http://www.gameslol.com/2008/07/17/massively-singleplayer-a-real-genre/ Marek Bronstring's game blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:42:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.gameslol.com/2008/07/17/massively-singleplayer-a-real-genre/#comment-2127 Vimes Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:55:10 +0000 http://www.gameslol.com/2008/07/17/massively-singleplayer-a-real-genre/#comment-2127 I can remember one game that tried to play with that 'chain of command' idea : Conan was supposed to involve beginners in giant battles as cannon fodder to give them a taste of the barbary of the said world. More experienced player would have the role of commander whose order couldn't be disobeyed. I don't know what happened to this feature... As for massively single player schemes, Arkane and Valve seem to be working on a solo game in which the opponents of the player are played by real gamers : http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/16/the-crossing-coming-to-xbox-360-innovative-fps-going-cross-pla/. I think that's a very neat idea. I can remember one game that tried to play with that ‘chain of command’ idea : Conan was supposed to involve beginners in giant battles as cannon fodder to give them a taste of the barbary of the said world. More experienced player would have the role of commander whose order couldn’t be disobeyed. I don’t know what happened to this feature…
As for massively single player schemes, Arkane and Valve seem to be working on a solo game in which the opponents of the player are played by real gamers : http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/16/the-crossing-coming-to-xbox-360-innovative-fps-going-cross-pla/. I think that’s a very neat idea.

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