Information Might & Magic X Teased by Ubisoft, To Be Revealed at PAX East

[Jasede]

I have a very strange premonition about this-

That this will actually be a really good game. Don't ask why or where this feeling comes from; just accept it.
Let's wait and see.

 

[Jasede]

Ah shit, I just had another premonition:

It's an MMORPG

 

[Crooked Bee]

Ah shit, I just had another premonition:

It's an MMORPG

I fear you might be right: http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/12/06/ubisofts-massive-subsidiary-working-on-aaa-mmo/

Massive is looking for an experienced Lead Level Designer to join an international team working on a AAA Online RPG.

 

[Jasede]

Yeah, it's weird. When I looked at the first page I thought they might be trying to cash-in on this Kickstartering of real RPGs.
Then I saw the pictures of the M&M retrospective on page 5. The way they wrote that I can just sense - though I might be wrong - that they are going to lead this up to a big reveal post where it says something using phrases like "evolution", "social experience" and "exciting". MMORGP, calling it.

 

[Jaesun]

I just thew up a bit in my mouth.

 

[Infinitron]

http://might-and-magic.ubi.com/universe/en-US/games/all-games/index.aspx

There's actually already a "Might and Magic: Heroes Online" and also a bunch of other M&M F2P and online crap.

Branding could get a little confusing for them at this point.

 

[Stabwound]

A Might & Maggic MMO? Please, for the love of fucking everything, no.

I hadn't even considered that prospect. No, I don't choose to accept that as a possibility.

 

[Jaesun]

What kind of idiot would take a classic single player franchise and then make a shitty MMO out of it?

 

[Darth Roxor]

It's bound to suck, but I doubt it's gonna be an mmo. Full scale mmorpgs have seriously fallen out of favour in recent time, especially considering how all the big and hyped up ones have pretty much dropped on their faces in the long run (swtor, die geheime welt, guild wars 2). I doubt Ubi would be so dumb so as to think 'it will definitely work when WE DO IT!!!'.

 

[dibens]

I somehow doubt it would be called M&M X if they intended to make an MMO out of it.

 

[Infinitron]

It's bound to suck, but I doubt it's gonna be an mmo. Full scale mmorpgs have seriously fallen out of favour in recent time, especially considering how all the big and hyped up ones have pretty much dropped on their faces in the long run (swtor, die geheime welt, guild wars 2). I doubt Ubi would be so dumb so as to think 'it will definitely work when WE DO IT!!!'.

It would obviously be F2P/microtransaction based.

I somehow doubt it would be called M&M X if they intended to make an MMO out of it.

EA were about to do it for Ultima. Oh wait.

 

[Luzur]

i...i am actually both scared and uncertain now.

and on top of that i feel a sense of great anticipation.

 

[Stabwound]

Well, okay, so if Massive is developing an MMORPG, are there any possibilities other than Might & Magic? I doubt it's a new IP. A new MMORPG is ridiculous anyway, and a free microtransaction game is even worse.

Well, that article doesn't outright say it's an MMO; they just speculate it will be. It could be them developing MMX and it has some kind of stupid multiplayer. They did Far Cry 3 recently, another 1st person game...

 

[hoverdog]

What kind of idiot would take a classic single player franchise and then make a shitty MMO out of it?

A modern CEO.

 

[Crooked Bee]

I somehow doubt it would be called M&M X if they intended to make an MMO out of it.

Not if they follow the worthy example set by the Final Fantasy series.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Well, that article doesn't outright say it's an MMO

Actually, it does. It links to this: http://www.massive.se/ad/lead-level-designer-online-rpg/

 

[OuterSpace]

What kind of idiot would take a classic single player franchise and then make a shitty MMO out of it?

I can't tell if this is a jab at Garriott or Bioware, or a legitimate question.

 

[Diablo169]

If it really is an MMO then that's just bad branding. Why not call it Might and Magic online or something? Titling it as a numbered sequel to a series that hasn't had a release for 11 years would be retarded.

 

[Infinitron]

If it really is an MMO then that's just bad branding. Why not call it Might and Magic online or something? Titling it as a numbered sequel to a series that hasn't had a release for 11 years would be retarded.

Because like I said, they already have a Might & Magic: Heroes Online. Shit is getting confusing.

 

[Stabwound]

They've prodded this poor corpse long enough. At least give us a traditional M&M sequel. At least that has the potential to be good, even on a nostalgic level. But making an MMO out of it is no longer prodding the corpse, but dropping trow and taking a huge diarrhea shit all over its face.

Richard Garriott already defecated on Ultima last week. Don't make this the second.

 

[dibens]

Ubisoft already have a number of Migt&Magic spin-off games (Kingdoms, Clash of Heroes, Raiders, Duel Of Champions), so they already know how to do branding. They would be stupid to slap "M&M X" on a game that is anything but a direct sequel.

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[Diablo169]

Bleh would really suck if it does turn out to be an MMO. I did have a thought earlier, they had a massive success with Farcry 3 didnt they? Which the media started calling "Skyrim with guns guys!" I wonder if they want some more of that sweet Elder Scrolls money and this is their way of doing it.

 

[Broseph]

I'm guessing we'll get either an MMO or an Elder Scrolls type game masquerading as an M&M game. Fuck this gay earth, if JVC had the rights we might see a true sequel.

 

[Excidium]

JVC didn't seem very interested in making another M&M game when the codex interviewed him.

 

[Roguey]

Since they're going with a numbered sequel it seems unlikely to me that they'd change the gameplay too much considering they could just as easily make Dark Messiah 2 or another spin-off. Or they could have acquired brain damage these past few years.