Huxley
Platform: PC
Publisher: Webzen
Review Type: Looky
Version: Screenshot
Brave New World is one of those novels I'm embarrased to have not read. Either that, or my less-than-open-minded 16-year-old self filed the book in the same mental dustbin with all the other books on my high school reading list. Back then if it wasn't thrash metal or comic books, I wasn't terribly interested.
And yet, with all of my ignorance of Huxley's 73-year-old novel, I find it difficult to imagine a violent MMO/FPS capturing the novelist's intent. Then again, I also assumed that Alex Proyas' I, Robot was going to be a moronic, Hollywood abortion of classic Asimov. I don't mind admitting that I was totally wrong in that case. Perhaps, Webzen will surprise in the same way.
They'll also surprise me if they manage to deliver any kind of meaningful "massively multiplayer" settings that look as great as these screenshots. And, no, instanced areas and lobbies don't count.
Publisher: Webzen
Review Type: Looky
Version: Screenshot
Brave New World is one of those novels I'm embarrased to have not read. Either that, or my less-than-open-minded 16-year-old self filed the book in the same mental dustbin with all the other books on my high school reading list. Back then if it wasn't thrash metal or comic books, I wasn't terribly interested.
And yet, with all of my ignorance of Huxley's 73-year-old novel, I find it difficult to imagine a violent MMO/FPS capturing the novelist's intent. Then again, I also assumed that Alex Proyas' I, Robot was going to be a moronic, Hollywood abortion of classic Asimov. I don't mind admitting that I was totally wrong in that case. Perhaps, Webzen will surprise in the same way.
They'll also surprise me if they manage to deliver any kind of meaningful "massively multiplayer" settings that look as great as these screenshots. And, no, instanced areas and lobbies don't count.
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