by TyrannoTitan » Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:31 pm
Too similar to ZORPG in my opinion. Just replace zombies (Which can fly, walk, run, burrow, depending on what someone can come up with) with grabboids (Limited to the worms and other forms, which only number like...3-4 in total). ZORPG already suffers from inactivity from those who aren't involved with others (As whats the use in saying your survivor sat in a fortified house if no one is there to attack it/survive with them?)
Survival RPGs are only good if A LOT of people contribute to them. Lets face it, many people are too lazy to come up with sh*t by themselves. They'd rather intrude on someone else's plot (Which isn't always a bad thing), or completely forget about the RPG if no one actually makes the effort to be involved with their characters.
Its also a very difficult thing to balance how dangerous a situation it really is. If you make it too dangerous, no one will want to venture outside of their safehouses because they believe the grabboids would be too tough. One would think this would be good, but taken too far and people are left with sh*t-all to do, and thus stop posting. But don't stress the danger enough, and people evade grabboids like someone would evade a boulder rolled at them, and even go so far as to KILL them. As I said, its a very difficult balance.