By Jim Rossignol on August 16th, 2011 at 2:15 pm.
It is, as you may have noticed, Gamescom this week. There probably won’t be many truly breath-taking surprise announcements, not least because the unblinking eye of the internet usually spots these things before they officially happen, but one or two things of great might just get revealed… We should not tease, though, because what this post is about is asking you what you’d like to be announced this week. It could be anything, but it must be a surprise. Don’t say Half-Life 3, and don’t be boring. Is it a new IP? A turn-based FPS? An inside-out simulator? A sequel to a turn-based RPG from 1986? What? If anything at all could be announced this week, what would you have it be?
I even have a special prize for the most entertaining suggestion, so get fantasizing! (The title image was Gillen’s suggestion. Not bad. Personally I am hoping that Excalibur will announce of a English port of that classic German simulation title, Sitting Alone In A Room Blogging About Games Simulator.)
16/08/2011 at 14:18 Skeletor68 says:
Can I be the first to say Dungeon Keeper 3? DK never die!.
16/08/2011 at 15:38 BathroomCitizen says:
DK3 is a chinese mmorpg :(
16/08/2011 at 14:18 Anthile says:
Wheel of Time 2. There, I said it.
16/08/2011 at 14:24 Jams O'Donnell says:
An oddball suggestion, but not a bad one!
16/08/2011 at 14:19 Alexander Norris says:
Mirror’s Edge 2! With a release date of “next week,” preferably.
Also, the inevitable “Half-Life: Episode Three” goes here.
16/08/2011 at 14:19 Dawngreeter says:
Anything, absolutely anything about World of Darkness MMO. That won’t happen, though, because the Grand Masquerade is in September and they’ll do all their announcing and reveals there.
16/08/2011 at 14:42 TillEulenspiegel says:
It will have a cash shop with sexy vampire clothes. There, announcement done.
I’d love to see CCP/WW do more with the IP they have. How many video games out there are anything like Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, or Hunter? Either edition. I can’t think of a better setting to license out than the WoDs.
16/08/2011 at 15:09 Dawngreeter says:
In regards to clothes, I just want to hear that crossdressing will be supported. And in the game.
16/08/2011 at 14:20 Jams O'Donnell says:
A brand new X-Wing or Tie Fighter game. Hell, even a modern remake of either would be just dandy, please.
16/08/2011 at 14:30 Simon Hawthorne says:
+1 I genuinely want a new space simulator where my touch typing skills mean I can fully utilise the spaceships
Alternatively a new Jedi Knight game which plays a bit like Arkham Asylum.
16/08/2011 at 14:32 Dawngreeter says:
Touch typing? X-Wing?
Words of the Dead-style X-Wing remake!!!
16/08/2011 at 16:06 deadbob says:
Tie-ping of the dead?
16/08/2011 at 16:37 LuNatic says:
Better yet, give us all the old ones on GOG
16/08/2011 at 14:20 MrThingy says:
Oddly enough, looking at that screeny, a new Mike Singleton game.
Something like a cross between Midwinter II: Flames of Freedom and Ashes of Empire. With 3D fractal terrain brought bang into the 21st century (like that Infinity Space game – http://www.infinity-universe.com/Infinity/index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=90&catid=4 ).
16/08/2011 at 17:31 Antsy says:
I read Mike Singleton and got excited :(
16/08/2011 at 14:20 jon_hill987 says:
Unreal 3: Insert Subtitle Here
17/08/2011 at 00:41 Matt says:
The Reawakening?
16/08/2011 at 14:20 Ace Jon says:
Age of Empires IV, please.
16/08/2011 at 14:20 NathaI3 says:
I was about to say HL3. Good job I reread the post.
Mirror’s Edge 2.
16/08/2011 at 14:21 AndrewC says:
Being Nice To People: The Game
16/08/2011 at 14:24 Sian says:
You do realise that that game will inevitably be filled to the brim with trolls, don’t you? Which is good, because then the trolls might stay away from other games.
16/08/2011 at 14:26 AndrewC says:
God no, it would be single player. I hate people.
16/08/2011 at 14:28 Dawngreeter says:
My hat’s off to you, sir. Marvelously done.
16/08/2011 at 18:41 nubbuka says:
Maybe some LAN co-op in there?
“May I take your hat sir?” Patrick style?
16/08/2011 at 14:21 KlaxonOverdrive says:
I’d like them to announce a game based on the novel I haven’t written yet.
16/08/2011 at 17:18 field_studies says:
Wonderful. I volunteer to write the review of that game, predictably elucidating the ways in which it doesn’t live up to the spirit and nuanced characterization of the unwritten novel.
16/08/2011 at 14:22 Zakkeh says:
Dwarf Fortress 1.0
I’m sure Toady has been holding back
16/08/2011 at 14:22 Delta says:
I’m hoping for (and, frankly, expecting) the announcement/release date of the first piece of Portal 2 DLC. I can’t wait!
16/08/2011 at 14:22 Nero says:
I hope for a new game in The Last Ninja series.
16/08/2011 at 14:22 djbriandamage says:
Wing Commander Hero Mama: a rhythm-based cooking game in space where you must cook xenocrepes in time with Rob Zombie’s Dragula to defeat the Kilrathi menace!
16/08/2011 at 14:25 Laneford says:
I’d buy that.
16/08/2011 at 14:22 Giggity says:
I’d piss myself if Neverhood 2 was announced.
But never going to happen.
Something more realistic – my hopes are on Mirror’s Edge 2
16/08/2011 at 14:22 Sian says:
“It is, as you may have noticed, Gamescom this week.”
Go on, rub my nose in it. It’s the country next door, a measly six hours drive from here and I have never been there. :(
Anyway: They’re going to reveal a Discworld MMO. Just you watch! Also: a digital version of either Warhammer 40k or Warhammer Fantasy, because Games Workshop finally listened to my pleas of a way to experience these games without having to assemble and paint any miniatures. There, now Warhammer fans may stone me, if they like.
16/08/2011 at 14:23 Jockie says:
I’d like to see someone come up with a full budget adaptation of the A song of fire and ice series (preferably in RPG form). As much as I enjoy Bloodbowl, I’m not convinced Cyanide are the devs to do this. A hugely increased profile brought about by the TV series means this is probably not outside the realms of possibility.
This vague hope only arose because GRRM mentioned a visit to Bungie and a super secret project. Althought they have that deal for a new IP with Activision, it seems a little random for an author to be visiting a big name studio like that while on a book tour, if it’s not in some way related to his work. But maybe that’s just me clutching at straws.
16/08/2011 at 14:24 Nallen says:
Freespace 3. Please? Just pleasey pleasey please?
16/08/2011 at 14:24 DigitalRaven says:
The latest DLC for Fallout: New Vegas will include the entire setting and storyline of Fallout and Fallout 2, all done in the style of New Vegas.
Jewel Shock! In a surprising collaboration between Ken Levine and PopCap, the game after Bioshock Infinite will retain its philosophical roots, exploring the space around “casual” games and real games. Plus, all the shooting’s been replaced with games of Bejewelled.
16/08/2011 at 14:24 thesisko says:
A turn-based sequel to a realtime game from 1986.
16/08/2011 at 14:28 Jim Rossignol says:
Ha.
16/08/2011 at 14:24 zeroskill says:
Quake 5: Arena :S
16/08/2011 at 14:25 Laneford says:
“An Intellectual Vegetarian Velociraptor’s Lonely Struggle To Survive In A Modern Morally Bankrupt and Consumerist Society”
Published by Activision.
16/08/2011 at 14:25 The Magic says:
Commander KEEN ReLoaded: Even KEENer
16/08/2011 at 14:26 smallclaws says:
I can’t say “Grim Fandango 2″ featuring Manny Calavera, as I think his narrative should be left as-is. But definitely another game set in that universe following someone else’s journey across the underworld (in lieu of a train ticket), with that art style – doable even as a first-person adventure game. There are few games that were as unique in their art direction and writing as GF was, and I’d love to see more set in that particular universe.
16/08/2011 at 14:26 Jockie says:
Duke Nukem Forever II – Release date TBC
16/08/2011 at 14:27 MikoSquiz says:
Nippon Ichi abandoning the console market and moving their consistently brilliant turn-based strategy RPGs over to the PC because, well, duh?
16/08/2011 at 14:27 coffeetable says:
Massive Entertainment’s Sacrifice II.
Single-handedly proves games criticism a sham after breaking all Metacritic records before selling a whole 14 copies.
(also freespace 3 tia)
16/08/2011 at 14:27 Ammike says:
Little Big Adventure 3, please!
16/08/2011 at 15:08 Eddus says:
Hell yes.
16/08/2011 at 15:10 Darkelp says:
I third this. Little Big Adventure was one of my ‘Games Made Me’ kinda games.
16/08/2011 at 15:52 mrpier says:
Was gonna be my suggestion too :)
16/08/2011 at 14:27 Steven Hutton says:
A sequel to a classic (and painfully under appreciated) turn based Tactics RPG ‘Ring of Red’ set in an alternate universe Japan in which Japan didn’t surrender after the dropping of the Nukes but was ultimately defeated in a messy land war.
Dungeon Keeper 3 (Skeletor you’re a mad genius).
A sequel to the mighty (and extremely fighty) RTS game Warzone 2100.
A sudden and unexpected announcement of CCPs plans for the World in Darkness MMO.
A new IP multiplayer timetravel fps in which you must journey through time to kill the grand parents of the other players and prevent them from being born before they do the same to you. As a consequence of this reckless behaviour each round takes place in an alternate timeline.
16/08/2011 at 14:31 Jams O'Donnell says:
Ring of Red was excellent! More would be appreciated.
16/08/2011 at 14:28 DanPryce says:
Evil Genius 2 would be really nice.
Also, Minecraft Lego.
16/08/2011 at 14:28 Ian says:
Sunny Day Sky: The MMO!
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/06/27/sunny-day-sky-ultrakiss-webgame-hugs/
16/08/2011 at 14:28 yhancik says:
Ace Team securing the rights for a Ziggy Stardust game franchise.
16/08/2011 at 14:29 frags says:
You people are mad… Homeworld 3 & Episode 3
17/08/2011 at 08:33 Dougal McFrugal says:
fo sheezy ma neasy
16/08/2011 at 14:30 4026 says:
Any or all of:
Battlezone 3
X-wing vs TIE Fighter 2
Freelancer 2
16/08/2011 at 14:32 Gramarye says:
I registered just to say Freelancer. I want a good space muckety-muck.
16/08/2011 at 15:16 Durkonkell says:
Gods, yes, Freelancer 2! Although of course MS closed down the studio responsible for the first one.
Freelancer remains the only space game that I am aware of to have unique hand-crafted systems, each with their own personalities, stations and planets (that you could land on!). The demo gave you one star system. One! And I spent more time there than in the entire first sector of Dark Star 1 or in the X universe in total (and there was a hell of a lot more to do there too). Exploring was actually worthwhile – there were so many fantastic and beautiful places to find, and secret things placed there by the developers. Jumpholes and strange inactive gates in the middle of nebulae. Shipwrecks with mysterious and powerful experimental weapons. That heavily guarded minefield in the Manhatten system! There were rumours about what was at the centre, but the Navy guarded the secret fanatically.
Conversely, DS1 and the X games suffer badly from cut-and-paste generic star systems. DS1 was the worst for this, with systems all having absolutely identical layouts – trading station ahead, jump gate behind and an asteroid field on one side and debris field on the other. At the end of the game, you get a jump drive that lets you go to any star system in the game. There was no point. They’re all the same…
So. Microsoft! I think you still hold the rights to this. Make it good and I’ll probably even forgive you for GFWL! Not necessarily for dissolving Digital Anvil though. You’d have to make it better than the original AND moddable for that.
I’ll see you in space.
16/08/2011 at 16:20 Nick says:
“Freelancer remains the only space game that I am aware of to have unique hand-crafted systems, each with their own personalities, stations and planets (that you could land on!)”
Privateer (number 1). Now you are aware of two, go forth and aquire it from GoG, for it is good.
16/08/2011 at 18:39 Durkonkell says:
Tooooooooo the GoG!
(obligatory “Thnick”)
16/08/2011 at 14:30 Jams O'Donnell says:
Sequels wot need to ‘appen:
Ultima X
Syndicate 2
Cannon Fodder 3
No One Lives Forever 3
Elite 4
Midwinter 3
16/08/2011 at 14:52 Xocrates says:
Isn’t “Syndicate Wars” “Syndicate 2″?
16/08/2011 at 15:00 Jams O'Donnell says:
Add one to whatever the total number of Syndicate games is, then. Don’t be difficult!
16/08/2011 at 14:31 The_B says:
John Walker’s Satirical Scramble! – Playing as RPS Celebrity John Walker YOU must post a hot topic news story on RPS that both confuses and perplexes as many internet commentators as possible, with unlockables for every commentator who can’t tell if you’re being serious or not. Bonus points are awarded for Angry Internet Men campaigns that are started against you or boycotts against the product you’re mentioning. Featuring achievements, leaderboards and in the future – DLC!
(WARNING: John Walker’s Satirical Scramble features the ALL NEW Botherer DRM which means you must not only keep a constant internet connection to play the game, but every time you lose internet connection spambots will come and bring your scores down and change your leaderboard name to ” is a smelly poopy head!”)
16/08/2011 at 14:31 thepaleking says:
Crusader: No Mercy.
16/08/2011 at 14:31 Commander Gun says:
Well, i actually thought of this today. In the nineties, i used to play some pinball games like Ultra 3d pinball, pinball fantasies, etc.
Would be so cool if, with technology of today, a new pinball game would be released :)
16/08/2011 at 16:32 Gothnak says:
Look up ‘Virtual pinball’ and once you have installed all the complex files to get it to run, you’ll have around 1-200 pinball machines to play on your PC.
16/08/2011 at 14:32 dotBrain says:
Oddly enough I have a list of my top 10 imaginary games (aka. the List of Shattered Hopes & Dreams.) ready at hand!
1. The Legend of Kyrandia Book 4 : Zanthia & Malcolm Save Kyrandia
2. Advent Rising 2
3. Wavelength (Frequency 3 / Amplitude 2)
4. Mario Golf : Waluigii Open
5. Omikron 2 : Nomaddier Soul
6. Little Big Adventure 3 : Twinsen’s Voyage (good call Ammike!)
7. Psychonauts 2 : The Milkman Gets Therapy
8. Grim Fandango 2
9. Mark of Kri 3
10. Half-Life 2 : Lamarr’s Big Adventure
I think Mass Effect : Galaxy Golf should be on there, too.
16/08/2011 at 14:36 yhancik says:
Not before BioWare’s All Stars Racing
16/08/2011 at 14:39 Klydefrog says:
This is excellent, particularly Lamar’s Big Adventure although I think that would work better as a Disney movie
16/08/2011 at 14:40 dotBrain says:
They can be combined! À la [ http://www.golfquestionmark.com/ ]. Hit a shot, then get in your Mako-mo-cycle and race to the next shot!
16/08/2011 at 14:42 yhancik says:
Oh yes :D
16/08/2011 at 15:04 Ian says:
“Oddly enough I have a list of my top 10 imaginary games”
Man, I feel so unprepared.
16/08/2011 at 15:45 bear912 says:
I would buy Lamarr’s Big Adventure.
Instantly.
16/08/2011 at 14:33 Dariune says:
Well i want someone to release my fave idea for a game.
Small busted ship full of colonists crash land on an alien world and in true X-Com style (Or UFO AfterLight perhaps) you get to choose a few people who are awakened from deep sleep to begin the colony. You research better stuff, as you research better habitat you can awaken more people.
Aliens already live there and you have to choose whether to get on with them, invade them or be invaded by them. Other aliens decide to invade the planet half way through etc etc. You get the idea.
Other than that (As no one will EVER make that game) i would like a proper sequel to BG2 (preferably not made by Bioware)
An updated game similar to Albion. (Google it, it was fantastic)
And lastly, news of a sudden impending fan interest in decent old school RPG’s where all of a sudden games developers big and small unite under the one mighty banner of pleasing said fans and so a host of original, complex, deep RPG’s emerge with relatively high production values each coming with a free cloth map and two paid for expansions and no DLC’s.
I dont ask for much …
16/08/2011 at 14:33 Klydefrog says:
Broken Sword 5? A good one this time?
Also The Ship 2 or a game that’s similar but isn’t AC: Brotherhood multiplayer. It should also be in a huge open world (maybe even an MMO) with permadeath, randomly generated characters and a day/night cycle and dynamic weather which means you have to plan your assassinations really carefully to get around all of these factors as well as using these factors to avoid assassination yourself.
16/08/2011 at 14:34 Flukie says:
Star Wars – Jedi Knight 4
Developed by Raven Games with full mod support on idTech 5
16/08/2011 at 15:41 BathroomCitizen says:
Seconded.
16/08/2011 at 14:34 Binary77 says:
I’d love to see a remake of the Amiga classic Moonstone, with a nice mix of RPG & visceral, third person ‘hack & slash’ gameplay. But not have it crash every single time you play it, like the original did.
And my god, please keep the awesome decapitation move against the other knights.
Not that i expect it to ever happen though…but i can dream!
16/08/2011 at 14:35 Tei says:
- Red Dead Redention for PC.
- New games for: Dungeon Keeper, Populous, Magic Carpet.
- Double Fine “Trenches” game for PC.
- A GTA like “Judge Dreed”
16/08/2011 at 14:35 Giggity says:
also, Cyan inc reborn & Myst 6.
16/08/2011 at 14:35 Jim Rossignol says:
Relatedly, while we are nerd-skying, I still think a 40k epic-scale strategy game would be ideal. Played at a Total War sort of whole-units level, with titans waddling about under your command.
16/08/2011 at 14:41 Screwie says:
Nice. Although I’d just as much like to see Fantasy Battle:Total War as well.
16/08/2011 at 14:45 Dariune says:
I could not agree more. Ive wanted a game like that for a long time.
16/08/2011 at 14:51 pakoito says:
You mean Dominions 3?
16/08/2011 at 14:54 Jams O'Donnell says:
Ooh, yes please. Get some titans stomping around, and the lovely over the top huge tanks.
Come to think of it, there’s aprobably a decent argument to be made for more GW “Specialist Games” to have new life breathed into them by turning them into video games, like Blood Bowl. Necromunda would make a lovely turn-based tactics/strategy game, for example.
16/08/2011 at 15:06 smallclaws says:
I’d much rather have a 40k strategy title that was actually turn based – all the fun of a normal 40k game, but without the set-up and the crazy expense of kitting out a Titan-equipped army. Surprised it’s not been done yet (in a modern engine, at least, I think there might be a project from years ago that tried to or maybe even did make it happen).
16/08/2011 at 15:14 Unaco says:
Final Liberation 2?
16/08/2011 at 15:44 BathroomCitizen says:
Didn’t Relic say that Dawn of War 3 would be much epic-er in scale than anything they already did?
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-07-12-new-dawn-of-war-iii-details-emerge
edit: oh, they even said that they’ve prepared a cool announcement for Gamescom :)
16/08/2011 at 14:36 Ronwe says:
An Amnesia/Penumbra-esque first-person Zork game. With the option to play as a Grue in multiplayer.
16/08/2011 at 14:41 Srekel says:
I would LOOOVE to see a sequel to Interstate ’76, or a game in the same genre, because I love that game and there hasn’t been anything quite like it. Or has there? If so LET ME KNOW!
(oh and I didn’t like I’82)
16/08/2011 at 14:41 egg651 says:
Jet Set Radio 2. That would actually make me turn on my consoletoy…
PC wise, Freelancer 2 would make me cry tears of joy; alas it will never happen.. :’(
16/08/2011 at 15:06 Ian says:
Jet Set Radio 3, presumably?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Set_Radio_Future
16/08/2011 at 14:41 Coins says:
I’d like a new, good, Sim City.
16/08/2011 at 15:48 Jake says:
yep, Sim City or Rollercoaster Tycoon
16/08/2011 at 14:42 skinlo says:
I was going to say Half Life 3, but then realised you banned me from saying that =/
16/08/2011 at 14:42 Vagrant says:
This being Gamescom, I expect some Eastern European game that has dirty environments, is a little bit wierd, and has some quirk that makes the niche fans flip their lid.
Also, Mirror’s Edge 2.
16/08/2011 at 14:42 Klydefrog says:
A multiplayer game with an extensive screening process before you buy it, similar to that of adopting a child (although actually adopting a dog from the RSPCA is probably harder), to ensure that you won’t be a complete c***t to the other players.
16/08/2011 at 14:42 Mr_Hands says:
Space Funeral ARG.
Complete with faxes in the middle of the night and CRIMINALS who constantly hound you for BLOOD.
16/08/2011 at 14:44 Giggity says:
Blood 3 & Kingpin 2!
Also, People Can Fly announce new Painlkiller
16/08/2011 at 14:45 Lemming says:
RPS EXCLUSIVE!
A new studio called DO WANT have bought IPs and/or licenses for Dungeon Keeper, XCOM, Elite, Baldur’s Gate, X-wing vs TIE fighter, Planescape and Syndicate Wars.
Have announced basically the same games as you remember only they’ve given them modern graphics and net code, and the DK voice over is in every. single. one. Just saying whatever he feels like.
Company motto is “If it ain’t broke we don’t fix it, but we might add extra options”
16/08/2011 at 15:37 Burning Man says:
Take all the money. TAKE IT I TELL YOU!
16/08/2011 at 14:45 Klydefrog says:
I’m being greedy now but I’d also like a First World War fps or maybe even further back than that, Napoleonic or American Revolutionary. These may be a little slow but they’d probably be a lot more tactical than more modern fps too.
16/08/2011 at 14:46 deadly.by.design says:
Tom Hall has returned as a game developer and will unveil a 75% complete version of ANACHRONOX 2. (yes, please!)
I admit that Romero returning with Daikatana 2 would’ve been crazier, but I’m not sure who’d want to play that.
16/08/2011 at 14:47 Skeletor68 says:
I second the people shouting for a new space shooter whether it is TIE Fighter or Freespace (or Freelancer for that matter).
Also more Jedi Knight would be joyous.
16/08/2011 at 14:48 CMaster says:
An immersive sim that isn’t cyberpunk.
A “reverse XCOM” – small elite force, taking on bigger but less well equipped/teched opposition. Either humanity invading another worldd or say, resistance/terrorists taking on world governments. Tactical stage plays like SWAT IV.
A “girl genius” universe MMO.
Something actually original from Valve.
+ Someone to announce they’ve hired me as Lead Designer on a project for one of the ~20 game designs I have sketched out. Not posting them here as most take more than just a couple of sentences to explain.
16/08/2011 at 14:49 Unaco says:
Elite IV.
16/08/2011 at 14:53 Dariune says:
I second this motion. Make it so!
16/08/2011 at 14:57 MrThingy says:
Surprised it took till page 2 for this to appear!
16/08/2011 at 14:49 Screwie says:
I’d really like to see another edition of Cyanide’s Blood Bowl adaptation. Just one more try, just to get it as complete as possible – with the final 4 missing teams and all the missing star players.
16/08/2011 at 14:52 Drinking with Skeletons says:
A sequel to Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis. To keep up with the times, it must include an optional first-person building mode, a la Minecraft, to allow you to see and be eaten by your dinosaurs. This mode would also allow you to make egregiously bad decisions during construction–thanks to the limited view–and increase the odds for dino-shenanigans.
16/08/2011 at 14:52 westyfield says:
Star Wars: Empire at War: 2: This Time We’ve Got Good Ground Combat
Edit: Oh, and one I actually am expecting – Dragon Age 3.
16/08/2011 at 16:38 Drinking with Skeletons says:
+1
I can’t think of another game I’ve played where half is surprisingly good and half is weirdly bland (despite some fun units, like the suicide ewoks), and in which the two halves are completely isolated.
16/08/2011 at 14:54 Skeletor68 says:
Also Tim Curry, the game.
An epic quest inside the mind of Tim Curry from Transexual Transylvania (dance mat required), Home Alone 2 (survival horror/tower defense) and erm… Red Alert 3.
Forthcoming expansion packs include Brian Blessed and Alan Rickman.
16/08/2011 at 14:54 Inigo says:
Giants 2: Dial M for Meccarya.
16/08/2011 at 14:56 Firkragg says:
A game where you possess and control everyday objects with the ultimate goal of ruining the objectowners day. Have EVERYTHING interactive – hide socks, cut the power to the house, jam doors, fill the trashbin up before the owner, ANYTHING! Why? Well, why not? Isn’t that what pc games about? If we have room for streetcleaner simulators, the skies the limit :)
On a more serious note, a Battlefleet Gothic space sim with broadsides, boarding actions and orbital bombardments of enemy planetside positions.
16/08/2011 at 14:56 Burning Man says:
An RPG that gives you all the skills you’d get in the end game, and unlimited cash, but still manages to keep combat interesting (read: not necessarily challenging) and the game itself interesting.
I hate it when my character is strapped for cash and there’s this one tiny, grindy way for me to make money repeatedly. I always end up doing it and hating myself for it.
16/08/2011 at 14:56 Stamford says:
A New Transport Tycoon
16/08/2011 at 14:57 bear912 says:
Ricochet 3. That would be surprising.
16/08/2011 at 14:58 Jams O'Donnell says:
Oh, new IP. Kind of.
It’s Raven Shield, but set in space! You’re in control of some kind of space police people stopping terrorist attacks on space stations, preventing assassination attempts on alien dignitaries, etc.
16/08/2011 at 15:40 Burning Man says:
Obligatory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1roP52Py7s
16/08/2011 at 14:58 purplesurge says:
I would be really happy to see a new tenchu game, i loved the classic tenchu games, haven’t had a chance to play one recently but a remake would be amazing!
16/08/2011 at 14:59 Hanban says:
I am gonna be brazen and give a boring suggestion. Homeworld 3.
Oh please I want it now now now now now! Please oh god why must live in a world where space rts games are not popular!
16/08/2011 at 15:00 Quizboy says:
Vangers 2.
Bring the camera down from on high and stick it in-car. Enormous freakish seething dripping biological alien worlds built in the ruins of a weird spiritual/technological utopia and the hives of the alien insects they managed to hybridise themselves with. Hauling cargo up and down the Spiral, dodging bandits and weird shit from the fringes. Much, much more of the surprisingly effective creepy isolation and nightmarish snatches of backstory from the original. Let the player explore the bios enclaves this time (for extra creepy value, have this take place by whizzing your Mi-Go-esque brain canister around on Aperture-style rails – you were supposed to be pretty much immobile outside your vehicle shell in the original, weren’t you?) and lots of insane intrigue, factionalism and meaningless, crazed ritual amongst your allies and enemies. And of course, destructible and deformable scenery, albeit (given the mad-biology theme) maybe with stuff growing back in twisted new forms over time?
16/08/2011 at 15:10 Persus-9 says:
THIS! Oh please let it be this. I want to return to those brutally insane worlds.
16/08/2011 at 15:00 Mockturtled says:
A sci-fi detective game set in something akin to the Culture-verse. Also a new Space Hulk game would be grand.
16/08/2011 at 15:26 alysonwheel says:
You’re a Culture citizen happily living on your nice, safe Orbital. This week’s attraction is an eccentric ex-Culture MSV that is offering itself up as something akin to a murder mystery weekend: its avatars, internal configuration, and so on, everything is set up for Culture citizens to play at being a detective in a less advanced society.
Then the Idirans attack your Orbital, and you’re forced to escape on the eccentric MSV. But it won’t stop the game, and your fellow humans and drones are starting to think that maybe it’s playing for real…
16/08/2011 at 22:11 Tartychops says:
Something set in Banks’s Culture-verse would be great, but I’m not sure any developer out there could do it justice, sadly.
Personally I’d like to see CD Projekt do a Song of Ice and Fire game.
16/08/2011 at 15:01 Sir_Oddington says:
Heretic 3.
I want me some old-school magic-flinging.
16/08/2011 at 15:48 BathroomCitizen says:
Damn, I was going to post that.
Then I’ll ask for Hexen 3.
16/08/2011 at 15:04 wiper says:
We at 2K Moron are excited to announce an exciting remake of the 1999 classic Homeworld.
The game will remain true to the expectations of fans, with the sumptuous graphics and challenging, tactical combat returning. Of course, we all know that real-time strategy is an archaic genre, so the tactical thinking and clever planning required by the original Homeworld is being channelled into an action game. Not a space action game, mind you – if there’s a genre deader than space-combat we can’t think of it! – but a third-person cover shooter. We at 2K Moron feel that it is only with this genre that we can truly realise what developers Relic had hoped to achieve but were prevented from doing by the technology of the time.
Playing as the heroic John Smith of the Human Alliance, you fend off attacks from the insidious Kushan and Taiidan, violent alien races who attack your colonies without warning! You must begin the fightback, tactically hiding behind cover and strategically shooting aliens in the face, before making your epic, tragic journey towards their homeworld so that you can destroy the menace once and for all.
So moving a story requires an equally moving soundtrack, of course. The original Homeworld was of course soundtracked by Yes, and opened with Barber’s Adagio for Strings, all of which were very moving – for the late ’90s. Of course, today’s gamers are far more discerning, and such trite offerings would be laughed off for the shallow, unsophisticated works that they are. Instead, the developers are excited too announce that the lilting sounds of Cher Lloyd’s Swagger Jagger will carry the player through the harrowing opening, with general soundtrack duties falling to Irish superstars Jedward.
And if that wasn’t enough, the game will include a comprehensive multiplayer mode – remember, every mission completed, and achievement unlocked, allows you to progress along the ‘tech tree’, and ‘research’ new unlocks for your multiplayer character!
With all these exciting announcements, we feel sure that fans of the Homeworld series will join us in looking forward to this incredible resurrection of a wonderful franchise.
16/08/2011 at 15:08 Laneford says:
Will it be free to play though?!
16/08/2011 at 15:12 wiper says:
Do you even need to ask?
16/08/2011 at 15:05 VeritableHero says:
I’m going to say two titles from older games / franchises:
Star Trek Voyage Elite Force 3
Star Wars Republic Commando 2
Elite Force was so much fun back in the day.
16/08/2011 at 15:21 DanPryce says:
I’d bite your hand off for Star Wars: Republic Commando 2.
16/08/2011 at 16:01 Simon Hawthorne says:
Why is it that Star Wars games have been mentioned a fair bit…and yet LucasArts release shovelware like the Force Unleashed? Sharpen up, LA, look at the awesome IP you have!
16/08/2011 at 15:06 Persus-9 says:
I’d love to see “Little Big Adventure 3″ or “Starglider 3″ but most of all I think I’d like to see a modern take on the BBC-B game “Palace of Magic”, preferably with the emulated version of the original thrown in for good measure.
16/08/2011 at 15:09 wiper says:
I’d be happy with a straight up re-release of the LBA titles on GOG.com. Beautiful games.
16/08/2011 at 15:07 JackShandy says:
J. Sheridan LeFanu’s Carmilla, the online card game. Work to seduce the other players, while being seduced yourself – but who’s really a lesbian, and who’s a cold-hearted vampires? Get the closest without getting bitten for max points.
16/08/2011 at 15:20 Mr_Hands says:
Oh lordy. This.
16/08/2011 at 15:10 Rush Ton says:
A new game in the Longest Journey series. Double fine bringing stacking, costume quest etc. to the PC.
Oh and Robot Unicorn Attack 2
16/08/2011 at 15:11 Archonsod says:
Skool Daze III : Hoodies in Tesco’s
16/08/2011 at 15:12 Hodge says:
Fork Parker: Attorney At Law
16/08/2011 at 15:14 westyfield says:
YES.
16/08/2011 at 15:13 Maxheadroom says:
That title image gave me a proper nostalgagasm, then made me feel really old
16/08/2011 at 15:14 Evil Otto says:
The new game that I came up with in my head. It has the world-traversing of Mass Effect, the toying with history of Assassin’s creed and the (rough) gameplay of something like Deus Ex, with more dialouge. It’s set in Germany in the 1930′s and you will meet and be able to conversate with and be able to assassinate several key people like Leni Riefenstahl and Albert Speer, to eventually stop the rise of the National-socialist movement and change history.
16/08/2011 at 15:16 luminosity says:
A cyberpunk FPSRPG MMO. Players work for different corporations, doing missions against government targets, or other corporations. All set within the confines of one highly detailed city.
Break through the security of a mega wealthy individual and try to steal their money, without leaving any clues to let you get tracked down.
A group of you breaking into a secret government project, taking down various targets, then protecting your hackers as they extract information, trying to time your exit before the authority arrive and lay the smack down on you.
Learn about a raid planned by a rival corp on one of your research labs, set up an ambush to take them all down.
16/08/2011 at 15:16 razgon says:
Globebuster Games Inc. is proud to announce their latest game, the sequel to a game being played by trillions across the world by now – LUDO 2: The Vengeance
LUDO 2: The Vengeance (affectionally named LUDOV) takes place in Venice, where you play a Blue Token, whose entire family of Blue’s have been murdered. Follow Blue as he travels to exotic locations all over the world, overcoming obstacles by clever use of a variety of guns, dice and luck in a first-person-shooter like nothing you have ever seen before.
Patented technology by Globebuster ensures top of of the line graphics and gameplay, and feature the incredible Capture(tm) technology, which may reset Blue’s position in the game, causing instant hilarity.
LUDO 2: The Vengeance will be out on all major platforms (PC not confrimed) come spring 2012.
Globebuster Games Inc. is a subsidiary of Warner Broos, bringing you the finest in entertainment since 1866.
16/08/2011 at 15:19 Mr_Hands says:
Mount & Blade: Mars Colony
16/08/2011 at 16:26 onomatomania says:
I WOULD PLAY THE HELL OUT OF THAT.
Also, I always wanted a Don Quixote mod for Mount and Blade. The game would be unchanged, except in battle, you could hit a key to trigger PanzaView, where the knights and pikemen suddenly morph into bleating sheep and windmills. (Band name : The Sancho Panza Facepalm.)
16/08/2011 at 15:24 Ridiculous Human says:
Angry Worms™
16/08/2011 at 15:24 Jubaal says:
I would sacrifice both my children and worship at the Altar of Eternal Pain for “Hostile Waters 2” to be announced!
(Sorry boys, but it is Hostile Waters for goodness sake!)
If it was with the same voice actors I would probably spontaneously combust!
16/08/2011 at 15:25 Fede says:
Darklands 2
16/08/2011 at 15:25 Miodrag Kovachevic says:
Troika Games is formed again and make Bloodlines 2.
16/08/2011 at 15:29 MadTinkerer says:
I want Magic Carpet 3. Other than that, there’s already a new Deus Ex game almost out, Disgaea 4* is on it’s way, I already pre-ordered Rage (for the TF2 Flywheel! And then I found out it uses the same slot as the Pip Boy so I can’t have them both at once. GRRRR.), and Skyrim is also on the way.
Next year is going to be the year we’re craving more announcements. 2011 is already pretty packed as it is.
*Yes, I know it’s not PC. But if you’d bother to get a console, you’d see that isometric tactical games are alive and well. Okay: the tone is about the complete polar opposite of X Com (I don’t think Nippon Ichi even knows what permadeath is), but it’s still isometric tactical.
16/08/2011 at 15:31 AbyssUK says:
A new Chaos: The Battle of Wizards ? or a new Dizzy!
16/08/2011 at 15:35 Archonsod says:
Dizzy : The Yolkfolk Rebellion. In which you must attempt to contain legitimate protests against your rule without incurring international intervention!
16/08/2011 at 15:33 BobbleHat says:
SWAT 5
Kingpin 2
Trespasser remake, now that the technology has caught up with the ambition.
That mythical open-world co-operative zombie survival game that just hasn’t happened yet. The closest to what I’d like to see is probably the zombie mod for ArmA II, but with resource gathering and missions, and a mix of built up cities and open wilderness. Also it plays like a road-movie inbetween cities.
16/08/2011 at 15:33 onomatomania says:
Cave Story 2 : The Legend of Curly Brace’s Gold
16/08/2011 at 15:43 onomatomania says:
(Also :
Great Giana Sisters All-Stars 25th Anniversary Special
The Witcher 3 : Geralt of Rivia in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
Chuckie Egg 2 : Episode 3
Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Game of the Year edition)
16/08/2011 at 15:34 Archonsod says:
Napoleon : Total War II – Take command of one of the finest military commanders in history as he writes his memoirs in exile on the isle of St Helena. Collector’s edition includes several unique letters of complaint to the governor and free gardening DLC.
16/08/2011 at 15:37 TotallyFutile says:
Massively Monkey Island Online.
Guybrush’s adventures have finally given him the Caribbean wide fame he feels he deserves for his heroic deeds! Unfortunately this has lead to many unscrupulous pirates (if you can imagine such a thing!) impersonating the Mighty Pirate ™. Now no one believes Guybrush is who he says he is and the spoils of the hero elude him once more.
Thousands of players jump in to this living breathing cut throat world of puzzle solving and bad jokes to prove they are the one true Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate ™ and win back Elaine!
Travel the Caribbean revisiting some of your favourite Monkey Island Islands, plus many new locations to explore!
Seek out the most talented sword masters to learn the best insults to use in our player vs. player duelling system.
Engage in epic sea battles in PVP and PVE encounters!
Earn puzzle points to unlock new islands and new story arcs and ultimately, at the end of season, the one with the most PP will be crowned the one true Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate ™!
16/08/2011 at 15:38 Shadowcat says:
Well that’s easy.
“Looking Glass has reformed (with abundant funding), and to celebrate they’ve released the source code and other development resources to all of the released and in-development games from their back-catalogue. A spokesperson has stated that Looking Glass will be developing games exclusively for PC platforms.”
16/08/2011 at 20:18 Inigo says:
Except for Warren Spector, who mumbled something about Disney, threw an empty whisky bottle at us and then began sobbing profusely.
16/08/2011 at 15:42 wswswsss says:
http://bit.ly/n6SVQy
16/08/2011 at 15:44 Wolfpack75 says:
Long shot blast from the past here but I would like someone to announce a remake of Darklands (it was an interesting precursor and inspiration for the Elder Scrolls series).
16/08/2011 at 15:52 shoptroll says:
Jedi Knight IV
Unreal III (c’mon Epic, put your money where your mouth is)
Alien Swarm 2
Death Rally HD (PC port of the iOS version)
Valve finally shows off Steam Big Screen mode.
16/08/2011 at 15:55 Flibberdy says:
An MMOFPS set in the mythos of Sierra’s Mixed Up Mother Goose.
16/08/2011 at 15:57 Tusque D'Ivoire says:
I’d announce myself a Just Cause 3 with driveable cars (loved the driving physics of GTAIV but San Andreas style would suit it more/is more bonkers) and an actual co-operative or just a fly-around-somewhere-in-the-same-huge-world multiplayer mode
16/08/2011 at 16:00 Kazz says:
Geoff Crammond’s Grand Prix 5, that’ll do just nicely.
16/08/2011 at 16:04 el_Chi says:
An action-adventure game set in the Grim Fandango universe.
No-One Lives Forever 3
A first-person survival adventure game in which you play a refugee trying to escape their war-torn home. Very little combat, and almost all of that would be melee (a la Condemned). Most of the time you spend running, hiding, and trying not to end up as collateral damage.
Also, it would *not* be set in the Middle East, or World War II.
16/08/2011 at 16:11 qptain Nemo says:
Without any possible doubt whatsoever – Anachronox 2, please.
16/08/2011 at 16:17 brulleks says:
Curse you Rossignol!
I honestly thought someone was planning a sequel to Dark Sceptre for a moment there.
16/08/2011 at 16:19 brulleks says:
Advanced Lawnmower Simulator 2?
Anyone?
16/08/2011 at 16:20 Steelfox says:
Startopia 2.
Ok I’m biased I worked on the original but some billionaire philanthropist should re-assemble muckyfoot. We’d be like the expendables of game dev… we could fight crime too… but mainly the kind that happened in pubs.
16/08/2011 at 16:26 deejayem says:
STALKER MMO, pls!
16/08/2011 at 16:28 JohnnyMaverik says:
That Cliffy B is a cross dresser.
16/08/2011 at 16:33 Tretiak says:
Valve Is Cool With Randy And Will Publish Opposing Force 2 This Fall.
Is Black Mesa fantasy already?
16/08/2011 at 16:38 Gothnak says:
An XCom Prequel set in the late 19th century. The game as a whole lasts 100 years with technology updating and you favourite squad members growing old, dying and their children joining the ranks.
A mix of Xcom, Jagged Alliance 2 and Total War (For the unit life)
And a Collectible Card Game that you pay a flat fee for and can unlock all the cards by playing the game. Like Shandalar and Etherlords, such great games..
16/08/2011 at 16:43 LuNatic says:
Call of Duty: Gaunts Ghosts
40,000: Total War
Elder Scrolls style rpg based on the Mortal Engines books
Theme Hospital 2
Hi-Octane 2
16/08/2011 at 16:45 wintermute says:
The Longest(er) Journ3y – AAA from a big studio, with a brand new engine presented in the fashion of Indigo Prophecy
16/08/2011 at 17:00 hoobajoo says:
Loom: HD Remix announced.
Vampire the Masquerade 2 teaser trailer revealed, showcases Assamite as a playable clan.
16/08/2011 at 17:02 the.celt says:
I’m watching every day for Minecraft 1.8.0, so I can start playing it. So I’m just fine with it releasing at Gamescom!
16/08/2011 at 17:32 Mut says:
Daikatana 2!
“John Romero’s about to make you his bitch … AGAIN!”
16/08/2011 at 17:35 Joc says:
Rick Dangerous 3D.
Action, adventure… all that neat stuff in 3D!!
16/08/2011 at 17:50 Text_Fish says:
I’d like Telltale to announce a series of lazilly conceived adventure games based on the following IP’s that they’ve recently obtained: Postman Pat, The Raccoons, Mr Men, California Dreams, That 70′s Show, The River Dance, Calvin & Hobbes, Flight of the Navigator, Craig Charles’ autobiography, Rude Dog and the Dweebs, Sharky and George, Neighbours and The Big Issue.
16/08/2011 at 17:53 hoobajoo says:
Troika reveals its bankruptcy was an elaborate hoax, and showcases a teaser trailer for the new Vampire the Masquerade game. The trailer shows the setting as Hamburg, Germany, and Assamite and Tzmisce as a playable clan.
LucasArts announces Loom: HD Remix.
16/08/2011 at 18:05 PASchaefer says:
Ultima: Return to Britannia, by Richard Garriot.
16/08/2011 at 18:21 KilgoreTrout_XL says:
A remake of Paradroid would be cool. Or Mail-Order Monsters.
16/08/2011 at 18:29 Aspongeinmauve says:
Star Wars Battlefront 3.
16/08/2011 at 18:46 nubbuka says:
Diablo 4 please.
With all this time waiting for Diablo 3, I think it would be great if Diablo 4 will be released before it.
16/08/2011 at 18:50 thjdm says:
Chris Crawford to announce that he is back in business and he’s working on a full 3d first person multiplayer wargame without scripted story and with his interactive storytelling system that is able to generate shocking and emotional stories based on the players’ gameplay. The game will revolve around multifaced conflict where every player takes his own side and has his own interests.
16/08/2011 at 19:20 nillenille says:
Joust 3 – The MMO, played with real money.
16/08/2011 at 19:42 Vandelay says:
Besides obvious ones, there are a couple of RTS games that come to mind, which I’m surprised to see is a genre absent from everyone’s lists (at least, from a quick skim.) The games I’ve always wanted to see a sequel for are Rise of Nations (a true sequel, not like that fantasy one, which I never actually played) and Age of Mythology.
Alternatively, and marginally more likely, but not really, I would like to see a sequel to Jedi Knight, borrowing more from Dark Forces 2 than Jedi Outcast. If not, then another Dark Forces game, where no jedi appear.
16/08/2011 at 19:47 pintoyac says:
The Electric Musical Chairs: A Cyberpunk Adventure
16/08/2011 at 19:49 Gadriel says:
I want to see Chain Gang Blues, a rhythm game built around working in a prison chain gang. Fail to break rocks to the beat of your working song and you’ll get shivved in the showers after the work is done!
That or a new Star Wars game that isn’t awful. I love some of the old ones. New X-Wing/TIE Fighter game? Republic Commando 2? Hell, an improved Empire at War sequel could be great. I just don’t want to see the franchise continue to be trashy Force Unleashed junk.
16/08/2011 at 20:02 Carra says:
7 Kingdoms 3.
16/08/2011 at 20:03 Carra says:
7 Kingdoms 3
16/08/2011 at 20:10 Poesnacks says:
An open world/sandbox game consisting of many small Mario Galaxy-style planetoids.
16/08/2011 at 20:16 Waltorious says:
Great suggestions so far. I second mentions of a new Freespace game (or really any space sim game) and I would like to add Outcast 2.
16/08/2011 at 20:44 Sid Sinister says:
Dreamweb 2
17/08/2011 at 00:36 qptain Nemo says:
Haha! That would be interesting and amusing to say the least.
16/08/2011 at 21:14 Lambchops says:
The 56th greatest game of all time.
That’s Outcast 2 in case anybody hasn’t guessed.
16/08/2011 at 21:24 Zeronine says:
MMORPG Tycoon Deluxe.
Construct your own fantasy world including npc towns, dungeons, quest hubs and watch as mindless simulated players run about doing menial tasks in a neverending quest to get items with more numbers on the tooltips. Design your own monsters and items, try to keep the hardcore guilds from burning trough your content too quick while keeping your casual players from getting frozen out.
Featuring minecraft-esque retro FF6 art style and chiptune soundtrack.
16/08/2011 at 22:26 OneTwoThree says:
A revitalized and PC version of Shoot’Em-Up Construction Kit (SUECK) turned FPS and based on Call of Duty or Medal of Honor assets (heck, HALO would even work).
With the abundance of map editors and SDKs out there, it is possible to make a variety of very good mods and total conversions for a host of games. But what I’m thinking is a complete tool kit with an intuitive interface, lots of in-game wizards, and a library of purpose-made high-end resources (voice acting, models, etc.) based on a successful and obsessively-loved man-shooting franchise coupled with a well designed and intuitive interface that would allow ANYONE (especially the sorts of people that believe in posting comments on You Tube) to release their own person-shooting game dripping with high-budget special operation sorts yelling, jumping out of helicopters, kicking down doors (doors that could be painted any colour you want!) and having a grand time saving the world from something unpleasant (how unpleasant, you ask? That’s up to YOU to decide!).
Yes, I am aware that the flood of high-caliber new games made by this program could be a serious threat to other game developers and that RPS would likely be unable to devote time to reporting on anything other than the onslaught of digital user-made quality gaming products permeating the internet. But nobody said PC gaming was going to be a safe past time.
No takers? Fine. How about Stunt Island 2?
16/08/2011 at 22:45 PorceleinEve says:
Torment 2… with full 2d isometric view, and a story as amazing as the first one
16/08/2011 at 23:00 Sardaukar says:
I-War 3
16/08/2011 at 23:55 pakoito says:
It took me a while to think:
Temple of Elemental Evil 2 or Knights of the Chalice 2, with open world.
17/08/2011 at 01:05 Joe says:
the sequel: frecell2
17/08/2011 at 04:14 Shadram says:
Fart Cops.
Or my dream Jurassic Park game: First-person survival with RPG leanings that is not a shooter. There are guns, but they are sparse and mostly just annoy the dinos anyway. See books for inspiration.
17/08/2011 at 13:17 razgon says:
So, who won :-D
17/08/2011 at 21:29 JuiceKup says:
Wot I really want?…
RPS Presents: Rock, Paperboy, Shotgun; A Poor Boy’s Revenge
It’s a first person/strategy bike-riding, rock-throwing, shotgun-wielding, paperboying good time. A proper sequel to the once golden franchise that was Paperboy.