cult-favorite science fiction
series. The accompanying description indicates they are accepting signups for
the game, but that demand overwhelmed their host, and they are in the midst of
transitioning everything to Amazon, so none of the included signup links work
for now. Here's the refresher they offer on plans for the game: "Players take on
the role of a ship captain as they hire a crew and lead missions, while trading
with and competing against millions of other players like themselves. Much like
the crew of Serenity, the Firefly-class transport ship featured in the original
show, players must do whatever it takes to survive in the Verse: find a crew,
find a job and keep flying."
Pre-purchase now to help Netflix buy the rights from Fox and start working on season 2.
This looks better suited to a single player game. And this comes from someone who loves MMOs.
Talisorn wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 14:32:
This looks better suited to a single player game. And this comes from someone who loves MMOs.
Yeah, it'll be sad to see this reduced to the typical MMO grind. At least with a single-player game they could be a bit more creative and come up with a good story for it.
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." -- Bertrand Russell (I think...)
It is a single player game with "social aspects".
Quote from their faq
Firefly Online will provide a robust single-player experience, but with plenty of additional features that allow players to interact with other captains throughout the ‘Verse. You’ll even be able to create “jobs” (Firefly Online’s equivalent of quests) for other players to enjoy.
Quote from their faq
Firefly Online will provide a robust single-player experience, but with plenty of additional features that allow players to interact with other captains throughout the ‘Verse. You’ll even be able to create “jobs” (Firefly Online’s equivalent of quests) for other players to enjoy.
Talisorn wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 14:32:
This looks better suited to a single player game. And this comes from someone who loves MMOs.
Wallshadows wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 14:02:
Pre-purchase now to help Netflix buy the rights from Fox and start working on season 2.
With Whedon busy with the Avengers and the actors engaged in other projects, it's never going to happen.
I hope this game is good but I highly doubt it.
Let me guess, browser based and using the Unity Engine - complete POS.
Why would Fox let a bunch of idiots like this mess up a great IP?
Why would Fox let a bunch of idiots like this mess up a great IP?
Ozmodan wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 18:03:
Let me guess, browser based and using the Unity Engine - complete POS.
Why would Fox let a bunch of idiots like this mess up a great IP?
I thought it was pretty obvious Fox doesn't think it's a good IP, considering they've shelved it for years now...
I love Firefly but this game looks utterly shit. It looks like something that would have been released about 15 years ago. Fuck you Fox.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
Honestly, that still doesn't mean it will be POS. Sure a POS from a technology standpoint. The "thing" is, they are getting the cast to do the voice overs, and are said to be hiring good writers.
Firefly Online will be more of an interactive episode story. IF they can keep new creative stories rolling out it could be an interesting experiment in a new medium of story telling.
Or it could be one giant POS. If I was a betting man I'd put my money on POS, but my hopes are dreams are on the former.
Firefly Online will be more of an interactive episode story. IF they can keep new creative stories rolling out it could be an interesting experiment in a new medium of story telling.
Or it could be one giant POS. If I was a betting man I'd put my money on POS, but my hopes are dreams are on the former.
nin wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 18:14:Ozmodan wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 18:03:
Let me guess, browser based and using the Unity Engine - complete POS.
Why would Fox let a bunch of idiots like this mess up a great IP?
I thought it was pretty obvious Fox doesn't think it's a good IP, considering they've shelved it for years now...
Never quite got the obsession with this show some people have.
Sure, it was pretty good, and I enjoyed the movie, but man, some of the fans are worse than Star Wars or Star Trek fans. Or even Lord of the Rings fans, for that matter.
Firefly was not the second coming of Sci Fi.
Sure, it was pretty good, and I enjoyed the movie, but man, some of the fans are worse than Star Wars or Star Trek fans. Or even Lord of the Rings fans, for that matter.
Firefly was not the second coming of Sci Fi.
Talisorn wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 14:32:
This looks better suited to a single player game. And this comes from someone who loves MMOs.
First thing that popped into my mind is "sci-fi survival". I mean, that's the entire point of the setting. It'd be kind of cool to roll with that.
Wallshadows wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 14:02:
Pre-purchase now to help Netflix buy the rights from Fox and start working on season 2.
It's been 10 years. Everyone's... aged... I'd be more on board with an animated series or something along those lines.
Didn't anyone else notice the for PC, mac and tablets and phones. How on earth is anything made to run on a tablet or phone going to be deep?
smackdaddy wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 20:59:
Didn't anyone else notice the for PC, mac and tablets and phones. How on earth is anything made to run on a tablet or phone going to be deep?
A tablet or phone is just a device. Touchscreen interfaces are pretty limited, sure, but they work fine for specific genres. Fallout 1 and 2, for example, would work fine on a tablet since the mouse-based UI and gameplay translates well to touch-based.
Maybe this would have been acceptable if they released it back in 2002. But seriously this is gonna suck. You'd think Fox would actually want to make some really good money off of this IP but apparently not. Goes to show you can't fix stupid.
This has Massive Fail written all over it, but hey, who knows. I'll be cautiously optimistic.
Jerykk wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 22:27:smackdaddy wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 20:59:
Didn't anyone else notice the for PC, mac and tablets and phones. How on earth is anything made to run on a tablet or phone going to be deep?
A tablet or phone is just a device. Touchscreen interfaces are pretty limited, sure, but they work fine for specific genres. Fallout 1 and 2, for example, would work fine on a tablet since the mouse-based UI and gameplay translates well to touch-based.
how about them having small screens, limited memory and processors? I know they've gotten stronger but its nowhere near a desktop processor.
smackdaddy wrote on Jul 28, 2014, 00:02:Jerykk wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 22:27:smackdaddy wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 20:59:
Didn't anyone else notice the for PC, mac and tablets and phones. How on earth is anything made to run on a tablet or phone going to be deep?
A tablet or phone is just a device. Touchscreen interfaces are pretty limited, sure, but they work fine for specific genres. Fallout 1 and 2, for example, would work fine on a tablet since the mouse-based UI and gameplay translates well to touch-based.
how about them having small screens, limited memory and processors? I know they've gotten stronger but its nowhere near a desktop processor.
You really have false hopes if you think this game, with social aspects, based on a licensed property ten years dead, will need your desktop processor.
Also, ftl and xcom work wonderfully on tablets.
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smackdaddy wrote on Jul 28, 2014, 00:02:Jerykk wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 22:27:smackdaddy wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 20:59:
Didn't anyone else notice the for PC, mac and tablets and phones. How on earth is anything made to run on a tablet or phone going to be deep?
A tablet or phone is just a device. Touchscreen interfaces are pretty limited, sure, but they work fine for specific genres. Fallout 1 and 2, for example, would work fine on a tablet since the mouse-based UI and gameplay translates well to touch-based.
how about them having small screens, limited memory and processors? I know they've gotten stronger but its nowhere near a desktop processor.
I feel like you're confusing "depth" with "pretty graphics." A deep game doesn't need to look good. Gameplay has nothing to do with presentation. The original X-COM looks like crap but has tons of depth. I'm pretty sure any modern phone or tablet could run X-COM just fine.
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