# What fictional world would you like to see made into an MMO? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 9, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824 "2010-03-09T06:36:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/21 "2010-03-09T22:05:26Z")
Babylon 5 Universe–but would probably work better as a war game, or maybe something like _Wing Commander_ flying space fighters against Centauri or Shadow fighters. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/22 "2010-03-09T22:17:40Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Babylon 5 Universe–but would probably work better as a war game, or maybe something like _Wing Commander_ flying space fighters against Centauri or Shadow fighters. I’d love to see a B5 universe war game or MMO. Either would be great. Were there ever any official B5 games? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/23 "2010-03-09T23:42:35Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I’d love to see a B5 universe war game or MMO. Either would be great. Were there ever any official B5 games? I’ve never seen one. Did see a modification of VGA Planets that included the Shadows as a non-player race, I think, but otherwise used the traditional races for that game. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/24 "2010-03-10T00:50:03Z")
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyTVS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BunnyTVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyTVS)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/25 "2010-03-10T00:56:07Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I’d love to see a B5 universe war game or MMO. Either would be great. Were there ever any official B5 games? [Would a flight sim keep you going?](http://ifhgame.ru/main/ifhhome) ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/26 "2010-03-10T02:30:04Z")
_John Carter, Warlord of Mars_ Steampunk, Sword Slinging, Dejah Thoris… (I’ll be in my bunk.) ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/27 "2010-03-10T02:46:19Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > I can’t decide if this would be awesome or horrible. This was my first thought. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/28 "2010-03-10T07:15:12Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > They’re making one. > > [Fallout (video game) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_13#Project_V13) Not according to that article they aren’t- at best, it looks like they’re hedging their bets IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/29 "2010-03-10T15:04:47Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > The _Firefly_ Universe. > [@FlightlessBird](#): > > I also liked **Knorf** ’s idea of _Firefly_ There may be a Firefly MMO if the suits at Fox decide to continue development after concentrating on the Buffy MMO. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/30 "2010-03-10T15:10:26Z")
Speaking of Bablyon 5, and having just watched a certain movie trailer: TRON Oh, yeah. (The Scarecrow & Mrs. King MMO can come later) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/31 "2010-03-10T15:11:51Z")
Also, if I had a kajillion dollars and had already put a lot of it to work ending world hunger, etc, I’d spend a bunch of it creating a PARANOIA MMO. And not letting anyone (outside of the dev team obvs) know that’s what it was. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/32 "2010-03-10T16:55:54Z")
I would not object to a Malazan Book of the Fallen MMO. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/33 "2010-03-10T18:22:29Z")
> [@FlightlessBird](#): > > Shadowrun. > It was an FPS recently, but I thought a MMO would’ve made a better game. This, this, this. I would _so_ get into a Shadowrun MMORPG. It might even pull me away from WoW if it was good enough. Would also like to see a Harry Potter MMORPG. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/34 "2010-03-10T19:48:32Z")
I second the Shadowrun universe. There is enough flexibility in the status quo in that universe that a fresh and believable “epic badguy” threat could be included in every major patch. The classes are wildly different from each other and would not suffer as much from the class-blurring problem of overlapping abilities. Also, who doesn’t want to explore a cyberpunk metropolis? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/35 "2010-03-11T01:14:36Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I’d love to see a B5 universe war game or MMO. Either would be great. Were there ever any official B5 games? There were some board / card games: > **[BoardGameGeek | Gaming Unplugged Since 2000](https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.php?action=search&objecttype=boardgame&q=babylon%2B5)** Brian ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824/36 "2010-03-11T02:18:30Z")
Hmmm… •Riverworld might be interesting—and the environment would probably be pretty easy to render, but the sad fact is that without the major historical personalities or an over-reaching story arc, I fear there wouldn’t be a lot you could reliably do with it. Maybe I’m wrong, though. •A good steampunk world—licensing the universe of _The Difference Engine_ or Stirling’s _The Peshawar Lancers_ would probably be a good way to do it, rather than start from the ground up. I’d just want to see how many varieties of moustaches would be available on the character-creation screen, if nothing else. 🙂 •Ditto for the Marvel Comics U. It’d be almost worth it alone just to go on a self-guided walking tour of Marvel Manhattan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-world-would-you-like-to-see-made-into-an-mmo/531824.md?page=1)