General Discussion

Originally posted by Inzra

Since we have all these mmo's that are based on good and evil setup, why not use the ultimate good/evil source of our time?

I think the Bible would be an excellent lore for an historical/real-time mmo

With the true epic battle of God and Satan, along with stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah,

Moses, king David, Samson, Solomon, John the Baptist and ofc Jesus

 

Gods army, the angels, Jesus and his diciples and all his followers  would ofc be the good side,

while the evil side could be represented by the Lucifer's army, the Romans, Sodom and Gomorrah, Pharisees and Sadducees, the scribes

Pontius Pilate could be somewhat indifferent.

 

Well I think it could work anyway, at least the story would be epic.

Well, this would cause all sorts of issues :P

For one the schism between Christians, Jews and Muslims.  All three are based off the Old Testament.  Then you have the issues within each of those faiths.  On the Christian side you have the Catholics, Protestants, Eastern Orthodox and all of the other different sects.  On the Jewish side there are a couple of different sects that I know of and the same with the Muslim side.  Do not think anything like this could ever come about on a mainstream basis.  Sure, there could be a "Left Behind" mmo or something on a small scale hosted by an individual church.  But, if you tried to go mainstream good grief.  Just imagine the lawsuits if you went with a Christian slant.  People of the Jewish faith would have a field day filing suits that hte game was anti-semetic etc.

Frankly, on the surface, it is not a bad idea.  However, if the maker of said MMO actually managed to make the game WITHOUT offending religious groups I would be in total awe.

The fact is, people love to be angry and love to take offense.  Religion gives folks leave to do just that, and since religion and politics are intertwined, the game would have to deal with that too. In short the makers  have to deal with several billion folks who simply don't get the following:

Remember, no one can make you "offended".  You choose to be offended.  That is why the term is, "To TAKE Offense."  There is NO "make" offended.:-)

If such a game were to come out, I would want to be a demon. 

The IP is pretty weak imo

Originally posted by Death1942

Originally posted by AlloughN

 

whats all this BS about good vs Evil?  you actually read that thing?  its guidelines for how to live your life and some random stories tossed in to help explain it (people back then liked stories).  i dont know where your pulling all this ultimate good vs evil crap out from but there are plenty of other good vs evil stories in the world and they are far more interesting than the bible

I reckon it's both, good/evil concept and guidelines. So there would be more to build an mmo on

Now,from the bible I read as a kid I remember the works of G. Dore as excellent artwork, take a look at these, wouldn't they be great:

www.creationism.org/images/DoreBibleIllus/

Today we have the technology to make the characters almost look like this ingame  

Just have the top 10-20 religions and make it a pvp game with territory wars.

Aren't there already a couple of Bible based MMO's out already?

Originally posted by spinach8puff

Just have the top 10-20 religions and make it a pvp game with territory wars.

it's called Real Life

Originally posted by Deathstiny 

it's called Real Life

Yup, it could be a historical MMO.

Actually this word be an awesone mmo if done right.  Thinks about it, angels of god and minions of satan are actually ones who past on.  They could set it up to pick a known person or create your own of course.  Awesome, just think of the possibilities.

Ok, new thread within a thread.  Pick your character and why.  Mine:

Rick James with the long braids-beads and a crazy outfit.  His specials could be:  The Superfreak, Cold Blooded, The Mary Jane and of course The Bad Mamma Jamma.   Everytime I owned you, for instance, with the Superfreak, he would break down and dance around you singing the Superfreak and you would hear it in your headphones.

Awesome