Games you wish they would make

[CapTVK]

As everyone is having a go: a true sequel to Wasteland. Yes, i know Fallout 1 & 2 could rank as sequels and I´ve played through them both but they don´t have the same feeling you had with Wasteland. The Wasteland universe seemed far more lively with its skills system (the fact that FO1&2 don´t have toaster repair might explain this -yes it´s a skill) and the various ways you could tackle problems : go in front with guns blazing or slip in the backdoor. Plus you had a lot of freedom in choosing your route. Head straight for Las Vegas for some heavy artillery with the risk of getting chopped to bits by robots or take the scenic route to find that elusive Red Ryder rifle and discover a silvermine with use of your metallurgy skill.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by snoopy369
You ever play "Machiavelli the Prince" by our good old friends Microprose?

One of the great games of all times....


I was going to say, I'd like to see an interface invented which would let us play DOS games on Windows...games like "Machiavelli the Prince."

Yeah I know, they did come up with "Merchant Prince," a windows version of Machiavelli, but they added some stuff and in doing so, screwed it up.

[dunk]

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

You've never hear of DOSBox?

[Straybow]

Hehe, years ago (2002) I joked about making a parody of the soccer games out there which I described as follows:

"International Soccer Hooligan Manager — Recruit, train, trade, and bond out of jail your team of rabble. Be the first to break out onto the field after one of those really exciting soccer games where one of the teams actually scores a goal."

Damn, but somebody actually made a game like that!

What I really wish they'd make is a PC version of Kingmaker, with decent SP and MP play.

[Urban Ranger]

Avalon Hill did publish a computerised version of Kingmaker.

[Marid Audran]

A sequel (to PS: Torment) or simply another CRPG utilizing the Planescape setting.

Another dystopian CRPG, ala Fallout or some other post-nuclear, post-biological catastrophe. Either a sequel or an inspired imitator, whatever; the appeal is there.

Another CRPG utilizing a steampunk setting. Arcanum was a wonderfully creative synthesis of a Tolkein-esque fantasy-scape on the brink of a 19th-century Industrial and Social Revolution on par with Victorian England. For its other faults, Arcanum has one of the three most original settings I've seen in a CRPG.

Another Vampire: The Masquerade game modeled after Bloodlines, Troika's swan-song title released late quarter '04. A lot of fun, my most surprisingly pleasant gaming experience that year. I was sorry to see it end, and even more so, see Troika fold merely weeks post-release, after a scant three titles (Arcanum, Temple of Elemental Evil, Vampire: Bloodlines).

Another Infinity Engine CRPG, hopefully in the spirit of the Baldur's Gate games. As you've probably ascertained from my comments, more single-player, story/character-driven CRPGs in general. NO more inane, cookie-cutter MMORGPs infested with hordes of powerplaying lemmings, please.

SMAC remade with with updated graphics, cleaned up bugs, and a little tweaking feature-wise. Also, FMV interludes, starring Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Deidre Skye, Lawrence Fishburne as Morgan, Ian Holm as Zakarhov, Tilda Swinton as Miriam Godwinson, and Ben Kinsley as Pravin Lal.

Another Wing Commander game. With a complicated campaign tree, dialogue options in FMV interludes, and all the usual Chris Roberts era goodness. With a better protagonist than the goofball from the last game in series (WC: Prophecy )

Another Privateer game. Unlike many, I adored Privateer II: The Darkening (Clive Owen! Christopher Walken! John Hurt! David Warner! Brian Blessed!) and its dark, detailed cyberpunk world, filled with corrupt politics, shady deals, and shadier criminals. Another game in its setting would be great. (I believe the first game is overrated)

Another Thief game, one that didn't take as many liberties and make as many dubious design decisions as the last one Thief: Deadly Shadows.

A game that combines some serious Mafia/Max Payne style underworld, cinemanic shoot-'em-up action with a chess sim. Not in a Battle Chess way, but one that manages to incorporate actual chess into an arcing storyline and influences its ebb and flow. Crazy, maybe, but there have been dumber hybrid-ideas down the pipeline (Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball, for instance. No, I didn't play it.).

I'm not big on sim games, and think most of them are banal. I blame Japan for this latest rash of Sim-inspired life-sim madness. Maybe if there was one with a sufficiently perverse premise, like taking the role of a Ted Bundy-esque serial killer and molding his development, or a Manhattan Call-Girl, or a drug lord, or something.

American McGee's Oz. American McGee's Pinocchio. American McGee's Pippi Longstocking. I could go on, but I won't.

That's about all I can think of that I would be interested in. For the record, I see maybe a 10% chance of any of these happening in the next, say, two-year development cycle. We're entering a dreary, safe era for computer gaming with little inspiration, one that will become more and more console dominated. I don't see the release of Final Fantasy: XLIV to be progress either.

[Senethro]

Sadly, both the Planescape and Masquerade settings are defunct and it is unlikely any new games will be made in them. I commend you for your excellent taste in game. I've sported an avatar of Morte before.

I'm feeling lucky, as all the games I'm wanting are being made. That is, BioSHock, Quake Wars: Enemy Territory, Spore. I'm also feeling hopeful regarding a new SMAC property. No reason given, just optimistic.

[pg]

I just wish they'd translate more awesome Japanese games.

[dunk]

Originally posted by Marid Audran
A sequel (to PS: Torment) or simply another CRPG utilizing the Planescape setting.

Another game in Planescape would be welcome. A sequel no.

Originally posted by Marid Audran
Another CRPG utilizing a steampunk setting. Arcanum was a wonderfully creative synthesis of a Tolkein-esque fantasy-scape on the brink of a 19th-century Industrial and Social Revolution on par with Victorian England. For its other faults, Arcanum has one of the three most original settings I've seen in a CRPG.

Agreed. Excellent game.

Originally posted by Marid Audran
Another Infinity Engine CRPG, hopefully in the spirit of the Baldur's Gate games. As you've probably ascertained from my comments, more single-player, story/character-driven CRPGs in general. NO more inane, cookie-cutter MMORGPs infested with hordes of powerplaying lemmings, please.

Yes. Yes, this will do nicely. Even IWD3 would be a welcome sight.

Originally posted by Marid Audran
SMAC remade with with updated graphics, cleaned up bugs, and a little tweaking feature-wise. Also, FMV interludes, starring Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Deidre Skye, Lawrence Fishburne as Morgan, Ian Holm as Zakarhov, Tilda Swinton as Miriam Godwinson, and Ben Kinsley as Pravin Lal.

A new tileset would be nice. Anything else is unnecessary.