Spending a good half hour with the Doctor—well, his companion, at least—in the new Three Rings-developed Mmo.
The one thing that I kept being reminded of while I received my walkthrough of the upcoming Mmo, Doctor Who: Worlds In Time was the (obvious) point that the recent reinvigoration of the show aside by most of the fans I know, Doctor Who was always intended for kids. With the exaggerated, cartoon-like art style to what appear to be simple pick up and play mechanics for this browser-based Mmo, Three Rings seems to get that about the show and the franchise as a whole.
During a hands-off demo with Max Engel, senior product manager, BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment and Games, I got a chance to see some of Worlds In Time in action, specifically some of the basic puzzles and environments as well as the levels of customization that players...
The one thing that I kept being reminded of while I received my walkthrough of the upcoming Mmo, Doctor Who: Worlds In Time was the (obvious) point that the recent reinvigoration of the show aside by most of the fans I know, Doctor Who was always intended for kids. With the exaggerated, cartoon-like art style to what appear to be simple pick up and play mechanics for this browser-based Mmo, Three Rings seems to get that about the show and the franchise as a whole.
During a hands-off demo with Max Engel, senior product manager, BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment and Games, I got a chance to see some of Worlds In Time in action, specifically some of the basic puzzles and environments as well as the levels of customization that players...
- 12/21/2011
- by Charles Webb
- MTV Multiplayer
The free-to-play Mmo is coming to PCs in March and we've got all kinds of information about how you'll be helping the Doctor in his latest adventure.
As a property, Doctor Who kind of seems like a no-brainer for the video game treatment: expansive fiction in a pretty open universe, all manner of improbable sci-fi technology featuring deadly, exotic alien enemies across time. But then, you realize that the concept might be a tougher nut to crack than you initially thought: the Doctor's whole thing, for the most part, is his way of coming up with pretty non-violent solutions to intergalactic, cross-time menaces. How do you make a game that's still exciting while staying true to the Doctor?
Speaking with them by phone last week, it was clear that Robert Nashak, executive vice president, BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment and Games and Max Engel, senior product manager, BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment...
As a property, Doctor Who kind of seems like a no-brainer for the video game treatment: expansive fiction in a pretty open universe, all manner of improbable sci-fi technology featuring deadly, exotic alien enemies across time. But then, you realize that the concept might be a tougher nut to crack than you initially thought: the Doctor's whole thing, for the most part, is his way of coming up with pretty non-violent solutions to intergalactic, cross-time menaces. How do you make a game that's still exciting while staying true to the Doctor?
Speaking with them by phone last week, it was clear that Robert Nashak, executive vice president, BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment and Games and Max Engel, senior product manager, BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment...
- 12/20/2011
- by Charles Webb
- MTV Multiplayer
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