A modern take on the game Freedom Fighters. It was the only single-player game I've played that convincingly felt like playing with a team. A modern version might let real players optionally jump in to fill the support roles.
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#322A full-featured open-world RPG that can be casually played in 2-3 hour sessions once or twice a week. I love this game format (Skyrim, BotW, WoW) etc but they're all best played very consistently for many hours at a time. I simply don't have that time anymore. Something that will remind you where you left off (what you were doing, where you were going), controls/mechanisms that aren't overly complicated (nothing wors…
>they're all best played very consistently for many hours at a time
Why do you think that? BotW I found was very amenable to consuming in short hour or two sessions, although it was incredibly easy to get sucked in for longer.
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#323Sim City/City Skylines but for multilevel cyber/solarpunk cities.
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#324A full-featured open-world RPG that can be casually played in 2-3 hour sessions once or twice a week. I love this game format (Skyrim, BotW, WoW) etc but they're all best played very consistently for many hours at a time. I simply don't have that time anymore. Something that will remind you where you left off (what you were doing, where you were going), controls/mechanisms that aren't overly complicated (nothing wors…
It feels like as gamers have been getting older and having kids, there's a huge market for games like this designed for limited play time. I want to be more into shooters too, but I just don't have time to get good enough to enjoy them.
I do really appreciate Halo for finally going back to "everyone, regardless of level, starts with the exact same equipment and skills". That levels the playing field and I can still have fun (even if I'm not good) without playing a lot.
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#325MechCommander 3 with MC1 aescethics (not Mechwarrior 5 mod ;))
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#326A realistic simulation of being a Jesuit back in 1540 and forward. No time travel or other BS, just Jesuit life. Fight or join other politicians or Jesuits and other powerful clerical people of the time. Persecute other religious groups and live up to the time you are also persecuted (maybe that's for later chapters of the saga).
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#327Anything based on Invisible Cities by Ítalo Calvino
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#328I want a mix of Stardew Valley and Pokemon - where you have to cultivate crops in a foreign world with 6 seasons - and the crops attract & feed different creatures which you can catch and use to battle to further unlock more seeds (crops) & farm tech (cultivation) - which ultimately leads to even more creatures - until you are finally strong enough to beat the equivalent of The Elite Four.
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#329I would like to have a MMO where some mobs have NN based AI and learn how to fight better each time (but without cheating). I wonder what strategies would people use to defeat them.
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#330A dark themed, open world Pokemon game.
Think a bit like Skyrim with lots of summoning.
What do I mean by "dark themed"? Permadeath for your pokemon and gory, realistic outcomes from the attacks. But to go with that, make it so that you have to personally train and bond with your pokemon in some way, so that each is a significant time investment and it hurts if they die. Perhaps learning a move involves some sort of minigame where you have to participate, and practice raises accuracy/damage.
Combine that with a survival element. If you go into the wild you need to gather food, find shelter to sleep, perhaps kill stuff for food if needed.
Mechanically though I'd like to add more flexibility. Do away with the 4 move limit and allow a creature that logically has some ability always have it. Eg, anything that's big enough and has wings can be used for transport, but perhaps you need some sort of practice minigame for it to let you ride.