What would you do if you controlled a franchise you liked?

[V4Viewtiful]

But really, I hate the game. I feel like it lied to me.

Haha! I'm suddenly taken back to 2006 XD

as for everything else, I get it and your points are valid (even if a few are nit picky), especially in regards to Bioware there was a present lack of polish (which I aim directly at SEGA at this point). I just really wish it had a second chance to be better.
Fighting Street got that chance.


Oh I thought of another franchise I'd like to take control of Viewtiful Joe, HD the hell out of the 1st 2 and make an official 3rd! I'll force Platinum, i'd put it on the Wii U too.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

If I owned Cartoon Network/Nickelodeon/Disney, I'd make them show more cartoons and bring back GOOD shows while dumping all the tween pop bullshit into separate channels.

If I owned the Bloody Roar games, I'd have them make a reboot (either total or starting after the second game) with:
a.) Better voice acting direction
b.) No tournament arc/gaia's vengeance plot
c.) No concepts for alternate forms, nor mythological creatures (Dinosaurs are okay, though)
Maybe have a subplot with natural zoanthropes (mammals, birds, marine life) VS artificial ones (Reptiles, insects, dinosaurs)

]Madoka Magica- Make sure Urobuchi doesn't pull a Aldnoah.Zero / Psycho-Pass 2 and leave writing duty to someone else when doing a sequel.

Evangelion- Smack Hideaki Anno in the face and tell him to do Eva 3.0 again and do it right this time, which in turn will greatly upset him and he'll end up making the movie into a total mindfuck like End of Eva as a "fuck you" to me, thus achieving my ultimate goal.

...Pretty much what I was thinking on these topics. Seriously, what is it with third film follow-ups and screwing over the characters lately?

 

[ccggenius12]

Pokémon - Let's see...for the Seventh Generation...

- Create a Poison type Legendary and a Dark type Gym
- Make sure HMs are only needed for sidequesting and exploration, and NOT required to complete the main story
- Bring back the PWT with all characters from past generations...and add the Elite Four members this time around
- Hire a moderator to make sure the GTS is free of hacked and/or naughtily named Pokémon

Anything else you think I should do?

While regulations are stopping the Game corner from still being a thing, Voltorb flip was a fun replacement. BRING IT BACK!

.hack: Make a real MMO. Take the general gameplay feel of the G.U. games, tweak it to work in multiplayer, and make a damned .hack MMO.

There was a .Hack MMO. It was Japan only, and folded just like every other MMO that isn't WoW, due to lack of content.

If I controlled the Ace Attorney series, I'd bring Investigations 2 stateside, and release a translation that wasn't littered with Americanizations. A bento box is NOT a spaghetti dinner, and the game taking place in Japan is NOT a crime against humanity.

 

[verdant monkai]

Left 4 Dead
I'd actually make Left 4 Dead 3. I think Unless Valve release the orange box 2 with all the third games we've been waiting for ie Half life, portal and L4D (TFT doesnt really need a sequel) they should have these franchises confiscated.

Mass Effect
I'd knock developing the next game on the head for a bit, and release DLC which allows you to play as Shepard after the ending of ME3. You can explore the universe you care about with the crew you care about, seeing what affects your choices had, seeing where your crew will end up, finsihing side quests and I'd add some new short story mission in as well to round it all off.

Elder Scrolls
Actually have some memorable characters rather than the bland spods in Arena-Skyrim, it would compliment the awesome content.

Monster Hunter/Shin megami tensei/Blazblue
Release games in Europe

Tales of series
I'd release all of the the un subbed and cross over games like Tales of the world in the west both US and Europe, as a download un-dubbed title if need be. It cannot cost that much money to get someone to whip up some English subtitles then sell the games digitally. The games already exist they just don't seem to want to profit from them.

Pokemon
I'd make a more mature game where you play as a member of a team that steals pokemon, you don't earn badges and talk about believing in your pokemon. You steal peoples pokemon and you rise through the ranks of the organisation, the organisations end aim would be good but their methods would be quite dark. I'd get someone who knows what a human being is to write the characters and get some interesting visuals in there, it'd probably be a Wii U release.
And I'd ask but you guys do know why there hasn't been a pokemon mmo right? Nintendo doesn't believe in PC they never have, its an unrealistic pipe dream I urge everyone to forget.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Final Fantasy. I'd remake VII in HD. No voice acting though. Then rake in all the monies.
Also make it Wii U exclusive just to fuck with everybody.

Hey, you stole my response...although, I would probably also re-release classic FF games on the Wii U as well, kind of like how they did on the PSX. I can see all of the classics from 1 through 6 on a single disc then remakes of seven-through-nine...probably on their own I guess.

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Pokemon - more than one save slot and the ability to actually catch-em-all on a single game. I'd get to work on a Wii U version that offers exploration of multiple regions.

Metroid - Remake the first two in a similar manner to what we got with Donkey Kong Country Returns. For the third game, I would completely screw with everybody's expectations by making it into a galaxy-spanning RPG. Tons of armor and weapons to collect and craft, multiple planets to explore and even space-combat. The over-arcing plot will have to do with finding Space Pirate strongholds I suppose.

DC/ Marvel comics - The War to End All Wars and, Second Coming of Amalgam. Followed by War of the Three Universes. Followed by Amalgam Blackest Night followed by Amalgam Zombies.

(Dynasty) Warriors - Warriors games based off of the following:

Berserk
Devil May Cry
Dragon Ball Z
Final Fantasy
Hobbit/Lord of the Rings
Inuyasha
Nintendo (just a general Nintendo Warrior thing)
Power Rangers

 

[Pete Oddly]

Grand Theft Auto

It would take place in a fictional town which is a 100% recreation of my hometown, which is a medium-sized town with a 64k population in northern Ontario (complete with military base). To keep with the Americana theme, the town would be somewhere in some made up north-western state (the one from the intro of GTA V, for instance).

The map would be smaller than GTA V (slightly bigger than Los Santos). However; every building would have its interior rendered and able to be explored, and every building would be fully destructible. Buildings would also be rebuilt over time. Every time you drive by a previously destroyed building it would be in various states of repair.

Now for the story: You are the daughter of a militant anti-government nutjob who holes up in a compound up in the hills with his militia buddies. Your mom ran off when you were young, so you grew up under the whacko guidance of your dad. You're no stranger to guns, and you and your buddies often steal cars in town and go off-roading with them, leaving them busted up and abandoned out in the woods when you've had your fun. Your dad holds some degree of sway in the local underworld, but he is constantly eclipsed by the local chapter of the Lost biker gang, a small (but powerful) family of old-country Russian mobsters, and the city council, which is so through-and-through corrupt that it's its own criminal organization.

You were always wondering if all you'd ever do with your life is hunt, fish, do military drills and stockpile doomsday supplies, until your dad gets a surprise visit from a distant cousin of his: Trevor Phillips.

Now Trevor is not playable in the game, he shows up one day after being run out of San Andreas by Michael and Franklin, who got tired of his psychopathic bullshit. He decided to up and move his operation way up north to get a fresh start. In tow with him are his ever-loyal lackeys Wade and Ron, and they burst into your life like a whirlwind of chaos. Early in the game, Trevor inadvertently (so it seems at the time) gets your dad killed by one of the local criminals, and then takes over command of the militia, deciding it's time to start expanding its influence by introducing meth to the local populace. Thus begins the main thrust of the game.

Throughout the game, you act as Trevor's number one agent in expanding the militia, taking territory from the local criminal element, and eventually going to all-out war with the local law. Taking territory would work much like it did in San Andreas, where you'd have to takeover certain areas and defend them from time to time. You and your rivals can destroy infrastructure in each other's territories as well, which will cause penalties (such as losing the ability to buy guns in an area for awhile if the Ammu-Nation get's blown up).

I could go on, but this post is long enough as it is.

 

[cdemares]

Final Fantasy: I would splinter the series to give everyone what they want.

A series for classic turn-based ATB stuff, no voice acting.
A series for modern, top-graphics prestige stuff.
A Tactics Series.
I would extend the world of FFXII as it's own series. New stories in that world.
A Mystic Quest/Adventure series.
A series for crazy experimental stuff, by guest developers.

These would be from different, rotating teams. There would likely be quite a wait between releases of any given sub-series but always something to play.

 

[Foolery]

Final Fantasy. I'd remake VII in HD. No voice acting though. Then rake in all the monies.
Also make it Wii U exclusive just to fuck with everybody.

Hey, you stole my response...although, I would probably also re-release classic FF games on the Wii U as well, kind of like how they did on the PSX. I can see all of the classics from 1 through 6 on a single disc then remakes of seven-through-nine...probably on their own I guess.

Well, Final Fantasy VI I would put on the Vita, as a remake. Just on the Vita, only 6, nowhere else. Once again, just to mess with everyone. Kinda bummed that Square Enix never gave it the PSP treatment like the Complete Collection for IV.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

I would issue free DLC for Skyrim that consisted solely of adding the ability to slap the merry bejeezus out of Delphine for daring to talk smack about Paarthurnax.

Aside from that, I can only think of two long-dead franchises (Out of This World and Dungeons of Daggorath) that I'd love to dig out of their graves and give full-on modern-day releases. OoTW was an insanely hard yet incredibly immersive platformer, and DoD was a pseudo-first-person, real-time dungeon crawler (released in 1982!) that placed huge emphasis on light and sound, and also had a great "heartbeat" health mechanic rather than a health bar.

Yeah, second that. Also, put the sidekicks in. Batman is the least interesting thing about the Bat family.

I'm inclined to agree. There's not much left to explore about Batman himself aside from him being the goddamn Batman; it's the broken people he gathers around himself that add depth and hue to the flat greys of the guy.

 

[Mister K]

Hmm, just one mentioning of a fighting game franchise? Oh well, here is another one:

Street fighter. OK, first thing to do is obviously giving pants to Cammy. How many years can you run around in a leotard? But I'll keep everything else intact (hat, gauntlets, etc.). Next, when I'll be making SFV, I'll make it more like 3rd Strike.

Next is KoF. I'd include Blue Mary, B.Jenet and Vanessa as "Femme Fatale" team and Rugal, Geese and Goenitz as "Big Bad Baller Bosses" team in part XIV. Oh, and new team, obviously.

For non-fighting games:
Dota 2. Better player rating system and maybe another steam-punk/sci-fi character, prefferably lady.

Final Fantasy. Ban any attempts to make another sequel to X. Also, branch out and make games for different kinds of people, i.e. one branch is focused on, for example, turn-based games focused on serious plots, one for action-rpg-ish games with "save the world by punching gods in the faces" story, etc.

 

[cleric of the order]

Bring back chapter approved.
Reduce prices where possible.
Increase writing department.
Retrofit the systems.
Try and branch out.
Bring back squats.

Spoiler

Shuttt up

 

[Ten Foot Bunny]

Grey's Anatomy... Lexie and Sloan deserved a MUUUUUUCH better ending! Can't any character (other than Yang) leave the hospital in something other than a body bag?

Grrrr!

 

[regalphantom]

I've got a few more:

Avatar/Korra: Give the Korra team more funding retroactively. Season 1 and 2 would have been better with more episodes so they could do more character development. Also extend funding for a couple more seasons of Korra, and possibly a series set with a more adult Aang.

Games Workshop: Rework the rules, to a better job balancing between melee and ranged. Do a better job balancing the various types of units. Create new scenarios that work for both competitive and casual play. Release more efficient bundles for getting new players into the game.

Privateer Press: Give Retribution one more big 'catch-up' wave like in Wrath to bring them up to speed with the other factions. Do the same with the Hordes factions but with two smaller waves. Release more stuff for Convergence. Mercs/Minions get their own seperate release book (so the cycle time between books changes from 6 months to 4, but with 3 books instead of two). Accelerate the transition to their new higher-quality plastic.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Release a sequel series showing the old guard 20 years later, kill off most of them, and have a show as representative of this decade as Buffy was for the 90's

Titanfall: Make Titanfall2 have battlefield-like levels. Large levels, more space, semi-destructible environments. It will greatly play up the parkour and titan-combat elements.

Legend of Zelda/Dark Souls: You can guess where I'm going with this. Hylian Souls. Nintendo, From Software, get on this.

Borderlands: Borderlands 3 is on a new planet (or on Pandora after serious changes). The main villain is a posh, British gentleman who always speaks in a gentle refined deadpan tone, even when upset or committing horrible atrocities. Also Claptrap finds love, settles down, adopts a psycho-migdit, and hosts an inter-galactic version of the Jerry Springer show.

 

[Grendich]

Anything else you think I should do?

Im kinda missing a Poison/Fire and Poison/Psycho pokemon (and another, good poison/dragon) so far.

In addition to that: remove mega evolutions or nerf them so that they make a pokemon just different, not flat out better.

Balance/update the stats of a lot of pokemon. I was always a bit sad that so many pokemon have shit stats for absolutely no reason and unless you grind them to a way higher level than your enemy, they suck.

Make proper PC versions of the games with a way to speed the game up.

Remove all the unnecessary text clutter. (When i pick a fucking berry i dont need 3 texts telling that the berry is picked, that it is now in my pocket and that the bush doesnt have a berry anymore.)


Guild wars franchise:

For Guild wars 2: Speed up the balancing process, put more developers on WvW, fire Angel McHam. Bring some goddamn new content into the game that isnt tied to the living story, ike a new dungeon and a new fractal or two. Fire the devs responsible for the pet AI and hire someone new who actually knows who to do his/her job.
Revamp most of the world bosses/dungeons so it's more that a zerkfest.
Give players the ability to customise their HUD or at least give them the option to remove all the clutter on it.


Try to get some of the old devs back and let them work on Guild wars 1 to again, to release another addon/campaign and just give the game some more love.


Battle Realms: make Battle realms 2.


Legend of Korra: produce one last season that is consistently good (with no annoying little shits that get too much attention). Make mako as a character at least somewhat interesting; actually, all character could need a bit more development.
I'd also love to see a spin off with no big, serious, over-arching plot, just a bunch of loosely connected episodes showing mako, azami, bolin and korra getting in trouble in republic city/having adventures, just some not-so-serious, fun stories.

 

[V4Viewtiful]

Legend of Zelda/Dark Souls: You can guess where I'm going with this. Hylian Souls. Nintendo, From Software, get on this.

... So what you're saying is, you want Majora's Mask 2?

 

[The Squid King]

Sonic: I would make some games with the modern gameplay of generations and continue refining said gameplay rather then doing something completely different every single game.

Korra/Gravity Falls: I would give these shows a significantly higher budget and actually try to make them succeed as they are pretty much the only good shows that are currently on their respective networks.

Community: Make seasons longer so they can create overarching plotlines and stuff like that again.

Pokemon: Remove HMs, pokemon that are capable of HMs are now capable of using those moves outside of battle without wasting move slots. Gym badges will still be required for pokemon to use these moves outside of battle though so players are not capable of going everywhere at the start of the game.

 

[ShogunGino]

Well first thing I would do is acquire Jak and Daxter, release Jak X, Daxter, and Lost Frontier in an HD compilation disc, going back and fixing that destructive autosave glitch in Jak X, and then WORK ON A MOTHERF***ING CONCLUSION ALREADY!!!

Another thing I would have would be new Jet Set Radio and MegaMan Legends games. A completely new game for the former, and finally finishing the latter.

If I had Firefly, I wouldn't try to make new episodes. I enjoy the series and Serenity as much as the next fan, but its been too long, the actors are too old, and at least two of the characters wouldn't be returning. No, what I would do is ask Joss to publish his projected ideas for the otherwise lost seasons in novelized form. Retcon Serenity, as much as I love that movie, and give people what he planned Firefly to be, about 7 seasons long. At this point, I think it would be best. The actors could get together to do audiobooks of them as well.

I would make compilation discs of the following franchises:
Legend of Zelda (consisting of a Wii U disc with all the console titles, and a 3DS cart with all the handhelds, excluding the OoT 3D and Link Between Worlds, obviously)
A BETTER Mario compilation instead of the All Stars re-release.
A more solid Sonic compilation, containing the Master System versions along with their Game Gear counterparts.
As well as Shining Force and Phantasy Star compilations. For the Phantasy Star set, I would include the PS2 Sega AGES versions of 1 and 2, as well as the Game Gear side games that were never released.

 

[Evil Smurf]

If I had the rights of Jazz Jackrabbit, I'd make a new one, and release it for all platforms, I love that franchise!

I'd remake Pokemon as a kind of heist crime caper type game. Rorychief's six. My party:
Magneton. Deprive guards of guns, cause security blackouts and run interference on police radio chatter.
Feraligatr. Intimidation, crowd control and vault door battering ram.
Hypno. Anesthetize and scour dreams for intel/reprogram hostages to be compliant.
Crobat. Clear the sky of choppers and provide rooftop pickup for getaway.
Scyther. Run the vents and intercept/eviscerate SWAT teams as they breach the upper levels.
Haunter. Uncontrollable psychotic wild card released only as last resort.

So you'd have the bad guys be the protagonist, interesting.

 

[Rebel_Raven]

Tenchu. I'd make a new one with the old game's mission style (random enemies, or at least multiple layouts at random), and Z's character creation, but amped up, and multiplayer. Especially co-op.

Maybe make it open world?

I'd keep the stealth essential, and essential to having a high score. Maybe have a fear meter for the heck of it so you know you're creating superstition, and dread among the guards.

If I did make it open world, I'd do everything I could to at least have randomly generated targets to keep people playing, and their skills sharp. Sorta like what Skyrim did. Maintain goals, enemies, and so forth. I'd fix a lot of the problems I see in open world games. Namely a lack of stuff to do once the plot's over.

Maybe some new gadgets, and some missions for thievery. Maybe infiltration via integration/disguise. Make a bigger variety.

That's about it off the top of my head.