Possible Call of Duty MMO in Activision's Future

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I was just thinking the other day that a Stalker MMO would be cool. Basically a big world filled with AI monsters and other players going about quests. Players could choose to complete a quest together or solo. The world would have to be absolutely huge though or everywhere you turn would be another player which isn't really what the Stalker universe is about. But I think it'd be cool to be traversing the countryside solo for half an hour completing a quest and then run across another player out there in the middle of nowhere, choose to work together, and continue on this quest together.

Listen, the best idea for this type of MMO/COD4 hybrid would be along the lines of what DICE is doing with Battlefield Heroes and what was done with Chromehounds on the XBOX 360... There has to be 2 or more factions battling for world control. In the beginning you choose what side you want to fight for and can't get off that team until the "war" is over. Every battle session you play is worth X number of world domination points helping you to gain control of that territory.. You would be able to rank up, maybe purchase items, etc...

The problem I have with allot of the FPS games now is that there is no goal. Sure you win the match, if I win 10,20 50 matches in the row, then the 50th win is the same as the first.. There is no real outcome...I would love to say I had a huge part in winning over a certain territory to help my faction take the lead in the war.

This is they "type" of concept I would like to see for a COD/MMO or Battlefield 3 or any of them.. I want a purpose to my playing.. Thats why I am interested in seeing how Battlefield Heroes turns out.. It may have been simplified, but there seems to be more gameplay and more reasons to play.

I would love a good FPS/MMO kind of game. Like going around to different countries on different missions (quests), upgrading your weapons, stuff like that. Surprised it still hasn't been done properly.

I really like CoD4 both SP and MP (except the clown car respawning in SP)... if they did a game on the level of CoD4 as an MMO... I'd at least look at it. But if they have you starting off at level 1 using a police special to shoot sickly terrorists, so that I can afford a glock to shoot healthy, teenage terrorists, I'm gonna pass. But if it's like CoD4 MP with tons and tons of ways to customize yourself and perks and stuff, then I might actually be interested.

This makes me wonder about Planetside. Would the game be any more successful if it were rolled out today?

now wait a sec...isnt cod4 like a mmo already? i mean i level up i get new weapons... i pwn nublets into grave... theres ganking, no real weapon sharing but plenty of weapon customization so.... O_o hmmm... i wonder.

Wow, sounds like the first step has been made by Activision destroying Blizzard.

i remember there was WW2 Online or soemthing. I played the trial and got frustrated after running in a field for 5-10 minutes and then getting picked off by an unseen sniper, rinse, repeat

Call of Duty is the most 'on rails' FPS there is. It's the exact opposite of a MMO. There would be NOTHING remaining of CoD except the name and the WW2 setting.

I guess if they made it a lobby and instanced missions, where each mission was on rails, then perhaps they could do it....but that's more of an interactive 'player matching' service than an MMO.

(Interactive player matching services are not all bad though.)

...how do you monetize that," Kotick pondered,
Glad they are thinking about what's important in an MMO, not gameplay or community, but money.

atleast you wouldn't have to worry bout the next call of duty coming out in a year so you could actually enjoy the game for more than 9 months... lol

Don't let them do it Infinity Ward!!!!!!!

I don't know what it is, but I just have no desire for MMO games. This article saddens me. :(

I just want another awesome single player game and a pretty good multiplayer component.

A CoD MMO would be awesome -- if done by Infinity Ward.

Splitting the Guitar Hero and CoD story into two separate posts, sorry for any confusion this may cause in the comments.

You can just turn everything into an MMO! Maybe they think that MMO = $$$
Yah the guitar hero MMO would be silly. How would that even work!?

A CoD MMO could be fun if done properly, but a Guitar Hero one is just an insanely bad idea.

Blizzard will help the company bring Guitar Hero to "roughly 300,000 game rooms between China and Korea."

What on earth does that mean? Is Blizzard acting as some kind of Asian-Market consultant for Activision, or are they providing actual marketing/connections manpower?