What games do you want to see made?

[Adagio]

Not really, but all amateur tycoon programmers all thinks 3D is the way to do it... At present time I haven't found a 3D tycoon game that I still play after a few days...

[okblacke]

Originally posted by Osweld
Kind of disapointing, because I always expected a God Sim from Black and white, and the half-assed strategy game they made it into was really disapointing. But atleast the sequel will be refined and actually (hopefully) have a real focus to it intstead of just being a few hazy concepts slapped together.

In retrospect, you can see the disaster coming if you look at all the interviews and articles prior to the release of B&W. Here we had a typical Molyneux premise (your actions as a god shaping the world for good or evil) and there were these hastened assurances that they "weren't forgetting about the gameplay".

Guys, forget about the gameplay. Make the world interesting to be in and give us enough to do, especially make it more obvious what's good and what's evil, and you could have had yourself a SimAfterlife instead of a--well, whatever it was.

Hey! Afterlife! There's another one I'd like to see a sequel for.

Yeah, I know it's just SimCity with bonus micromanagement, but the premise, graphics, voice acting, music and humor rocked. Add a few things like "build your own punishment/reward", give us a first person walk-through!

OK, maybe I'm just not well.

[ok]

[Adagio]

I bought Afterlife, but never got into it...

[bipolarbear]

anybody tried the most recent pro wrestling games? I kinda liked them they keep getting better!

[Sava]

I want to see a TBS/RTS combo game that allows you to build a civilization on the macro and micro levels... I want to see combat resemble Nectaris (an old TurboGrafx 16 strategy game... find a ROM if you can. it's great!)... I want to see realistic city planning and settlements... immigration models, culture change, social policy, a GLOBE MAP (not a damn cylinder), realistic climate models (and climate change), well... the list goes on. I doubt I'll ever see such a game... unless I take the initiative and make it myself.

I'd also like to see a first-person shooter that has the feel and gameplay of Counter-Strike (as well as customization), the diversity of weapons and weapon accessories in Global Ops, the massive maps and number of players on servers that Delta Force: Black Hawk Down has, and the drivable/flyable vehicles like in Battlefield1942.

[Andemagne]

CIV4
HOMM5
MOM2
COL2
MOO4
SMAC2
Fantasy: Total War (thanks to Jamski for )

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by okblacke
Majesty 2

Eck. That game is awful.

Originally posted by okblacke
Magic The Gathering 5th+ Ed (single player)

I don't see any attraction in a game like that. It just misses on the attraction of the original card game.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Andemagne

Fantasy: Total War (thanks to Jamski for )

That was my idea - I put it down in the first bloody post.

[Jamski]

But I'm happy to take your rightful thanks and run

/me scarpers off *

I'm sure F:TW is only a matter of time.

-Jam

[Urban Ranger]

It's more easily adaptable to something like Three Kingdoms than some vague fantasy setting.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Agathon
A proper naval warfare simulation and a decent Napoleonic real time battle game (Waterloo and Austerlitz sucked).

Did they? Did you not like the SMG engine at all, or did you not like the way it was applied to Napoleonics? (I've played SMG)

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Jamski
But I'm happy to take your rightful thanks and run

* Jamski scarpers off *

I'm sure F:TW is only a matter of time.

-Jam

Rome is first, so it'll be a while.

[Felch]

A Samurai Jack video game would be sweet. But it would have to be done properly, in the spirit of the show.

[bipolarbear]

SAMURAI JACK? :shakes head in disapproval: It, like every game, would have the potential to succeed. I think maybe an rpg would right for it. It would really suck if they tried to make it a fighting game, unless they introduced something cool and new. But the odds of Samurai Jack coming in contact with something cool, other than cartoon network are slim to none. If we're talking about cartoons that should be made into video games though, how about a Family Guy video game? They made a beavis and butthead game, they can probably do the same with Family Guy. Or they could make a Trigun video game. Or Cowboy Bebop! Actually, lots of anime would be good asa video game. Like .hack//sign Oh wait a minute, isn't that already a game...You can see my point. I think the first show to be made into a game should either be Big O, or Goldenboy just b/c its funny. Akira would be kind of cool too, but they'd have to base it off of the origial manga, b/c it went wayyy in depth.

[okblacke]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger

Eck. That game [Majesty] is awful.

I don't see any attraction in a game like that [MtG]. It just misses on the attraction of the original card game.

Heh. I post a cry for "Afterlife 2" and "Space Bunnies Must Die Again!" and I get flak for "Majesty" and "Magic: The Gathering". Go figger.

Majesty had a good, different game dynamic that was not exactly polished, but had a lot of potential. It wasn't short of flaws, given you could win or lose a game based on actions you weren't even aware were going on (though there's potential to that). I enjoyed it nonetheless, and think with more refinement, the concept has classic potential.

As for MtG, I'm not sure what you mean. If the attraction is playing against people and seeing their expression as you trump their, uh, low-level monster rush with a Pestilence card, then I understand your point. That doesn't eliminate the sort of speculative fun of building and experimenting with decks.

If the attraction is collecting cards, then I say "bleah".
Fie on "meta-games". Fie on "rare cards". Fie on spending lots of money in the hopes of getting a strategic card. A pox on it all!

[ok]