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Edited by FairlySplendid: 7/20/2013 7:27:19 PM
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Bungie and Activision Discuss MMOs and Genres

Linked is an old article from February where Jason Jones and Eric Hirshberg of Activision discuss gaming genres and Destiny. It's well worth the re-read. [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-17-destiny-bungie-unveils-its-shared-world-shooter[/url] [b]Here are some of the stand-out quotes:[/b] [quote]Activision Publishing boss Eric Hirshberg says it's not an MMO. No, it most definitely is not an MMO. And Activision most definitely will not charge a subscription fee for it. "As we saw Destiny come together," he says, [b]"we realised it belonged to a genre we couldn't quite pin down."[/b] "We realised to refer to Destiny as [b]any one of these pre-existing genres would almost be to undersell or under-promise what we think it could deliver to gamers,[/b] because we think it has the capacity to deliver a new experience," Hirshberg continues. Hirshberg has coined a different phrase. He calls Destiny the[b] "world's first shared-world shooter".[/b] "There's been a lot of rumours that we're working on an MMOFPS, whatever that is, or a social game," Jason Jones, Bungie co-founder and Destiny project director, says. "The truth is, [b]if you enjoy first-person shooters and you play them on console, Destiny's going to be the best one you've ever played. That's our goal.[/b] "We've learned our lessons from MMOs. We've learned our lessons from Facebook games. [b]But Destiny is a console first-person shooter. It's the kind of game we love to play and it's the game our fans love to play."[/b] This is a setting Bungie calls "mythic science fiction", a futuristic place with age, history and mystery.[/quote] Some awesome food for thought in this article. It gets into more than just "Is Destiny an MMO?".

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