"Huxley" compared to "Brave New World"

[Tae Kwon MOE]

Now I recently found out what the name of the game meant i wonder what the reason for the title huxkley was. Turns out huxley's storyline is taken off of a book "Brave New World" by the writer Aldous "Huxley" which bases the name. Now I looked up stuff on the book, its a really creepy like sci-fi story about like people being born from mechanic whoms.

I was wondering both between anyone else who either knows the book or is curios of it as well, or maybe even some of the webzen guys if your reading. How does the story in the book line up with or affect the huxley storyline and how do you think it inspired this game.

[Grind]

The game is very very loosely based off the book. Basically, it really doesn't have anything to do with the book at all.

They named it after the author in the idea that it's a futuristic world I suppose. But as to the main story (people being brainwashed to serve their country and taking soma holidays etc.), Huxley doesn't have anything to do with Brave New World.

[Tae Kwon MOE]

Originally Posted by Grind

The game is very very loosely based off the book. Basically, it really doesn't have anything to do with the book at all.

They named it after the author in the idea that it's a futuristic world I suppose. But as to the main story (people being brainwashed to serve their country and taking soma holidays etc.), Huxley doesn't have anything to do with Brave New World.

sweet thanks that makes more sense maybe they might have numa in the game just as like a bonus for fans. but yeah its kinda weird since theres a ton of future sci-fi series and they chose huxley vision.

[HaSh]

I read the book this year, as Grind said its barely comparable to the book, its a really good book, and there are different races and sorta things like Syn and Sapiens or whatever its just called other things, and humans are made in machines and go through different stages, they make humans different ways for different jobs and stuff like that, its weird, I enjoyed the book, 1984 is also a good book to read that is "loosely" related to Huxley.

[DethReaver]

More than anything, they got the idea of the game from the book. The feel of it more or less. I guess one dude at Webzen was like, "Whoa, "Brave New World" was a cool book about future technologies. We should make a game that is some what relative, but not even remotley relative. Huxley is an awesome last name. NO WAY!! That should be the name of the game." Yeah... something like that. Although, the book had no war what so ever. Never read it, just got a summary. Damn you people! Now I have to read it.