I wish there was a successor to Freelancer. I played Elite: Dangerous, Everspace, Everspace 2, and many others, but nowhere did I find a universe that felt actually alive, where it seemed like NPCs had a purpose and did things by themselves. Silly little things like calling up other ships and they would tell you what they are shipping, their home base and destination made Freelancer feel so alive to me. It also had a story, even if it was in places a bit forced.
A serious time travel game. Think of MS Flight Simulator or Google Street View as documenting the current world. Then take the same approach to thoroughly document the past. The locations, the events, all in 3D VR with realistic graphics, and simulated actors that react to events and react to the players. Take the current knowledge and physical/archaeological remains of the past, and digitise them, digitally renovate…
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time was very cool - Myst style point and click puzzle game. It probably feels very dated now though.
Excellent turn/reaction based squad tactical combat. Think OG XCOM: UFO defense, only 2+ players. Frozen synapse is about the 70% solution but only abstract and pretty repetitive. More players, more varied units and terrain, asymmetric fights for score, etc.
Pokemon go that's actually a game and not a one trick pony relying on the AR gimmick.
The fact that real life locations carried that game for so long is so sad because it could've had so much potential if the game was designed to be a game. You know, fun.
You should've been able to have actual battles instead of just spamming the screen. You should've been able to go to heal at Pokemon centers.
They should've taken all the proven game mechanics of the original games and adapted them properly
I have a few ideas that I will almost certainly never develop. If someone wants to use them, please do. These are games I wish existed. Here they are: The first one is a game where you play as Mormons, and the goal of the game is to be nice to people no matter the cost. It would start out with fairly easy things, but then you come across increasingly hostile or dangerous circumstances where you have to choose between…
A space trading and combat game (like Elite or Wing Commander: Privateer), but set in the Star Wars galaxy. An addition thing you can do is search for new hyperspace lanes.
The same thing, but in the setting of The Expanse books and TV series.
Would love more cyberpunk games. 2077 was flawed but still scratched the itch and really made me want more of this genre.
I would love an RPG set in some world like Gibson’s sprawl trilogy. For example an open world game where you had to make deals, do biz, and of course hack anything. I feel like the world of a dystopian cyberpunk just has so much to explore, from how giant corporations would operate to the way cyberspace would look and feel.
Something like Skyrim but cyberpunk. That would be really amazing
An RPG game without gameified environments. eg: Cities are as big as real cities, even if it's only partly interactive. With Death Stranding's emphasis on the traversal through it. I want that feeling of actually travelling a huge distance. I know it's not for everyone, but a lot of people like Death Stranding and Elite Dangerous.