Could a GTA MMO work?

[HOW'S ANNIE?]

I've recently been shown Multi Theft Auto (the fan-made MMO with San Andreas), and it got me thinking... Could Rockstar pull off a GTA MMO?

 

It seems almost perfect if you ask me. I mean, the gameplay of the series could really fit an MMO style + Rockstar has at least five cities that they could combine to put into the world to be played in.

 

What do you think of the idea?

[universetwisters]

No. Rockstar said that they would never do a GTA MMO. And even if they did, it would be a total failure. Just look at APB.

[Claude4Catalina]

sacrifice the storyline and it'd work. take a city (just say IV's Liberty City for arguments sake) and have the player choose a gang (various Mafia's and Street Gangs) or to be a copper. give each gang/faction a very basic storyline on why they are fighting another gang and let it play out with the police being a neutral party but can elect to intervene if it benefits them. it'd mean taking out characters and linear stories, however I believe Rockstar could pull it off.

[Akaviri]

No. Rockstar said that they would never do a GTA MMO. And even if they did, it would be a total failure. Just look at APB.

It would totally work, and it's the next logical step if anything. If you don't think so, you're just thinking about it the wrong way. The theory of a crime MMORPG is brilliant, but it has yet to be done justice. Rockstar has the resources and the talent to pull it off.

 

As for APB, that game 'failed' because it was poorly designed and corny.

[Dick Valor]

 

It seems almost perfect if you ask me. I mean, the gameplay of the series could really fit an MMO style + Rockstar has at least five cities that they could combine to put into the world to be played in.

More like two: Liberty City and Los Santos. I doubt we'll see something like this until they re-imagine Vice City, Las Venturas, and San Fierro in RAGE. I imagine they'd also want to introduce a new city or two, such as Carcer City (Chicago meets Detroit) in the Midwest, and something like Capital City (Washington, D.C.), as well as a bunch of small towns and countryside in between. So expect to wait awhile for something of this magnitude.

 

That said, it sounds like a great idea in theory, but I'm unsure how it would work in practice. I don't have much MMO experience under my belt and am a little confused as to how missions/quests and factions would work. I suppose you would choose a specialty of some sort (carjacker, hit man, drug dealer, etc.) and what city you start in, but I'd like to think you could expand your horizons and do other kinds of work in other cities. Would be so epic transporting weed from a pot farm outside San Fierro cross country to Liberty City, or flying to Vice City from Los Santos to do a hit on someone. So many possibilities!