My current work project is only an RPG (without the MMO) with some online elements (social and whatnot stuff) and fully online (think diablo single player on PC online), it took us more than two years with experienced devs and artists. We also have two MMOs that if memory serves me right took the respective studios more time than that. Even just managing the infrastructure behind the scaling of it is a timehog. I can recommend this great book if you are interested more in the topic of AAA multiplayer game development (and even this just scratches the surface, things get really complicated really fast):Quote:
I suppose I'm downplaying the complexity a bit... At work, we deal with HMI on the scale of smart cities and such. My sense of scale is a bit warped. An MMORPG is a very large project. My point being it's still a very obtainable and realistic project goal. I think with a bit of work, it's very possible for this community's real developers. I'd love to see more projects like this, and I hope the developer follows up with us at some point down the road.
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