I was really, really bored, and just started thinking about ideas for MMORPGs. Here are a few I think have some potential.
1. Harry Potter. This could go one of two ways.
You could be a student in Hogwarts and the surrounding areas (you could somehow work in Diagon Alley too). Between Hogwarts, Hogsmeades (spelling?), Diagon Alley, the Forbidden Forest, etc. there would easily be enough room to create a relatively large game world. You would start with a generic character and based on which school courses you take determine what cl/ass of character you were. You could be great at making potions, or transfiguration, or whatever. You would fight other students in duels, creatures in the forbidden forest, and have boss fights like the basilisk or giant spider thing lol.
Or, you could be an adult auror and use the whole adult wizarding world. The Ministry of Magic, Diagon Alley again, whatever, and the wilderness. You would fight creatures and death eaters, etc.
2. Starcraft... do I have to explain? It worked with Warcraft lol.
3. A street basketball game. WAIT, before you scoff, it could work! You would create a baller (different cl/asses=different positions) and travel around, levelling up to get better. Clothing could act as stat changing equipment. Then instead of a simple point-click interface (Click click, fireball, hotkey-a, attack...) for the actual action, you could actually play games against computer AI and real players (PvP). By partying up with people you gain access to full matches (like 5 on 5 or 3 on 3) instead of simple 1 on 1, and would receive more experience or cash or whatever for it to compensate for the fact that it won't just be YOU handling the ball. It obviously wouldn't be as in depth and massive as some of the traditional MMORPGs, but it would be an interesting diversion from the norm.
4. Lord of the Rings. Again, I don't think an explanation is really needed. This is probably the most perfect of all of these. Choose a cl/ass( elf, orc, hobbit, dwarf, or various subcategories of them), explore Middle Earth, fight all the various creatures Tolkien generously created for us... it's basically already an MMORPG waiting to be made.
What about you? Any gem ideas waiting to be used?
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