A new Rocket Jockey
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Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?
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#352Any game based on Philip K. Dick's books
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#353I wish that a multiplayer, turn-based version of Master of Magic existed, with one game taking 2-4 hours.
Right now looks like it's only HoMM 3 that is a TBS with cyber sport dimension.
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#354I haven't played a game that scratches the same itch as the Patrician games, and I would really love to. A strong economy that does not just exist in parallel to the rest of the game, but actually influences every aspect of it and evolves with and without you, but where your contribution does make an actual difference. The X games come to mind, but they still eventually feel like you're the only major player that drives the numbers.
Most games with an economy I've played are either of the type that the economy doesn't really matter and is more of a tacked on feature, it is a thinly veiled idle game, or you are the only entity the economy exists for or is controlled by. All of these lower the depth of the experience to a point where it's not fun for long.
I guess what I wish existed would be a merchant type game with a strong economy, and many entities competing to take their bite out of it, you just being one of those. Tycoon type games don't really scratch the same itch for some reason.
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#355I would love a game that melds witcher style open world "ronin" with a tactics-style game like Fire Emblem. Sort of a wandering knight in a broader war sort of thing. The tactics-style battles you join (or don't) and the way they go matter to the line of main and side-quests and the condition or existence of characters you'd meet along the way. A different way to implement the whole "choices matter" mechanic that you get from Witcher.
I might go to a town, fail to take a side in the battle that town is locked in, and when I come back the town is laid waste. The quests that would be available to me in town are no longer there, but I might have errands where I end up searching the woods for refugees instead.
Something like that'd have a lot of replay value, because what you do changes the game you're playing over time.
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#356Super accurate spaceship builder game.
Specifically, ones that has electric wires, water pipes, air ducts, control cables.
If you want a missile launcher you gotta have conveyors moving the missiles from storage to launchers.
Something like Oxygen Not included, but in 3d and building spaceships.
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#357I just want an M1 build of Overload. Modern 6dof shooter at 60fps on a modern laptop. Is that too much to ask for?
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#358Actual Guild Wars 2. I'll never recover from that betrayal.
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#359I really wish Twilight Imperium would drop a 5th edition, additional factions, or another modifying expansion.
If you're an open minded nerd, I highly recommend this is like 10 hour board game. It's an excellent detox from your laptop, a balance of hardcore strategy and fun, and great way to socialize with a committed crew.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium...
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#360Being a fan of the good old Codemasters racing games, I've always wished for an open-world game containung the combined areas and tracks of DiRT 1–3 and maybe DiRT Rally 1–2, as well as some GRID originals connected with NFS Hot Pursuit 2010-style huge highways.
If the roads had enough intersections, a random race could be defined on the existing map instead of dynamically creating a new road for each race, as in DIRT4.
Basically, this would be a Criterion-style (Burnout Paradise, NFS Hot Pursuit 2010, Most Wanted 2012) racing game with Codies physics and visual style. I'd be a fan of that.