Cryptic is working on a D&D 4e-based MMO. Linky.

As the title implies, the game is set in the Forgotten Realms (where else?), specifically in video game favorite Neverwinter.

I can only mirror this guy's feelings:

Quote from: http://kotaku.com/5619535/return-to-neverwinter-in-2011Let's just hope it's more compelling that the developer's recent MMO releases, Star Trek Online and Champions Online. With the passionate fan base the Forgotten Realms setting has, botching this roll would redefine Critical Failure.

A few more interesting tidbits here:

QuoteThe rumors were only partially right. Kind of. Yes, Cryptic is working on a new fantasy-themed multiplayer game, and yes, it takes place in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting...but while it won't officially be a Neverwinter Nights 3 to follow the previous two games from BioWare and Obsidian, it also won't be a traditional massively multiplayer online game, either. The game will instead focus on cooperative play, requiring players to log into a server to start a session and encouraging players to tackle the adventure together. Neverwinter will give you the option to go solo if you prefer, but this will be a much harder way to play. The game will also feature editing tools that will let you create your own custom content and adventures, and it will offer an all-new story that ties into a new series of novels penned by author R.A. Salvatore.

Discuss.

Meh. It's Cryptic.

Doesn't sound like a MMO as much as a hosted NWN.  I hope they don't do another DDO.  I don't want to have to do B1 7 times, then B2 6 times, then B3 9 times.  Blech

I'm mixed.  Neverwinter 2 had some technical benefits over Neverwinter 1 but overall the game was 2 steps back in most directions.  DDO on the other hand I think is a rather good dungeon crawling emulator when it comes to D&D.  It's far more interesting then the traditional MMO and other D&D rpg's that are just point click kill and spamming the function keys.  

DDO was great in that it allowed you to creep, sneak, swim, jump, dodge and actually use different fighting styles.  The problem with DDO is that you only  gained real xp for finishing the dungeon and at around the mid-point those dungeons got ridiculously huge.  So you either had to have hours of spare time or just rush earlier dungeons for diminishing returns.

If someone could put out a game that played like DDO but had a true solo player experience that allowed you to save part way through something that would be a win in my books - huge win in fact.  If it also allowed you to play that game in co-op mode and have a shared experience then for those that wanted allowed you to further create your own stories/dungeons and play through them and even share them.  That would be epic.

Quote from: Mostlyjoe;400928Meh. It's Cryptic.

And 4e.  AND R.A "Drizzt" Salvatore.

This thing is a recipe for a shit sandwich if I ever saw one.  

My guess is this is actually going to be closer to Demon Stone or D&D Heroes from what little description has been provided.  Apparently they're even cutting the classes down to 5, conveniently enough, exactly the number of players in a party.  Exactly what those games did.

Quote from: CRKrueger;400929Doesn't sound like a MMO as much as a hosted NWN.

Isn't that how the original Neverwinter Nights on AOL worked back in the day?