3rd life - sound very very much like 2nd life

Don't underestimate the core parts of those engines though, as they aren't designed for heavy duty AAA graphics, but rather smooth MMO experiences even on 5 year old PCs.

Having said that, there are a few CryEngine based MMOs coming out soon which might stir things up when it comes to the MMO graphics standard.

At least I hope so, I hate those World of Warcraft-style clones.

All what I wanted to say is this: A first person shooter, for example, that is made with A7, will probably not be too successful as that genre got a very high graphics standard, wich is very unlikely to be reached with A7.
With a MMO, u dont have that problem as the current graphics standards of the gerne arent that high.

Havin too demanding Graphics (like Crysis) would be suicide for a MMO Game.

Its keypoint is to reach as many players as possible.
Thus the Graphics need to be in a sensible range.

Also creating aditional assets is easier and quicker for
less a detailed artstyle.
And the patch/update amount is smaller.

Hight tech graphics for MMo are growing :
Guild Wars 2, Tera Online,Axeley, NineTeen knights (or i forgot the name) ...

But with poor gameplay or multiplayer parts , even a good graphics mmo won't go far.
Some MMO bet on original world (perhaps gameplay) than on high tech graphics, but have cool graphics like "Allods Online".

Even the incoming Star Wars mmo made by bioware will have a World of Warcraft touch !

Trackmania is a nice looking MMO? Will A7 be able to equal that ancient game? And how about Myst online? That thing was massive. I sincerely doubt A7 reaches the quality to those. Anyhow, I hope this works out well.

Alright, so MMORPGs, not MMOs.
I didnt think of Trackmania as an MMO.
Oh, and I think Myst was prerendered, wasnt it?

Aion MMORPG is using Cryengine. We are nearly there

WATCH HERE!

Ya, but I hope they also pull off the gameplay right...
I had the chance to play it on the GamesCom, but only for five minutes...

it is the cryengine1 from farcry1(2004) not cryengine2 from Crysis. It looks good tho.