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Lepidus 12/01/06 1:57:26 PM
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Cryptic Studios head Jack Emmert is a unique character in the gaming industry. He comes from an academic background and makes comic book games. Today, we begin a periodic feature where we hope the fans can learn more about Emmert, his studio and his projects. Read the first Q&A below, then check out the comment thread to suggest questions for future weeks.
The full interview is here. |
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Techleo 12/01/06 2:24:34 PM
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Joined: 7/25/03
Is it over yet... |
I guess now I know why when I play CoX it feels like a cominc book.
 One thing Id like to know is if he feels about the Issue 8. Alot of people have mixed feelings about the new Safeguard missions albiet there growing on me. Would he like to see more variety of mission goal types other then saving the hostage, blasting the baddy or searching for stuff? Generally speaking what kind of complexity would he like to see in the game on top of whats already there.
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tute 12/01/06 2:47:29 PM
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That is the one thing I can say I like about I8. Safeguard missions allows my 50 tank to do other things besides hanging out in RCS trying to clean up the Rikti infestation or rescuing the poor soldiers. It is a lonely task but I like the praise of the soldiers even if they don't talk in that zone. And as far as I can tell a lot of the Safeguards missions are nice and short, allowing me to build Prestige a little quicker. My blaster really appreciates his new trenchcoat too. (and I snuck some small covers of the comics in my SG base)
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Techleo 12/01/06 3:21:36 PM
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Joined: 7/25/03
Is it over yet... |
What I didnt like about the Safeguard missions was that they felt like I was trying to keep a tower from falling rather then tearing the tower down. They must have changed a little of the balance of the timer since beta because now I feel like im rooting enemies off of warrens. Oh and by the way Tute, my SFG Mish lasted almost a hour hehehe. I did so many side mishes that when I finished Id collected a moutain of prestige! What I really liked the best was that the mishes on the PBR are all in the same zone! Wow thats conveint!
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Personamorph 12/01/06 4:50:35 PM
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Joined: 11/29/06 |
I'd love to know what Cryptic has planned for promoting and merchandising the game. Do they have any plans to make the website more interactive, a stronger part of the game and community? I'd love to see features like player pages where one can view that players statistics as well as all of their characters (images taken right from the game similar to how the character ID image appears, description, badges, statistics and other character data). Charaters could also upload or link their pages to images of their characters that they have created or commissioned. It would be a sort of a CoGs ("City of..." Games) MySpaces of sorts. One benifit to this feature is that players browsing through the playerbase COGs Pages could spot and report trademark violations much easier. Another is creating a stronger community by being able to share without having to do a ton of work yourself. I'd also like to see Cryptic sit down with sites like MMOART.com and work on some kind of a deal, make things a little more official. I'd like to see more involvement with the creative community as a whole. This is a game that revolves around comics, so I think that more involvement with the creative community at large makes sense. Even bringing in people that had nothing to do with the game before might reach a larger audience and spark new interest. One thing I am curious about is now that Marvel and Cryptic are working on a game together, does Cryptic have any plans of working with Marvel on creating a City of Heroes comic book? |
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Vevi 12/01/06 5:23:31 PM
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Top cow has stated that the City of Heroes comic will end it run with issue 20. what is the future of the comic? |
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Yeebo 12/01/06 5:25:35 PM
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I'd like to know more about the marvel MMO. Will it be faster paced than CoX to cater to a console crowd? Will Marvel characters be window dressing (ala SWG), event setpeices (ala Matrix Online), or will you be able to actually play marvel characters? Will you have the same freedom to design characters that you do in CoX?
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| I don't want to write this, and you don't want to read it. But now it's too late for both of us. |
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Xeroshadow 12/01/06 8:28:32 PM
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I'm still awaiting the day to see more interaction with the environment but I'm begginning to think it is too much to ask for the current generation of hardware/software and maybe even the one after that. I was really hoping Ageia would do more than it has in CoX but from reading what it has done for other games too, it's future does not look so bright. But it sure is nice to see a developer take a chance on new technology in hopes of enhancing gameplay.
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spookytooth 12/01/06 8:59:35 PM
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There are a couple things I'd like to ask Jack.
One question would be; is the third mmo Cryptic is working on (the one we know nothing about at this point) going to be a superhero setting? A simple yes or no is sufficient. I dont excpect him to realy announce anything yet. I would also like to know, generaly, what are some of the most important lessons Jack has learned about creating an mmorpg over the past few years. Whether it be technical, customer service, managing a dev team or whatever. And finaly, what are Jacks design goals for the Marvel mmo? Or if goals are too specific at this point, what is his philosophy or his overall approach towards the project. oh wait! One more thing. What does Mr.Emmert think of the "civil war" plot scenario in Marvel right now. Personaly I think its great, and adds alot of depth of storytelling to an otherwise humdrum, run-of-the-mill comicbook world. thankyou and goodnight |
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| ...lower your expectations or find a new pastime. -hanshotfirst |
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DrowNoble 12/01/06 10:33:29 PM
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;)