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If you could change the genre of any game franchise...
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archreaper93
Member
Everything into an RPG. Because RPGs are great.
Neoleo2143
Member
Killzone should have been a Strategy Game like XCOM than an FPS.
Mass Effect into Star Control 2 (genre), or vice versa
Subjecting kids to the toxicity of the MMO min-max community sounds pretty scary for a parent.
CalamityPixel
Member
I would change League of Legends into a 2D platformer.
TheGamingBox
Banned
please no, pokemon as a mmo would be terrible and anyone with extensive knowledge of how pokemon works would agree
What is the party dungeon / raid equivalent in pokemon? Wouldn't the entire thing just be pvp? And Gyms aren't dungeons so not those.
Jawmuncher
Member
My answer would be anything Resident Evil.
Resident Evil Fighting Game
Resident Evil Xcom style game
Resident Evil RTS
the franchise can support so much, and I want to see it all.
Resident Evil Fighting Game
Resident Evil Xcom style game
Resident Evil RTS
the franchise can support so much, and I want to see it all.
Deep down I think that is a good idea.
Team Filler
Member
I'd turn World of Warcaft into a strategy game.
I don't even know if it is, but the Lothric War Banner and Projected Heal miracle they added to the last Dark Souls 3 DLC made me wonder how the game could handle a dedicated support / healer "class", which inserted into the current formula would be bad, but in a PSO type game could be ok.
Tyraniboah
Member
I'd have loved to play a Halo in the vein of Destiny. Still an FPS so not quite a genre swap, but still. Imagine going from planet to planet fighting covenant, finding​ new pieces or armor and weapons in the form of loot, armor augmentations that grant abilities, appropriating Covenant technology to upgrade weapons and armor, and having RPG like statistics for speed, weapon damage, armor defense, etc. Could even have "magical" abilities similar to how Mass Effect handles its Tech skill tree. Reach or Earth could serve as the Hub world and maybe the Infinity in a sequel. Discovering each of the rings, some shield worlds, the Ark, etc would be neat too. The lore would have already been in place so a competent story could be written. This is assuming that Bungie would have been willing to make it since they've been better with shooting mechanics in their games.
One can dream.
sometimes I wonder if this is the direction they wanted to go with Halo. I remember reading some rumblings of a more open concept Halo back in the day.
One can dream.
Goose_Se7en
Banned
Halo into a 3rd person cover shooter like Gears.
Gears into a fps like Halo (OMG imagine how using the Lancer's chainsaw would look?)
Uncharted into an isometric type game (think Bastion)
Horizon Zero Dawn into a metroidvania type.
Gears into a fps like Halo (OMG imagine how using the Lancer's chainsaw would look?)
Uncharted into an isometric type game (think Bastion)
Horizon Zero Dawn into a metroidvania type.
Uncharted GO. ?
DerekOfTheDykes
Member
Alright, bear with me here, because this is nuts.
So you take classic but dead Irrational Games franchise "Freedom Force", a slow-paced top-down tactical arpg featuring original golden-agee and silver-age style superheroes and an fantastic character creator the likes of which probably inspired the likes of City of Heroes and Champions Online
So you take that game
And you make it a co-op, mission-based, arpg brawler with moment-to-moment gameplay in the vein of Infamous.
Otherwise you keep the general cast and story, and the character creation system (with some updates for designing characters visually instead of having to import custom models and skins). You also keep the vertical, highly interactive and destructible environments set in tight sections of the city, no open world.
And absolutely don't update the aesthetics from the obsessively old-school 50s-60s style.
Why? Because I love classic superheroes, love character creators, love co-op games, like more direct gameplay, and generally dislike open worlds. I also loved Freedom Force and its story/cast, realize it will never come back in its classic form, and want more people to experience the campy fun of the franchise.
So you take classic but dead Irrational Games franchise "Freedom Force", a slow-paced top-down tactical arpg featuring original golden-agee and silver-age style superheroes and an fantastic character creator the likes of which probably inspired the likes of City of Heroes and Champions Online
So you take that game
And you make it a co-op, mission-based, arpg brawler with moment-to-moment gameplay in the vein of Infamous.
Otherwise you keep the general cast and story, and the character creation system (with some updates for designing characters visually instead of having to import custom models and skins). You also keep the vertical, highly interactive and destructible environments set in tight sections of the city, no open world.
And absolutely don't update the aesthetics from the obsessively old-school 50s-60s style.
Why? Because I love classic superheroes, love character creators, love co-op games, like more direct gameplay, and generally dislike open worlds. I also loved Freedom Force and its story/cast, realize it will never come back in its classic form, and want more people to experience the campy fun of the franchise.
cyber_ninja
Member
Killzone -> TPS
Resistance -> TPS with horror elements
FF15 -> Turn based rpg
Pop 2008 -> 2d platfromer
Resistance -> TPS with horror elements
FF15 -> Turn based rpg
Pop 2008 -> 2d platfromer
SatoAilDarko
Member
Star Fox into an RPG.
Don't really care for rail shooters personally.
Don't really care for rail shooters personally.
UnlimitedRulebook
Member
Overwatch to 3rd Person
Kingdom Hearts to character action (Bayonetta, DMC)
Kingdom Hearts to character action (Bayonetta, DMC)
Could you enlarge the pic even more.
Triforce141
Member
Paper Mario into an RPG
Bioshock 1 into a horror game.
Bioshock Infinite into Deus Ex
I only like Bioshock 2 for the gameplay and that one can stay a FPS. The others would be better without being FPS.
Those two exist on PSP.
EDIT: I see your stealth edit.
Bioshock Infinite into Deus Ex
I only like Bioshock 2 for the gameplay and that one can stay a FPS. The others would be better without being FPS.
Those two exist on PSP.
EDIT: I see your stealth edit.
Ah, man, I'm not trying to make a statement on how the core gameplay would translate into an MMO. That's certainly a puzzle. But I have spent years working in a spectacularly active and passionate Pokemon community and I absolutely feel confident saying that if you put that into a living, breathing MMO world it would flourish spectacularly.
cyber_ninja
Member
Both are spin-offs and being held back by hardware limitations. I'd love to see Killzone to take an approach similar to Vanquish, while Resistance would be similar to Gears with atmosphere of Resistance fall of men and crazy weapons Insomniac is famous for.
CharminUltra
Member
FFVIIR into turn-based JRPG.
Neoleo2143
Member
Goddammit, this. Camelot and SEGA pls make up.
The Wheel of Fortune
Member
LukasTaves
Member
Should have been 1st post.
Rule of Rose would work so much better if it was an adventure game or a visual novel. It has a stellar atmosphere, but the clunky movement and combat just hurts it.
Why do you hurt me.
Cmon Miyamoto, just us what we want. I wish we had a TTYD2 or something
Why do you hurt me.
Cmon Miyamoto, just us what we want. I wish we had a TTYD2 or something
Gabbelgak
Member
Any action RPG into a turn based RPG.
Basketball
Member
Take every pc/console moba franchise
and put them in the trash ... I mean mobile
and put them in the trash ... I mean mobile
Just sounds a lawsuit in the making.. the game has always been aimed at kids and the social experience of MMOs should really be restricted to adults.
Real talk:
Skies of Arcadia into a MMO. The original is one of my favorite games ever, but it was good enough that I don't need a sequel to try to recapture what it did with better visuals.
The setting is amazing, and would be a great backdrop for a MMO. Various pirate bands. Ship combat, complete with players operating different parts of the ship. Territory battles over islands. An expanded elemental system.
Moons as raids. Whatever!
So many things could be done if this setting was social.
Skies of Arcadia into a MMO. The original is one of my favorite games ever, but it was good enough that I don't need a sequel to try to recapture what it did with better visuals.
The setting is amazing, and would be a great backdrop for a MMO. Various pirate bands. Ship combat, complete with players operating different parts of the ship. Territory battles over islands. An expanded elemental system.
Moons as raids. Whatever!
So many things could be done if this setting was social.
Teletraan1
Banned
I would turn Final Fantasy 7 remake into a classic ATB RPG. I think it could be good if not great. Just a feeling though.
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