Buffy and Firefly MMO dev studio closes

@radioactivez0r

Yeah I know what you mean. I never got into Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but I can see a rather large problem with any game based on the Firefly universe. The show was only on for a season and so it doesn't have a lot of lore associated with it. The movie added a little bit of lore but mostly it was meant to wrap up the loose ends of the tv show. Anyone trying to make a firefly mmo better have help from the original creator or the fans of the show will get pissed. Long story short, it's not worth it, people are too protective of the IP.

Regardless of whether I'd play it or not, it's always sad to see a studio close down.

@Vladeon

"The show was only on for a season and so it doesn't have a lot of lore associated with it. The movie added a little bit of lore but mostly it was meant to wrap up the loose ends of the tv show. "

Not a lot of lore? There was a Matrix MMO and that was just 3 films (with a combined run time less than Serenity+FireFly). EverQuest had zero lore before there was an MMO. The beauty of a game is you can make lore. Plus Firefly already has a tabletop RPG, series of comics, and an open world enough to create as much as you'd want. It's a blank slate ready to build. You have the history of China being the major superpower alongside the US prior to space exploration, terraformed planets without heavy discription, a general tone for the world (western in space), an evil empire for the bad guy, and the show's main focus is around being mercenaries. What about that DOESN'T translate into good MMO?

@Hexidecimal
Can't say I disagree with that. What a disappointment the show was cancelled but I wouldn't have expected it to compete with other F2P MMOs even let alone SWTOR or WoW.

Netflix, pick up Firefly and make more eps!

@pluupy
BOOM Two and a Half Men: MMO
Instant million seller.

@pluupy No, not just one person.

@MJLahey

You should get into the comics, Season 8 had its ups and downs (personally I liked the big surprise unlike most people), and season Nine has so far been kicking ass.

@Comet 20

If the surprise is the one I'm thinking, it caused me to stop reading both characters' eponymous comics. So yeah, not for everyone.

@Comet 20

There's comics that continue the story? I have to check this out.

@Comet 20
nice dp :D

@MJLahey

"Continue the story" is a phrase I would use loosely. They take a drastic change in tone from the show and they felt way underproduced and thought out compared to the show. I'm sure it has Joss' official stamp of approval, but as someone who loved the show I had to force myself to read it. It had a few good issues (I liked the first Faith story)... The most of it was fanfic'y.

@Kaizen84
Or Chuck and pretend that Casey is wearing Jayne's awesome hat XD

@eat it
I'm ok with Firefly being over if that makes sense?
I agree with the people that say it would have got worse (Like SCRUBS) and not been remembered as fondly.
Though more would be nice :p

Btw thanks for telling me the name of the song in that Transformers Trailer, brought it, thought about buying the EP but I had a listen and nothing else from it really caught me like that track.

@iceytoa1

I just think it's done. and It's just been too long and the only people that care have expectations that can't be reached. The same goes for Arrested development.

No problem. Maynard is a great singer but that band really only has a few good songs. Rev 22:20 is a good one

@Cube

Except Whedon retaining the rights and saying he would never continue the story through film or TV puts a giant stop to that. Nathan Fillion tried to buy the rights at one point but Whedon is pretty determined to not revive it at this point.

@Punkrawk Bbob
Exactly. I miss it too, but it's been ten years. It's time to move on.