Something that consoles couldn't do.

An mmo combining Arma 2 with Total War games. An mmo not restrictive to player count less than a 100 per game session. I think it would be badass if they create a world similar to this an introduce a grind/reward system. I understand that consoles at their current state can't and wouldn't be able to handle something like this; and that's why I refere this as a pc potential for the near future.

I really would mind paying for a monster of a game like this one. Take that console only players!!.... a guy can dream:P

It doesn't really make sense.. Who should control the "armies" (players?) on the world map? danish-death

Well consoles could handle that, a console could handle WoW and that is massive. It is mostly the server for MMO's, consoles are just lacking the power of modern PC's.wooooode

[QUOTE="danish-death"]It doesn't really make sense.. Who should control the "armies" (players?) on the world map? edo-tensei

Well consoles could handle that, a console could handle WoW and that is massive. It is mostly the server for MMO's, consoles are just lacking the power of modern PC's.wooooode

FFXI was on PS2, 360, and PC for 7 years (Not as long on 360) and the only difference between systems was the graphical representations was lacking compared to it's PC counterpart, but otherwise functioned just as well as the PC.Jynxzor

Just as well yes but comparing it to other PC mmos it was really clunky, slow and limiting. It may have been a good console mmo but not a good PC one. Plus FFXI is really old, the standard is higher up today. You can't just release another FFXI these days. Just look at FFXIV.

Well consoles could handle that, a console could handle WoW and that is massive. It is mostly the server for MMO's, consoles are just lacking the power of modern PC's.wooooode

[QUOTE="wooooode"]Well consoles could handle that, a console could handle WoW and that is massive. It is mostly the server for MMO's, consoles are just lacking the power of modern PC's.-Unreal-

[QUOTE="-Unreal-"][QUOTE="wooooode"]Well consoles could handle that, a console could handle WoW and that is massive. It is mostly the server for MMO's, consoles are just lacking the power of modern PC's.WilliamRLBaker

Most of the real beefy work in a MMO is all done server side, the only things your system really does is represent the graphical outcome of your inputs. Well it can vary wildly between MMO systems. Some games do use non-server side calculations and respresentations to present a much faster response time due to not requiring the server to authenticate. FFXI was on PS2, 360, and PC for 7 years (Not as long on 360) and the only difference between systems was the graphical representations was lacking compared to it's PC counterpart, but otherwise functioned just as well as the PC.Jynxzor

Actually the newer MMO's, especially Rift, require a very beefy PC to run on max settings.

[QUOTE="-Unreal-"][QUOTE="wooooode"]Well consoles could handle that, a console could handle WoW and that is massive. It is mostly the server for MMO's, consoles are just lacking the power of modern PC's.WilliamRLBaker

[QUOTE="edo-tensei"][QUOTE="danish-death"]It doesn't really make sense.. Who should control the "armies" (players?) on the world map? danish-death

[QUOTE="danish-death"][QUOTE="edo-tensei"] Mods? lol.MrSelf-Destruct

[QUOTE="MrSelf-Destruct"][QUOTE="danish-death"] So what you're proposing is .. basicly a FPS game with a minimum of a 100 players on the field? edo-tensei

Didn't MAG do the 256 player thing already? I never played it but I read about it somewhere.

Didn't MAG do the 256 player thing already? I never played it but I read about it somewhere.

milsvaard

Didn't MAG do the 256 player thing already? I never played it but I read about it somewhere.

It's not console power, it's abut server power and way how software is build on them, all console mostlike would handle massive MMO... bah, it does not take same amount of processing power as offline game would take because most of logic thta operates the game sits on server. People might not get idea of this, but multiplayer game is nothing more then client that displayer game state that server transmit, it does not process other player movement (well maybe it fo to optimize), just display what server is telling client to display.Same as websites dont take any processing power from you just because all the stuff behind it happens on server. Ofcorse situation changes when server runs on player console (P2P), then a console power limitation truly kicks in, other way it's not a issue.

If im not mistaken, it's not 256 players in one area, they are seperated by zones are they not? I read somewhere its 256 in the game, but each "zone" is only say 20-36(making up numbers) each.. obviously doesnt mean it isnt fun, but deceptive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_FEbTO8udg

Note that only one mode in MAG is 256 player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2xXFdpiKDc

Also note that those videos shows only one team :p

[QUOTE="-Unreal-"][QUOTE="wooooode"]Well consoles could handle that, a console could handle WoW and that is massive. It is mostly the server for MMO's, consoles are just lacking the power of modern PC's.WilliamRLBaker

[QUOTE="Jynxzor"]Most of the real beefy work in a MMO is all done server side, the only things your system really does is represent the graphical outcome of your inputs. Well it can vary wildly between MMO systems. Some games do use non-server side calculations and respresentations to present a much faster response time due to not requiring the server to authenticate. FFXI was on PS2, 360, and PC for 7 years (Not as long on 360) and the only difference between systems was the graphical representations was lacking compared to it's PC counterpart, but otherwise functioned just as well as the PC.1080pOnly

Actually the newer MMO's, especially Rift, require a very beefy PC to run on max settings.