Serious lack of good Space MMO's

[nyc81991]

So I have come to realize that there are very few good Space mmo's out there right now. I mean aside from EVE I can't think of any real open space games with ships you can upgrade / customize.

Something I would really like to see is a huge open space Mmo with the normal asteroid minning, Pvp, missions ect... But also Planets that are more like actual planets where you can fly down onto one to get out and explore / do things on the ground. Now I know that something like this would be a huge undertaking and cost a lot of money but it would be so worth it.

I mean think about it, a game like this would feel less like a game and more like a real universe with almost no limits.


So are there any games that are currently out or in development that are anything like this? Am I just missing something or are there really not that many good open space Mmo's? What do you guys think?

[kail]

All in one like that? I'm not sure about Star Treck (rather unpopular now) but there is Dust 514 (to coincide with EvE). I know I know its a shooter, not an MMO but it affects the EvE world if you intend on playing that game. I am personally upset at the PS3 exclusive that CCP decided on.

Here's the best video description of Dust 514 I could find.

[Deleted]

You could try freelancer with some mods its not really an mmo bot some servers are at around 200 people and its quite fun

[Dezerte]

Star Citizen & Elite: Dangerous comes to mind, they have multiplayer but not sure how MMO-ish they are.

They're both kickstarter projects, and probably won't come out for some time though.

[Remilia]

So I have come to realize that there are very few good Space mmo's out there right now. I mean aside from EVE I can't think of any real open space games with ships you can upgrade / customize.

Something I would really like to see is a huge open space Mmo with the normal asteroid minning, Pvp, missions ect... But also Planets that are more like actual planets where you can fly down onto one to get out and explore / do things on the ground. Now I know that something like this would be a huge undertaking and cost a lot of money but it would be so worth it.

I mean think about it, a game like this would feel less like a game and more like a real universe with almost no limits.


So are there any games that are currently out or in development that are anything like this? Am I just missing something or are there really not that many good open space Mmo's? What do you guys think?

Sounds like Star Wars Galaxy, before it went bai bai. Sorry.
http://swg.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Space

[Deleted]

Have to agree, which is why I am excited about the Elite remake from the original creator.
hopefully it will be MMO with trading and some sort of space based PVP.

Whilst I have no doubts that EVE is the best of the space based MMO Genre, it from what I have played is overly complex and time consuming.

[Jtbrig7390]

Sounds like Star Wars Galaxy, before it went bai bai. Sorry.
http://swg.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Space

Yep i agree.

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"with 1 update 3/4 of there player base quit and then just a couple months back SWG got shutdown cause Lucis wanted those players to go over to TOR"

To this day my brother still feels SWG was the best MMO and he spent years on EQ/WOW/COH"City of Heroes" ect...

Sorry, not allowed to talk about it.Fixed

[Deleted]

Yep i agree.

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"with 1 update 3/4 of there player base quit and then just a couple months back SWG got shutdown cause Lucis wanted those players to go over to TOR"

To this day my brother still feels SWG was the best MMO and he spent years on EQ/WOW/COH"City of Heroes" ect...

Sorry, not allowed to talk about it.Fixed

Wrong, wrong, wrong, players were bleeding way before the NGE.

http://users.telenet.be/mmodata/Charts/Subs-2.png

NGE was out in November 2005, look at the chart, it took SWG from mid 2004 to mid 2005 to bleed about 1/3 of subs from 300,000 to about 180,000, a drop of 120,000, it then took them from mid 2005 to the end of 2008 to drop from 180k to 100k. more subs left before the NGe then after

The NGE was a response to the bleed in subs, not the cause of it.


I'm trying STO at the moment, its nice for a freebie game, seems to be plenty to do and the space comabt is good, ground combat is a load of tosh tho.

[Deleted]

Sounds like Star Wars Galaxy, before it went bai bai. Sorry.
http://swg.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Space

A emulator exists for SWG. You still need the original cds however.
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Sorry, we're not allowed to talk about emulators.

[Howard Moon]

Star Citizen looks like it migh be an MMO of sorts, and it looks awesome. Won't be released for quite a while, though, I reckon.

[Deleted]

Have to agree, which is why I am excited about the Elite remake from the original creator.
hopefully it will be MMO with trading and some sort of space based PVP.

Whilst I have no doubts that EVE is the best of the space based MMO Genre, it from what I have played is overly complex and time consuming.

Space travel is complex and time consuming! A AM Shock-ed! The consumption of time and complexity is what makes EVE the game it is. If mining was fast, then ships would be cheap, economy would tank. The Active mining has to be compared to the passive PI, and moon mining etc, so anything that upsets that delicate balance upsets everything.

Lots of people will tell you that you can get into a ship and go pvping within 2 weeks, but on the upside, you can work on something for years, and never have it taken from you (unless you don't back up your clone and get podded) with an expansion. Yes, there is a bit of one-sidedness when it comes to people playing longer than others, but the trick is not to fight them (people playing since the beginning don't get in their Rifters and go podding newbies, they've got much more interesting/important things to be doing).

[johnnyderpp]

R.I.P Star Wars Galaxies

[hailey]

You could try freelancer with some mods its not really an mmo bot some servers are at around 200 people and its quite fun

It's shocking no one has taken the freelancer formula and made an MMO out of it. I can't think of a game more fondly remembered that has been completely ignored by the industry for so long.

I guess Star Citizen or whatever, or if the rumors of the Valve space game are true. I hope so. They could do it so well

[RoninaThorstone]

Sounds like Star Wars Galaxy, before it went bai bai. Sorry.
http://swg.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Space

Luckily theres SWG EMU

[philefluxx]

Luckily theres SWG EMU

Are those guys still working on it? Last time I played EMU was the Sept before ToR launched when I realized I missed the reac date for SWG to get to play the final few months =/

But EMU was seriously broken and they said to be able to fix anything meant rewritting code. It was explicitly stated this was a volunteer project and to not expect much in any amount of timeframe. Maybe the poor results from ToR and shutting down of SWG got them moving faster.

OP: Sounds like you might be looking for EvE in the next 5 years. That is pretty much where they are headed and Dust is the first step.

Edit: Oh Shiz looks like they finally launched the new server with their codebase! Gonna have to keep reading and I might be busting out my SWG disc's tonight!

[StationaryHawk]

I know it's not exploration, but Dust 514 will introduce ground combat to the EVE universe, even if in a FPS manner. At least it's free, so long as you have a PS3.

Otherwise, as others have said, you could give Star Trek Online a go. It's not the most popular MMO out there, but I remember it being decent.

[Venziir]

Sadly the Warhammer 40k MMO isn't happening, but at the same time - thankfully the Warhammer 40K MMO isn't happening.

[Deleted]

Keep hoping for a good Warhammer 40K game.

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Sadly the Warhammer 40k MMO isn't happening, but at the same time - thankfully the Warhammer 40K MMO isn't happening.

SPACE MARINES !!
SPACE MARINES EVERYWHERE !!!

Not to mention it would be done by EA.

[cywang86]

You probably haven't seen this site

Crowd funding ends in a week, it's not too late!

[Korialstrazs]

It's shocking no one has taken the freelancer formula and made an MMO out of it. I can't think of a game more fondly remembered that has been completely ignored by the industry for so long.

I guess Star Citizen or whatever, or if the rumors of the Valve space game are true. I hope so. They could do it so well

Freelancer was literally my favourite space game of all time, and it had great mods too. Whenever I think about it I get the urge to go install and play it. I was super sad that a sequel never happened, or any other games used the same ideas. The ship designs were all interesting, the combat was fast paced and the travel/planet system was awesome. My friend still constantly mentions a freelancer star wars mod which he really liked when it was still running.