On the one hand, the idea of a Firefly MMORPG makes me very excited. In a lot of ways, Firefly is the perfect sort of inspiration for an MMORPG. Unlike a lot of the other universes that’ve inspired MMORPGs, the main characters of Firefly weren’t running the flagship of an interstellar federation. They weren’t chosen to end oppression because of their unique abilities in the world. They weren’t, in short, special — except in the fact that their characters resonated with us. They were everyman, which is exactly what a character in an MMORPG should be (with a lot of players, it’s difficult to justify seeing all of them as “The One”, after all).

The Firefly universe is an interesting one, and if done right, this could be far more addictive than World of Warcraft ever was.

To some degree, the Multiverse concept appeals to me as well. Conceptually, it almost seems like the MMORPG answer to GURPS. I haven’t seen the implementation, though, so I’m reserving judgement on how well it works.

I’m afraid, though, that this MMORPG might be done very poorly. I have trouble seeing how you could truly capture the feel of Firefly in an MMORPG, and I fear that the failure of an MMORPG would be seen by people who aren’t fans as yet another reason why the Firefly story wasn’t a good one, instead of just being a good story that just didn’t have time to find its full audience.