Your dream games, and the likelihood they might ever exist.
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A new 3D Banjo-Kazooie platformer. If Battletoads can come back, then surely Banjo can? Right?!
^all of these, and tbh I see a new Golden Sun happening before the others since Nintendo is actually known to bring old IPs and ideas back. VP and FFT II (or a new Ogre game) are pipe dreams in the state SE is currently in and I also think Sony has abandoned Japan so no more Wild Arms.
As for me... Uh... Well, the easiest one is a new Wave Race, probably. Likelyhood of it happening seems next to nil though.
A new JRPG with turn-based combat, set in a time period equivalent to the early 20th century, cel-shaded graphics, a globe-spanning adventure, lots of characters and a healthy dose of fanservice without slipping into borderline porn territory. Would probably come from an indie production rather than any established studio.
An anime-style WRPG similar to Sudeki. Also a new Jade Empire. See neither of these happening soon.
A Gran Turismo game with real team management. You build and expand your own work site with wind tunnels, factories etc. There you can also build your own test track, gather sponsors, decide the team colors, logo and outfits, hire personnel, look for second drivers/test drivers and so on. Racing is determined not only by your driving skill but also by the team that you have put together. If you hire less functional personnel it might hurt your on-track strategies, if you bring the wrong kind of drivers it might hurt the morale, and if you decide to go cheap on car parts it might cost you reliability. The point is to give the player a much more complex reward/risk experience where your bond with your entire team and want to bring success not only to yourself but also everyone involved in the effort. Imagine going into the pit-lane and you know the name of all the mechanics chancing your wheels, because you hired them personally. And the reason that they pulled off a new personal best is because you have worked towards a good team spirit where everyone is happy and has great synergy.
I know this video game will never happen because it's so ambitious, but I refuse to let go of the dream!
I know this video game will never happen because it's so ambitious, but I refuse to let go of the dream!
Banjo-Threeie.
Full on sequel to Tooie that expands on the bear and birds moveset, while scrapping the Nuts and Bolts mechanics. Interconnected Metroidvania-esque levels where you can unlock new pathways if you return to earlier levels.
Developed by a young team at Rare, supervised by Gregg Mayles, while Kirkhope returns as the composer.
Yeah, I don't see that ever happening.
Full on sequel to Tooie that expands on the bear and birds moveset, while scrapping the Nuts and Bolts mechanics. Interconnected Metroidvania-esque levels where you can unlock new pathways if you return to earlier levels.
Developed by a young team at Rare, supervised by Gregg Mayles, while Kirkhope returns as the composer.
Yeah, I don't see that ever happening.
A hero shooter using Gi Joe characters on the Uncharted 3 multiplayer engine.
no chance in hell
no chance in hell
Back when I wa sa teenager, I dreamt of a Battle Royale game, like, a licensed one from the movie. I guess PUBG is the nearest thing we will get.
Sonic Adventure 3 - I'm sure it's coming sooner rather than later but probably not in the way I imagined it after all these years. I'm sure rather than expanding on the first 2 games it'll end up being a cheap nostalgia rehash of elements of both games with maybe a Chao Garden if they're feeling generous and probably classic Sonic shoehorned in for shits and giggles
Star Citizen is pretty close to my dream game, just needs to come out and be good.
Honerable mentions are probably variations of Metal Gear Rising and Breath of the Wild. Like, an MGR boss rush game with aesthetics similar to Furi, or Breath of the Wild but with an even weirder high fantasy style world.
Honerable mentions are probably variations of Metal Gear Rising and Breath of the Wild. Like, an MGR boss rush game with aesthetics similar to Furi, or Breath of the Wild but with an even weirder high fantasy style world.
R-TYPE Dimensions 2 - Full HD remasters of the following:
R-TYPE Final HD - Big HD uprez plus:
Chances: With R-TYPE Final 2 being recently announced, I find all of these to be much more likely. Doubly so with Dimensions EX on Switch and Steam.
- Super R-Type(maybe)
- R-Type LEO
- R-Type III: The Third Lightning
- R-Type Delta
R-TYPE Final HD - Big HD uprez plus:
- Arrange Mode with re-arranged levels to match the quality of the previous games.
- All aforementioned features of Dimensions 2
Chances: With R-TYPE Final 2 being recently announced, I find all of these to be much more likely. Doubly so with Dimensions EX on Switch and Steam.
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Chrono Break is the only one I can really think of off the top of my head. The series has too much name recognition to never be revisited, so I'm sure we'll see some sort of follow-up someday. (The more specific dream of Yoko Taro's Chrono Break, perhaps less likely.)
Aside from that, I'd still like to see Ron Gilbert get to make another Monkey Island someday, but it sounds like he's not interested unless he could get the IP, which seems........ unlikely
Aside from that, I'd still like to see Ron Gilbert get to make another Monkey Island someday, but it sounds like he's not interested unless he could get the IP, which seems........ unlikely
I feel like I've already gotten my dream games lol; Smash Bros. with almost a hundred characters and a realistic cowboy sim.
The only other game I really want is another New Vegas esque game in terms of freedom and branching story paths, and it seems like Obsidian might pull it off with their newer games.
The only other game I really want is another New Vegas esque game in terms of freedom and branching story paths, and it seems like Obsidian might pull it off with their newer games.
Earthbound Beginnings remake in 3D. Deeper story.
Then, two years later, EarthBound remake.
Finally, two years after that, Mother 3 remake, retitled EarthBound Finale in the West.
Also, a fighting game consisting of characters from my and my friends' worldbuilding universe. Will never happen for obvious reasons.
Then, two years later, EarthBound remake.
Finally, two years after that, Mother 3 remake, retitled EarthBound Finale in the West.
Also, a fighting game consisting of characters from my and my friends' worldbuilding universe. Will never happen for obvious reasons.
I cant believe Smash Bros with almost 100 characters actually happened. TBH this is pretty close to a dream game I had too.
Yep, still insane that we have what is essentially the closest thing to a legitimate Mugen game lol
I wanted Trauma Team 2 on the Wii U with stylus controls so much. The dream died years ago, of course, but it still makes me sad.
Panzer Dragoon Saga remake by Bluepoint.
0.000001% chance that's their mystery project, so, uh, not holding my breath. But it is a nice dream...
I can only hope the upcoming remakes of Panzer Dragoon 1+2 turn out decently.
0.000001% chance that's their mystery project, so, uh, not holding my breath. But it is a nice dream...
I can only hope the upcoming remakes of Panzer Dragoon 1+2 turn out decently.
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My never-gonna-happen-game:
A Uncharted like game without the shoting part, don't think anyone would take that risk with an AAA budget
Alan Wake 2
The fact that I haven't seen it mentioned once in this 250 post thread should tell you how likely it is. I loved this game so, so much and it makes me really sad that we didn't get a resolution to the cliffhanger. I used to get so mad at Sam Lake for teasing it and hyping it on Twitter, even long past Microsoft telling them to kill it. He would post pictures flashlights with batteries "something special is coming" or photos of him with the IRL character model for AW "someone is coming back" and on and on. Now I realize he was probably just trying to keep interest alive. :(
Sonic Adventure 3
There was a great Sonic news site (prob still exists) that I used to check regularly because their teases and rumors were usually grounded in reality. I finally bailed after 8 years of constant SA3 rumors and teases. It ain't happening.
Sonic Mania 2
I don't trust Sega to back something that people actually want anymore, no matter how well received.
Half-Life 3
Fuck Valve for this. Stop making excuses for them. They flat out promised the game, they intentionally made a cliffhanger ending in an episode 2 of a 3 episode story. They funded and developed several other games over the course of a 10 year span all while coyly answering "it's still coming" in every interview without any further details. "All you need to know is that it will come". "Trust that it's still coming". Eventually they stop answering. Eventually the members of the team are either fired or quit. Eventually they let people make their own sequels. Eventually gamers start collectively defending them "they don't owe you anything" "they make enough money, they don't need to make games" or the worst one: "any Half-Life 3 wouldn't be good enough after such a long wait." Fuck that and fuck Valve. Not just for not making it, but for promising it and then going completely silent on it.
Paper Mario 3
Or a true Paper Mario RPG sequel in the vein of the first two. It will never happen.
The fact that I haven't seen it mentioned once in this 250 post thread should tell you how likely it is. I loved this game so, so much and it makes me really sad that we didn't get a resolution to the cliffhanger. I used to get so mad at Sam Lake for teasing it and hyping it on Twitter, even long past Microsoft telling them to kill it. He would post pictures flashlights with batteries "something special is coming" or photos of him with the IRL character model for AW "someone is coming back" and on and on. Now I realize he was probably just trying to keep interest alive. :(
Sonic Adventure 3
There was a great Sonic news site (prob still exists) that I used to check regularly because their teases and rumors were usually grounded in reality. I finally bailed after 8 years of constant SA3 rumors and teases. It ain't happening.
Sonic Mania 2
I don't trust Sega to back something that people actually want anymore, no matter how well received.
Half-Life 3
Fuck Valve for this. Stop making excuses for them. They flat out promised the game, they intentionally made a cliffhanger ending in an episode 2 of a 3 episode story. They funded and developed several other games over the course of a 10 year span all while coyly answering "it's still coming" in every interview without any further details. "All you need to know is that it will come". "Trust that it's still coming". Eventually they stop answering. Eventually the members of the team are either fired or quit. Eventually they let people make their own sequels. Eventually gamers start collectively defending them "they don't owe you anything" "they make enough money, they don't need to make games" or the worst one: "any Half-Life 3 wouldn't be good enough after such a long wait." Fuck that and fuck Valve. Not just for not making it, but for promising it and then going completely silent on it.
Paper Mario 3
Or a true Paper Mario RPG sequel in the vein of the first two. It will never happen.
A Cowboy Bebop game in the style of Uncharted (huge set pieces and fun vehicle segments), but not just a third person shooter, also having melee combat like Sleeping Dogs.
After all these years, I still just want a new Goemon game. Konami being what it is these days, I know it'll never happen, but a man can dream.
Platinum or Tango (ex-Clover team?) making a new God Hand style beat-em-up.
Extra points for it being a Bayonetta spin-off where you play as Rodin.
Likelihood: 0
Extra points for it being a Bayonetta spin-off where you play as Rodin.
Likelihood: 0
A berserk game similar to witcher3 or Skyrim: it will never happen.
Vagrant story 2: maybe? No, I don't think so.
Vagrant story 2: maybe? No, I don't think so.
Banjo Theeie - They have to make this at some point? I mean an actual release, not some half arsed entry. Outside of Mario we haven't seen many competent platformers.
Shadowrun - Still hoping we see a major release on this IP. The fusion of fantasy races with sci fi and magic is fascinating that could be interesting if done right. My dream release would be a AAA open world RPG done by Obsidian.
Shadowrun - Still hoping we see a major release on this IP. The fusion of fantasy races with sci fi and magic is fascinating that could be interesting if done right. My dream release would be a AAA open world RPG done by Obsidian.
Full remake of Golden Sun + TLA as one game on the Switch2 or whatever the successor turns out to be called.
Chance of existing: Close to zero.
Camelot simply isn't large enough for a project of that size and they'd likely make less money on it then another Mario sports game.
I'd also take a remake of Xenogears with the disc 2 content fleshed out/playable. I could sorta see that coming into existence though still very unlikely.
Some other ones:
Platinum Games + Gurren Lagann. W101 is the closest we'll get, Gainax or whoever owns the rights wouldn't fund it and it would ideally have Trigger collaborating.
Fromsoft + Berserk. Actually could happen, though I'd like it to happen once the manga is complete so the adaption isn't left unfinished... ughhh... Yeah maybe that's kinda unlikely in my lifetime.
Chance of existing: Close to zero.
Camelot simply isn't large enough for a project of that size and they'd likely make less money on it then another Mario sports game.
I'd also take a remake of Xenogears with the disc 2 content fleshed out/playable. I could sorta see that coming into existence though still very unlikely.
Some other ones:
Platinum Games + Gurren Lagann. W101 is the closest we'll get, Gainax or whoever owns the rights wouldn't fund it and it would ideally have Trigger collaborating.
Fromsoft + Berserk. Actually could happen, though I'd like it to happen once the manga is complete so the adaption isn't left unfinished... ughhh... Yeah maybe that's kinda unlikely in my lifetime.