Comments on: neotopia

By: NorseGamer

NorseGamer — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:22:40 +0000

a.) Usage of a particular graphics engine does not guarantee success. (I’m a fan of UDK, but graphics alone do not a virtual world make.)

b.) Active moderation and social stability are par for the course when planning a social MMO; they are not stand-out features unto themselves.

c.) Being viewed essentially as “Home 2.0″ may not exactly be the best pitch to gaming press if they’re looking to generate a positive reaction. Which gets back to the question the author brought up about what Neotopia’s use case actually is.

It will be interesting to see what Madmunki’s plan is to deal with the unresolved questions brought up in this article. We wish them only the best of luck.

By: Your_Empress

Your_Empress — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 03:34:33 +0000

The other “worlds” are not “worlds” at all on the PS4, they are expansions of game areas that those developers had in PlayStation Home. Such as VeeMee’s idea which will likely be an expansion of Acorn Meadows Park, and Hellfire Games new Home Tycoon. Their Avatars are not an upgrade either and they will not be using the Unreal Engine. Only Neotopia is the true successor to PlayStation Home, it’s focus will be good active moderation and new tools to deal with trolls, social stability. Right now it just needs to get off the ground. I have referred friends to Neotopia as I am considering not continuing play on PSN. However, I do support Neotopia completely as there will not be any true virtual world on the PS4 anytime soon without it. I still love virtual worlds, I don’t love what was done with PlayStation Home.

By: BuKaNoCo

BuKaNoCo — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:18:49 +0000

Yeah. I understand. Neotopia has some giant hurdles to overcome. My biggest fear is that 3 or more new Home replacements will come to PS4 causing the user base will be spread too thin over them and all will fail. However I throwing 10 Quid to these guys and wishing them luck!

Anyone else?