Set for release in 2012, MechWarrior Online is going to be one of those MMOs - you know, free to play technically, but plenty of incentives to buy stuff. It'll have all the trappings of a typical MMO, there's going to be guilds, and you'll be able to form parties of up to four people. There's no offline, single player component, unsurprisingly.
It's probably going to divide fans, given the history behind the project (Destructoid does a good summary), and you have to wonder how much room there is in the market for yet another F2P MMO, but on the other hand this one probably has more potential than most, given the brand value of the IP.
Thanks to forum member, Sgt. Frog, for pointing us to this bit of news.
3 comments:
Yay, I contributed! And Yeah, as you said, this is going to divide the fans - for some the lack of a story or singleplayer missions is too big of a drawback to accept. I still think it'll work out great, and I'm really looking forward to it.
BTW, here's the link to the main website: http://www.mwomercs.com/
Thanks for the tip, Mr. Frog! (and the link)
I'll probably give this a go (Free to play and all that :-)), but I don't know if I'll get involved enough to justify paying money for it etc. I'm still hoping against hope the Final Fantasy XIV reboot does it for me.
I'm almost always willing to give a free-to-play a chance (heck, now I can grab DCUO on my ps3) - but investing into MMO's is something I can't see myself doing heavily again in the near future.
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