Here we go for another round of games I'd like to see
made, why I want to see them, and the odds that I think they'll get made. Today I'll be focusing on the PlayStation 3
(here are the previous entries for the Wii, PSP, and Xbox 360).
First Up: A Submarine Game
I'll be honest here; I'm a fan of anything Sub
related. Sub movies (Das Boot, The Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide), Sub Books (Blind Man's Bluff, Iron Coffins, U-Boats: The Illustrated History of the Raiders of the Deep), Sub Sandwiches (BLT, Meatball...er,
never mind).
From the old arcade games (Sea Wolf and Up Scope) to the PC (the Silent Hunter series) the Sub genre is a proven
winner. I want a console version, on the
PS3, that will blow me away with its graphics.
Let me control Russian, US, and German subs. Let me unlock missions to use old historical
subs (who wouldn't want to control the H.L. Hunley?). Give me missions to attack shipping lanes, protect
convoys, guard harbors, attack ports, and sneak past enemy lines. Let me manage my crew morale, worry about
crush depths, repair leaks, and feel the DualShock 3 rumble when depth charges explode nearby. Give me a multi-player
mode where we compete to sink the most tonnage.
Let me design and/or retrofit my sub with items like the snorkel.
Odds that it will get made: 80% - It's too good of a
genre to ignore.
Next Up: An Arcade in Home
Whenever Sony gets around to launching Home and we can all
have avatars walking around and interacting, please, please, please include an
arcade. I want to have my avatar walk
into a virtual arcade, check out who's there, and join in a game with someone.
Have the machines lined up next to each other like they
were back in the day. If I see someone
playing Street Fighter II, let me join in and challenge them. If there's a Dragon's Lair machine, I want my
avatar to be able to put his quarter on the marquee or control panel, and wait
for his turn. While I wait I can talk to
the other people milling around in the Home-cade.
When I step up to a machine, have the game play take up
the center of the screen, but on the edges show the games next to me, to make
it feel right. Play the game music, but
in the background have the attract mode and game play sounds of the machines
around me.
Odds that it will get made: 20% - Licensing issues would
be the big hurdle, as I'm sure most of the publishers would be more interesting
in selling the games individually.
Those are what I'd want to see on the PlayStation 3. Would you play them? What games do you want to see? Which genres or titles are missing?
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