# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [April 2, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/82 "2016-04-02T18:09:09Z")
> [@Staggerlee](#): > > I’d like a game where all sorts of conspiracy theories are true - the sad deluded fools I’ve met tend to believe anything which isn’t ‘lamestream’ media wholesale, rather than employ any scrutiny or discretion. > > You could have modern day sci-fi/GTA set on a hollow earth, controlled by some radar array in the north Atlantic, with black-clad agents orchestrating various propaganda scenarios around you. > > The problem would be realising such a world without both the explicit and crudely metaphorical bigotry/anti-semitism inherent in these world-views of course. This gives me an idea: a game set in the _Men in Black_ universe and the default player character is Jeebs. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/83 "2016-04-02T19:45:37Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > This gives me an idea: a game set in the _Men in Black_ universe and the default player character is Jeebs. I could have saved a lot of words by just saying ‘MIB game, please!’, thinking about it… ---
**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:** [April 3, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/84 "2016-04-03T18:07:14Z")
A game like Pokken Tournament with more of a plot. Basically like Final Fantasy 13 with a fighting game mechanic added. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/85 "2016-04-03T18:44:28Z")
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again : they’ve made a video game version of _Blood Bowl_. They’ve made a video game version of _Space Hulk_. They’ve made a decent conversion of _Mordheim_. They _need_ to make a video game version of _Necromunda_. Like, now. ETA : another neat one would be either a remake of the old _Interstate 76_, or some sort of similar _Car Wars_ kind of game, heavier on the simulation than the arcade. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/86 "2016-04-03T23:42:48Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > ETA : another neat one would be either a remake of the old _Interstate 76_, or some sort of similar _Car Wars_ kind of game, heavier on the simulation than the arcade. [These people](http://pixelbionic.com/) have been working on one but apparently it entered development hell 2½ years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/87 "2016-04-04T09:03:37Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > ETA : another neat one would be either a remake of the old _Interstate 76_, or some sort of similar _Car Wars_ kind of game, heavier on the simulation than the arcade. I am really, really surprised this hasn’t already happened, to be honest. And I’m not just saying that because _Interstate 76_ got me interested in funk music. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/89 "2016-04-16T19:21:52Z")
Rockstar took a story that would be at home in the GTA universe, set it in the Old West, and gave us _Red Dead Redemption_. 2K should give us an Old West version of _Mafia_. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/90 "2016-04-16T20:01:35Z")
An NBA game that also features the WNBA, and has Pacers classic teams dammit. I want my Reggie Miller, Rik Smits, Mark Jackson, Dale Davis, Antonio Davis, Derrick McKey, Jalen Rose fix. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/91 "2016-04-16T23:46:15Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Rockstar took a story that would be at home in the GTA universe, set it in the Old West, and gave us _Red Dead Redemption_. > > 2K should give us an Old West version of _Mafia_. That would be excellent; I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/92 "2016-04-17T01:18:51Z")
I was watching someone play _Quantum Break_ the other day, and it occurred to me that I’d like to see a game based on Kat Richardson’s _[Greywalker](http://katrichardson.com/?page_id=7)_ novels. (WARNING: Potential spoilers ahead.) Not necessarily the specific stories–though some might translate well enough–so much as some of the protagonist’s abilities. She’s a PI who develops the ability to enter a sort of half-world called the “Grey”, a domain of ghosts, monsters, and memories. It gives her some magical clout, but not in the form of spells. She can talk to ghosts (not as useful as it sounds), shield herself against supernatural things, dodge into the Grey to avoid attacks, and a few other tricks. The most interesting thing she does in terms of potential game mechanics, though, is access “slices” of time. At its most basic, she can see pieces of the history of a place. If she shifts all the way into the Grey, however, she can actually choose a fragment of history and step into it. It opens up some interesting possibilities–she can question people who have been dead for years, she can walk through a closed door (or collapsed tunnel) if it was open in the slice of time she visits, things like that. On the flipside, while she can’t change the past, it can definitely affect her, and the most persistent slices of time are usually periods when bad things were happening. I think you could build some very interesting gameplay around that. _Life Is Strange_ has a similar mechanic, but it was more limited in scope than what I’m picturing. Also, I’d like to see it in a) an action game and b) a game with an actual “win” outcome. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/93 "2016-05-07T12:22:22Z")
Honey I Shrunk the Kids: [![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pV0BARbe0Wk/Vexcq1Wi1_I/AAAAAAAAN8o/falVOxwE-H4/s1600/Honey%2BI%2BShrunk%2BThe%2BKids%2B1989%2BDisney%2Bmovie%2Bspecial%2Beffects.jpg) ](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pV0BARbe0Wk/Vexcq1Wi1_I/AAAAAAAAN8o/falVOxwE-H4/s1600/Honey%2BI%2BShrunk%2BThe%2BKids%2B1989%2BDisney%2Bmovie%2Bspecial%2Beffects.jpg) Breakfast cereal: [http://s3.amazonaws.com/auteurs\_production/images/film/honey-i-shrunk-the-kids/w1280/honey-i-shrunk-the-kids.jpg](http://s3.amazonaws.com/auteurs_production/images/film/honey-i-shrunk-the-kids/w1280/honey-i-shrunk-the-kids.jpg) Riding a bee: [![](https://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr52/crackerjazz/008InFlight6.jpg) ](https://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr52/crackerjazz/008InFlight6.jpg) Or instead of being a human you could be a flea that can jump really high and get rides on dogs or humans. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/94 "2016-05-09T14:59:57Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Yeah, I’ve been wanting a proper AutoDuel MMO for a long time now. > [@gnoitall](#): > > This could be EVE-like, in the breadth of possible play interests. Wanna be a Clanner? Which clan? Which caste? > > A merchant prince? A member or agent of one of the Inner Sphere governments? A bonded mercenary? > > So much potential. Problem is that BattleTech continuity is so broad and long that the first problem might be picking a timeframe to base the game on. (You might wind up with the Matrix Online problem: Pick the timeframe outside of canonical material and it becomes “meh”.) > > Still. Create a good BattleTech MMO and I think I, and many of the gamers of my immediate acquaintance, would become totally “OMG TAKE MY MONEY NAO!” I second these nominations. I love the process of building cars and mechs and taking them into a storymode or pvp. If they had an app, I would buy it if it got decent reviews. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/95 "2016-05-10T02:23:19Z")
There are already many Warhammer 40K games, but I would love to see a GTA style open world game in the universe. Set it on Cadia, with three playable characters you switch between GTA V style. A Young Cadet Imperial Guardsman (or woman), an Inquisitor, and a Space Marine. Start with a bunch of training missions as the cadet, gradually open up the world. Lots of fun could be with with plot lines to uncover chaos cultists on Cadia, fighting off incursions from the warp, uncovering corruption leading to a high ranking guardsman being a secret cultist, and forays into the warp to fight major battles against chaos demons. Keep it all ridiculously grimdark and over the top, make sure no one takes it too seriously, throw in a sprinkling of Orks for extra WAAAGGGHH! And no don’t make it an MMO, I want a single player story driven experience, not a grindfest in which I need to play 20+ hours a week to see the best content. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/96 "2016-05-24T06:34:20Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > They’re simulating an entire galaxy at a 1:1 ratio. > > “Ambitious” doesn’t even begin to cover it. And all done procedurally but in a persistent way so that the universe is the same for all players but the devs don’t have to hand design everything. Apparently the basic seed for the universe creation is one of the developer’s phone number. (Maybe some clues there as to how _our_ universe began!) Out next month and I’m really looking forward to it. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/97 "2016-05-24T07:05:38Z")
I’d like a _Witcher III_-style open-world story-driven RPG based on Jim Butcher’s _Dresden Files_ books. ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/98 "2016-05-24T07:21:15Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I’d like a _Witcher III_-style open-world story-driven RPG based on Jim Butcher’s _Dresden Files_ books. Oh god yes! This so much. I didn’t know I needed this until I read this. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/99 "2016-05-26T02:22:16Z")
they need to make a mmo wc: privateer type of game … and 2k needs to tell sid to update his pirates! series for multiplayer too And I wish someone would bring back sw galaxies before sony messed it up… and would it be hard to make a boxing/wrestling/mma rpg ? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/100 "2016-05-26T02:55:46Z")
•Victoria: Total War. _“Usuthu!”_ -Also along those lines: [More _Myth_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J0ai8dgT40). •Call of Duty: Marvel Warfare. •Assassin’s Creed Tianxia. •A cross between _“Surgeon Simulator”_ and one of those actual “surgery simulators.” Y’know, so enhanced realism, but also effectively a generous “sandbox” mode. Heterotopic Heart time! ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371/101 "2016-05-28T00:23:36Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > •Victoria: Total War. _“Usuthu!”_ Right now that’s probably number one on my list of “Shut up and take my money!” games wishes, now that _Battlefield 1_ has been announced. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-they-really-need-to-make/747371.md?page=4)