RPG settings left unexplored

[Cheesepower5]

I'd like to see a setting that takes ancient Greece or Rome and doesn't assume it's the middle ages with fancier architecture.

 

[Omnific One]

I'd like to see in an old Arabic setting. It could draw heavily from 1001 Nights. I know games have done this or at least approached it, but I can't think of an RPG that has.

Yeah, I would love something like that with a massive world with tons of hidden towns and camps and such.

 

[Nieroshai]

An urban setting? Hmmmm,....I wish there was some way you could import a map of your city into a rpg and play it in your town...but anyways- I don't see a lot of prairie RPGs

FF12. If you're not on a wide open prairie, you're on a wide open desert or a wide open field. Or in a dungeon, but whatever.

 

[Nieroshai]

One of the most common themes out there, zombie. I would love to see a sandbox rpg where your given a zombie apocalypse. One that focuses more on the interpersonal relationship of groups of people, finding food/water/shelter or building up a home base, sanity issues if your alone too long, bows and melee weapons are the smartest move(guns make too much noise so you only use them when you plan on leaving an area).

I'm working on a design doc for a third-person zombie RPG set in California right now for my senior project. It'll be years before it sees a production team, but here are some details:

Similar to Oblivion, your individual stats are increased by doing the activity of that stat, e.g. lots of target practice improves your aim, running a lot improves your stamina, successfully repelling/killing zombies improves your control over your fear. Of course, the fear element. Nothing like Eternal Darkness, but you do have to keep your sanity up. A sound mind keeps cool under fire, a shaken mind is worse at tasks than normal, a terrified mind becomes paranoid(hearing zombies when there are none there, see silhouettes in the shadows) and a despairing mind is a suicide risk.
You're more likely to make it if you either join or start a faction. Up to 3 other real life players can join your faction via online. Factions have bases and team members you can hire. If you start your own faction, you have to manage your base AC Brotherhood style, by training recruits, assigning duties, and upgrading your fortress.

 

[Jekken6]

I would like to see an Arcanum reboot. Keep the story, characters, etc, but make the gameplay something more like Deus Ex.