Funcom’s latest MMO outing, The Secret World, dropped its embargo today. Interviews and previews are popping up all over the shop. I’ve not had the chance to rummage fully through them all yet.
However, heavily influenced by Lovecraft, there is one thing that we can be sure it will possess in abundance.
Tentacles!!!
I always hoped that someone would build an MMO based on the Call of Cthulhu tabletop RPG. The great thing about it is that you would only really need a rich and interesting character creation system, and the tutorial zone. Nobody would ever survive that tutorial zone, drastically cutting down on the need to provide any actual content.
That would be a good project for Cryptic, come to think of it.
The Secret World does not sound as if it will be quite as brutal as my vision of Call of Cthulhu, though it has taken an axe to many of the traditional MMO structures. With no classes or levels, and a slightly weird sounding power slotting system that reminds me of picking cards for your deck in Wizard 101, it sounds genuinely fresh, and I’m looking forward to getting my grubby pseudopods upon it, and investigating further.
Roll for SAN loss at once! :D
I LOVE Call of Cthulhu. If the character creation allows, I’m definitely going to have to recreate some of my old characters. Maybe a Deadlands one or two as well.
They will need to provide me with a suitable range of 1920’s suits and hats for it to feel right.
No classes or levels? I am suddenly very interested.
I can’t decide how I feel about TSW. The things Funcom is talking about are interesting, but Funcom’s track record is not good.
Agreed. I did not think very much of Age of Conan at all. Still, they seem to be trying something new, so I’ll keep an eye on it.