Haven’t read anything about this tidbit yet, so if any devs are poking in here from time to time, take note: I’m hoping we can use the games customization capability on our weapons as much as on our bodies, clothes, and cars… and not just slapping some badass decals or carvings on the stock, but altering grips, heat guards, miscellaneous attachments, custom stocks, longer/shorter barrels… anything someone might want to do with a real gun, or even a prop gun (I’d love to build one of the Chinese M1-L1 Pulse Rifles from Deep Rising in this game).

On another note, regarding Criminals and Enforcers… One of the things that always bugged me in a lot of MMOs (WoW, CoH, etc) was having little or even no ability to interact with opposing factions outside of killing each other. I’m hoping this game will give us room for undercover enforcers working at passing themselves off as criminals (any undercover cop movie… especially Fast & the Furious or No Man’s Land) or a vigilante criminal enforcing the law on his own terms… or also dirty cops and snitches, playing both sides against each other and looting the bodies for themselves when the dust settles.

I hope they’ll add a somewhat more convincing physics damage system to the cars, but this might be the first MMO that I am willing to pay for playing!

Anybody else worried ? Huxley sucks very bad; however, it’s an asian MMO and doesn’t count. Unreal Engine 3.0 + MMO has always ended up in the shitter. Fury, for example. Plus the many other games which have tried.”

I attribute that to the awful method of hit detection in the engine. I hope the devs know what they’re doing and add some lag compensation, because Epic still doesn’t seem to understand it.

“add on a “wtf” customization complexity and no ability to solo and you get an EVE vibe too, which further guarantees this will flop.”

Hrm. I wasn’t aware that six years of continuous growth constituted a “flop.”

Methinks you might be suffering from a cranial deficiency, rendering you incapable of playing EVE. No need to be embarrassed; it’s a common failing.

Sounds like Grand Theft Planetside, which is cool and all but will be a commercial flop. Add on a “wtf” customization complexity and no ability to solo and you get an EVE vibe too, which further guarantees this will flop.

I mean, if they manage to swing it like EVE and keep their expectations low they could possibly make money off this. But I doubt it. EA wants to kill WoW.

And for the idiots who’re going to come crying like infants about “YOU DONT CARE ABOUT INNOVAYSHUN??!!11,” I reply: Innovation doesn’t matter if no one plays your game. This is a copycat industry and there is no rational reason to copy games that don’t make money. To put it another way, the industry is all about standing on the shoulders of giants… not dwarves.

Cynical and sure to piss off the hyper-sensitive games are art crowd, but the key to understanding the gaming industry is in the word “industry.” Innovation comes in baby steps outside of fundamental breakthroughs like text -> 2D, 2D -> 3D, and 3D -> 3D physics.

Brilliant, ahead of their time games like APB (is being built up to be) are just going to make everyone say “huh?” and get thrown in the dustbin. Sad but true.

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Oh I get it… APB is from EA… YAY Lets just love it -_-’

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SWTOR and APB, two shiny new MMOGs that I might actually enjoy, as opposed to the many other MMOGs I’ve discarded for being too boring, grindy or harsh.

+Broderlands, Just Cause 2 et al … 2010 is going to be a memorable year for gaming, methinks.

Regardless, the customization will have an effect– would you group with a Jugaloo?

‘without being an ass, i’m wondering what does make a good game if ideas dont?’

Any number of awesome things, from Blizzard style polish to Rockstar style pants-on-head fun but they all _stem_ from good ideas.