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[Fbh]

Just thought it could be a fun thread.
What are some themes or items or settings that you think would fit really well with gaming but somehow feel underutilized.


For example. Why aren't there more "Space Operas" or similar stuff in games?
We've got a ton of fun movies, books and TV shows which seem to be quite popular but when it comes to games I find it hard to find any recent examples beyond Mass Effect.
It's a genre that seems to have everything you could need for a cool game. Since it's set in space you can go crazy with all sorts of locations, alien races, weapons, abilities, gadgets, etc and yet no one seems interested.

 

[Hendrick's]

Why is there not a Far Cry Primal 2 with dinosaurs...or any decent game with dinos?

Why isn't DINOSAURS used more frequently in games?

 

[ViolentP]

Comedy was prevalent back in the Lucastarts and Sierra days. Now it appears to be more a niche feature.

 

[FireFly]

Why are there not more flamethrowers in games?

 

[Nymphae]

Comedy was prevalent back in the Lucastarts and Sierra days. Now it appears to be more a niche feature.

You Don't Know Jack was one of my favourite comedy games, legitimately hilarious at times.

 

[Mihos]

Character Import.... even if the go all SSI D&D "You wake up naked with all of your equipment gone" route.

Would like to see that in souls games, fallout/elder scrolls, etc.

 

[ViolentP]

You Don't Know Jack was one of my favourite comedy games, legitimately hilarious at times.

Party games have done a good job of bringing laughs. Especially something like Jack that has humor in spades.

 

[Nymphae]

Party games have done a good job of bringing laughs. Especially something like Jack that has humor in spades.

True, though most party games I think the laughs come from the group interactions and such. Which is true in YDKJ as well, but damn their writing was top notch. And the voice work was excellent as well.

 

[ViolentP]

True, though most party games I think the laughs come from the group interactions and such. Which is true in YDKJ as well, but damn their writing was top notch. And the voice work was excellent as well.

Absolutely right on all points.

 

[Danjin44]

I want to see more hack & Slash with bare fist combat.

 

[stranno]

Splitscreen, of course.

 

[Verdanth]

More games need Asura's Wrath shut up mechanic. It's gold.

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

Why is there not a Far Cry Primal 2 with dinosaurs...or any decent game with dinos?

Why isn't DINOSAURS used more frequently in games?

This is my thoughts exactly.

Maybe the failure of Jurassic Park Trespasser permanently scared developers off?


Another thing I'd like to see is a game with a retro fantasy aesthetic, something that looks like old 80s D&D art or the art of Keith Parkinson

 

[Danjin44]

More games need Asura's Wrath shut up mechanic. It's gold.

I would love to see Capcom develop remake of Asuras's Wrath with proper fist combat and we would have game of the the generation in our hands.

 

[Breakage]

Present day London (UK) as a game location.

 

[Verdanth]

I would love to see Capcom develop remake of Asuras's Wrath with proper fist combat and we would have game of the the generation in our hands.

Agree. Loved the concept of the game. Its simple, but an amazing interective anime. I would love to see more bets from japanese developers on untold mangas, with this style.

My only grip is with the ending not being available in the base game.

Played the game on PS Now and had to watch the real ending on youtube. As I understand the real ending was DLC at the time wasn't it? The balls to actually do that lol.

 

[Nymphae]

I've always enjoyed games that let me smoke. RDR2, MGS and Vanquish come to mind.

 

[nkarafo]

3D Model viewer

 

[#Phonepunk#]

ass and titties

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

A ping system, ala Apex: Legends

Endless progression, ala Diablo 3

 

[Yoshi]

Why is there not a Far Cry Primal 2 with dinosaurs...or any decent game with dinos?

Spoiler

I would also appreciate more games with dinosaurs

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

Also, similar to the retro fantasy aesthetic idea, I'd also like to see a pirate game with a retro aesthetic, not quite as cartoony as Sea of Thieves but not as realistic as Assassin's Creed 4 or the upcoming Skull and Bones.

If you played Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat on PS2/Xbox (and you probably didn't!) then something like that.

 

[jshackles]

Why isn't Octopath Traveler's HD-2D / sprites in a detailed 3D background used more frequently in games?

The result was brilliant and I'd love to see older 2D games remade in this fashion - especially Final Fantasy VI.

 

[Catphish]

Police duty.

I can't believe there hasn't been any open-world cop game, like GTA, except where you're the good guys, trying to do good things. Drive around, nail speeders, foil crimes, respond to calls, get a real look into the life of a cop.

Seems to me a woefully under-used theme. If I had the means, it would be the game I'd create.

 

[Skyfox]

Add me to the dinosaur list.

I even had to stop playing the most recent Turok on PS3 because it just seemed to be an endless amount of unkillable soldiers.

 

[Danjin44]

Police duty.

I can't believe there hasn't been any open-world cop game, like GTA, except where you're the good guys, trying to do good things. Drive around, nail speeders, foil crimes, respond to calls, get a real look into the life of a cop.

Seems to me a woefully under-used theme. If I had the means, it would be the game I'd create.

Thankfully we have upcoming Astral Chain.

Spoiler

 

[Javthusiast]

Why isn't DINOSAURS used more frequently in games?

And this is where that Dino Crisis remake could come in.

Pls capgods.

 

[Husky]

Why isn't the tidally locked planet of Exodus used in more games?! That place looked totally sick.

I've also questioned the lack of space operas. And man, why aren't there any immersive post-apocalyptic games set in a wintry wasteland? I've got overgrown, undead, radiated, and dried up wastelands aplenty, but no open world nuclear winter. Post-apocalyptic settings are by far my favorite, tell me a game's set after the fall of man and I'm basically already sold, and I've been waiting years to be able to explore a cataclysmic years-long winter. Same goes for flooded worlds, something akin to Waterworld.

 

[FireFly]

Police duty.

I can't believe there hasn't been any open-world cop game, like GTA, except where you're the good guys, trying to do good things. Drive around, nail speeders, foil crimes, respond to calls, get a real look into the life of a cop.

Seems to me a woefully under-used theme. If I had the means, it would be the game I'd create.

 

[zenspider]

Indian mythology and culture.

It's got to be one of the richest and most complex, yet I've never seen a game tackle it. There's some glancing references in Shin Megami Tensei, Final Fantasy, and some other Japanese games, and do add a nice texture, but they definitely could go deeper.

 

[Verdanth]

Police duty.

I can't believe there hasn't been any open-world cop game, like GTA, except where you're the good guys, trying to do good things. Drive around, nail speeders, foil crimes, respond to calls, get a real look into the life of a cop.

Seems to me a woefully under-used theme. If I had the means, it would be the game I'd create.

True crime: streets of LA.

 

[jshackles]

Character Import.... even if the go all SSI D&D "You wake up naked with all of your equipment gone" route.

Would like to see that in souls games, fallout/elder scrolls, etc.

For either sequels where you play the same character(s), or games where you create your own character - this is a pretty obvious omission in a lot of games.

Telltale's Walking Dead handled this pretty well actually, essentially letting some of your decisions persist across multiple seasons / games as long as they were played on the same system.

I'd love to see something like a character import for Fallout 5 or Elder Scrolls 6 where not only do you get to keep your character's physical characteristics but maybe also build some lore around it as well. Like in Oblivion after you did the first Oblivion gate, people saw you and said "Oh, it's the hero of Kvatch!" -> expand this out to multiple games where maybe some NPC recognizes you or your deeds from the previous game. It's usually done best when it's done subtly so that newcomers to a series don't miss anything.

In the world of cloud saves on basically every platform, it's a shame this isn't much more prevalent. Good call.

 

[sinseers]

Why isn't the internal clock used more frequently in games? Some games in the 90s made good use of it. I really thought it was going to be standard from there on. Dunno why it fell off the radar.​

 

[jshackles]

Good point, especially considering that the complaints about the real time clock being easy to bypass (change the system time) could be easily alleviated by using an online server's time rather than your system's time.

 

[Africa's Toto]

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[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Nanomachines

Spoiler: Serious response to the thread.

why isn't climbing mechanics used more frequently in games?

 

[Bkdk]

Why isn’t strategy of providing mod tools used more frequently in AAA games. At this point if they can provide a mod tools like elder scrolls do, I wouldn’t mind Paying extra 50usd for them , I’d rather have that instead of official dlcs anyway. Plus the community will help them fix the games and be free devs to continue their game. Elder scrolls and fallout is still my most played single player games due to mods. Fallout 4 with mods is one of my most favorite game this gen, it adds so much content and fun stuff.

 

[Nymphae]

Why isn't the internal clock used more frequently in games? Some games in the 90s made good use of it. I really thought it was going to be standard from there on. Dunno why it fell off the radar.

It's just gimmicky, what can you really do with it? Seaman was a good use. In fact, there needs to be more games that have AI you can talk with. Back in 2000 I was blown the fuck away when Seaman asked me what my birthday was, and then immediately told me a celebrity that had the same one.

One of the Batman Arkham games used the internal clock, if you visited the Calendar dude in jail on certain special days he would say different stuff.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Why aren't there more games where you are the bad guy, or you are the King Lizard Creep trying to kick all the human's heads in?

 

[Halo0629]

Sexy women and boobs.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Why aren't there more games with "rail gun" weapons? I remember playing killzone and was in awe using the rail gun and pinning enemies into the wall with it everytime I used this weapon.

 

[TheWanderingOgre]

Vampires. Vampires, always.

Non combat mechanics. Brilliant stuff like fire fighting alas Burning Rangers, for example.

Present day backgrounds.