[viciouskillersquirrel]

I think a JRPG/SRPG based on the life of the Emperor Augustus (Octavian) and the fall of the Roman Republic / rise of the Roman Empire could totally work.

Seriously, the life of Gaius Octavius Thurinus / Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus is already pretty much an endless series of anime tropes, so it'd be impossible for even the most anime-obsessed J-dev to screw it up.

1) Octavian's story is one of those coming-of-age stories JRPG devs love so much. Like Hope from FFXIII, he starts out being a bit of a whiny pansy with an unhealthy relationship with his mother. Unlike Hope, however, what drops from his abdomen when he hits puberty are not just your run-of-the-mill testicles - they're grapefruit-sized cojones forged of pure hardened damascus steel.

He has to deal with his own emo sensibilities and overcome them in order to emerge the sole survivor of the second triumvirate. He steps up, becomes a man and rules the world.

2) He has a big sister attraction thing going on with Octavia, at least, according to Marc Antony's propaganda. At the very least, they were close, so that's another anime trope that would be covered for a certain subset of otaku buyers in Japan.

3) You've got some ready-made villains in the lecherous Marc Antony, the formidable Cleopatra... and Marcus Lepidus, who would make a good mid-boss.

4) The story has all sorts of twists and turns (Marc Antony marries Octavian's sister Octavia at one point and has to allow Cicero to die at Antony's hands) and covers decades, so you can put the fresh-faced teen he starts as on the box-art, but keep the majority of the gameplay being as the stone-cold badass Octavian turns into.

5) Varied settings - Spain, Rome, Egypt, Asia Minor, Greece, Mauretania etc. You'd be able to break up the standard field battles with sea battles, sieges/defense etc. and set up some amazing set pieces. Heck, you could do some prequel DLC and play as Julius Caesar tearing through Gaul or play as the legendary lost legion of Crassus battling their way to China

6) He was a bit of a man-whore in real life, so you could implement some kind of relationship mechanic too. Julia Pulcheria dress-ups? Yes please!

7) Gameplay could be Fire Emblem meets FFXII meets Xenoblade, giving you fine control for 1:1 battles, but user-chosen battle commands and auto-scripts for mass battles.

Anyway, have at it, GAF. Ever wanted a Teddy Roosevelt hunting sim? A Shaka Zulu RTS? A Jack the Ripper themed LA Noire clone? Let us all know.

[Darkest_Templar]

Maybe a game that has you shoot at Hitler and his Nazis. Seems like some fertile ground there.

Okay I'll stop.

[sixteen-bit]

Teddy Roosevelt

[joe2187]

Caligula...MAKE IT HAPPEN!

[AlimNassor]

Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great.

[LevityNYC]

Napoleon.

[jbueno]

Caligula...MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Hah, came to post this.

[pseudocaesar]

You've got like every aspect of his life wrong, like you have read something like the Complete idiots guide to the roman empire or something shit like that.

[Hilbert]

I would like to play as darwin aboard the beagle going around the world making discoveries about life. I see it as kind of like skies of arcadia.

[Egnirys]

Hannibal. Imagine trying to bring elephants over the Alps.

[THE NO LIFE KING]

Bob Ross

[bigdaddygamebot]

Abraham Lincoln

[Xelinis]

Nikola Tesla.

[Mr. Serious Business]

I've always wanted to see an RPG based off of the Mongol Invasions (locations ranging Central to East Asia, Middle East, and Eastern Europe). Also I'd love to see more games based off of Saladin and the crusades.

[Norante]

Nikola Tesla.

Beaten.

Tesla FTW.

[bengraven]

Free roaming game where you play a Mongol, maybe a very young Genghis Khan.

Edit: somewhat beaten.

[ronito]

I'd love to see Romeo and Juliet as a videogame, like a Luhrman Capulate vs. Montague rampage of violence would be awesome.

[Man God]

Free roaming game where you play a Mongol, maybe a very young Genghis Khan. Edit: somewhat beaten.

They've done Genghis Khan before.

[bengraven]

Would love an RPG where you play classical composer Frédéric François Chopin.


OH...

They've done Genghis Khan before.

A non-simulation game.

[Hilbert]

I have always wanted a game where you play as an witch hunter in the inquisition going to villages and rooting out the local witches based on flimsy evidence and confessions from torture. It could always be loosely based on a real person like Torquemade or guazzo.

[lastplayed]

Alfred the Great

[bengraven]

I have always wanted a game where you play as an witch hunter in the inquisition going to villages and rooting out the local witches based on flimsy evidence and confessions from torture. It could always be loosely based on a real person like Torquemade or guazzo.

Or a Solomon Kane game. Fuck yes.

[viciouskillersquirrel]

You've got like every aspect of his life wrong, like you have read something like the Complete idiots guide to the roman empire or something shit like that.

It's an adaptation. It'll inevitably be a mixture of history, rumour and legend.

But by all means, educate us.

[Finaika]

I have always wanted a game where you play as an witch hunter in the inquisition going to villages and rooting out the local witches based on flimsy evidence and confessions from torture. It could always be loosely based on a real person like Torquemade or guazzo.

Play Knight's Contract.

[El Sloth]

I wouldn't mind highly stylized and dramatized stories of Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great using fables and myths of their day and integrating them into their respective worlds (i.e. Chimeras and Centuars would be a thing in Alexanders theoretical game).

As for the style of game? I've always wanted more Age of Mythology really, so an RTS I guess. An action RPG and/or action adventure games would be cool too.

[Hilbert]

Play Knight's Contract.

Perhaps I will. what is it?

Edit: Hey this game was on my "look into" list for a while. Is it really kind of similar to what I described?

[Typographenia]

I don't know that it'd make a great game, but I'm always a fan of Joan of Arc.

[viciouskillersquirrel]

I don't know that it'd make a great game, but I'm always a fan of Joan of Arc.

Wasn't there a PSP RPG called Jeanne d'Arc? I was under the impression it was based on her.

[ZealousD]

Audie Murphy

[Finaika]

Perhaps I will. what is it?

It's pretty bad though.

[LiK]

Napoleon.

[joe2187]

Rasputin.

[Fancy Corndog]

The aliens who built the pyramids.

[megalowho]

I've always thought the Essex whaling disaster of 1819 was a pretty remarkable story - commanding that crew through that scenario could make for a very interesting game. As awful as the process is, navigating the seas trying to take down sperm whales has potential to be just as exhilarating as trying to take down a Colossus. And then attempting to survive on the ocean with morale rapidly deteriorating and no hope in sight leaves the door open for things to get as dark as they presumably did in real life. That's a game I'd like to play.

[El Sloth]

I've always wanted to see an RPG based off of the Mongol Invasions (locations ranging Central to East Asia, Middle East, and Eastern Europe). Also I'd love to see more games based off of Saladin and the crusades.

This would also be pretty sweet. But rather than a realistic approach I'd prefer, like in my last post, a highly stylized world taking advantage of the rich Christian and Islamic mythologies exaggerating them and having them combine and clash in game (not in a literal sense).

Have there ever been games based purely off Mesopotamian myths?

[SalsaShark]

Tesla

but in a supernatural world where he has Infamous-like electricity powers while retaining super gentleman manners

[Kusagari]

Abraham Lincoln

Vampire Hunter

[VegaNine]

Ernest Hemingway's Bullfighting

[Shahadan]

Abraham Lincoln space Marine

Fixed. In the Conduit 2.

[Fjordson]

An open world samurai epic based on Miyamoto Musashi.

What a boss.

[viciouskillersquirrel]

The aliens who built the pyramids.

I believe the proper term is "Mesopotamian guest workers", isn't it?

[Kusagari]

Fixed. In the Conduit 2.

The fact we'll likely never get a Conduit 3 depresses me so much.

I need to see the continuation of that.

[Finaika]

An open world samurai epic based on Miyamoto Musashi. What a boss.

[El Sloth]

The only thing Brave Fencer Musashi has to do with the historical figure Miyamoto Musashi is his name.

That's it.

I mean, c'mon:

Plot A boy known as Musashi, reincarnated from the legendary Brave Fencer Musashi who saved the Allucaneet Kingdom from a monster called the Wizard of Darkness 150 years before, is summoned to the Allucaneet by its Princess — named Fillet — to save it from the invading Thirstquencher Empire. Despite being a young boy, Musashi is given the blade Fusion, and charged with the task of obtaining Brave Fencer Musashi's sword — Lumina, the Sword of Luminescence — before the Thirstquencher Army does. Although Musashi has no intention in saving the kingdom, he agrees to do so in order to return to his homeland. After Musashi recovers Lumina, he finds that most of the people from the Allucaneet, including Fillet, have been kidnapped by the Thirstquencher Empire. In order to rescue all the residents from Allucaneet and defeat the Empire, Musashi starts searching for the Five Scrolls, items representing the elements able to highly expand Lumina's powers and then defeating the Crest Guardians who protect the Scroll's crests which are able to expand Lumina's powers. After collecting the Five Scrolls and freeing the first four crests, Musashi discovers Thirstquencher's base, a floating ship known as the Soda Fountain. Musashi attacks the base and defeats the Sky Guardian. Thirstquencher's leader, Flatski, forces Musashi to give him Lumina in exchange of the Princess, and frees the Sky Crest. However, this unleashes the Wizard of Darkness, who was in fact sealed within Lumina. Musashi recovers Lumina and defeats him. After returning the Princess to Allucaneet Kingdom, Musashi returns Lumina to the place where he found it.

the shit is all that

I'd love to see a Musashi game based off the Vagabond comic series.

[Karak]

Uhgla one of the the first Cavemen. Running around, rutting, and if you believe some people, fighting off dinosaurs. That would be awesome.

[OmegaZero]

[massoluk]

Li Shimin, The co-founder of Tang Dynasty, the golden age of China.

Third son of a general. Incited his father to rebel against corrupted Sui empire and cruel emperor. Won the heart of commoners. A brilliant general and strategist, he united the country more fragmented than 3 kingdoms. Then fought against two jealous older brothers, killed them and became the emperor. Ushered China into the Golden Age, the most prosperous country in the World in his time. Considered one of the wisest and greatest Chinese emperor

But nooooooo. You people just want more 3 Kingdoms.

EDIT: The Sui-Tang period is a million times more interesting than Three Kingdoms. Which someone make a Total War or Romance of 3K game based on it.

[rpmurphy]

I'd like to see more games based on explorers. Lewis and Clark, for example. Embellished with fictional elements or even just inspired into a completely fictional adventure games would be cool.

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Bohemond.

[viciouskillersquirrel]

The only thing Brave Fencer Musashi has to do with the historical figure Miyamoto Musashi is his name. That's it. I mean, c'mon: the shit is all that I'd love to see a Musashi game based off the Vagabond comic series.

The Thirstquencher Empire sounds like an allegory of the Coca Cola Company.