If I had no option but to re-visit old games, and make them new...
Exile
Paradroid
Damocles
Starglider/SG2
Virus
Speedball
Summer Games
Gunship
Interphase
The Light Corridor
Star Command
Raid over Bungeling Bay
Beach Head II
...basically any other game that I can remember. The shit ones, I've pretty much forgotten. Apart from Wheelin' Wally. That was so appallingly shit, I still have nightmares about it.
Be nice to see something new though.
Games You Want To See
A Wonderboy collection for a handheld system
A definitive Pacman collection - including Pacland, which never seems to appear in these compilations!!! - for a handheld system
A definitive Bubble Bobble universe collection (From it's spiritual father Chak'n Pop through the Taito F3 90s sequels to the Puzzle Bobble/Bust A Move games). EXACT EMULATIONS, not ports!!!
Nights 2
A faithfull port of the original Command and Conquer (and/or Red Alert) for the DS or PSP
A football manager game for the DS or PSP (preferrably DS - watch the game on the top screen and fiddle with your formation and strategies on the touchscreen)
Sega to port Fighters Megamix onto the PS2 (They've recently put Fighting Vipers on during the last round of retro ports, so I guess it could be a possibility)
Some sort of modern interpretation of LLamatron - though god knows how you'd do it while retaining the spirit of the original.
Edit - Oh, and Shenmue 3 of course!
Edit 2 - A port of Civilization (preferrably 2, though realistically a publisher would no doubt demand the most recent one) for a handheld. I always thought the GBA would have been PERFECT for Civ 2.
A definitive Pacman collection - including Pacland, which never seems to appear in these compilations!!! - for a handheld system
A definitive Bubble Bobble universe collection (From it's spiritual father Chak'n Pop through the Taito F3 90s sequels to the Puzzle Bobble/Bust A Move games). EXACT EMULATIONS, not ports!!!
Nights 2
A faithfull port of the original Command and Conquer (and/or Red Alert) for the DS or PSP
A football manager game for the DS or PSP (preferrably DS - watch the game on the top screen and fiddle with your formation and strategies on the touchscreen)
Sega to port Fighters Megamix onto the PS2 (They've recently put Fighting Vipers on during the last round of retro ports, so I guess it could be a possibility)
Some sort of modern interpretation of LLamatron - though god knows how you'd do it while retaining the spirit of the original.
Edit - Oh, and Shenmue 3 of course!
Edit 2 - A port of Civilization (preferrably 2, though realistically a publisher would no doubt demand the most recent one) for a handheld. I always thought the GBA would have been PERFECT for Civ 2.
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I'll second that and add:Perkunas wrote: Nintencats
Steel Battalion 360
Vagrant Story 0 (chronicling the story of Sydney)
Tactics Ogre DS
Grid Runner DS
Blast Corps 2
Geomotry Wars 360
Gladius 2
The Bards Tale 2
Have you played Aria of Sorrow on the GBA? It's really good and alot like Symphony of the Night. Also Dawn of Sorrow is coming out on the DS this fall and might prove to be just as good as Symphony.Anders wrote:I want someone to understand what a brilliant game Castlevania: SOTN.
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I like games that are clever, have a atmospheric plotline, have the choices the player makes affect the gameplay in deep and meaningful way, and to be able to explore your surroundings without the game forcing you down a straight linear path down pre-rendered content.
Deus Ex, Mercenary/Damocles, Sentinel (or any of Geoff Crammond's cleverer games), Elite, Interphase (good one Bog), System Shock. D-Generation..and even Tron II looked interesting when I had a look at it. Matrix Online (and some of the more user-led content games) would probably appeal to me as well.
I quite like 'God' games as well, but building and managing, rather than something akin to C&C, which is where some of them have been going.
Deus Ex, Mercenary/Damocles, Sentinel (or any of Geoff Crammond's cleverer games), Elite, Interphase (good one Bog), System Shock. D-Generation..and even Tron II looked interesting when I had a look at it. Matrix Online (and some of the more user-led content games) would probably appeal to me as well.
I quite like 'God' games as well, but building and managing, rather than something akin to C&C, which is where some of them have been going.
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I'd also like to see a break away from these 'realistic' sorts of games - if I want realism I'll go for a walk in the park! I want games with crazy worlds, mad colours, twisted dimensions and unreal. There's a really old cartoon called Porky in Wackyland, circa 1935ish, about Porkey Pig chasing the last Dodo and going to a crzy world full of the mad things - I want games like that! Not 'nice-shine-on-BMW-windows simulator'...
Thinking of new stuff, I would like to see games that try to reverse the current concepts and generally turn things upside down. Exactly how they would play, I don't know, but...
- A FPS that cast you in the role of bodyguard / rescue guy. The focus would be on keeping people safe from harm, rather than on killing them. Some might point to the Swat games and I agree that they have something good going for them, especially Swat 3, but you often end up killing loads of people anyway.
- A multiplayer team-based FPS that put serious emphasis on destruction and construction, and not just killing each other in static environments. You would work together to literally build your bases and destroy the other sides base. There was a mod for UT that let you keep all decals (bullet holes, blast marks, etc), until your computer exploded and killed you through the face, and it was remarkable. It felt like a different game and you really felt like a destructive force tearing up the place.
- A game that isn't competitive or demanding in any way, but relaxing instead. A chillout game, if you will. The Hong Kong nightclub in Deus Ex came close here. I would just go there, listen to the music, watch people dance, chill, etc.
What appeals to me are games that you make you feel. It doesn't really matter what, fun, excitement, fear, whatever, but I want games to grab you by the hair and fucking make you take notice. More rock'n roll and less Celine Dion, to put it in musical terms. A lot of games are pretty and competent, but five minutes after you've put it away, you can't remember a thing about it.
PS. About realistic games and sims. I would like to see a tactical shooter that is totally hardcore about realism. Most 'realistic' games aren't really realistic, they end up somewhere inbetween arcade and sim. I want a game that bites the bullet and goes all the way, real weapons, authentic sounds, realistic damage (no, not SoF), ballistics, materials, pain, bleeding, realistic AI, the fucking works.
- A FPS that cast you in the role of bodyguard / rescue guy. The focus would be on keeping people safe from harm, rather than on killing them. Some might point to the Swat games and I agree that they have something good going for them, especially Swat 3, but you often end up killing loads of people anyway.
- A multiplayer team-based FPS that put serious emphasis on destruction and construction, and not just killing each other in static environments. You would work together to literally build your bases and destroy the other sides base. There was a mod for UT that let you keep all decals (bullet holes, blast marks, etc), until your computer exploded and killed you through the face, and it was remarkable. It felt like a different game and you really felt like a destructive force tearing up the place.
- A game that isn't competitive or demanding in any way, but relaxing instead. A chillout game, if you will. The Hong Kong nightclub in Deus Ex came close here. I would just go there, listen to the music, watch people dance, chill, etc.
What appeals to me are games that you make you feel. It doesn't really matter what, fun, excitement, fear, whatever, but I want games to grab you by the hair and fucking make you take notice. More rock'n roll and less Celine Dion, to put it in musical terms. A lot of games are pretty and competent, but five minutes after you've put it away, you can't remember a thing about it.
PS. About realistic games and sims. I would like to see a tactical shooter that is totally hardcore about realism. Most 'realistic' games aren't really realistic, they end up somewhere inbetween arcade and sim. I want a game that bites the bullet and goes all the way, real weapons, authentic sounds, realistic damage (no, not SoF), ballistics, materials, pain, bleeding, realistic AI, the fucking works.
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