[Shadowstar]

Infinity could have easily been a Firefly MMO if things had gone along a different path and the licensing went that way instead. Infinity looks very promising, and seems to be trying to accomplish the same thing (or more, actually). The way it's being developed really drives alot of hope into it, enough that I have my doubts anyone else would be able to do something so similar so well. The deciding factor would be the fact that Infinity is a non-budget (volunteer) project, whereas Multiverse's Firely MMO is a standard commercial project.

What it comes down to is, if Infinity does get finished, it could seriously cripple Firefly's chance to market. I wouldn't want to compete with that. Of course, the point here is IF it gets finished. It could just as easily end up vaporware like so many other games in the genre have.

Then there's the fact that most MMO'ers aren't really excited about the prospect of another EVE (or even worse, SWG). They'd better have some aces up thier sleeves if they're going to make this work.

But yeah, as a Firefly/Serenity fan, on the chance that this does pan out, I think it would be great fun. The story premise really is quite well suited for a MMO. Of course, the idea was nothing new. I posted about the possibility of a Firefly MMO almost a year ago on the Inifnity forums and it was well recieved, though we all dismissed it as a "fun notion" and went back to futily discussing complex MMO concepts until our fingers turned blue.