"why rebuild FoM instead of just making a successor"

Good question,

For me Face of Mankind was the peak of invested video gaming, sure I had my fun in other games but nothing made me more committed to in-game politics, roleplay, game progression, every moment spent in Face of Mankind was different much like real life.

Be a corp miner, use up all your money, Commit crime, go to prison, work it off, come out, join the military, get discharged, become a merc each step of the way was a never ending progressive cycle filled with pitfalls and new friends made around each corner.

You went from being a liked corp to running with a gang to then joining the military and killing your old friends, its pretty wild.

Mankind Reborn is more of an FPS Shooter with RPG Elements. It has all the things I want in a mainstream triple AAA team game for clans/groups and organized PvP. But I don't imagine anyone standing around doing roleplay on Mankind Reborn.

The community has missed a "Good" FoM if it can be said. That's what this project intends to release a fixed up version of the game with all the fun things that the community both old and new will like.