I have always been thinking: What if I could design my own dream game, and play it without worrying about little things such as hardware requirements and software limitations.
What should the game be like? What kind of elements should it have. Should it be TBS, RTS or perhaps RPG? Here's what I would really like to play:
The genre: An RPG/TBS/RTS hybrid (how...I'll get to that)
The setting: Anywhere in the world, app. 4000 BC and onwards (epic scope) I personally think it would be cool to play China.
The idea: I would like to play a game, where you interact with both individual characters, tribes, nations and armies. I envision a simulation of the life of a ruler. I think it would be cool to play, and addictive as hell.
The RPG elements would be living the life of the ruler. Going about his business, living his life, ruling his tribe/nation/empire.
The TBS elements would be moving around units and armies. Expanding the country's borders, building wonders and improvements.
The RTS elements would be the battles. They look cool, and would be very fun to play out. (Haven't you ever wanted to control your armies in a civ game?).
As of now, it's only a rough sketch, but I think you get my idea. The difficult thing would be to transcend between the different parts smoothly (the hardest being how you go back and forth between RPG and TBS). But if that could be done, I think I would never need to play another game. To do this, you would need one hell of a lot of locations, which is why it couldn't really be done in the foreseeable future. But perhaps some day??
What do you think...and what would your dream game be like?
Asmodean
What should the game be like? What kind of elements should it have. Should it be TBS, RTS or perhaps RPG? Here's what I would really like to play:
The genre: An RPG/TBS/RTS hybrid (how...I'll get to that)
The setting: Anywhere in the world, app. 4000 BC and onwards (epic scope) I personally think it would be cool to play China.
The idea: I would like to play a game, where you interact with both individual characters, tribes, nations and armies. I envision a simulation of the life of a ruler. I think it would be cool to play, and addictive as hell.
The RPG elements would be living the life of the ruler. Going about his business, living his life, ruling his tribe/nation/empire.
The TBS elements would be moving around units and armies. Expanding the country's borders, building wonders and improvements.
The RTS elements would be the battles. They look cool, and would be very fun to play out. (Haven't you ever wanted to control your armies in a civ game?).
As of now, it's only a rough sketch, but I think you get my idea. The difficult thing would be to transcend between the different parts smoothly (the hardest being how you go back and forth between RPG and TBS). But if that could be done, I think I would never need to play another game. To do this, you would need one hell of a lot of locations, which is why it couldn't really be done in the foreseeable future. But perhaps some day??
What do you think...and what would your dream game be like?
Asmodean
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