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I've always wondered why no one has taken this formula and developed an MMO.

by eightysixfour 5y ago

reidjs 5y ago
Eve Online is the MMO/spiritual successor to Escape Velocity in my mind
- rdtwo 5y ago
  In some ways yes but eve slows everything down to a tedium this game is fun because progress is fast and meaningful
  - eightysixfour 5y ago
    Yes, I think this is the hard (maybe impossible) balance for an MMO like this. Eve Online is so slow, while EV was extremely fast paced. You'd have to find something in the middle to really make it work.
    - rdtwo 5y ago
      Freelancer was so close… that’s the closest anyone had come by they made it clunky due to no native joystick implementation
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      - brnt 5y ago
        Freelancer... if there ever was a game I want more of.
    - hashkb 5y ago
      MOBA-paced would be so fun. Or, a few servers to choose with different pacing.
rdtwo 5y ago
It’s been tried and it really works better as a 2d story game. Earth above and beyond and jump gate were the attempts
- jimbob45 5y ago
  Earth and Beyond was really incredible and was the first to implement trading as a profession (e.g. buy tons of an item in one place, sell it at another for profit and xp). EVE took things to a wholly new level with trading though.
dleslie 5y ago
Forget MMO; I'd be happy to play a game of Endless Sky with a friend in the same way we play a game of Civ. It seems well-suited to it.
notjustanymike 5y ago
Elite Dangerous is multiplayer, bit more of a space sim. X4 is single player and definitely focuses on the empire building. A long time ago there was the Jumpgate MMO, probably the closest to what you want.
ttymck 5y ago
Starport: Galactic Empires[0] is an MMO in which I spent many hours in the early 2010s. If I remember correctly, it exhibits many of the mechanics of EVE, and appears to be very similar to Endless Sky. [0] https://www.starportgame.com/ https://www.starportgame.com/
- behringer 5y ago
  I played so many hours of this. Thanks for reminding me about it!
imtringued 5y ago
There are lots of MMOs like that and they are all niche and not very successful.

I've always wondered why no one has taken this formula and developed an MMO.

reidjs 5y ago

Eve Online is the MMO/spiritual successor to Escape Velocity in my mind

rdtwo 5y ago
In some ways yes but eve slows everything down to a tedium this game is fun because progress is fast and meaningful
- eightysixfour 5y ago
  Yes, I think this is the hard (maybe impossible) balance for an MMO like this. Eve Online is so slow, while EV was extremely fast paced. You'd have to find something in the middle to really make it work.
  - rdtwo 5y ago
    Freelancer was so close… that’s the closest anyone had come by they made it clunky due to no native joystick implementation
    - deleted 5y ago
      [deleted]
    - brnt 5y ago
      Freelancer... if there ever was a game I want more of.
  - hashkb 5y ago
    MOBA-paced would be so fun. Or, a few servers to choose with different pacing.

rdtwo 5y ago

It’s been tried and it really works better as a 2d story game. Earth above and beyond and jump gate were the attempts

jimbob45 5y ago
Earth and Beyond was really incredible and was the first to implement trading as a profession (e.g. buy tons of an item in one place, sell it at another for profit and xp). EVE took things to a wholly new level with trading though.

dleslie 5y ago

Forget MMO; I'd be happy to play a game of Endless Sky with a friend in the same way we play a game of Civ. It seems well-suited to it.

notjustanymike 5y ago

Elite Dangerous is multiplayer, bit more of a space sim. X4 is single player and definitely focuses on the empire building. A long time ago there was the Jumpgate MMO, probably the closest to what you want.

ttymck 5y ago

Starport: Galactic Empires[0] is an MMO in which I spent many hours in the early 2010s. If I remember correctly, it exhibits many of the mechanics of EVE, and appears to be very similar to Endless Sky. [0] https://www.starportgame.com/ https://www.starportgame.com/

behringer 5y ago
I played so many hours of this. Thanks for reminding me about it!

imtringued 5y ago

There are lots of MMOs like that and they are all niche and not very successful.