"Why haven't they made this game yet?" Thread

[Trickyicky]

I'm sure everyone can think of a type of game, a sequel or some great idea that hasn't been made yet.

After watching The Last Samurai today, I have to wonder why there isn't a next-gen Way of the Samurai out. If it was done well like the first one, it could be epic.

Also, a true sequel or spiritual successor to Bushido Blade could be great. Despite many having great memories of it, it must have sold pretty terribly for them to have abandoned the core idea in all the sequels and then given up on it entirely.

[lost]

More full-on sci-fi games. Just some bigger concepts with wilder ideas. Creativity has been a little tame in the story department for a while now and after Bioshock I figured things would get pretty nuts.

Also, a Boogerman sequel. Genuine platformer please!

[Shela Monster]

One of my more favorite RPGs, Legend of Dragoon, has been ignored by Sony for a while.
The first was epic, and really is one of the few games that could compare with FF VII.
Why they have yet to release a second one on PS2 or 3 is anyones guess, since the original was on PS.
The ending to the first screamed "SEQUEL!1!!" and then fell off the face of the Earth.

Honestly, go rent it, buy, or borrow, just as lon as you play it.
Definantly a must have in a RPGer's collection.

~Shela Monster

[Isamura]

I would really love to see a FPS Terminator game. Something about being chased by terminators would be awesome. Maybe even a game where you play as a terminator. I'd love it if it were a completely different storyline without John Connor.

[Major Dan]

Panzer Dragoon Saga
Battle Tech/Mech Warrior game again
New Shining Force

[IveGotThatWiperFluid]

Gladius2! I miss my wolf pack...

[Orz]

Panzer Dragoon Saga


Get this man a beer.

[InfiniteAmmo]

New Shining Force

You mean like Shining Force: Feather (http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/09/03/shining-force-to-light-up-the-ds/) for the DS?

[Darkon]

They need a new Chrono game! I have lost count how many times I have played Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross.

I would also very much like to see a new Crystalis, this game was ten times the game Zelda was back in the day!

[Trickyicky]

More full-on sci-fi games. Just some bigger concepts with wilder ideas.


I like how Mass Effect was creative in the gameplay department (mixing shooting and rpg elements, speech system, good/evil done pretty well). It had a good sci-fi atmosphere as well. A lot more could be done with the sci-fi genre, though.

They need a new Chrono game! I have lost count how many times I have played Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross.

I'll have to agree there. Blue Dragon is the closest we've gotten to a Chrono sequel.

Also, why haven't Square made a FFVII remake? Don't they like money?

[Whimbrel]

I always say this, but more Myth:The Fallen Lords. I loved the combination of odd characters, challenging missions, and humor.

I could also use some more of Bullfrog's Dungeon Keeper. It would be nice if they required a decade between sequels. It seems that the market is flooded with far too much repetition and stuck in groove genre designs.

[ghostgirl]

I wish companies would start remaking their older adventure games on the DS. What I wouldn't give for Space Quest while riding the train...

[Trickyicky]

Diablo II on XBLA. Straight up port with some graphical tweaking for HD, maybe some bonus items or something. They could charge $20 for that and it would likely have great sales.

With the new SF2HDR doing well, and the new KOF coming to PS3 and 360, hopefully a new Capcom vs SNK can come out. I loved those games.

[Kweli]

Armageddon survival game... To many 'developed' cities in fallout 3 for it to qualify... Im talking "The Stand" Armageddon... like... no cities have even been formed yet..... Directly after the 'outbreak'

[AversionFX]

You mean like Shining Force: Feather (http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/09/03/shining-force-to-light-up-the-ds/) for the DS?

That is not a Shining Force game. It has nothing that made the series memorable.

So to answer your question, no.

[Pluvious]

Two words; ROAD RASH

[FearTheReaper]

Super Mario RPG 2, 'nuff said.

[Kweli]

Everyone wants innovation in their games.. yet theres like 1 and a half NEW game ideas here.. everyone else wants remakes/sequels

[Pluvious]

OP said:

I'm sure everyone can think of a type of game, a sequel or some great idea that hasn't been made yet.


Trickyicky said sequels are fine for our wish list. ;)

[Kweli]

OP said:
Trickyicky said sequels are fine for our wish list. ;)

My comment was more of a 'what i noticed' statement

But also, the title of the thread contradicts the "sequel" rule....

[Major Dan]

You mean like Shining Force: Feather (http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/09/03/shining-force-to-light-up-the-ds/) for the DS?

A real one, on a console I meant and I should add:


Shenmue 3

[hunter]

A sequel to Vagrant Story is long overdue, especially since Square has been linking it's games together more and more in recent years. A tie in with the other games set in Ivalice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagrant_Story#Connections_to_Final_Fantasy_XII) would be excellent.

[Trickyicky]

Everyone wants innovation in their games.. yet theres like 1 and a half NEW game ideas here.. everyone else wants remakes/sequels

It's kind of hard to think of what hasn't been made. It's easy to say "Someone should make a such and such game", without putting any great ideas behind it. A lot of games can sound good on paper, yet be terrible.

With sequels and remakes, you know it's something you love. You just want more of it, and of higher quality.

[Duskfire]

A sequel to Arcanum. Or a remake. or anything. Despite the horrendous bugs that regularly crashed my computer and left me gnashing my teeth in frustration 75% of the time I played, the game was amazing. Someone actually devoted some money to it, it has the potential to be awesome.

[AspectVoid]

What I would love would be a full blown sim/action game based around the Macross/Robotech saga. The game would open with a Character generator where you get to create your own UN Spacy pilot to give it that personal touch. You would have your downtime character interaction in the Macross city, ala the old Wing Commander games, where you would move around town talking to people and getting story and character development.

I want a conversation system in here like in Mass Effect where where you can set the tone for your character in the conversations, letting you be either a model soldier or a total ass. There would be a total of 10 or 15 full blown characters in the game and your relationships with them (friends, rivals, enemies, whatever) would change depending on how you treat them during this downtime and how you act during missions.

Then, when its mission time, the controls are ala Ace Combat when in Fighter mode, Zone of the Enders in Gerwalk mode, and MechWarrior in Soldier mode. You would need to take your time on the control scheme to make sure all three modes match up as close as possible, but I think it could be done. Basic controls on the x360 could be something like A always fires your gun, B is always your secondary attack, X changes your map/radar, Y changes targets, Left stick moves you, right stick lets you look around/aim.

The game would take you from before the series starts (Training would be handled as a mission to qualify you as a pilot) to the end of the series.

[Major Dan]

Actually I want a modern day Auto Duel too.

I think that has so much potential, I could go for live action or turned based

[Lard]

@ Trickyicky - Next gen Way of The Samurai is being made as we speak for PS3.

As for games they should be making

Next gen Shin Megami Tensei
Colony Wars
Shenmue 3
Chrono 3
A *non* online Phantasy sequel
Silent Hill 5 - developed by Team Silent (Because Homecoming doesn't exist as far as I'm concerned)
ZOE 3
A genuine Wipeout sequel that's not DLC
A new Rogue Squadron
A new Golden Sun

[dante]

I maintain that an Infinity Ward developed FPS set in the Warhammer 40k universe would be almost too much awesome for this universe to handle.

[Flatpicker]

I have a few Ideas:

1. A Samurai Foosball player is abducted by aliens to play in their all universe foosball tournament. Based on the rockstar table tennis engine. With samurai swords and after game fatilities.

2. An after natural disaster survival horror game. No zombies, no demons. Just you, the elements and your natural wits.

3. An MMO that is nothing more than a set of large continents. It's up to you to set up colonies, organize people, go to war(if you want), develop tech etc etc.
No Quests, no NPC's, Just full on freedom to see what happens if a civilization is allowed to grow.

[J-Dizzle]

3. An MMO that is nothing more than a set of large continents. It's up to you to set up colonies, organize people, go to war(if you want), develop tech etc etc.
No Quests, no NPC's, Just full on freedom to see what happens if a civilization is allowed to grow.

Ya know I once signed up for the Beta of a game called Seed. They're whole idea was, no combat... all social interaction and society building. So your interactions would affect how a city would develop, how factions were created. The idea was to build a working society and economy based on the personalities and actions of the inhabitants.

I thought it was an excellent idea, and to read they're web site it sounded revolutionary and fascinating. It was set in a cyberpunk environment with cell shaded visuals. I was excited to play it.

Unfortunately it did not survive. Which was a shame, I felt.

[J-Dizzle]

My idea was of a combination FPS and RTS... where on player was working the RTS section, building bases, farming for resources, constructing units etc...

The other player would have an FPS interface and would be a 'special' super-powerful unit the RTS player could deploy. So if you died, the RTS player would get an alert and would re-deploy the unit, respawning the FPS player.

I envisaged it as co-op/RTS multi-player, 2 on 2, one RTS player one FPS player... each RTS player doing the strategy, and planning the war would have their own super powered soldier to head up the attack/defense on the ground.

I had this idea when C&C Renegade game out... I thought it would have been an awesome way to integrate a C&C RTS game, and the FPS.

Meh. :)

[J-Dizzle]

Oh and speaking of sci-fi games (and as much as I utterly adore Bioshock) System Shock 3 please !!! :D

[Sammael]

I truly violent end-of-the-world kind of game, demons wreaking havok, killing the fleeing people as you try and progress, kind of like something you would see from Devilman.
I guess Legendary tried this concept to a degree, but failed miserably.

The opening scene to Devil May Cry 4 was close to what I imagined, but then all of the innocents disappear.

I want to see a flowing metropolis suddenly ravaged by ruthless monsters - kind of like the opening to The Suffering, but larger scale, and most of the time in that game you were restricted to watching.

It could be interesting to have alot of the game take place during the attack instead of just showing everyone a few cinemas and then saying "Now that the worst of it has passed, have at it!" What crap.

[VTMarik]

Why not a post-apocalyptic game set long after the world has ended? Sort of like the outside world in the film Logan's Run or the overgrown cities from Battlefield Earth. A few pockets of humans still exist having devolved into tribal society, highly advanced technological cities (for people who horded all of the technology and hid it), or medieval fortress cities complete with armored soldiers on motorcycle. Maybe mix in a psychotic computer that split the culture to create an experiment? In other words make a game out of the concept from the Doctor Who episode "The Face of Evil" only with havok physics.

Better yet, why not a full-fledged Doctor Who game that takes you through the Last Great Time War that apparently took place between the TV movie and the latest iteration of the series?


Oh, and a new version of X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter.

[Venkman]

Two words; ROAD RASH

Could be awesome on the Wii. If anyone ever put money into developing a Wii title anymore...

[Wyrm]

I want to know where my next generation Plok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plok) is.

[Zurik]

A real sequel to Final Fantasy Tactics. I don't count those Tactics advanced games, mainly because they don't have the freedom that the original contained. Heck, I used a party of custom characters and had backstories for them.

[Wyrm]

A real sequel to Final Fantasy Tactics. I don't count those Tactics advanced games, mainly because they don't have the freedom that the original contained. Heck, I used a party of custom characters and had backstories for them.

Dude, I'm shocked they never did a remake of the original. Re-re-re-releasing it for the PSP and releasing gimped versions of it for the DS and Gameboy do not fully satisfy. Where is the sequel to the only tactical RPG I have ever spent more than 100 hours playing? The only tactical RPG I've bought several copies of, and keep a backup ROM on my computer so that I can play it whenever I feel the urge.

Sometimes I wonder. On the one hand, Square seems content to create all these new spin offs, most of which suck ass. Sure, the big franchises are still good enough, but why not bring back the best ideas and flesh them out even more? Tactics was the direction I wanted for my FF games.

[Flatpicker]

Two words; ROAD RASH
I'd rather see this implemented into Burnout.

[Major Dan]

Why not a post-apocalyptic game set long after the world has ended? .

A THUNDAR the Barbarian GAME -- OH YEA!!!!:cool:

[Flatpicker]

I want to keep this thread alive.

How about a Lego Fighting Game?
As you get damaged you lose parts?

[Major Dan]

I want to keep this thread alive.

How about a Lego Fighting Game?
As you get damaged you lose parts?

That could be fun, and between fights you could piece yourself back together.

I personally would love a good Star Ship TBS game, something like Star Fleet Battles. Where you could upgrade your crew, weapons, shields, engines and eventually ship. No real time though.

[Trickyicky]

Why isn't there a new SSX yet? EA Big released NBA Street: Homecourt, Fifa Street and NBA Street, all which were only as good or worse than their predecessors, and yet no new SSX?

[WpnX]

Wing Commander, proper sequel.

Privateer, proper sequel.

X-Com, remake with tweaked difficulty, new tech, and new objectives so you don't just race to Cydonia.

[MADxMrMike]

My comment was more of a 'what i noticed' statement

But also, the title of the thread contradicts the "sequel" rule....

Sequels are awesome. Especially when games have cliffhanger endings like the last Legacy of Kain. So thats what I want. A ending for the series.

As for a new game I want something like Crackdown and Mercenaries mixed into one. Im talking about cool abilities and jumping from building to building while they are falling down around you. That would be cool.

[gzsfrk]

A sequel to the best adventure game ever, Day of the Tentacle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Tentacle). So much potential in that universe. Too bad LucasArts owns the rights; they apparently think the adventure genre (which they basically perfected) is dead. Bastards.

Shame, too--there was a time when every adventure game they released was instant-buy for me. Maybe the sales numbers that came through for those games wasn't that impressive, but since all my friends and I were buying and playing them, I guess I just automatically assumed they were doing gangbusters with them.

[gzsfrk]

Oh, and You Don't Know Jack episodic series released on XBLA (would be awesome if it was free and ad-supported, like the old Netshow used to be). That's just a big "duh" that I can't believe hasn't been put together yet. Maybe with the implementation of "PrimeTime" on Xbox Live this coming year...

[DarkDaY]

Get this man a beer.

2nded....Whatever console it comes out on, ill buy 2, and 4 copies. I am prepared to do my part.

[Flatpicker]

Oh, and You Don't Know Jack episodic series released on XBLA (would be awesome if it was free and ad-supported, like the old Netshow used to be). That's just a big "duh" that I can't believe hasn't been put together yet. Maybe with the implementation of "PrimeTime" on Xbox Live this coming year...

JelloVision is working on "something" Jack related. I believe.
or JellyVision? I don't remember...

[pwnophobia]

A remake or a sequel to the Twisted Metal series, I don't follow publishers so I don't know if the original is still making video games or not but I can remember having hours upon hours of fun with that game with friends when I was younger.

Also, a pure graphical remake of FF7, I'd love to see it in FFX-esque graphics, but all in HD of course!

[Major Dan]

Sequels are awesome. Especially when games have cliffhanger endings like the last Legacy of Kain. So thats what I want. A ending for the series.

As for a new game I want something like Crackdown and Mercenaries mixed into one. Im talking about cool abilities and jumping from building to building while they are falling down around you. That would be cool.

I agree with the sequals comment, Shenmue 3 needs to be made before I die!:p

As for your game with buildings falling down, try the latest Hulk game, that exact scenerio happened often and it was fun, not the greatest game ever, but loads of FUN!

[Major Dan]

Oh, and You Don't Know Jack episodic series released on XBLA (would be awesome if it was free and ad-supported, like the old Netshow used to be). That's just a big "duh" that I can't believe hasn't been put together yet. Maybe with the implementation of "PrimeTime" on Xbox Live this coming year...

This is an awesome IDEA, I did hear that the "You Don't Know Jack" Developer was starting to make games again....uhmm..

[Major Dan]

2nded....Whatever console it comes out on, ill buy 2, and 4 copies. I am prepared to do my part.

Sadly, I have heard, ZERO, about a sequel to this awesome game :(

Panzer Dragoon Saga II would get my money shamelessly too!

[Hawkbat]

A new OMF 2097 style fighting game where you spend the cash you win on fights upgrading yourself and your mech, and can trade in your mech for a new one....I sunk more time into that game that any other fighting game out there.

And I liked the idea of the WC style Robotech game. I'd buy that

[AversionFX]

I want a game like Hitman that has: RPG elements and strategic travel. I have never liked the idea of "Here's your job, and now we'll just drop you off at their front door." I want to be able to choose whether or not I parachute in at night, show up at the next town over and make my way there, etc.

Adventure games lately seem to lack the "adventuring" aspect.

[TeeCakes]

Sadly, I have heard, ZERO, about a sequel to this awesome game :(

Panzer Dragoon Saga II would get my money shamelessly too!

I'm actually playing PDS on my recently-refurbished Saturn for the 1st time. GREATEST RPG BATTLE SCHEME EVAR. But 3 hours to finish the first disc (of four) already makes me feel like it'll be over entirely too quickly. I guess Sega really does what Nintendon't-- they never follow up on highly sequel-able games (I don't count the Wii NiGHTS at all).

Also:

Vampire: The Masquerade sequel
Blast Corps sequel
Wii Pilotwings
Final Fantasy VII remake on PS3

[Major Dan]

I'm actually playing PDS on my recently-refurbished Saturn for the 1st time. GREATEST RPG BATTLE SCHEME EVAR. But 3 hours to finish the first disc (of four) already makes me feel like it'll be over entirely too quickly. I guess Sega really does what Nintendon't-- they never follow up on highly sequel-able games (I don't count the Wii NiGHTS at all).

Also:

Vampire: The Masquerade sequel
Blast Corps sequel
Wii Pilotwings
Final Fantasy VII remake on PS3

The first disc has a lot of cut scenes, so it is a bit short. Although it is not the longest game ever either. Enjoy it while you can, PDS virgin :D

[SteveRage]

freespace 3

please
please
please so hard, please.

edit*
also, the original X-Com on a portable console.

[MacD]

A propper Shadowrun. Either done as a GTA style sandbox with multiplayer and generated missions (this would be so easy; a few fixers, a few different shops, locations and mission types...mix em up and you get the fixer asking you: 'get the data from Corp X's harbour facility, 2nd floor, 3rd office down' with maybe an additional 'bring data to Y' and/or secondary objective), or full on MMO (mainly a procedural MMO as in the above; add in the ability for player generated contracts (and the ability to target other player crews) and there needn't even be much special missions/mission specific content beyond the actual city/corp compound simulation (guards, defensee systems etc)).

Hell, a Shadowrun GTA style RPG would make me happy, even :( Heck, just a modded GTA:SA (whith flying and parashute drops) would do it :) And I'm not even kidding!

[Chaos Machine]

A Shadowrun game done by bethesda, or irrational games.

a true sequel to elite or privateer

freespace 3

next gen bushido blade

psychonauts 2

full throttle 2

krush, kill, n' destroy sequel

ascendancy 2

[TeeCakes]

next gen bushido blade

psychonauts 2

full throttle 2


Money. Money. Mo' money. Seriously, why haven't these games been made yet, all youse devs?!

[gzsfrk]

A new OMF 2097 style fighting game where you spend the cash you win on fights upgrading yourself and your mech, and can trade in your mech for a new one....I sunk more time into that game that any other fighting game out there.

And I liked the idea of the WC style Robotech game. I'd buy that

I loved OMF:2097 and played it for years. In fact, back in the day I wrote what I'd like to think is the definitive FAQ (http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/file/918490/2065) for it.

Unfortunately, the 3D sequel that they finally released for it a few years ago (OMF: Battlegrounds (http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/home/437185.html)) was utter garbage. They kept some of the concepts, but the gameplay was just terrible. They really, REALLY should have kept the gameplay in 2D, and it might have been a decent game. In fact, there was talk for a while about making a slightly modified version of the original called "OMF: Enhanced", but that project got dropped when the devs decided to focus on the 3D sequel instead.

But yeah--if they could take the original and give it a great re-make treatment (a'la SSF2THDR), then I'd be one extremely happy camper.

Oh, and the Shadow had my favorite fatality (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvHFE8PgT08) (Scrap+Destruction) move of any fighting game ever. :)

[gzsfrk]

full throttle 2

There was a sequel to Full Throttle (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/fullthrottle2/index.html) called "Hell on Wheels" that made it pretty far into development, only to have LucasArts decide that the market for graphic adventures wasn't profitable enough. So they instead decided to kill the project and shift the resources into more Star Wars shovelware.

Stupid LucasArts--they're like an ex-girlfriend that I really, really thought was going to be the one, only to have her dump me the month before I was going to propose.

(Wait--did I just share too much there?)

[Chaos Machine]

There was a sequel to Full Throttle (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/fullthrottle2/index.html) called "Hell on Wheels" that made it pretty far into development, only to have LucasArts decide that the market for graphic adventures wasn't profitable enough. So they instead decided to kill the project and shift the resources into more Star Wars shovelware.

Stupid LucasArts--they're like an ex-girlfriend that I really, really thought was going to be the one, only to have her dump me the month before I was going to propose.

(Wait--did I just share too much there?)

yeah i know, i had been following it while it was in development, its such a shame the guy who played ben in FT(roy conrad) died in 2002.

[revelation]

I loved OMF:2097 and played it for years. In fact, back in the day I wrote what I'd like to think is the definitive FAQ (http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/file/918490/2065) for it.

Unfortunately, the 3D sequel that they finally released for it a few years ago (OMF: Battlegrounds (http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/home/437185.html)) was utter garbage. They kept some of the concepts, but the gameplay was just terrible. They really, REALLY should have kept the gameplay in 2D, and it might have been a decent game. In fact, there was talk for a while about making a slightly modified version of the original called "OMF: Enhanced", but that project got dropped when the devs decided to focus on the 3D sequel instead.

But yeah--if they could take the original and give it a great re-make treatment (a'la SSF2THDR), then I'd be one extremely happy camper.

Oh, and the Shadow had my favorite fatality (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvHFE8PgT08) (Scrap+Destruction) move of any fighting game ever. :)

Holy crap. I forgot all about OMF. I spent waaaaaay too much time on it back in the day. Wow. Yeah. One of these, please!

Also, Ultima VIII (a real one, thanks).

[Dag-Sabot]

A remake of Tom Clancy's red storm rising. Man I still think about that game.

[AversionFX]

I want a Metroid RPG.

Or a 'Tactics' version of just about any game I've ever played.

[atariv8]

2. An after natural disaster survival horror game. No zombies, no demons. Just you, the elements and your natural wits.

Not the best quality in the world but right up this alley was Disaster Report and Raw Danger for the PS2. Of course there's that new Ubisoft title coming out too.

I would love to have a zombie survival game in the vein of GTA. Securing safe houses, doing missions, taking friends out to eat, etc. Basically open world zombie apocalypse.

[Dirty Harry]

Two words; ROAD RASH
Yeah i myself am waiting for the new version of road rash :3.

[K0LM]

I would love a proper 3d remake of Legend of Oasis. I played the crap out of the one on the Sega Saturn.

[Flatpicker]

Not the best quality in the world but right up this alley was Disaster Report and Raw Danger for the PS2. Of course there's that new Ubisoft title coming out too.

I would love to have a zombie survival game in the vein of GTA. Securing safe houses, doing missions, taking friends out to eat, etc. Basically open world zombie apocalypse.

Basically, What Dead Rising should have been. w/o that terrible save system.

[vherub]

fear effects 3-5

[atariv8]

Basically, What Dead Rising should have been. w/o that terrible save system.

Just imagine GTA IV with more interior locations and a city full of zombies instead of pedestrians. Maybe a few safe shanty towns in a country section of the map that are attacked by hordes of zombies randomly. A Saints Row like territory system wheres zombies invade once safe areas. CoD:World at War zombie type gameplay in order to create new safe houses by boarding up windows doors and cleaning out any zombies. Food run, ammo run, transport style missions. I guess someone could get clever and mod the current GTA for PC.

[Major Dan]

:D Can I add, Infamous...I want it NOW! :D

[Giles Brash]

2. An after natural disaster survival horror game. No zombies, no demons. Just you, the elements and your natural wits.I Am Alive (www.iamalivegame.com).:D

[Giles Brash]

Just imagine GTA IV with more interior locations and a city full of zombies instead of pedestrians. Maybe a few safe shanty towns in a country section of the map that are attacked by hordes of zombies randomly. A Saints Row like territory system wheres zombies invade once safe areas. CoD:World at War zombie type gameplay in order to create new safe houses by boarding up windows doors and cleaning out any zombies. Food run, ammo run, transport style missions. I guess someone could get clever and mod the current GTA for PC.
Yes, yes! One thousand times, yes!