Games That You Wish Existed Options

[RaderOfTheLostArk]

[Insert Half-Life 3 joke here]

A month or so ago, I quipped in The Everything Thread about a basic type of game I would like to see become real. After thinking about it every so often (and constantly forgetting about it), I figured: Why not make a thread for that kind of thing? Surely everyone has all sorts of ideas in that regard.

The game could be a totally new IP that doesn't exist yet. Or it could be an existing IP you love but you want to see something done differently with it (even if it would be a completely different genre and just a spin-off). Things of that sort.

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I'll start, and I'm going to go with my favorite series, The Elder Scrolls. First, I wish Bethesda would make the canceled Elder Scrolls Adventures games Eye of Argonia and Paradise Sugar. They were the sequels to Redguard. Eye of Argonia was supposed to have Cyrus again as the protagonist, I believe, which I would absolutely have been down for.

But more than that, I'd really love a TES fighting game. I rarely play games in that genre, but if there was one for TES I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I'd have to think about how I'd like to see the gameplay, etc. turn about, but it would be rad to have a roster of characters from across the series all in one game and fight each other. I believe Injustice and Marvel vs. Capcom have the characters say unique dialogue to each other before they fight, and I think that would be awesome to hear in a TES fighter as well.

Some of the characters that I want to see on the roster would be (games they appear in beside each name):

Jagar Tharn (Arena)
Dagoth Ur (Morrowind)
Gortwog Gro-Nagorm (Daggerfall)
Cyrus the Restless (Redguard)
Pergan Asuul (Shadowkey)
Azra Nightwielder (Shadowkey)
King Joruun (Online)
King Emeric (Online)
Queen Ayrenn (Online)
Shalidor (Online, but mostly from lore)
Mannimarco, King of Worms (Daggerfall, Oblivion, Online)
Kodlak Whitemane (Skyrim)
Vivec (Morrowind, Online)
Almalexia (Morrowind, Online)
Soth Sil (Morrowind, Online)
Vanus Galerion (Online, but mostly from lore)
Lucien Lachance (Oblivion)
Ulfric Stormcloak (Skyrim)
Legate Rikke (Skyrim)
Umaril the Unfeathered (Oblivion)
Pelinal Whitestrake (Oblivion briefly)
Baurus (Oblivion)
Fargoth (Morrowind) [He would make for a great joke character in the game, but actually have him be capable of fighting.]
Mankar Camoran (Oblivion)
Lord Harkon (Skyrim: Dawnguard DLC)
Serana (Skyrim: Dawnguard DLC)
Gaiden Shinji (Online, but mostly from lore)
Sai Sahan (Online)
Lyris Titanborn (Online)
The Underking (Daggerfall)
Dram (Redguard)
Admiral Richton (Redguard)
Prince Helseth (Morrowind)

I want more on there, but that is all I can think of for now. I don't know any characters from Dawnstar or Stormhold, but I'd like for them to be represented a bit, too. Obviously, this game would be non-canon.

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So what about you all? What kind of games do you wish existed and were playable?

This post has been edited by RaderOfTheLostArk: Aug 7 2019, 05:12 PM

[Infa Red]

Kinda goes without saying --

I wish TES VI existed

I agree with Acadian too, as far as "single player, medieval fantasy, open world, create your own character, massive, open world, rpg where you do not rely on a party of either other player or NPCs" etc.. These are my favorites as well. And this is what VI will be !

I feel Oblivion and Skyrim have been big enough though. To keep such quality we have to sacrifice something. So to me they are the best bet so far. ESO... ehhhh.. I will sacrifice size to keep the control and things I like.

That said - One thing I'd like to add to TES VI, even though I like Single Player best... hear me out, coming from a D&D background, what I would like to see is a OPTIONAL 2-4 player (I repeat 2-4 player max AND *optional*) campaign mode. This mode is not only just 2-4 players so that makes it very different and more focused than these new wild MMO's, but I suggest a more controlled party as well. As in, no random people from online. Every game/profile comes with its own personal private server to host if desired and if in this "Campaign Mode" - Then you invite friends and this is the only way you can team up for a campaign. No random people. Period. Private servers only. Invites only. No shared screen type of thing either, mandatory separate game, console/PC and monitor for each player.

Anyway, after that the team would play as usual, but with each other like a D&D type campaign. And written in a way where nothing is reliant on any of the team members. Each people can get their own quests if desired, or team up on a quest. Progress is NOT reliant on any of the team. Its individual as far as that. Enemy/Loot spawning in this mode would be extremely dynamic, meaning, if you are not within a certain distance of each other, then things scale back to single player amounts of spawning. But once close enough to each other to qualify as "together", then Enemy/Loot scale appropriately pending on the amount of people in vicinity, etc..

Storyline/quests/text/voice overs all stick to same main single player content/concept, except one small change, when in this mode, words like "You, her, his, names", etc.. all get changed to universal words of same meaning to keep immersive quality yet keep storyline from single player mode in tact as well. Like "Team, the group", etc...

I could go on and on, but you get the idea. Basically fix everything that is, used to be and can be wrong with multiplayer and make it work nice. It can be done and hold onto the single player aspect we all love so much.

Again, this mode would be optional as well. Choose "Single Player" mode in the beginning menu and its like the multiplayer aspect I propose doesn't even exist. So its win win. You don't like it, don't play it.

Its not that I despise multiplayer, but imo its been overblown and done wrong over the years. They lost the controlled middle ground type campaigns. 4 players max, and invite only make a HUGE difference from what we see the popular "multiplayer" games have become today. I think this way will introduce back the great aspects of multiplayer campaigns and the dynamics of truly working together and utilizing separate skill sets more.