Paizo Licenses Pathfinder MMO Rights

[jmecha]

https://goblinworks.com/

Paizo Licenses Pathfinder MMO Rights
Goblinworks to Produce Next-Generation Fantasy Sandbox MMO

[Burt]

Rejoice, another MMO.

[Hialmar]

Not another MMO, a Sandbox MMO.

This is way better.

It means that the players will control the world.

[Heero]

It means that the players will control the world.

I have my doubts.

[Hialmar]

Other sandbox MMOs have been quite good (for MMOs).

Of course we'll find out about this one when/if it is released and if it stays a sandbox MMO.

EVE Online is the best Sandbox MMO around here and it even has a delegation of players who controls what CCP does with the game (as has been shown in a recent cash shop conflict).

Other Sandbox MMOs have not been that successful (such as Ryzom) or have been turned back into normal MMOs (like Star Wars Galaxies).

[maxcell]

Love the news since Pathfinder is the closest thing we have to 3.5 that is not from Witchards of the Toast . If they have the right development money and they implement the PF rules like they did in nwn, I would love to see it completed (hopefully the development company hates the cartoony wow look and opts for a more realistic design)

[Ansha]

JMecha and I are both active on the Pathfinder Online subforum of the Paizo boards.

It's actually going to be a hybrid sandbox/'theme park' MMO, NOT just a sandbox. However, they have already said that the game's graphics will be heavily influenced by the artwork in Pathfinder products--think Wayne Reynolds and Carolina Eade. They're also not using PFRPG rules because the Open Gaming License is murky about whether it's legal to do so, and instead are using a skill-based system like Ultima Online, Eve or Skyrim. It's in the extremely early stages of development, so there's not a whole lot of concrete information about what the game will look like, other than that it "will feel like Pathfinder."

Also, HI! Life is busy, but I do check in now and again!