When video games and MMOs are mentioned in pop culture, they are usually well-known games like World of Warcraft. Sometimes, however, authors create their own MMOs – which can be more or less successful. Here we present to you 7 MMOs that were created specifically for series, comics, parodies, or books!
Often, you can tell quite well how well the creators behind these “fictitious MMOs” are acquainted with the subject. It’s interesting to see how these people envision such video games.
We will introduce you to 7 of these “invented” MMOs and their settings on the following pages!
Sword Art Online – Right in the Middle Instead of Just Being There
With “Sword Art Online“, the Japanese Reki Kawahara created a light novel series that has been adapted several times. The most famous adaptations are likely the anime and the manga.
In the story, the game Sword Art Online is introduced, allowing complete immersion in the world of the game, Aincrad, through virtual reality.
The NerveGear reads the sensory and motor areas of the brain and stimulates them. This way, you truly feel like you are in the middle of it instead of just watching.
You can tell that the author is well acquainted with the subject. In addition to terms like “beta test”, game mechanics are also logically integrated. So, Sword Art Online is a complete MMO – at least on its fictional level.
Being trapped in the game and having to fight your way out is not exactly nice. But after all, there needs to be a plot in novels and animes that goes beyond “Protagonist picks flowers”!
The Details
- Genre: VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game)
- Graphics: Close to the reality of the templates. Additionally feels timeless.
- Fun Factor: If it indeed remains a game and doesn’t turn into deadly seriousness, it seems entertaining. The virtual reality aspect is perfectly implemented and the game world is varied.
- Realization Factor: Aside from VR, Sword Art Online is quite realizable. The quest system is elaborate, the world defined, and everything seems playable so far.
On the next page, we transition from the Asian to the Western world of colorful images!
