Somebody Make This Thread

Have you ever played Messiah or Omikron? I am familiar with Messiah more than Omikron (which ran at like 3 fps on the computer I had when I installed the then-recently released demo). It is a game where you play as a cute lil flying cherub named Bob and you can run around and possess anyone. Basically you get access to a large level with many various characters and you have to possess different ones to accomplish different tasks. You can unpossess at any time and you return to little Bob, 2 feet tall, very weak but can fly.

I think it would awesome if there were a multiplayer game for some engine that had a similar premise.

Each character is a cherub, spirit or other weakling force. They can possess any character in the level. They cannot possess a character already possessed, in which case they would probably try but be kicked out. Other than this, there is no way to find out who is possessed and who is not so players should act like the character they are possessing if they want to blend in and not be noticed.

The game could be of any sort really, preferrably where the players are fighting against each other (not coop or anything like that). It might be a neat way to implement classes like Team Fortress or something, but I hope it could be cooler (i.e. you don't simply possess Snipers, Scouts or Engineers. You possess any sort of everyday citizen, government official, military guy, whatever).

The game could be plain deathmatch (with a twist) or something more objective-based. You decide. I want to play this, but I haven't got time to make it.

My gosh, you're a moderator, and you're asking someone to make a mod for you? I'm surprised o.O

is this some kind of lesson or a poke at someone inparticular?

although, this would be interesting.

- Edited By yalldropdead On Wed 11th, Aug 2004 @ 12:08:49am

I don't know what the heck either of you are on! What is the problem with giving a mod idea? It's an IDEA. To give people an IDEA. I didn't say I would make it, and I didn't say anyone has to make it for me, or make it at all. It's just an idea.

I just thought it would be cool if someone made this. Get it?

This sorta has been done for KoraxMod for Hexen.

Korax-heritage.com

I haven't played Omikron, but good lord I've been trying to find a copy of it for a long time. It was supposedly a strange, wierd, confusing blend of RPG, adventure, puzzle solving and side scrolling arcade fighting, but overall good.

while the premise seems to lenditself toward a very unique singleplayer experience it, im not entierly sure of its merrit in a mulitplayer game.

Dude. My simple minded, tomfoolish dude. of COURSE it would be good in multiplayer! Why the heck would it not be good in multiplayer? You have a town full of NPCs, any of which you can control, either to work towards the demise of your fellow players, or towards some other objective. It could be the funnest mod since Half-Life!

Too bad Half-Life wasn't a mod...

Get out of here and let someone else in Karuto.

I'm just joking around, man

I finally read the description (can't get past the comments o' mine), and I was a big fan of Messiah. It was pretty much one of the largest innovating projects in video games of the last decade, and an instant cult classic. Taking a project like that from single player to multiplayer sounds quite difficult. But, if you'd make it (and on a game engine I currently own or will own), then I'd definitely consider playing it. Good luck

EDIT: Oh yeah, you're not making it. Well, good luck to whoever that tries.

- Edited By Karuto On Wed 11th, Aug 2004 @ 6:41:02pm

wow. somebody who is possibly more clueless than me.

to elaborate, ideas are free. want an idea? look out your window, construct an exciting sentence about what you see (the sparrows are carrying anthrax, kill all sparrows! cherries are now poisonous, and the cherry-orchards know it, kill the orchard-growers before somebody gets sick from eating a delicious looking cherry! drive down the street... without crashing into anything!)

the fact that you aren't willing to help (as can be assumed by the tile 'somebody make this') shows a level of cluelessness that is downright hilarious. heres a hint- if the modders here didn't have their own ideas, maybe they would. but there are plenty of good ideas out there to pick from.

bottom line- you're going to have to make this yourself.

frosty_theaussie wrote: I haven't played Omikron, but good lord I've been trying to find a copy of it for a long time. It was supposedly a strange, wierd, confusing blend of RPG, adventure, puzzle solving and side scrolling arcade fighting, but overall good.

I have Omikron. It's a bit buggy, but very fun.

Choscura wrote: wow. somebody who is possibly more clueless than me.

the fact that you aren't willing to help (as can be assumed by the tile 'somebody make this') shows a level of cluelessness that is downright hilarious. heres a hint- if the modders here didn't have their own ideas, maybe they would. but there are plenty of good ideas out there to pick from.

bottom line- you're going to have to make this yourself.

Mod Ideas forum isn't supposed to be a strict "I'M GONNA MAKE THIS!" forum, it's to share ideas. It beats "IF U CAN MAKE A MOD BASED ON THE ANIME BLUE GENDER THAT WILL BE SO COOL EXOSUIT WILL BE THE MECH WITH THE SNIPER RIFLE, THE PLAYER WILL BE YUJI OR MARLENE AND THE ALIEN WILL BE THE BLUE"

Plus SeienAbunae is a pretty well established modder and moderator so he'd probably kick your ass if he reads this.

- Edited By CheapAlert On Mon 23rd, Aug 2004 @ 11:37:55pm

But I'm locking it since it will turn into a flame war if its not.