I think something to do with Bounty Hunting, like Cowboy Bebop. I’m playing FFXII and they have a sort of bounty system as side quests. I look at a bounty board, find who posted the bounty, pet more information and seek out the target, come back and get my reward to do it again. I love it! The issue is that’s not the focus of the game, it still feels like a side quests. The game design doesn’t start there, it’s still fundamentally a jrpg.
I want to feel like I’m in Cowboy Bebop looking for a crazed drug dealer and it not just be an instant follow quest marker into shootout. I want to talk to locals, learn about the city and those inside it, world building around why a drug dealer would thrive here and how people are affected by the substance he deals. Eventually I find him, he has well defined character and the goal is to take him in alive with as little conflict as possible. There’s game design that allows various strategic approaches I can take to that without it being one single answer. At least once a year I rewatch Cowboy Bebop and it’s always alongside myself fantasising a quality game being made just like it.
A Superman game that's like Spider-Man PS4. Where you can fly around, explore Metropolis and complete sidequests and that has some levels where you play Lois -- Only unlike MJ, she actually gets to punch someone and fight her way out of it if she's caught sneaking around.
I loved the Shining Force games and I would have loved to see Camelot stay with the series and continue it with SF4+ instead of just making the Mario sports games like they do now.
For me, it would be a new entry in the Legacy of Kain series. I really like "Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain" (first entry) and since Crystal Dynamics launched a poll asking what players liked in the previous games and would like to see in the future, I really hope they publish a new entry one day. Personally, I would prefer a remake of the Soul Reaver trilogy, because with the latest technology it would be a blast.
I used DuckStation to play the first game. It's really well made, the voice acting and presentation are great, and thanks to cheats, I didn't get stuck in annoying areas. The MandaloreGaming channel has a very good review of it.
Blood Omen 2 though... It's a game. It's not terrible, but it feels detached from the rest of the series and has questionable writing. This one can be skipped in my opinion.
The ultimate GTA. All of the best engines in one game. Driving physics from Assetto Corsa/Gran Turismo. Soft-body physics from BeamNG. Flying from Flight Simulator/DCS. VR mode a la Alyx. Shooting from RDR2, melee from Sekiro or similar. When you stop to play basketball, it's proper basketball a la 2K or Live. Same for pool, bowling, etc. Destructible environments like Battlefield or Teardown. Choices matter. Written by the guys who did Disco Elysium and the guys who did Portal/Portal 2.
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