Re: WoW - I wonder....

--- Dreamer <dreamer@??????.?????.??.uk> wrote:
> Does anyone know anything about the SJ computer
> game that I've just about heard existed?

SJ: Pirates of Realmspace does exist.  It was not very
well done and the graphics looked dated, even when it
was first released.  I've heard the gameplay is
extremely buggy, almost to the point of being
unplayable.  Static has a webpage about it somewhere.


> Any chance that someone might revive something from
> that, and maybe even make it the basis of a MMORPG
> like WoW?

Probably not.  MMORPGs take an insane infusion of
cash, on the order of $100 to $200 million, to get
started.  Of course, this level of investment needs an
insane level of fan-base to make them successful.  The
numbers are mind-boggling.


> As for SJ, its got monsters, pirates, fantasy
> heroics, amazing visuals - I'm really suprised no
one
> has not tried to make more of it!

Sure, but honestly, I think it'd take the right artist
to get said visuals right.  I'm not sure WotC's
current art "style" (character focused, mostly) meshes
well with the sweeping "landscape" of SJ.  In the
hands of a master landscape/planet artist, it would
shine (IMHO :) ).

Adam

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