A Brave New First Person Shooter World

The phrase MMORPG (Mass Multi-Online Role Playing Game) seems very common amongst PC Gamers but the phrase MMOFPS (Mass Multi-Online First Person Shooter) is still relatively new. First Person Shooters are at most 16 player groups on a server hosted by a personal computer. Rarely has there been one that comes even close to matching MMORPGs such as WoW (World of Warcraft) and others like it with more than 6 million subscribers, until now. Developed by the H-Studio of global online entertainment company, Webzen Inc., a new FPS based off of Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel Brave New World named Huxley will be one of the first MMOFPSs. Players are able to continuously grow and enhance their own combat styles with new weapons and skill, adopting different gameplay styles as they progress.

As I recall reading the book, I definitely don’t recall tanks and light anti-tank weapons so this game is loosely based off the book. The novel has in-game elements such as society and classes. Huxley takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where human beings have mutated and divided into Sapiens and Alternatives. Alternatives were mysteriously created when the human race mutated. Unaffected humans became known as sapiens, while affected humans are alternatives. Racism and oppression cause rebellious uprisings and war that divide the landscape between two powers. As time passed, fragments of the moon known as Lunarites, a new energy source that both sides seek to obtain, divide both sides even more. The sapiens were divided into the factions One and Syn and the alternatives were divided into the factions Alteraver and Alternix. Forced to battle against one another for the continuance of each race, Sapiens and Alternatives attempt to wipe out the conflicting race and gain control of Lunarites.

For those who are not hardcore gamers, the MMO world is a place to socialize and create a personality as you are in real life or completely opposite. And especially for those who do not have the latest and fastest PC, this MMOFPS is also slated for the Xbox 360 so you don’t have to worry about the latest video card or worry about lag because your computer is too slow. Fans of the book may find a new interpretation of their favorite classic.

Links for more information on Huxley:

• Huxley unofficial website
• Gamespot Press Release
• Huxley Q&A with Webzen producer

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