3 ambitious MMOs that may never be released

Many games have been trying to shake up the MMO market for some time with unique approaches to attract players. However, it may happen that they take on too much and never come out of development.

In the past, there have already been some MMOs that wanted to stand out with a unique selling proposition. Some of them have failed, like WildStar, which shut down its servers in November 2018. Others promise a genre revolution and are so ambitious that they may never see the light of day. We present 3 MMOs that may never come to market.

Identity, the drug MMO

That’s why Identity is so (over-)ambitious: Identity is an MMORPG centered around the theme of drug dealing. It fundamentally revolves around the war between drug dealers and the police.

The entire world is supposed to be controlled by the players’ decisions. Each person decides for themselves whether they want to be a police officer or a dealer or to stay out of it entirely.

What becomes of the vast world is to be decided solely by the players. People also have apartments available that they can develop and furnish themselves.

Those who earn enough from their criminal careers can buy the best spots and facilities. If they are not careful, they end up in jail.

This makes us doubt the release of Identity: The developers Asylum Entertainment are a small studio from Canada that has only developed the Arma 3 mod “Altis Life: Asylum” alongside Identity.

Since Identity is being developed independently, there is no publisher behind the Kickstarter project that could force a release. Although new content is continuously coming in, like additional drugs in the game, players find this too little.

In the “balanced” reviews on Steam (44% positive, as of December 22 at 10 PM), most players complain about the lack of content. The game has been in Early Access since November 30. Comments include:

They took 4 years to create a glorified chat room. And it’s not even a good chat room.

There is simply nothing to do, and it will take years to finish. Whether the Kickstarter money will last that long remains to be seen.

On page 2, we continue with a wildly ambitious MMORPG.