5 Things That Set Blue Mars Virtual World Apart from Second Life – Walkthrough & Gameplay Video with Avatar Reality CEO
There is another new virtual world in developement to compete with Second Life. Blue Mars in a massively multiplayer online role playing game being developed by Avatar Reality. It draws close comparrisons to Second Life. It will run on CryEngine 2 and will also use a free download client. Blue Mars is set on a futuristic Mars in the year 150 AD. The planet of mars has been terraformed to support life. The Blue Mars Beta has been delayed until at least June of 2009. Check out the below video interview and walkthrough with CEO of Avatar Reality Mr. Hashimoto. And yes… It is in Japanese.
blue Mars Avatar Reality CEO Mr. Hashimoto Video Walkthrough:
5 Things That Set Blue Mars Apart from Second Life:
1. Blue Mars will have much of it’s content created by third party developers who share revenue from micro transactions of virtual items.
2. The graphics are expected to be superior to Second Life and other free to play MMORPGs.
3. Content Creation tools are not included recommending use of 3D Studio Max, Maya, and Flash instead.
4. Each City in Blue Mars has different rules.
5. You can not fly. You will need to get in a vehicle in order to fly.
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Looks like fun! Have always wanted to visit a terraformed Mars (o; Maybe avatar flying will be included eventually. & hope at some point they’ll let all users have the choice of creating content. At least a couple of sandboxes? Oh, and have they solved the lag issue? Would be GREAT to have no lag and instant rezzing…..someday, lol!…. (o: