Tuesday, Mar 11th 2008 by Chris Scott Barr
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Speaking of MMOs based on non-MMO franchises, who wants to play a Grand Theft Auto game with millions of other people. Apparently that’s something that Rockstar founder Sam Houser has been thinking about.
While talking about the idea of a Grand Theft Auto MMO, he said that it “is very, very doable and is a very, very compelling proposition” and calling a subscription-based MMO on a console as “the Holy Grail.”
As much as I’m a fan of the series, I just don’t see it crossing over into the MMO realm very well. Seriously, why would you want to go out questing when you could just pull some guy out of a car, beat the crap out of him and drive off at insane speeds? I just don’t see it turning out so well.
[via MaxConsole]
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Are you kidding? That sounds like one of the most sellable MMO ideas since WOW. GTA as it stands right now is almost an entirely “quest” based game with tons of RPG elements already built in.
Expanding what they’ve already got into an MMO doesn’t seem like it would take a big conceptual leap.
The severely underdeveloped two player mode of San Andreas was enough to get me hooked on the thought.