If you could mix any two gaming genres..

[Thespian]

We know that certain mixing of genres can prove interesting, but not always successful, a la Mirror's Edge's FPS Parkour. If you could design a video game and use it to mix any two genres, what would they be?

Myself, I'd like to make a RRPG - Racing Role Playing Game. A blur-styled futuristic game where you level up your various classes of vehicles to gain new abilities and defeat opponents. I'd eat my hat if people bought it, but it'd be fun. Plus, Racing games rarely have good storylines, which is a trait of the RPG.

 

[Ordinaryundone]

Fighting/Card Game

It would be like Metal Gear Ac!D, but Street Fighter style.

 

[Radeonx]

RTS/RPG.
Warcraft 3 was a pretty good example of what I wanted, but a more RPG-ey experience would still be cool.

 

[Discord]

RTS and FlightSim - I always had this Idea about Airship combat with Aircraft and Sky stations as a base

Sorta Crimson Skies meets Command and Conquer

 

[Radeonx]

RTS/RPG.
Warcraft 3 was a pretty good example of what I wanted, but a more RPG-ey experience would still be cool.

Do you mean Frozen Throne's Beastmaster thing? If so, try out Dungeon Siege, Diablo, etc. They pretty much RTS/RPGs.

No, I meant Warcraft 3's implementation of hero units with a level up system, and them keeping the levels.
And I've played those games, and Dungeon Siege was meh, and Diablo isn't even close to an RTS.

 

[William MacKay]

RTS/FPS. might've been done. you make an army then lead them into battle, then join a squad as a soldier.

 

[Palademon]

Is a Bullet Hell Third Person Shooter going too far?

 

[king_katchit]

What about Dawn Of War 2?

 

[The Apothecarry]

FPS/RPG? Done by Borderlands, but I'd like something that doesn't consist of mostly fetch-and-kill missions.

 

[Ultrasnail]

RTS and rhythm gaming (what ever guitar hero is)

I don't know what this would breed but it would be terrifying.

 

[Thespian]

Is a Bullet Hell Third Person Shooter going too far?

No, and I would love to see that.

Actually, now that I think of it, some of the combat in Nier was rather similar to that, minus the Shooter part.

 

[drbarno]

TBS/RTS

just to see how it would work.

 

[ArtanisCreed]

RTS and rhythm gaming (what ever guitar hero is)

I don't know what this would breed but it would be terrifying.

o god that would be crazy!

not sure if anyone has said this but tcg/rts(turnbased could work as well) or even a tcg/rpg (although i believe this combo may have been done before)

 

[Judgement101]

A Fighting RTS, You see once you get into a battle you get all your squad people and you can switch out between them all MvC3 style and kill the enemy units by doing punches, kicks, guns, knives, and other specialty items that that unit has.

 

[baddude1337]

TBS/RTS

just to see how it would work.

Total War kind of is, Turn Based Campaign but Real Time battles.

 

[kidigus]

JRPGs (EX: FFXIII) and Independant Noir (EX: Limbo), the goal being to see if I could spark a matter vs. anti-matter reaction, and litteraly annihilate the entire solar system.