Re: Space Nation trailer shows first glimpse inside Roland Emmerich's sprawling sci-fi franchise

On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:08:44 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:

On 3/19/2024 11:42 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
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The director behind "Stargate" and "Independence Day" is launching a new
universe, starting with an MMORPG that hits this year before segueing to
animated shorts and a TV show.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hruLQUR3aA
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Watch the trailer above.

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*Ahem* didn't see it so found and posted one.
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Looks awesome from what little I can see.
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Cons:
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* MMO ugh (I swore them off, really, I can't do it!)
* PVP ugh (yes, yes, I know I play online with souls games, that doesn't
mean I wouldn't like it better without the PVP.)
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I still might consider it after it's been out awhile and the space
combat still looks good and it's not all guilds and raids and shit that
require time commitments.

Honestly, just from a technical front I have to say I'm underwhelmed
by the trailer. It simply doesn't LOOK all that impressive. Especially
given the nominal connection to Emerich, you'd think they'd go for a
more cinematic reveal, but instead they chose to use in-game assets
for everything. It greatly reduces the impact.

Not that I think Emmerich had any real impact on the game, beyond
lending his name and some of his design sensibilities. And even if he
did, I wouldn't really see that as anything to get too excited about,
since a) I don't think Emmerich's style is particularly unique, and b)
he's not a game designer, and asking somebody who's specialty is in
movies to make game design choices is just asking for trouble.

Also, I immediately turn cynical when I see that one of the hyped
reasons to play this game is that it 'leverages thes power of AI and
Cloud Gaming'. Three years ago this sort of game probably would have
been hyping up that it offered NFTs. That single line in the trailer
cost me more confidence in the game than anything else I saw.

Beyond that, I can't really make any comment. Partly because I've know
real information about the game beyond what little the trailer showed
(which, despite using game assets, showed very little actual
gameplay), but also because I'm no expert - or fan - of MMORPGs.

But the trailer failed to get me excited about the project.