Rate My Game Concept!

[Dealman]

Hiya guys,

 

I've started working on a Game Concept as my internet went off and I had nothing to do. The Game is a MMORPG based on the Vehicular Shooter game called Bandits: Phoenix Rising. I'd like you to rate it for me, and please, be honest about the Rating. And I can take critisim as it's only good for me. And yes, this game isn't going to happend, well most likley not as it'll probably need it's own custom made Engine as well as a huge and coordinate team. Which I don't have. However, I like the idea of it.(As I've played Bandits: PR since I was a kid).

 

The Concept is written in .docx file. (Microsoft Office Word Document).

 

So... tell me what you think, and keep in mind; This is my first ever made Game Concept.

 

Filefront Download

Mediafire Download

 

Also, what part did you like the most? (If anything)

 

PS. Sorry for the silly polls, it's late and I'm tired. Thus giving me that sense of humour...

 

Sincerely,

Dealman.

[flachdrache]

I kind of know the game which got you inspired -

iirc is Bandits : PR a mission based 3rd "person" shooter, terrain based in a After.Dark. setting (nuclear holocaust -> MadMax).

 

I like to do a "boils down to" approach in terms of gameconcepts.

 

as of thus

 

Your concept is nice to read.

However, avoid cross-referencing (see below etc.) and any obvious similarities to your source of inspiration (wolfpack etc.).

 

critique :

You want it all and you want it now -

a MMORPG, clan/class based with resource management seams a little too much imo.

 

However, this is how "all" RTS flashgames are working (if in space, as a pirate or what not).

So, its a general approach done many times before and you will face a lot of data management.

 

Because of this you might find a good bunch of gamedesign documentation/thesis through out the INet and

i suggest to give a client/frontend to the player which handles his/her current stats across the website

login data (having it saved in there profiles).

 

How to manage the 3D world i cant think of e.g.

using different clan havens (for stats - workshop, garage etc.)

and i miss some more "real" action_gameplay.

 

Some last questions -

do 3d person action gamers do like RTS elements,

what about the social component (which adds to gameplay),

what about money.

[Dealman]

Thanks for the Reply! I'm not going to create anything like this, I haven't got the experience nor the time. Also, GRIN, the Developers of the game doesn't exist anymore. So I thought using their names wouldn't do any harm.

 

It's just a concept that hit my mind, but I appreciate your Feedback! And I'm already working on a Project, though not for the Leadwerks Engine.

[Mumbles]

Perhaps export as PDF for those of us that don't have office 2007 or newer?

[Canardia]

Just use ODF. Everyone has access to OpenOffice, but not to Microsoft Office.

[Rick]

How about a txt? Everything can read a text file.

[Canardia]

But it might have also pictures, and it should be editable.

[Dealman]

Ugh, even though I've got Adobe Acrobat, I'm horrible with it. Though I'll see what I can do. I also believe there's some websites where you can look at Microsoft Office files online, without any use of programs.

 

Anyhow, I'm going out with a few friends so I'll take a look at it when I get back. Thanks for all the replies and the votes, 3 on good for a first attempt

[Canardia]

The problem with Adobe Acrobat is that it doesn't work very well with PDF files. For example Foxit can read them correctly, so that you can also copy/paste code to Visual Studio without the line breaks and other formattings to go corrupt.

[Mumbles]

Office 2007 will output pdf files directly. Whenever I get lecture notes at uni in pptx or docx, I just go on to their computers, load office, and export as pdf so I can view at home later. And I believe in the 'Save As' screen, *.odt is listed as a format too (That being the open office text format)

[Raul]

I will be a little violent but you are far from a good game concept/design document. I know this is the start but you still have a lot of work. A MMORPG game cannot be "resumed" in a couple of doc pages

[Canardia]

The game itself sounds OK, although I got the impression it had not much new ideas, but was just a copy of the earlier game.

 

As a MMORPG it would have way too less content. MMORPGs need thousands of hours of player explorable content, not stuff which you can explore in 8 hours like in typical FPS games.

 

The biggest problem in game making seems to be the lack of innovation and ideas from people. I mean come on, I can imagine the wildest fantasies, and I actually hate to reproduce anything existing. It's not really that hard, you just need to get over yourself and be able forget about all that exists and being able to recreate everything in a fantasy world, in a game.

[Rick]

The problem isn't lack of creativity. It's the fact that creating games is big business now and big business needs to manage risks. Making games that they know will sell is how they manage risk. You can't really blame them for that. If you were head of a AAA game company would you take a risk and make something totally different and risk having to let people go if it doesn't sell well? That's what happens if you spend millions making a game and it flops. People get let go. It's generally up to the indie devs to explore new gameplay and the big boys will copy it.

[Canardia]

You make flops with copy catting other games too, so what's the point? There is no evidence that "another doom clone" would make more or less money than "a completely new fresh brilliant idea". Although, I think there is

 

Indeed Portal was one of those new brilliant ideas, and Valve bought it.

People just happen to buy "another doom clone" games, because nobody dares to make better games, and people rather play a new "doom clone" than an older "doom clone" over and over again. Sure, you make decent money with "doom clones" also, and the workers at big companies will do them as long they get profit with them. Someone having the guts to try something new, and make much more money is a risk which a single worker doesn't want to take. He could fail!

[Rick]

You make flops with copy catting other games too, so what's the point?

 

I think you aren't understanding how risk to a business works? Everything the business does is a risk. You can't make money with some kind of risk. But there are different levels of risk. Businesses try to pick the lowest level of risk. It basically looking at the odds. Also, of course there is evidence that a DOOM clone will sell. They are selling all the time. That is the evidence. The risk with making a DOOM clone is lower than coming up with something completely different.

[Canardia]

Lower risk is equal to lower profit, however higher risk is not always equal to higher profit, but it can be, and then it can be multiple times higher profit.

[Rick]

however higher risk is not always equal to higher profit

 

That line is basically a sugar coating to "You will drive the business into the ground".

 

It's "wiser" to take a lower risk lower profit than to risk it all when it comes to a business. Don't get me wrong many businesses take high risks and they do sometimes come out on top, but it's shown over time that a high risk business does not survive long term. The risk always catches up with the business.

[Dealman]

Lumooja, this isn't a serious Game Concept. Well it somewhat is, but it won't be put in use. And I most likley won't continue on it. It should be quite obvious that it's far from done, a reall MMORPG Game Concept should be hundreds of information, heck even thousands. But I appreciate the kind words you've said to me.

 

And I know that MMORPG is a way too big subject to start with.

 

Also, I agree with Rick. There's a lot of Business that have taken high risks and thus resulting in them making no profit. However, there are business that take high risks and it turns out to be good and they make a huge profit out of it. Moderate Risks usually brings Moderate Profit, which is probably the best idea to do for some time until your budget have grown quite a bit. Then you might wanna try the higher risks.

[flachdrache]

fyi:

A gameconcept is the rough meat while a design document defines its nuts and bolts - two different things.

 

imo :

If such concept is not already "out-there" the reason might be that "some" cyberpunk MMORPG of similar concept failed to succeed.

... (whoops - seams like there is a successor available)