Have you ever played a game and wondered what if you could do something that it doesn’t really allow you to do, for example being able to move around blocks in Minecraft fluidly instead of in sectors, edit the world in Hogwarts legacy with spells, be able to fly in a world like Elden Ring or Elder Scrolls with epic sky battles, have a sims game that simulates more than just sims needs, but whole economies, or a dystopian horror game set in a Minecraft style world. So I was wondering if anyone else had similar ideas for games or fantasies for possible games?

What’s your ideas for games that doesn’t really exist, or might not even really be possible to make?

  • @[email protected]
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    72 years ago

    I want a GTA style game set in the early 1900s Lovecraft world mixed with a procedural world builder like Covert Action had. So the overall world would be set but the inside of buildings and tunnels and etc as well as the overall story would change. Then release DLC for each of the Great Old Ones that each came with 6-8 major plot lines. With 8 player coop. No lazy pvp bs. PvP can be included but it’s not the focus so as to not give a shit about anti-cheat or stat tracking on a master server.

    Then implement a scab system like in tarkov but for cultists. You turn PvP on and a cultist can come play in your game doing things.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 years ago

      The people behind foxhole (think rune scape/planetside/but early 20th century) are making something to that effect called anvil empires.

      • @[email protected]
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        32 years ago

        Not really. Planetside is an FPS with fluid combat. And it doesn’t have MMORPG-style quests or environments. I think another way of saying the idea would be “Chivalry with persistent maps and an overworld tying them together in some way.”

  • Shivs
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    22 years ago

    If Crusader Kings is ever combined with Mount & Blade, I’ll never see daylight again.

  • @[email protected]
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    72 years ago

    An MMO where is truly feels like player versus environment and not another pawn versus environment. Stop having 300 people deliver the one lost ring to the same npc for days at a time. I think one way to do it is to provide a general prompt to GPT models and have them generate a few hundred similar but different quests that get assigned per player. But also keep track of these generated differences to weave a story. Make there be more npcs than players.

    • Biberkopf
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      42 years ago

      Was my first thought too.

      Not a shooter or a space RTS, but proper prime directive star trekking. Honestly I don’t even know what you would DO in the game. But I can imagine the UI clearly, so there is that…

      Maybe somewhat like to old 90s point and click adventure games, only in 2023?!? I don’t know. I want it though.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 years ago

        I have a vision of a tactical rpg like wasteland or divinity original sin where you fly around, explore planets, fight, maybe get entangled in some politics

  • LegendofDragoon
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    32 years ago

    A VN/RPG that has romance and doesn’t make it an after thought. Like in most persona games or fire emblem games or even like mass effect. When romance is a thing, once you hit that we’re a couple button that’s pretty much it.

    But then VNs represent the opposite end of the spectrum where you make the decision to pursue someone and that’s it, the entire narrative shifts to completely focus on that. I want a middle ground, where there is one structured narrative that asks the question “How might chasing down the big bad change if this person versus this person was the person most important to the main character”

    Like for example of you wanted to woo the nerdy tech wizard, following his or her story might involve tracking down parts and materials to improve tech and brace against the coming of the bbeg. On the other hand of you want to romance the overeager hothead it might involve trying to take the fight to the bad guys while saving puppies and children along the way. Completely different paths with the same end goal of defeating the bbeg.

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    12 years ago

    I miss microvolts before surge, wish there was anything like that nowadays. I only played melee.

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    22 years ago

    I want a new ski resort simulator game that also has the summer season.

    No one has done a bug free version of the ski side in probably 2 decades at this point…

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    42 years ago

    simultaneous two-player jrpg where each of us plays our own character following our own story-line but our story lines intertwine throughout the game. either of us can jump in, play our story, grind, etc, and sometimes we can’t progress without the other person. sometimes we have to team up to defeat bosses, etc. but ultimately it’s a single world and requires both of us to play to beat the game. once beaten, we can replay as the other character to experience the game anew

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    182 years ago

    I’d love for something like a watchmaker simulator to exist. You’d get broken watches, and you’d be tasked to take them apart, clean them and fix them up. Basically, something very similar to those almost ASMR videos on youtube where someone restores those completely broken things into a pristine state.

  • ParanoidAndr0id
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    42 years ago

    I have been really searching for an immersive FPS space sim centered on survival and building. Yes, I know space engineers exists and I’ve pumped many hours into it, but it just doesn’t satisfy this specific itch I have. One of the main mechanics I would like is you have to salvage derelicts for parts to cobble together a working ship where you can eventually work your way up to manufacturing new parts to build ships. Think of it almost like Rust + Space engineers + ship breaker in a way. I’ve wanted this for so long I started learning have development to try and make it come true!

    • @[email protected]
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      12 years ago

      So definitely not an fps, and it’s currently in EA, but Ostranauts is a top down immersive space sim where you salvage derelicts for parts and can build your own ship. Made by the devs of Neo scavenger. Absolutely love it, and it definitely ticks a lot of those boxes.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 years ago

      Empyrion: Galactic Survival is not exactly what you wish for, but it’s an alternative to Space Engineers. Not as detailed on the building part though, but a bit more Rust-like (imo).

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    212 years ago

    I would like a language learning video game which is set up as a MMO, and you “reverse” level. You start with massive equipment because you need it to be able to fight the learning monsters, but as you get more proficient you get hit less(fewer mistakes) and do more damage (faster language entry) so you can start dropping equipment. So the monk running around in a loin cloth is the goal. All sorts of multi-player interactions are possible around setting up conversations, handling larger readings, etc.

    • deltasalmon
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      62 years ago

      this sounds awesome. I don’t know if it’s on your radar but there’s a game coming out called Newcomer that looks like a half decent language learning video game.

      • Nepenthe
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        32 years ago

        That’s the one I was trying to remember, I’d heard about it back when it was just starting out! Unfortunately, it still doesn’t support türkçe, and I’m not exactly in the position as a learner to help add it or I’d be all over that :(

    • @[email protected]
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      32 years ago

      That sounds great. I think there should definitely be more educational games for grown ups along this line

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      52 years ago

      I was watching The Spiffing Brit’s exploit video of Spore. It definitely made me wish for a modern Spore game. To be clear, the visuals don’t need to be much better just better lighting and it’d look modern enough. If they overhauled the gameplay systems then it could be a 10/10 game.