Westworld and MMORPGs

warhound · 2017-01-15T17:05:24

So I just recently started watching the series Westworld, which is very interesting and worth watching if anyone hasn't seen it yet, and the first thing that immediately jumped out at me is how the park is basically an MMORPG made into a theme park, as we have a bunch of 'guests', the players, who can interact with the 'hosts', the NPCs, who all have a backstory, and story lines, which are basically quests, that the player can follow. It's almost like Fallout, Red Dead Redemption, or GTA in some ways, but immensely more complex. The series does a bit of commentary on gaming, if you think about it. We see guests coming in and engaging in some pretty devious/twisted stuff, but if we think about it, it's been seen before in gaming as well. It's a bit of commentary on people in general imo. What also interests me is the tech used to make the park itself. From the looks of it, the hosts have pretty pre-scripted storylines, with procedural only filling in the improvisation part of it. In fact, it's interesting in the sense that most RPG and MMORPG games today make very little use of procedural content. I'm curious what others think?

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Started by warhound January 11, 2017 02:50 PM

10 comments, last by warhound 7 years, 3 months ago

shuma-gorath

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January 13, 2017 06:28 PM

I've watched both movies, but the series is on my to-watch list. I'm still adjusting to this cable-free lifestyle.

For those who don't know, Westworld is said to be the first film to use CGI.

warhound

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January 15, 2017 02:21 PM

Alright, just finished off the entire first season, and that ending is wild. I found it to be a more realistic "AI revolution" series than any of the other so called "machines lording over us" type films.

Ok yea, there's a lot of stuff going on here for sure, and I really doubt I can touch on all of it. What I really wonder is what Bernard is going to do next.

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!