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Subject: If you could make you own videogame....
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If you could make your own video game (hypothetically speaking and I'm not talking about the whole creating part) what would it be like? What would the plot be like? Would it be a FPS, RTS, RPG, MMORPG, ect? Be technical if you want (type of graphics used, what type of audio would you use, ect). Would you sell it to a specific platform (xbox, PS2, Gamecube, PC, ect) or all platforms? Describe to the world what your "perfect game" would consist of and be about.

Sorry, I'm bored and I thought this would make a good discussion.

Right now I cant think of my perfect game but I'll get back to you on that.

  • 09.21.2004 7:26 PM PDT
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hey! I like this question! I'd either do FPS or 3rd person fighter. <---(Like Ninja Gaiden) I wish I had enough money for the programs to do this stuff. I'd probably rather make an FPS, because those are my favorite games. I've made some pretty cool guns (first person view) and I'd love to make them. I'd have them be Xenon (xbox 2) graphics (yah right) and make it set in the future. As far as Story-lines... Well I can't just type one out for you in 2 minutes now can I?

What ever it is, I want this guy to be in it.

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  • 09.21.2004 7:31 PM PDT
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I wasnt thinking of a storyline, I was thinking more of a: "He goes around and kills people with guns and a car" - GTA. Just the basic plot. Really basic.

  • 09.21.2004 7:34 PM PDT
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I think I would make an FPS for the PC. I would've tried for the xbox but who can compete with Halo? You're practically asking to crash and burn. Anyway, I would make it a very complex storyline of something like Half Life. Also, the game would be extremely long so the user never gets bored of shooting the enemy. Plus, MP would be made with all the different types of multiplaying settings including a coop mode where you can have many friends take on some extremely complex AI with algorithms that make them fight like human players (I can only dream.) I'm just wondering if the enemies should be an alien creature or a human organization.

  • 09.21.2004 7:39 PM PDT
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Yo Halo53, I'm real happy for you and I'ma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best bungie.net profiles of all time. OF ALL TIME!

If I had to make the perfect game I would make a game called Halo 2. Damn you beating me to it, Bungie!

  • 09.21.2004 7:45 PM PDT
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Oh, I have another idea. Me and my friends thought this up a while back. We, being WW2 enthusiats (but not the obsessive type that are just creepy) thought that a WW2 MMORPG would be kool. You could join a side (axis or allies) and be admitted into squads automatically. You would be placed on the Eastern Front and would have to get to know and cooperate with your teammates (the other players) you were assigned with. Your division could either be a tank division, airforce division, or a ground division. Now, you'll be fighting over an enormous map of Europe against other players on the opposing side. In times before or after a battle you could prepare for a fight by cleaning your gun (which could somehow acutally affect the firing mechanism if you keep it in good shape), talking with your squadmates, or just lighting up and having a cigarette. And it's just not you and your squad alone in the fight; there would be divisions ALL OVER Europe in the game, defending or attacking different positions (that's including both axis and allies). The whole "living" aspect would be huge. You could do anything the guys in Europe could do in 1941-1945. As you fight across Europe, the map changes in accordance to who owns what territory at the moment. Across Europe would be different cities and fields to fight in and there would be certain "objectives" in a certain place (like artillery guns) that you would want to protect from the enemy taking over and using it against your forces. When you die, you would resurrect back into your platoon but only after you were brought back to the nearest medical facility by a teammate(s). This could be done by foot, ground vehicle, or air plane. When you get to the med facility, you automatically heal and head back into the battle for Europe.

Phew, I'm done. It's long, but I still like the idea of playing as the greatest generation.

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  • 09.21.2004 7:51 PM PDT
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A good point Halo53, Halo 2 will have a 99.99->% chance of being "perfect" in our eyes. Only time will tell.

  • 09.21.2004 7:53 PM PDT
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Hmm, then again, Pimps at Sea has a good position to be the best game on a screen ever! Arrr! I'm searching for me booty!

  • 09.21.2004 8:05 PM PDT
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i would probably try and ressurect the old Descent series. Descent 4 was cancelled because the producers couldn't obtain the proper rights from Interplay and Outrage entertainment.

its would be a "six-degrees of freedom"* first person shooter. using an engine similar to the one for halo 2, and put onto the PC (the playstation version of Descent 1 sucked).

*six-degrees of freedom = able to move in any direction (forward, backward, left, right, up down, etc.), rather than just being able to move in 4 basic directions (like halo: forward, backward, left, right)

  • 09.21.2004 8:17 PM PDT