It seems like even though a lot of new free MMORPGs
and MMOs are being released every month, none of them really feel
unique. Except of course for a few exceptions like MLB Dugout Heroes
and Dungeon Party
there really aren’t any games that are pushing the ‘innovation’ bar up
any higher. What I’d like to see developers work on is new ideas rather
than just rehashing old ones and releasing them as new games. I mean
come on, how many generic fantasy MMORPGs do we need? There are
literally almost 40 of them already! Here are some concepts I’d love to
see developed in an MMORPG / MMO

Post Apocalyptic MMORPG

There have been countless movies and games about a post apocalyptic
world but no MMORPGs? What’s up with that? I’m not saying the idea
itself is unique, but an MMORPG set in a post apocalyptic world would
certainly be interesting, as it would likely be set in the future which
in and of itself is pretty unique considering there are only a handful
of sci-fi MMORPGs out there.

Swimming MMO

They have a baseball MMO (MLB Dugout Heroes), a Tennis MMO (Fantasy Tennis), a golfing MMO (Shot Online), a Soccer MMO (Kicks Online) and even a Track MMO
(Tales Runner) but not a single swimming MMO! I mean come on! There are
already boat loads of racing games out there, so why developers keep
releasing racing MMOs rather than something unique like a swimming MMO
is beyond me.

Zombie Shooter MMO

The world of MMOFPS games are rapidly growing, but unfortunately
almost all MMOFPS games today can fall under the sub genre of ‘tactical
shooter’, which in layman terms means ‘counter strike’ clone. Come on,
with the popularity of valve’s Left 4 Dead, I’m surprised that no MMO
developer has pushed for a Zombie Shoot em up MMO. The game can be room
based or even level based sort of like Lunia where
each level gets progressively harder. The game would have MMO elements
like ‘Who can stay alive the longest’ while rewarding the winners with
bonus XP and money which can be used in the game’s store to purchase
better weapons. This is just off the top of my head, so the idea isn’t
exactly refined, but i’m confident that a Zombie Shoot-em-up MMO could
do well if its done right.

Well there you have it, here are three decent ideas that no MMORPG /
MMO developer has yet to explore. Instead of churning out new ideas,
most companies are giving us gamers more of the same stuff over and
over again. I’m not saying ‘Fantasy MMORPGs’ are bad, but I am saying
that i’m a bit tired of them and would rather see some innovation.