[MUD-Dev2] Fallen Earth

Threshold mlist at thresholdrpg.com
Wed Sep 16 17:19:07 CEST 2009


Matt Owen wrote:
> Looking at the website, I'm not sure I can see its potential? I'm the
> last one to judge, as unlike many on this list, I'm not a professional
> game writer, however reading the game background/classes/skills it seems
> very much a cookie-cutter MMO. 
>   

I got the same impression.
> I also question the use of a US location as the gaming area. I
> appreciate that somewhere on earth needed to be used, but surely a
> fictional location 'somewhere in xyz continent' would have been better ?
> I can see the grand Canyon choice being a big turn off for a lot of
> global players.

Seriously? Then why do American movies do so well abroad, even though 
many of them take place in the US?

I really don't see this as being something that would affect most 
people's enjoyment of a game. And if it does, well then that type of 
jingoism should be punished by missing out on a fun game. :)






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