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Llava
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on: February 27, 2006, 12:11:28 PM

Cause if there is, I can't find it.  Doing a search for DC doesn't work all that well.  And DCU turns up nothing.

Anyways, was looking for a place to post this: http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=60670

Short version: Jim Lee's directing the artistic style of the DC MMG.  So at least it should be pretty.

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Reply #1 on: February 27, 2006, 12:38:11 PM

I thought a DC MMO had already been announced as in development?

Anyway, good luck to them but I won't hold my breath waiting for its release.

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Reply #2 on: February 27, 2006, 01:50:02 PM

It's in development by SOE, it appears to be Smedley's other baby (besides the Station Exchange-funded one) and it's probably at least a year away from beta. What the fuck do we need a thread for?

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Reply #3 on: February 27, 2006, 01:54:47 PM

It's in development by SOE, it appears to be Smedley's other baby (besides the Station Exchange-funded one) and it's probably at least a year away from beta. What the fuck do we need a thread for?

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Reply #4 on: February 27, 2006, 02:14:26 PM

"Postcount++"?

When did this make a resurgence?  I thought I stopped doing that back at P2P, "pre-OMGZ RAPE" ban..

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Reply #5 on: February 27, 2006, 02:59:23 PM

I hate postcounts.

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Reply #6 on: February 27, 2006, 03:09:56 PM

A better subject would be, "Just how bad is DDO going to bomb?"
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Reply #7 on: February 27, 2006, 05:43:04 PM

So is the general pile-on because nobody cares about DC MMO or because nobody cares about it yet (since it's so far from definition and proof of having one)?
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Reply #8 on: February 27, 2006, 06:00:42 PM

There was a brief spark of interest in the game when schild reported back from AGC 05 that the game was going to be twitch (gee that sounds like another MMO...) but then we all remembered that it was SOE that was making the game and promptly stopped talking about it.
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Reply #9 on: February 28, 2006, 08:33:54 AM

I hate postcounts.
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Reply #10 on: February 28, 2006, 08:36:43 AM

I didn't do it. And cevik knew what I meant by that post, or at least he should have.

Actually, I'm greatly interested in the DCU MMOG. There's just nothing to talk about. The only thing resembling a design concept we have is that it'll be twitch. Will it be SWG twitch? If so, it's going to suck. Will it be DDO twitch? If so, it might be good, but only if they execute it better than DDO and SWG combined. Will DCU bigshots be amusement park diversions a la SWG or will you be able to play as or with Batman? Will the license matter more than fun gameplay?

We don't know any of these things and no one is talking.

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Reply #11 on: February 28, 2006, 08:47:40 AM

I did not think you did.  I just found the timing amusing.

Once we know more I will pay attention to how things are developing.  I have never been too big a fan of their universe, but something like this could draw me in.

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Reply #12 on: February 28, 2006, 09:03:04 AM

I didn't do it. And cevik knew what I meant by that post, or at least he should have.

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Reply #13 on: February 28, 2006, 06:18:57 PM

So is the general pile-on because nobody cares about DC MMO or because nobody cares about it yet (since it's so far from definition and proof of having one)?

Jim Lee has said more about the game in this interview than we've heard about it since it was announced, and he barely said shit other than it being a DC MMO that he's doing art stuff for.

SOE announced that they got the licence at the same time they announced taking over The Matrix Online (DC is owned by Warner Brothers) so it's reasonable to assume that they've only recently started any sort of development.   I'd say their speculated 2007 release might be a tad optimistic in fact.
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Reply #14 on: March 01, 2006, 01:58:16 AM

Haem, not smedley's baby. It's in the wrong state. Now, you can speculate that since it's being made in the house SW:G built, that well. Yea. That.
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Reply #15 on: March 01, 2006, 05:58:26 AM

Well apparently, it makes for the best analogies ever

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Reply #16 on: March 01, 2006, 08:55:44 AM

Hmmm, I'm pretty sure Sigil is still working on Marvel's MMO.

So we'll have three superhero MMOs on the market at some point?

Should be interesting how this plays out. I think both DC and Marvel will find there's not much demand for *another* superhero MMO, licensed characters or not.
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Reply #17 on: March 01, 2006, 09:59:26 AM

Edit: Nyght beat me to it. 

Isn't it interesting though how much Smed's about town?  Tripping here and there amidst the silly gamers... he only needs a blog now for self-promotion. Oh wait.
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Reply #18 on: March 01, 2006, 12:21:16 PM

I don't understand why he would even post at FoH. That's like sticking your dick in a cuisinart...for fun.
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Reply #19 on: March 01, 2006, 01:15:48 PM

Because alot of angsty board warriors who can't distinguish between reality and a video game are just looking for some validation.  All it takes is for a dev to give them some attention, tell them how pretty they are, and they're singing a completely different tune.
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Reply #20 on: March 01, 2006, 01:22:57 PM

I can't help thinking he's either looking for street cred (as it were) or just self-promotion or just damage control in anticipation of a new release (KoS) after all the SWG karma.  None of those ideas make any sense at all though.  It makes me... uncomfortable seeing him pop-up all over the place all of a sudden.  Particularly it what seemed to be non-professional mole boards.
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Reply #21 on: March 01, 2006, 01:43:17 PM

The FOH board has always been a dev fellatio board. Maybe he just wanted to work on a little bit of sumin' sumin' that Brad seems to get over there.

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Reply #22 on: March 01, 2006, 09:25:58 PM

Is it a bad thing to be working on a supposed AAA title without a lead designer?

http://www.penny-arcade.com/2006/03/01#1141251840

Here's the Gamasutra job link but I don't have an account so I can't view it:

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/jobs_display.php?job_id=9335

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Reply #23 on: March 02, 2006, 06:26:31 AM

Heh, Smed sent them a hundred boxes of donuts.  Funny.

No press is bad press.  Penny-Arcade has something like 500,000 readers and they all know about SOE making a DC licensed game now, pretty much the best outcome smed could have hoped for.

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Reply #24 on: March 02, 2006, 08:25:40 AM

fucking priceless

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Reply #25 on: March 02, 2006, 08:39:53 AM

That's a lot of fucking donuts.

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Reply #26 on: March 06, 2006, 01:31:18 AM

I wanted to point out that Jim Lee is on the DCU MMG because there has been so much discussion here about drab art in MMGs.  I recall a great deal of bitching about DDO and its boring browns.

Jim Lee, however, is generally considered to be, let's say, "decent" at what he does.  I thought it was a smart move on SOE's part, and worth mentioning.  So fucking shoot me, I made a thread. 
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Reply #27 on: March 06, 2006, 02:28:21 AM

It was a good move on SOE's part given the beating EQ2 has taken over its bland and uninspired Art Direction. Unfortunately for Jim Lee he's joining a sinking ship with people either bailing out or being unwilling to join up on the project (I'm not sure which).
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Reply #28 on: March 06, 2006, 09:45:11 AM

You know...  As far as art goes, they could do a lot worse than simply going with cel-shading and emulating the look and feel of JLU.  Lower poly counts and a nice consistent world.

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Reply #29 on: March 06, 2006, 09:50:34 AM

It was a good move on SOE's part given the beating EQ2 has taken over its bland and uninspired Art Direction. Unfortunately for Jim Lee he's joining a sinking ship with people either bailing out or being unwilling to join up on the project (I'm not sure which).


And unfortunately for the DC MMOG, Jim Lee's art has felt to me in the last few years like the same kind of bland, uninspired, overly 'realistic' looking stuff as in EQ2's character models. Even his stuff on the Batman Hush story felt cold to me. He's good technically, but just doesn't inspire me with a lot of feeling.

Now Liefeld inspires great hatred in me, and Miller great love. Both have their own distinctive styles. Jim Lee just looks like a less puffy John Byrne.

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Reply #30 on: March 06, 2006, 10:53:34 PM



"Realistic" seems like an odd choice of words.

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Reply #31 on: March 06, 2006, 10:59:30 PM

Am I the only one here that collects and appreciates the Golden Age?

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Reply #32 on: March 06, 2006, 11:20:03 PM

Am I the only one here that collects and appreciates the Golden Age?

I don't collect Golden Age for story and price reasons, but I know we've discussed art taste in comics before when you were playing EQ2 and I know and agree with what you're probably thinking.

On a related note, Jim Lee seems like an odd choice for this job.  Jim Lee's art  makes me think more of Image than DC.  If you're going to go with one artist, I'd rather have seen Perez.  Personally though I wouldn't mind seeing each zone or city done by a different artist.
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Reply #33 on: March 07, 2006, 07:56:59 AM

KIRBY
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Reply #34 on: March 07, 2006, 04:22:13 PM

I think Kirby is better off remaining dead rather than coming back to life to work on an MMO for SOE.
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