# Video games they really need to make **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 28, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371 "2016-02-28T06:03:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/21 "2016-02-29T21:30:31Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > Harry Potter Theft Auto. _Expecto Prostitonus!_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/22 "2016-03-01T00:57:41Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > _Expecto Prostitonus!_ You don’t have to make up a Latin word that sounds like prostitute. Prōstitūta is a Latin word. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/23 "2016-03-01T02:06:26Z")
Why hasn’t anyone created an awesome Superhero RPG that isn’t an MMO? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/24 "2016-03-01T02:16:08Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > You don’t have to make up a Latin word that sounds like prostitute. Prōstitūta is a Latin word. I wasn’t making up a Latin word that sounds like prostitute, I was making up a Potter spell that sounded like prostitute. REVIEW YOUR SOURCE MATERIAL ---
**Author:** ![mage-girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/25 "2016-03-01T03:09:52Z")
> [@Garula](#): > > There actually was a Pokemon SRPG, [Pokemon Conquest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Conquest). It was a mashup of Pokemon and Nubunaga’s Ambition. Unfortunately, it wasn’t really that interesting, at least I didn’t think so. I would be entirely on board with the kind of game the OP’s describing. I had no idea there was a Pokemon type strategy RPG! How cool! Thanks for letting me know about it. 🙂 Strategy games can be really uneven; I like mine with a sense of humor. Some of them are so serious! I almost got through Final Fantasy Tactics, even though it was pretty grim. I tell myself I should go back to it, but some battles were so hard. :o ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/26 "2016-03-01T04:14:29Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Why hasn’t anyone created an awesome Superhero RPG that isn’t an MMO? [Freedom Force](http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/freedom-force-freedom-pack) not good enough for you? ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/27 "2016-03-01T08:08:49Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Freedom Force](http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/freedom-force-freedom-pack) not good enough for you? Also, one could argue that both inFamous and Prototype would qualify. And also the four Batman Arkham games. Actually, I think there are quite a few of those games. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/28 "2016-03-01T08:22:06Z")
There are a couple of old games I still play, that I’d love to see updated versions made. First is **Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom**. It’s a city builder where you are given a succession of maps with goals to meet (e.g. a certain population, a certain trading profit, a certain fancy building to be built). Sometimes the map is a blank slate and sometimes you’re revisiting a map you built earlier but with new goals. It seems like city builder games these days are designed to be more open ended rather than scenario based. The second game is **Majesty 2**. It’s a fantasy kingdom simulator. What made this game different was that you couldn’t actually control your heroes. Instead, you used a bribery system of flags with rewards. So you might place an explorer flag down with 500 Gold reward, or you might place an attack flag on an enemy with 2,000 Gold reward. If the rewards aren’t high enough, the heroes won’t go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/30 "2016-03-01T11:49:53Z")
> [@Aghris](#): > > Also, one could argue that both inFamous and Prototype would qualify. And also the four Batman Arkham games. Actually, I think there are quite a few of those games. At the point where I couldn’t proceed in Prototype without running down and murdering fleeing civilians with the tank I was driving, I abandoned the game and any idea I was playing a superhero. The first two Batman games, though, are totally awesome. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/31 "2016-03-01T11:55:08Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Why hasn’t anyone created an awesome Superhero RPG that isn’t an MMO? Years back (late 90’s ) I remember reading about a game being developed called “Guardians: Agents of Justice.” It was going to be an X-com style tactical squad game with highly customizable super-powers and destructable, interactive environments. Basically a turn-based, isometric Freedom Force. Someone needs to make that game with modern graphics, and then take all my money. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/32 "2016-03-01T18:08:16Z")
A good X-rated video game that isn’t just a Japanese light novel stuck onto a computer. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/33 "2016-03-01T18:46:30Z")
I’d love to see a modern game like Starflight or Ur-Quan Masters, only without the time limit. Travel the galaxy, explore planets and mine them for valuable resources, gather clues that advance the plot. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/34 "2016-03-01T18:55:50Z")
I’ve always wanted a Grand Theft Auto style game set in a “not too distant future” envisioned by 80s and early 90s dystopian action films like Blade Runner, Running Man, Mad Max, Terminator, Escape From New York, Robocop, Johnny Mnemonic, Freejack and so on. Not quite Matrix-levels of cyberpunk or Fury Road levels of scorched Earth. Sort of like how Fallout portrays a “not too distant future” as predicted by the 50s. I’d also like to see a zombie apocalypse RTS game. There are lots of zombie FPS and other games, but none that I know where control the military and civilian forces trying to prevent the spread. ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/35 "2016-03-01T19:15:44Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > I often wonder why nobody writes video games for the aging, Baby Boomer cohort now reaching retirement. It’s true they have slower reaction times and possibly other issues associated with aging, but keeping them challenged mentally has great benefit for their mental health. There are some out there for iPad/iPhone users, and possibly Android: Monument Valley Tengami Lumo and Lumino City If you want really good point and click adventures: The Silent Age Lost Echo Giant open world adventures: Radiation Island ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/36 "2016-03-01T19:17:50Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > A good X-rated video game that isn’t just a Japanese light novel stuck onto a computer. What would make this different than the porn games you find online? (Not hatin’ just asking). They need to make a good FPS Star Wars game. Aka, what I thought Battlefront actually was ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/37 "2016-03-01T19:25:52Z")
Freedom Force is as close as it gets but it’s 20 years old. The Arkham games are good but I want to create my own heroes. I want City of Heroes but single player and modern graphics. ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/38 "2016-03-01T19:50:00Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > I’d love to see a modern game like Starflight or Ur-Quan Masters, only without the time limit. Travel the galaxy, explore planets and mine them for valuable resources, gather clues that advance the plot. My god, sign me up for a new Starflight. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/39 "2016-03-02T16:06:44Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > What would make this different than the porn games you find online? > > (Not hatin’ just asking). > > They need to make a good FPS Star Wars game. Aka, what I thought Battlefront actually was I wasn’t aware there were any non Japanese porn games. I’m going to have to check them out! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/40 "2016-03-02T16:13:16Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > They need to make a good FPS Star Wars game. Aka, what I thought Battlefront actually was Somebody was working on a Star Wars mod for a very early version of Mount & Blade. Pity that they never finished. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/41 "2016-03-02T17:00:00Z")
I’ve been waiting for an updated Disney’s Stunt Island for over a decade. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371.md?page=3)