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Dream Projects You Want to Exist but Likely Never Will

#1

Frank

Frank

You know, sequels or remakes to old games that deserve them, but that will never, for some reason or another, ever happen. This is some real self indulgent wankery for your favorite dead (or undead) games you want more of.

I want Activision to suddenly lose interest in Skylanders, let Toys for Bob off the hook and allow them to make a proper sequel to Star Control 2. I know the guys at TfB want to do it. They tried to get fans of the series to write letters to Activision letting them know they want a new Star Control. I know I did and got a personal response from Paul Reiche about it. Star Control 2 is maybe the single best video game ever made in my opinion and it's a crime that it's only follow up was the shitty, shitty Star Control 3 (made by a different studio after Accolade decided it would be cheaper).

The Ur-Quan Masters PC version of the game's (mostly like the original save the title) intro:



Or, the rad as fuck early CD CG intro from the 3DO version of the game:




I also want Crystal Dynamics to magically hire Amy Hennig back from Naughty Dog, hire a bunch of the Vigil studios guys and have them make a real....Darksidersish remake of Legacy of Kain. I think that that would be fucking keen. This one is a lot more far fetched than the Toys for Bob one I'll admit.


#2

bhamv3

bhamv3

I want Valve to count to 3. My crowbar's all rusty and needs some loving.


#3

Frank

Frank

I only wish the rights and studio weren't owned by Activision. In this modern era of crowdfunding, Toys for Bob would be funded just as quickly and fervently as Torment or the similar Obsidian project.[DOUBLEPOST=1366963293][/DOUBLEPOST]
bhamv3 said:
I want Valve to count to 3. My crowbar's all rusty and needs some loving.
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One day, Gabe keeps hinting about it.


#4

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Chrono Trigger 2

A real 2, not that Chrono Cross shit.


#5

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Forget Contract JACK ever existed and bring back Cate Archer for NOLF3.


#6

bhamv3

bhamv3

I would also like to see the final, idealized, ultimate version of Dwarf Fortress within my lifetime. The one with all the features implemented, all at the level of realism Dwarf Fortress players look for.

And preferably a decent interface and maybe some non-ascii graphics, but that's not essential.


#7

Just Me

Just Me

Moar Firefly, 'nuff said!


Yes, it probably will never happen and even when it did I'm not sure it would be the same. But I oh so wish they had shot more episodes back in the days.


#8

Necronic

Necronic

A proper sequel to Jagged Alliance. I want an urban warzone, and I want it to really take advantage of modern computing.


#9

Dave

Dave

A good - good! - Shadowrun type of game.


#10

Frank

Frank

That's not what that KS game is shaping up to be unfortunately. I hope I am wrong.


#11

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

I want to see some of the lesser know MicroProse games get a redo, hell some of the popular ones too...

Sword of the Samurai
Gunship
F-19/F-117
Darklands


#12

Jay

Jay

Necronic said:
A proper sequel to Jagged Alliance. I want an urban warzone, and I want it to really take advantage of modern computing.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2079547763/jagged-alliance-flashback


#13

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

A return of the following IPs:

Battletoads
Noctropolis
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Nightshade

I second bhamv3 want for a Half-Life 3. Part of me kind of hopes it'll be announced this year at E3, but I'm not getting those hopes high.

And of course, a Superman game. A good Superman game on par with Arkham Asylum games.


#14

Reverent-one

Reverent-one

Frank said:
That's not what that KS game is shaping up to be unfortunately. I hope I am wrong.
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The alpha game footage looked pretty solid to me. Admittedly, I'm don't have much experience with shadowrun specifically, but from a general turn based rpg standpoint, I like it.


#15

Tress

Tress

I want SquareEnix to pull its head out of its ass and be the company we all grew up loving.


#16

Gryfter

Gryfter

Dave said:
A good - good! - Shadowrun type of game.
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Have you not seen this?



#17

Necronic

Necronic

My dream game?

Skyrim (size/open world/story) + Dark Souls (difficulty/grimmdark/combat mechanics) + Ninja Gaiden (combat mechanics)

Also it would blow me


#18

Dave

Dave

Gryfter said:
Have you not seen this?

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I hope it's GOOD, though.


#19

Tress

Tress

Give me another true sequel to Ogre Battle, or Brigandine, or FF:Tactics. I also second the call for Chrono Trigger 2: Chrono Harder.


#20

Azurephoenix

Azurephoenix

I want a new version of Mount and Blade with cooperative multiplayer so you can have your buddies as lords under your command and they can fight their own battles as well as join with you for coordinating larger assaults.

I also want EA to die horribly and the rights to Mass Effect and Dragon Age go to a studio who won't piss and shit all over them.


#21

Necronic

Necronic

That could be pretty awesome.


#22

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Tress said:
Give me another true sequel to Ogre Battle.
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Considering the best one of them all (the SNES) was the 5th episode, I want the whole series redone in that engine/style!


#23

Tress

Tress

Gilgamesh said:
Considering the best one of them all (the SNES) was the 5th episode, I want the whole series redone in that engine/style!
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Oh hell yes. Though Ogre Battle 64 was pretty bitchin'. They could use that engine too.


#24

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Another one for the books:
A true Suikoden 6 (Dunno what the hell they were thinking going to Tactics style). I've truly enjoyed every Suikoden game and was one of the few that stayed true to a formula and did it better with every game.


#25

Necronic

Necronic

I want a new Tenchu.


#26

Tress

Tress

You might like Mark of the Ninja on Steam or XBLA.


#27

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

A real MaRPG sequel, and a Paper Mario sequel that brings back old original characters other than Kammy Koopa.

A Metroid sequel with good gameplay, but where Samus doesn't need to be "allowed" to use her powerups by her not-boyfriend. That was just bad writing.

Capcom to bring the 3 Ace Attorney games that haven't been translated TO FUCKING AMERICA! And I do NOT believe that the series isn't popular enough, they decided to put him in Marvel vs. Capcom rather than Megaman! Speaking of which-

-more Megaman games! I don't really care about the franchise admittedly, but a lot of people do and its not fair how crappy they treat this franchise.

A Sonic reboot. Its reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally needed.

And finally I want Activision to work with Imsomniac and make the REAL sequel to Spyro. And no I'm not knocking Skylanders I hear thats good, I'm knocking the piecashit sequels created by fucking Vivendi! HOW DID RIPTO AND GNASTY COME BACK TO LIFE! One of them fell in lava, and the other turned into gems! Even worse than what they did to the plot, the games are crap compared to the original trilogy. "Enter the dragonfly" had only ONE boss fight, and the one with Gnasty looks like it has waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much level grinding.


#28

drifter

drifter

Necronic said:
I want a new Tenchu.
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Tress said:
You might like Mark of the Ninja on Steam or XBLA.
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#29

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Tress said:
Give me another true sequel to Ogre Battle, or Brigandine, or FF:Tactics. I also second the call for Chrono Trigger 2: Chrono Harder.
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ALL OF THIS. I would love, love, love a true sequel to Final Fantasy Tactics, not that Advance crap with its stripped-down ability customization and its silly Narnia-style story involvement. Give me politics and bloodshed and the freedom to totally abuse the support, counter, and move ability settings.

Also, for Nintendo to release Mother 3 in English outside Japan.


#30

Shawn

Shawn

Quotemander Prime said:
ALL OF THIS. I would love, love, love a true sequel to Final Fantasy Tactics, not that Advance crap with its stripped-down ability customization and its silly Narnia-style story involvement. Give me politics and bloodshed and the freedom to totally abuse the support, counter, and move ability settings.

Also, for Nintendo to release Mother 3 in English outside Japan.
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That Narnia plot was ridiculous. "Hey! I think we are in the game Final Fantasy!"


#31

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Shawnacy said:
That Narnia plot was ridiculous. "Hey! I think we are in the game Final Fantasy!"
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I think it's funny how in the first Advance, the kid is like "We have to find a way out of here and back to our real lives!" whereas in Advance 2 the kid's attitude is pretty much "I have everything I've ever wanted, right now."


#32

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

A Kirby game where they finally explain what the fuck Meta Knight's relationship with Kirby is. Why do they look the same? Are they related? The same species? WHATS THE DEAL?!

Disney to bring back Lucasarts, and allow Boom studios to make Darkwing Duck comics again. I know thats not a game, but those comics were fucking awesome and I felt they could've gone on for a long run.

A sequel to every original Tim Schaefer game that doesn't have a sequel! What the hell world, Call of Duty gets a billion sequels yet imaginative games made by the Schaef-man don't? WHATS THE DEAL?!

A second season to SBCG4AP. Really I just want the brothers Chap making Homestar Runner stuff in general, but this especially.


#33

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Yoshimickster said:
A Kirby game where they finally explain what the fuck Meta Knight's relationship with Kirby is. Why do they look the same? Are they related? The same species? WHATS THE DEAL?!
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I thought it was pretty obvious that they were both Dreamlanders, or whatever Kirby's race would be called.

And hell no, you -never- explain the mystery behind something cool and mysterious. That just ruins it. See: Midichlorians.


#34

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

I have to agree with Ravenpoe, when I was younger I wanted everything that was mysterious explained and dissected. Now as I'm older, I find that most of the time the mystery is much better than the reveal and much prefer the mystery.

EX: Kirkman has said he'll never explain the origins of the zombie infection in Walking Dead because it doesn't matter, what matters is that there's zombies and they're awesome.


#35

Frank

Frank

Ravenpoe said:
I thought it was pretty obvious that they were both Dreamlanders, or whatever Kirby's race would be called.

And hell no, you -never- explain the mystery behind something cool and mysterious. That just ruins it. See: Midichlorians.
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Reapers.


#36

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Frank said:
Ah yes, "Reapers."
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FTFY


#37

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

I just feel the whole mystery angle to Meta-knight is a little forced. "Ooh, Meta-knight revealed he looks like Kirby...again!" And then it makes me wonder, why does he KEEP doing this? Kirby has seen it before, what is the point in unmasking himself dramatically more than once? Its not like characters like "The Phantom Stranger" that never give a certain origin, Meta-knight gives off that he DOES have certain origin and they aren't telling us just because it makes him look cool or whatever. I accept I'm the minority on this, but it still bugs me.


#38

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Yoshimickster said:
I just feel the whole mystery angle to Meta-knight is a little forced. "Ooh, Meta-knight revealed he looks like Kirby...again!" And then it makes me wonder, why does he KEEP doing this? Kirby has seen it before, what is the point in unmasking himself dramatically more than once? Its not like characters like "The Phantom Stranger" that never give a certain origin, Meta-knight gives off that he DOES have certain origin and they aren't telling us just because it makes him look cool or whatever. I accept I'm the minority on this, but it still bugs me.
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Because it is largely aimed at children who have not played every kirby game and memorized every kirby event.


#39

Necronic

Necronic

thought I would look up the meta knight thing. There's an entire kirby wiki out there with 1500+ articles... wtf....


#40

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Ravenpoe said:
Because it is largely aimed at children who have not played every kirby game and memorized every kirby event.
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Right, not every event but I'm pretty sure they'd remember the unmasking of a recurring character if they get one of the sequels. But whatevs, series ain't gonna change.

A god-game that is completley from Bowser's perspective making traps and setting up bad-guys for Mario to be killed by! Too dark for a real game I know, but it still sounds cool.

Marvel vs. Mortal Kombat: Just because the idea of Scorpion meeting Ghost Rider would be hilarious. "You made a deal with a demon that gave you a flaming skull? ME TOO!"

More MidEvil games! Sir Dan-ROCKS!


#41

Tress

Tress

Make Dragon Force available as a download on a console, or release it for the PC.


#42

GasBandit

GasBandit

Dungeon Keeper 3.


#43

Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

Clint Eastwood and Christopher Walken Stare At Each Other For 90 Minutes


#44

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Chad Sexington said:
Clint Eastwood and Christopher Walken Stare At Each Other For 90 Minutes
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It would still be a better love story than Twilight.


#45

Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

sixpackshaker said:
It would still be a better love story than Twilight.
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It would be the greatest action romance thriller mystery comedy of all time no hyperbole.


#46

figmentPez

figmentPez

Yoshimickster said:
A god-game that is completley from Bowser's perspective making traps and setting up bad-guys for Mario to be killed by! Too dark for a real game I know, but it still sounds cool.
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I could wear that this has been done, it wasn't Mario, but it was a tower defense game where you play the role of a villain laying traps for side-scrolling heroes. I can't remember what it was called, though, and I can't seem to find it. Anyone else remember seeing this?


#47

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

figmentPez said:
I could wear that this has been done, it wasn't Mario, but it was a tower defense game where you play the role of a villain laying traps for side-scrolling heroes. I can't remember what it was called, though, and I can't seem to find it. Anyone else remember seeing this?
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Now that I think about I may have read a description to a game like that, can't remember what it was called though. Your not talking about Villainous right? That reverse Tower Defense game?


#48

Frank

Frank

There are tower defense games based around being villains trying to stop heroes, but I've never seen a sidescrolling one and of course there's Dungeon Keeper and Deception.


#49

figmentPez

figmentPez

Yoshimickster said:
Now that I think about I may have read a description to a game like that, can't remember what it was called though. Your not talking about Villainous right? That reverse Tower Defense game?
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Actually I'm not sure this one was tower defense, but it was a Mario-style platformer in reverse, where the player took on the role of the villain designing a level to kill the hero.


#50

D

Dubyamn

Xcom 20 Enemy: Deamons. I can literally never have enough games that have the world overview and a tactical game play.


#51

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

figmentPez said:
Actually I'm not sure this one was tower defense, but it was a Mario-style platformer in reverse, where the player took on the role of the villain designing a level to kill the hero.
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Oh, than I don't know. Sounds cool though, when the name comes to mind tell me.

A good Crash Bandicoot game. What happened to that fuzzy guy? Damn disapeared.

A Bubsy the Bobcat game that is mostly a comedy where he accepts how terrible a character he is. THAT-would be funny.


#52

LordRendar

LordRendar

The revival of Space Sims and good 4X games (or atleast where the AI isnt horribly cheating).


#53

Frank

Frank

That's currently happening is it not? I mean, there's quite a few space sims on the horizon (high hopes for Star Citizen).


#54

LordRendar

LordRendar

lets hope they are any good and will pave the way for some AAA budget space sims.
StarDrive is quite a good 4X game,eventhough programming and design are done by a single guy.AI cheats like a mofo though.


#55

Frank

Frank

I think Star Citizen has a much larger budget than just the crowdfunded portions.


#56

LordRendar

LordRendar

Can one donate using paysafe cards?


#57

figmentPez

figmentPez

Does anyone remember the "Left Behind" series of novels? They were a rather cheesy bit of Christian fiction based around the author's interpretation of the Revelation of John and the other prophetic books of the Bible, and what happens after the "rapture". At one point a video game was made based on those novels, and it was just a crappy cookie-cutter RTS that, thankfully, sold poorly. The game really puzzled me because of it's lack of ambition. At the time I really wished that they'd made something like a post-apocalyptic Animal Crossing instead. In the books the city of Chicago is bombed, and the underground Christian resistance hacks government computers to trick people into thinking that nuclear bombs were used and the entire city is radioactive. They then set up their base amidst the ruins of Chicago. Imagine a setting where you run errands for people while exploring a bombed out metropolis for supplies. Collect items to furnish your base however you like, unlock new modes of transportation, etc.

Now I'm thinking it'd be more fun to make a steampunk version of animal crossing. Picture a steampunk universe where there's a town built to be a think-tank of quirky and eccentric scientists (kind of like the SyFy series Eureka), and you play a bike messenger just hired. You run errands, help with experiments, find lost parts after explosions, provide first aid, build robots, celebrate holidays, work your way up to better jobs, etc. All the while you're upgrading your own living quarters, from a tiny little one-room pre-fab, up until you've got a nice townhouse, or maybe even a mansion. You get furnishings, and inventions to play with. I think something like that could be amazing.


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