I wonder if these games will ever move beyond the DPS-healer-tank model.
For the lack of current details, Blizzard's next-gen MMO looks promising:
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Blizzard's next MMO or Next-Gen MMO as referred by Blizzard, has been in the shadow for years, the first evidence of its existence was a job ad listing in Blizzard's site mid of 2007. Since then, through official sources here is what we know about Blizzard's top secret MMO:
- It is internally named Titan.
- It's not going to be a WoW expansion.
- It will be based on a brand new IP (new story & lore).
- Several people of the WoW team have joined Next Gen MMO's team.
- This MMO targets to a broader audience than WoW.
- Clues from job ads indicate that it will be a Science Fiction/Sci Fi MMO. In the past Kaplan, who revealed he is involved in the project, was asked if the game's genre would be science fiction, post-apocalyptic, or historical, and while laughing he responded: "all of those combined!"
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Main Page - Blizzard's New MMO Wiki
They're basically calling it a MMOFPS. I don't think you can easily keep the DPS-healer-tank model without making it all so obvious.
In the meantime any "new" project seems to be unable to shake the "WoW clone" label. They're like skins over top of a WoW gaming concept model. Beyond that, the only real differences seem to be features/options, rather than core gameplay innovations.
/threadjack
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