This Firefly Online In-Game Footage Takes You For A Walk
Sorry, Browncoats, no matter how much you wish it into being, you’re just not going to get anymore new Firefly (or I guess it could always happen like Star Trek, maybe there’s a Firefly: The Next Generation waiting somewhere in the future). After Serenity, probably the closest we’re going to get is the upcoming Firefly Online. I honestly have no idea when it’s coming out, as it was originally supposed to drop this past summer (it’s now slated for summer 2015), but the cast and crew unveiled some in-game footage at New York Comic Con the other day, and it looks pretty damn impressive.
This clip, which doesn’t show much aside from the environment and the character movement, is striking even though not much happens. But to reiterate, this is in-game footage. The YouTube clips takes great pains to point out that what you see here is what you will be able to play for yourself, and not a cinematic or a cut scene. What you see here is the 3D Environment Engine that the game uses in all of its glory, and, not having much knowledge in the way of videogames, I have to guess that this is going to make many fans very, very happy.
They also point out that the finished game encompasses much more than just what you see here. There are numerous ever-changing environments, including deserts, floating cities, and automatous ships waiting for you to explore. As it says, “It would be a mistake to assume Firefly Online is only horses, spaceships and sidearms. There are things out there in the Black that you should sincerely hope you never run into.”
Here’s a synopsis of the game:
Firefly Online is a multi-user strategic roleplaying game set in the universe of Joss Whedon’s cult classic TV show – Firefly. Players take on the role of a ship captain as they hire a crew and seek out adventures, all the while trading with and competing against the millions of other players like themselves, doing whatever it takes to survive in the Verse. It is designed for both desktop and mobile OSes and will allow users to play the same character across devices.
It’s going to be interesting to see if Joss Whedon and Adam Baldwin are willing or able to get in on this and work together, considering their polar opposite stances on the whole GamerGate thing.
For those of you who are interested in learning more about Firefly Online, check out keepflying.com, and you can also watch this video of the full NYCC panel. That’ll work too. You can see a version of this footage at about the 27-minute mark.
