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What would you like to see in an RPG?
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Hello guys, Amy here! Long time no type!
I am currently helping my friend Ross Gilmore start up a video game company called "1979" in Derry, Northern Ireland. Our plan is to make a successful franchise of RPGs and are hoping in to get our mitts on some Playstation 3 and maybe DS development kits in the next year or so.
We are wondering what elements, gameplay modes etc. would you like to see in an RPG!
ANY suggestions are welcome! Thank you.
I am currently helping my friend Ross Gilmore start up a video game company called "1979" in Derry, Northern Ireland. Our plan is to make a successful franchise of RPGs and are hoping in to get our mitts on some Playstation 3 and maybe DS development kits in the next year or so.
We are wondering what elements, gameplay modes etc. would you like to see in an RPG!
ANY suggestions are welcome! Thank you.
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You know what would be cool in a DS RPG? If you used to the touchscreen to attack specific body parts on the enemy.
Square-enix did that egg monster heroes thing which had a similar idea.
And personally, I always find quirky or humorous RPGs much more entertaining than heavy-handed and moody ones.
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I would be very happy with this game and would play it very much, also, I would make everyone I know play it and I would but many copies. You would sell a lot and make a ton of money$.
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Even though it can sometime mess around with story based games I really appreciate it when they add in a good amount of character customization. Even simple things as unlockable costumes or showing the new shiny weapon the character equipped instead of just a general model. It's the details.
I infact have a friend that will not play any RPG that doesn't show different weapons being equipped. Yeah, I find it a bit strange.
Yeah. A DS RPG with a real story would be so bought'd.
If you're going for comedy then do comedy well darn it.
If a game's writing is good, then it doesn't matter if it's serious or comedic. In my experience though, comedic games tend to have better writing overall.
In my opinion, some of the best stories are a good blend of drama and comedy. Off the top of my head, The Princess Bride, Pirates of the Caribbean, and some Kurt Vonnegut books are good examples of this. I'm sure there are video game examples too, I just can't think of any right now.
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(see examples: Grindhouse, Clerks II)
It would help if we had some context.
I mean dialogue that sounds like it would be in an actual conversation and doesn't sound like it was written like a speech. While not a RPG, Metal Gear Solid is the worst offender of having dialogue that sounds like nothing but speeches directed at various characters.
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Anyway what type of rpg are you going for? Turn Based? First Person? Third person? Fast Paced? Slow Paced? I personally want a first person/third person action based rpg with a world that feels alive. It should also have good Art design.
Edit: No HK-47, plz. One note characters are good for running across once in a while, but if the best characterization you can muster is "Battle Hardened Warrior" or "Guy Who Is Crazy", with no real backstory or relation to the plot at hand, it's a wash.
I've always wanted an RPG set in WW2 Germany. Not some anime bullshit interpretation of it, but a real, gritty RPG where you have to make hard choices and the story follows the rise of Hitler and the game ends at his fall.
Cue people posting like 30 RPGs I've never heard of where you are.
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And if you make it some sort of part-based thing then how about having it so that you actually use all of your characters? Most RPGs will give you 6-9 characters, but you can only use 3 or 4 at a time. It makes no sense, especially when in all of the cut-scenes and the like all the party members are considered to be together, fighting the good fight and all that. Either have as many characters as you use, and how many games let you use 8 characters? It'd be great. Or break the characters into different groups and tell the story from different angles, a la Suikeden 3, but you'd move in a more logical progression and it would be less dumb.
If you ever need someone with story ideas or writing, I'd be willing to help out. Right now I haven't slept for a few days and I've been arguing with Drez, so I'm a little out of it. My writing isn't too terrible, and I'm good with generating new ideas.
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Is it a RPG or an RPG?
Give all the characters something besides the anime hair cut. Nothing more annoying that not knowing what game you're playing because all the protag's have the same blonde, spikey hair with that same gay look on their face. The solution is hats.
I'd kill for a nice long RPG on the DS with good plot/character development. Honestly, for me, I'll play nearly any game through so long as it has good plot and characters. Don't feel the need to have like, a trillion characters with poor background stories either; better to have a few original, memorable characters than a ton of them that I won't remember past the game's end. This bugged me about KOTOR, I only really cared for half the characters because the other half didn't have much of a subplot beyond the first few hours you'd see them (e.g. Mission, Zaalbaar).
A good plot twist always makes me fall in love with games, too. Games like KOTOR (again), Tales of Symphonia, Baten Kaitos... They're mostly memorable to me not only because they had decent characters, but because of those plot twists that blindsided me and forced me to think.
Oh, and it would be nice to get a break from the typical fantasy setting; a lot of companies like Bioware seem to be expanding into the sci-fi types of settings now, but it wouldn't hurt to do something different like Western or historical or modern or SOMETHING different.
Oh god I would buy that game instantly.
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This = yes.
Yes.
Yes yes yes a thousand times yes.
How has this not been done before?
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In other words, less Tales of Symphonia and more FFIX.
Though it'd be nice to actually have to maintain a relationship during the course of a game.
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Does the main character really need love interests?
"Guys we can't go into space to kill the giant demon threatening the earth because those two party members have a date tonight.
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And when you win you get some cheesy flash video of them still frame fucking.
Do you:
1. Kiss her.
2. Give her flowers.
3. Tell her her hair looks nice.
4. Rape her.
If I equip an armor, I want to look different. If I equip a sword, I want it to look different.
Everything about the game can suck, but if it's got this stuff, I'm golden.
(kidding about that part, of course.)
I personally enjoy the love interest kind of subplots. It lends a bit of realism to the whole saving the world from giant evil Sith space demons. It's something that most people can relate to in some fashion, and they can typically be an engaging and good way to watch characters evolve.
However, if you do put a romantic subplot in, DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT pull a Neverwinter Nights 2 - two lines of dialog with the most uninteresting people in the party saying "So uh, we'll probably die tomorrow. Want to sleep together?" It, along with the poor ending, kind of ruined the game for me.
The love interest subplots are almost never realistic. Forming a long lasting relationship takes years while most RPGs don't take place over a long period of time.