Games that you would instantly buy

[The Virgo]

TimeSplitters 4 or a next-gen remake of the Dreamcast game Sonic Adventure. I would buy those games in a heartbeat.

A newly released big-brand title listed for $5.

I'm not going to pay $60 for any game.

Games cost tens of millions of dollars to make. That's why everything that's a AAA title is basically a Call of Duty or Gears of War clone; publishers don't want to risk putting tens of millions of dollars into something that might be a flop, so they go with what's popular. That's why, for a while, everything was World War 2. Now, everything is modern warfare.

A great example of this is publisher Majesco: They lost money with Psychonauts and Jaws: Unleashed, so they went into the casual market. Casual games cost a lot less to make than big games. This isn't 1999 where a big game could cost $2,000,000 to make. We're talking more like $30,000,000 or so for a really big game. Hell, GTA4 cost, if I'm not mistaken, an astounding $100,000,000 to make!

If you really expect a "AAA" title to cost $5, brother, you are only fooling yourself, unless you want to travel 20 years into the future. Of course, by then, inflation could be so high, it will cost you $2,000 to buy a game.

If you ask me, do careful research on games, see what other people have to say, and then, if you think you'll get your $60 worth, buy it. Or wait until the price drops to $30. Simple.

 

[mrblakemiller]

I can actually answer this in the past tense. The straw that pushed me into buying a new computer was the ability to play the sequel to Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2.

Too bad Red Alert 3 wasn't half as fun as 2.

 

[DeltaEdge]

3d open world pokemon rpg.

What this guy said. But add on optional real-time pokemon battles and character customization. Keep the turn-based system but make real-time an option. And make it a full sized one like the main 2d games.

 

[crono738]

A game that's a cross between Assassins's Creed and Diablo.

The story elements of AC along with the climbing and traversing the landscape, with the loot and battle system from Diablo. If ever such a game came out, productivity will be shot to hell and my family will wonder where I am.

This needs to be made. Now.

OT: An actual sequel to Chrono Trigger (Chrono Cross doesn't count)
DS/PSN release of Secret of Mana
Ditto for Illusion of Gaia

 

[codeg]

Starcraft: Ghost
Half life 2: Episode 3(Half Life 3)
Beyond Good and Evil 2

 

[TheRussian]

Star Wars Battlefront 3.
The first 2 were so fun, especially the modding community, which apparently is still thriving.

 

[Optiluiz]

A clocktower remake or a dinosaur sim with rpg elements. Like, you'd be born as a lvl 0 baby dinosaur and work your way up the food chain...

 

[Tanthius]

A new MechWarrior game. With full mech customization. See that Owens? I'll tune it so it'll be tearing apart Mad Cat Mk II's.

Or Dungeon Keeper 3. Improve the AI,make spells cost gold again (made you keep an eye on how often you Sight of Evil'd + Bolted enemy lairs),and make Horny a normal creature again. Woul you believe me if I told you I know how to effectively keep a handle on an army of 15 Hornies?

Or Supreme Commander 3 that keeps the characterization of SupCom2,but returns to the everything else of SupCom1. Maybe add a few additions,and keep research...Just make sure to keep units off the research tree.

And finally,a starfighter sim. Seriously,like MechWarrior,but in the vaccum of inteplanetary/interstellar space. It will be AWESOME.

Every word this guy said was QFT. Couldn't agree more. Also, Homeworld 3 needs to happen as was already mentioned. Also enjoyed Vankrakens mention of a real Xcom game. I don't want an fps xcom unless it also contains base building and research, along with sending fighters to shoot down aliens ships... or they could remake xcom ufo defense with modern graphics, that game would be perfect.

But yeah, they are working on MechWarrior still, so hopefully it wont let us down. As for Supcom, I don't know if we are getting another. I still play Supcom 1 with my friends during LAN parties and it still beats the shit out of all the new RTS games out there.

I also want Mario RPG 2. Not paper mario nonsense, but a real Mario RPG sequel. And screw SquareEnix, I want Mistwalker to make it so it won't suck like all the FF games since 10.

Oh and props to the guy who said a next gen monster hunter game for us poor US fans. Tri was great... but it looked like my ass after mexican food.

 

[BLAHwhatever]

A decent dark bloody Pirate Simulation.

Note that I did not write realistic.

 

[KnightOfHearts]

Hmmmmm

A sequel to Vagrant story
Valkyrie Profile 3
A legend of dragoon sequel
Onimusha 5

A remake of final fantasy 7 where the combat system had more player input than Attack... magic... watch animation... attack... knights of the round... go grab a coffee... come back... repeat.

That'd pretty much do me

 

[Princess Rose]

What game would you instantly buy?
I mean with this hypothetical games that do not (yet) exist that you would instantly love and give big amounts of money.

Xenogears Episode 6.

Xenosaga Episode 4.

Persona 5.

Of the above, only one is actually likely to happen. **sigh**

 

[Prof. Monkeypox]

A fast-paced and flowing, free running 2-D side-scroller with gameplay based around getting into a steady rhythm and getting through to the objective in a single fluid motion, a la Robot Unicorn Attack, with some fun (and also fast) melee combat a la Megaman Zero.

It would preferably be in the "easy to learn, hard to master" mindset.

3d open world pokemon rpg.

Or else, this.

Edit: Oh, yeah, and I would probably buy a Fire Emblem game that was similar to The Sacred Stones. It wouldn't have to feature sprite-based artwork (though I preferred that to the slightly anemic full 3D in Path of Radiance) so long as the attacks were suitably fast and over the top (like in the sprite era).

 

[M4t3us]

Morrowind with the Oblivion Engine.

Fallout 2 with the Fallout 3 (Oblivion) Engine.

An Elder Scrolls MMO. I'd buy it, not pay for it every goddamned month! >.<

Project Black Mesa if it'd get them off their asses and finished the damned thing.

 

[thiosk]

I would give anything for sporehammer 40k. Its a procedural, open galaxy like spore, but jam packed full of warhammer. Want to take your angry marines on a romp through a necron tombworld? Super! Uh oh! Hive fleet!

 

[Vigormortis]

Half-Life 3. Without question. (so long as Valve, or in the very least, the team behind Episode 2 made it)

But, obvious choices aside, I'd say any of the following:
(provided they're faithful to their sources and made by a quality team)

Mech Commander 3
Mech Warrior 5
Homeworld 3
Freespace 3
Battlefield 3 (PC) - that doesn't use Origin or Battlelog

Just to list a few.

Zenozoik.

If you know of this game, friend me and let's have cybersex. Because you have qualified as awesome.

Isn't that that game that was supposed to be like Quake meets Elder Scrolls? Or something like that. I recall a friend being all excited for it. I thought ZenoClash was it reborn.

Homeworld 3

A new MechWarrior game. With full mech customization. See that Owens? I'll tune it so it'll be tearing apart Mad Cat Mk II's.

You two have just earned a special place in my heart. I feared I'd be the only one to mention those.

 

[Vigormortis]

A game that's like "From Dust" but on a much larger scale, possibly with buildings and stuff, but the main thing is the whole god deal, create and destroy, etc

Might I suggest Populous: The Beginning or Black and White then. From Dust takes a LOT of inspiration from both games.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Wah wah games

It's less ignorance and more