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PC News by Robert Purchese
Fresh-faced publishing outfit CyberSports has revealed a new football MMO for PC.
Football SuperStars will be created by Nottingham-based developer Monumental Games, and will let you create and "level-up" your very own soccer star. From there you'll be able to form your own team, much a like a guild, and compete in three, five, seven and 11-a-side matches.
Win and you'll make money and become more successful, improving both your skills on the pitch and your life away from it; swanning around in sarongs or some such.
The website for the game has gone live today, and you can pop over there to register for updates and the forthcoming beta test, which is expected to start around September.
Football SuperStars is pencilled in for a March or April 2008 release, and will be free to play up to a point. But once you get up to the higher-end content and top leagues you should expect to dish out a GBP 5 subscription a month.
Concept art of an early pitch. Similar to Hackney Marshes.
"The MMO is the perfect platform for team sports games," said Malcolm Clark, CEO of CyberSports. "This is the focus that has enabled us to bring authenticity and real competition to a football game for the first time, by playing against real people instead of AI."
Rik Alexander, CEO of Monumental Games, added: "Football SuperStars will capture both the magic of the beautiful game on the pitch and also to bring football lifestyle elements like fame, fortune and glory to the table.
"Football already has great communities and fan bases and we’re hoping to capture that passion and bring it together in a virtual world where players can literally live, breathe and eat football."
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As cool an idea as it may be, and as interested as I am... surely controlling only one player will result in either a) mad rushes for the ball where people refuse to play 'proper' football, or b) not having as wide a field of vision as you would playing the game for real will make playing a realistic game impossible...
Didn't Namco fail with a 'control only one player' football game on the PS1 ages ago? |
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Artemis_Matsas
25/05/07 @ 08:46
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So, how is this "levelling up" is gonna be implemented???
Will you get tasked by old ladies to kill all the rats from their attics on low levels? |
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superdelphinus
25/05/07 @ 08:50
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It could be the most popular game of all time if it's good!
I can imagine that matches with 22 human controlled players will be an absolute shambles though. Who is seriously going to want to be a left back? |
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*Football hits Giant Rat for 3 damage. Giant Rat SAVES*
*Football hits Giant Rat for 3 damage. Giant Rat SAVES* *SHOOT power activated* *L33t5K1775 SHOOTS and SCORES 6 damage to Giant Rat* *Giant Rat concedes life* *GOAL! You have advanced to Level 2* Only one more level until I can run AND control the ball! |
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The Bodybuilder
25/05/07 @ 09:16
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A MMO footy game was always bound.
I Wish pro evo would have that funtion as well, with the right controls. Controlling a single player in behnd-the-back 3rd person will most likel be harder than an engine based on controlling an entire team. After all, we've been doing the latter for over 20 years now. |
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The Bodybuilder
25/05/07 @ 09:18
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>"a) mad rushes for the ball where people refuse to play 'proper' football2
And like in real life, that will end with that teams loosing.....BADLY. People would have to learn how play as a team, in thier selective role. |
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The Bodybuilder
25/05/07 @ 09:20
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>"Who is seriously going to want to be a left back? "
People who like being left-backs in real life? Ashley Cole (as long as he gets more than 55,000 per week)? @ Artemis It could work like any other footie, levelling up based on skill, speed, strength, endurance, e.t.c.
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"Will you get tasked by old ladies to kill all the rats from their attics on low levels?"
Basement, surely? :D This game sounds like it could be a whole load of awesome. Looking forward to making an un-athletic character with the aim of being a fat goalkeeper who spends games smoking next to the post and drinking Stella from his drinks bottle. |
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superdelphinus
25/05/07 @ 09:38
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yes yes, clearly what i mean is that you will have several million central midfielders and forwards and about 6 left backs, and other slightly less glamorous positions
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The Bodybuilder
25/05/07 @ 11:31
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>"yes yes, clearly what i mean is that you will have several million central midfielders and forwards and about 6 left backs, and other slightly less glamorous positions "
Then do what wenger does. Get them with the promise of first team play with thier specific role, then stuff'em in an unchosen position (like left back) and tell them to be "patient". If there are many strikers, then there is more competition. Which those that want first team playb may have to be willing to adopt to a new role. It all works itself out, just like rea life. |
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The Bodybuilder
25/05/07 @ 11:33
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I'd love to create a digital arsenal.
We'll dominate with so many shots, but with guys like baptista and adebayor, no goals will go on. Or better yet, chelsea. Play dull and boring for 89mins, then lampard blasts the ball for it to bounce off everyone in sight, only for drogba to tap it in at the end. |
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An MMO football game where you control a single player is already available and is available at http://www.unitedfootball.staggan.com
We are a small UK based developer and have been working on this game and concept for several years. The game is small at the moment but is growing nicely. Feel free to take a look and give us your feedback. Martyn Hughes Staggan Interactive Ltd |
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The idea of playing as a single player sounds extremely complex. It would be hard to simulate the awareness and vision an individual player needs without having the game zoomed way out. However, it would then be hard to simulate the skill and timing used at close-quarters against opposition players without the game being zoomed way in.
I think it might be possible though. I can actually image the view, zoom and controls being fairly similar to FIFA/PES, as well as largeish radar. Communication would be absolutely vital - everyone would probably need headsets. Proper teams with defenders, midfielders and strikers would certainly fare better than 11 strikers. If everybody charging at the ball was effective, pray tell exactly why Manchester United didn't use this tactic once in their Premiership-winning campaign? Sure, people might start doing that, but proper teams would quickly emerge and rise to the top. The one difficult position to fill would probably be goalkeeper, and even then it would be extremely hard to simulate playing as a goalkeeper. Probably not really possible. Maybe the goalkeepers are uniquely NPCs.
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