Name Features you Wish were in more games

[Drakmorg]

I think the name is pretty self-explanatory, name a feature from a game that you like and want to see it used in more games.
Here's my list:

Character Re-Creation (or something like that, can't think of a better name) - I'm sure almost everyone has been in a situation where they want this. You make a character in the beginning that you feel looks good on the character creation screen, but once you start playing the game you realize they don't look as good as you thought. So now you gotta either deal with playing "Fugly McButterface" for the whole game, or start over.
Two games that implemented this feature well: Saints Row 2 and Fallout 3. I give Saints Row 2 more points since the Plastic Surgeon is available from the get-go, while in Fallout 3 you need to put in at least several hours before plastic surgery can be unlocked.

Keeping Character Appearance Separate from Equipment/Not forcing the player to look like a clown to have then best stats - Never is the issue fixed by this more apparent than when playing World of Warcraft, a game in which your armor is bound to have so many mismatched colors that you look like you just immediately got back from a paintball fight.
Games that do this well: Champions Online and Fable 2/3. Lord of the Rings Online supposedly also does this, but I've yet to play it so I can't confirm.

 

[Pielikey]

Fun. That's a feature quite a few games need more of.

Also I thought that Flashback feature that was in GRID/DiRT 2/F1 2010 was really cool. It means if you make a stupid mistake in a driving game, you can go back and do it again!

(Yes I'm pretty sure GRID wasn't the first to introduce this but I cannot remember the game that did introduce it)

 

[The Admiral]

Skippable openings. Nothing is more annoying than putting a disc in or opening the executable and having to wait while half a dozen companies elaborately display their logos and then sometimes make you sit through an opening cut scene before you get to the title screen.

 

[MassiveGeek]

In RPGs... I'd honestly love to see more opportunity at love interests and actual relations with other characters. Mass Effect has come appealingly close to what I'd want in a game, but I'd love it if a game like, say... Fallout 3 you could sleep with someone(not in the lame, sleep in bed but nothing actually happens thing) or befriend someone and still have a connection.

Even in ME, you run out of dialouge options fairly soon, and fairly suddenly. You'd think the characters would have more to say when you're closer to actually diving into a suicide mission.

I don't know, I think it might be a bit too tricky to do this, but eventually maybe.

Maybe.

 

[Drakmorg]

I like the idea of the character geting hungry and eating, then uh, you know...
One thing I have not seen that would be cool is having a thirst stat, co-existing with a hunger stat.

I do believe that Fallout New Vegas, when played in Hardcore mode, not only has separate hunger and thirst stats, but also a fatigue/sleep stat. Unfortunately there is no poop stat, not yet at least, someone might eventually develop a mod for that though.

 

[Twuk]

I like the idea of the character geting hungry and eating, then uh, you know...
One thing I have not seen that would be cool is having a thirst stat, co-existing with a hunger stat.

Metal Gear Solid 3 did this surprising well. Even when you got shot you had to go into a healing menu and basically perform digital surgery or your wounds would affect your performance. I was really into that. It's too bad that the next game in the series scrapped all of those awesome ideas.

 

[pyrosaw]

RPGs: Probrably along the lines of better combat. You can't say many RPGs have fun combat when they focus on the story rather than the combat. Action RPG's? What's so actiony about them?

FPS:Step away from the usual array of guns. If I had a dime for every time I used a shotgun, SMG, assualt rifles, can't I use something a little original?

Survival Horror: CLOWNS! Dammit, will someone use clowns in there game? It's never been done before! Think of all thr potential in a clown-based horror game!

 

[Nooners]

A "boss battle" mode. This is one that really bugged me about Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2. So many fun boss fights (possessed Riku, Xemnas, Xaldin, Axel) and you only get to play them ONCE. If you want to replay it, you either have to create an extra save right before the battle, or replay the entire game just to get back to that point.

The extra little reloading mechanic that Gears of War used. Simple to use, and should be standard.

 

[pyrosaw]

A "boss battle" mode. This is one that really bugged me about Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2. So many fun boss fights (possessed Riku, Xemnas, Xaldin, Axel) and you only get to play them ONCE. If you want to replay it, you either have to create an extra save right before the battle, or replay the entire game just to get back to that point.

The extra little reloading mechanic that Gears of War used. Simple to use, and should be standard.

Fighting all those Heartless bosses over again wouldn't hurt either.

 

[Lombax302]

i seriously wish the "hotswap" feature was in more games, it was impeccably immersing in Battlefield 2(ps2) (which probably no one knows but definitely should). probably due to rapid explosion of rpgfps's.

 

[The Rascal King]

Survival Horror: CLOWNS! Dammit, will someone use clowns in there game? It's never been done before! Think of all thr potential in a clown-based horror game!

Awwwwwww yeaaaaaaaaaaah

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

Oh...I don't know, a little something called split-screen multiplayer? You know, for the people who don't particularly enjoy playing online with random hoohaws.

Those were the days...

 

[pyrosaw]

Survival Horror: CLOWNS! Dammit, will someone use clowns in there game? It's never been done before! Think of all thr potential in a clown-based horror game!

Awwwwwww yeaaaaaaaaaaah

I love Twisted Metal series a crap bunch, and I can't wait for the new one to come out. But that's a car combat game, and a game with sweet tooth is hunting you done in a creepy corridor is what I'm asking. Imagine all the people with a fear of clowns, now you are being chased by them!

 

[[.redacted]]

The ability to play competitively without a team.

It's so hard to find good players who are nice guys/girls too.

[sub]I'm looking at you, MOBA genre![/sub]

 

[Sneeze]

Oh...I don't know, a little something called split-screen multiplayer? You know, for the people who don't particularly enjoy playing online with random hoohaws.

Those were the days...

This this this this, oh god this.

What actually did happen to offline Multiplayer? I mean sometimes there really is no excuse, Dead Rising 2 (particually terror is reality) would have been perfect for it, few of you crowded round a tv with beers and shit laughing as you mow down zombies with the blitzkreig, or play with a random stranger online after waiting about 3 years to find a connection.

What sounds more fun to you?

Don't get me wrong I love the game but so much opportunity wasted. ):


Oh, and also. Twisted Metal <3. Love that series so much.

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

Oh...I don't know, a little something called split-screen multiplayer? You know, for the people who don't particularly enjoy playing online with random hoohaws.

I'll take your split-screen multiplayer (which i also want) and raise you Metal Slug/Double Dragon style co-op (where both players are in the same screen but controlled separately). i know it would be difficult to do this in 3d games, but come on! experiment people! get us some good old fashioned co-op games!

 

[UltraDeth]

Skippable cutscenes & character upgrades/ leveling system

 

[Reaper195]

Decent character creation. SImilar to Saints Row 2, which is the most detailed one I've played in a video game so far (Well, as far as I know). And also the ability to give your character more of a backstory that can be featured in the game. Similar to Mass Effect, but more detailed.

Oh...I don't know, a little something called split-screen multiplayer? You know, for the people who don't particularly enjoy playing online with random hoohaws.

Those were the days...

Oh man, those days were so long ago, It's hard to remember that you actually could play GTA on the same TV, and not need a friggin' Gold account on the 360. Granted, I fixed that by getting a PS3 as well, but still...know what you mean.