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[–] Arcynic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I would love something like Hellgate London (I think that was its name?), doesn't have to have the same premise, but needs to be a lot less buggy, no p2w, and more production value

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

As a kid who loved Kingdom Hearts and The Matrix, I wanted to make a game where you could choose from the standard Magic, swords, guns, OR you could whip out your keyboard and hack the game.

It's not nearly as exciting in retrospect, as it's basically just Skyrim with console commands, but the thread brought it back to me so I thought I'd share. It felt like a cool idea in 2002, though.

I've also been writing and designing a Pokemon game in my head for the last 25 years, but I'm keeping that one closer to my chest even though there's no universe where that happens.

[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Monster Hunter as a MMORPG.

I know there’s a similar idea in China-only but it feels a little dated, I’d like MHRise style

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[–] maxenmajs@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

3D wizard fighting game

[–] Poik@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A game with the time travel self interaction and self saving mechanics of Super Time Force Ultra. Doesn't have to be a side scroller. Bonus points for getting multiplayer to work reasonably. I've been theorycrafting ways to do multiplayer like this for years (and ultimately most of it feels disjointed in theory so IDK). I've only seen one super low budget game using this mechanic (as a main game mechanic, not a side puzzle like the Ratchet and Clank time puzzles) and the reviews weren't great.

I've been considering mixing it with 5D Chess with Time Travel mechanics and Advance Wars gameplay as a proof of concept and see how far that gets me... But I don't have time or energy to work on it after work...

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[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A modern remake of Saints Row 2. But, since Volition shutdown it’s no longer possible.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think Volition were dead long before they shut down, tbh.

Every game since SR2 was a step backwards.

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[–] snooggums@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Roguelike exploration without the endless list of items and far less scaling.

Like if Valheim complexity ended at Dark Forest, but had the same variety of areas to explore. Honestly Valheim with less scaling.

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[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Okay bear with me as I go on an unhinged rant about a game I've wanted for years but is very unlikely to happen. For this we need to go into the deep Elder Scrolls lore, which I am going to butcher mostly because my version is amusing to me and all ideas are canon.

Imagine a magic steampunk world completely alien from our own, none of this Skyrim nonsense but truly alien. A time traveling thousand foot tall Magical Murder Mech decides 'yolo I'm destroy the planet', and almost does too, until Some Demigod shows up in their own time traveling magical murder mech (this one isn't nearly as impressive though). They go fisticuffs with each other, a bunch of the planet is destroyed. Some normal people with hopes and dreams or whatever are like 'this blows' so they build a magical space ship. Not like a magical space rocket; I mean like a Sailboat on Steroids. They decide to fuck off to the moon because where else would you go. Anyway Some Demigod gets mangled by the other, better Magical Murder Mech who then follows the normal people with hopes and dreams or whatever to the moon, because that's the most obvious choice for them to escape to because where else would you go. They show up ready to fuck up the moon colony when Complete Rando walks up and back-sasses the time traveling Magical Murder Mech to death. He then wanders up to Guy In Charge and is like 'hey I want to fuck your daughter', but surprise! The daughter is actually an intersex pansexual enby, oh and also they're a god. So Complete Rando takes one look at that Gorgeous Deity (who is also maybe a lot a bit fascist but that's a different story) and is like hell yeah, with our libidos combined we can repopulate the planet together.

Now that we've got that out of the way, I want a game that takes place from the perspectives of multiple normal people with hopes and dreams or whatever. Different characters follow different sections of the story. So the first character you might be learning about the Magical Murder Mech that's running loose on the planet. You're trying to prepare, you catch glimpses of the thing while fleeing your home. Another character could be someone who is in the Sailboat on Steroids and trying to get by on limited supplies while looking for people you were separated from in the chaos. However many characters there ends up being though, it would be crucial that the last scene in this game is watching Complete Rando suck face with Gorgeous Deity because I also want a game that tilts phobes.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 5 points 2 years ago

The retooled Joust game I never get around to working on.

[–] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I would love a game with a timeloop built into the discovery, combat, and storytelling mechanics, a la Deathloop and Prey: Mooncrash, but instead of a first person shooter about murder, make it an isometric heist game that doesn’t hold your hand. You gather clues and tips and tricks through each loop and through exploration, until you build a final plan of attack to end the loop.

Deathloop’s biggest flaw was not playing into the fact that it was, at its core, a puzzle game. The objective markers and notes kind of ruined the climax of the game for me. Absolutely incredible otherwise.

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[–] MiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I want Space Engineers, but better.

Building vehicles, ships, and bases block by block as your character is mechanic I enjoy that I haven't seen elsewhere. I also like the resource gathering. But I would like better physics, better enemy interactions and AI, and water instead of just ice.

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[–] Mango@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I wanna build a fort and shoot at zombies on my phone with friends and can't seem to find someone to take my money.

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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

...and how much would you pay for a pre-order special edition that came with a free in game hat for your character?

[–] gunpachi@lemmings.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'd like to play a video game that would level up my real life stats.

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[–] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No man's sky but focused as a shooter mmo. Imagine clans of 100+ people fighting on planet and in space to control galaxies

[–] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wasn't there some companion game to EVE Online that was supposed to be like that?

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[–] Damaskox@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh my.

If I collected all the visual information I saw in some dreams I have had about video games...would I be rich now?

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[–] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Kingdom hearts style combat with co-op campaign

[–] bitrate@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think a John Wick game with a similar gameplay style as Rise Son of Rome would be killer.

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[–] chicagohuman@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

An open world Transformers game

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

StarSector but it's an MMORPG

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