Poll: How Do You Want to Play a Space Game?

We know you’re eager to get back into space… but there seems to be a bit of a divide as to exactly what sort of space game people would like to play in the 21st century.

Chris Roberts is best known for his “interactive movies,” which tell a single story with a beginning, middle and ending. Strike Commander and much of the Wing Commander series fall into this category. He also helped develop the now-popular open world genre with Privateer, a game that had a story but was more about exploring a massive world and building your own adventure.

Another option might be a multiplayer-focused game like Wing Commander Armada, which asks the player to team up with his friends either to share a story or for head-to-head battles. Then there’s the quasi-persistent world developed for Freelancer, an interesting step between a single player open world game and a massively multiplayer world where players administer their own ongoing servers.

There’s no question that massively multiplayer games are a hot item today. Despite multiple attempts to develop Privateer Online, Origin never transitioned Chris Roberts’ vision to this seemingly appropriate setting. Other MMO space games, like Eve Online, seem to be appreciated today.

Or would you like to see something else entirely, perhaps not yet imagined?

Wir wissen, dass du begierig darauf bist, wieder in den Weltraum zurückzukehren.... aber es scheint eine gewisse Kluft darüber zu geben, welche Art von Weltraumspiel die Menschen im 21. Jahrhundert spielen möchten.

Chris Roberts ist vor allem für seine "interaktiven Filme" bekannt, die eine einzige Geschichte mit Anfang, Mitte und Ende erzählen. Strike Commander und ein Großteil der Wing Commander-Serie fallen in diese Kategorie. Er half auch bei der Entwicklung des mittlerweile beliebten Open-World-Genres mit Privateer, einem Spiel, das eine Geschichte hatte, aber mehr darum ging, eine riesige Welt zu erforschen und ein eigenes Abenteuer aufzubauen.

Eine weitere Option könnte ein Multiplayer-fokussiertes Spiel wie Wing Commander Armada sein, bei dem der Spieler aufgefordert wird, sich mit seinen Freunden zusammenzutun, um entweder eine Geschichte zu erzählen oder für Kopf-an-Kopf-Kämpfe. Dann ist da noch die quasi persistente Welt, die für Freelancer entwickelt wurde, ein interessanter Schritt zwischen einem Open-World-Spiel für Einzelspieler und einer Massively Multiplayer-Welt, in der Spieler ihre eigenen laufenden Server verwalten.

Es steht außer Frage, dass Massively Multiplayer Games heute ein heißes Thema sind. Trotz mehrfacher Versuche, Privateer Online zu entwickeln, übertrug Origin nie Chris Roberts' Vision in diese scheinbar geeignete Umgebung. Andere MMO-Weltraumspiele, wie Eve Online, scheinen heute geschätzt zu werden.

Oder möchtest du etwas ganz anderes sehen, vielleicht noch nicht vorgestellt?

We know you’re eager to get back into space… but there seems to be a bit of a divide as to exactly what sort of space game people would like to play in the 21st century.

Chris Roberts is best known for his “interactive movies,” which tell a single story with a beginning, middle and ending. Strike Commander and much of the Wing Commander series fall into this category. He also helped develop the now-popular open world genre with Privateer, a game that had a story but was more about exploring a massive world and building your own adventure.

Another option might be a multiplayer-focused game like Wing Commander Armada, which asks the player to team up with his friends either to share a story or for head-to-head battles. Then there’s the quasi-persistent world developed for Freelancer, an interesting step between a single player open world game and a massively multiplayer world where players administer their own ongoing servers.

There’s no question that massively multiplayer games are a hot item today. Despite multiple attempts to develop Privateer Online, Origin never transitioned Chris Roberts’ vision to this seemingly appropriate setting. Other MMO space games, like Eve Online, seem to be appreciated today.

Or would you like to see something else entirely, perhaps not yet imagined?