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What's a game or franchise you'd like to see cross over into a new genre. (feddit.uk)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'm thinking games that have traditionally been in one genre, but that you'd love to see take a complete 180.

Mario + Rabbids, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor and the newly announced Callisto Protocol roguelite.

Maybe you'd like to see a Mario platformer in the style of Cuphead or Meat Boy. Maybe it's a new take on Zelda...by combining it with a turn based RPG.

Let's have some fun and see what we can mash together.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

  1. Hitman series as an X-Com or Jagged Alliance style turn based strategy. I think that's pretty easy to imagine and self explanatory.

  2. FIFA or Pro Evo as an ascii turn based tactical roguelike. I don't mean running through dungeons etc, I mean still playing football, just that it's controlled on a grid, with you controlling a single @, and the other players moving when you move a tile etc, keyboard shortcuts for pass/lob/shoot/skill manoeuvres etc.

  3. Rugby League Live series in the style of Sensible World of Soccer. Pretty self explanatory. Rugby pretty much missed the "fast paced arcade action, 3 minute match" era of computer games, and they just churn out these slow, buggy Fifa-likes each year.

The closest I'm aware of currently are "Phantom Doctrine" (as a spy Xcom) and "Football Tactics & Glory" (as a turn based football game).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

For the Hitman X-Com game there is [Invisible Inc.] (https://store.steampowered.com/app/243970/Invisible_Inc/) Not sure it's exactly what you are looking for, but definitely more stealth based than Phantom Doctrine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Good call - I forgot that one existed. Its been in my wishlist for years, but for some reason I've never clicked "buy". It's on sale today :) Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

For 3.

Are you looking for Sensible Blood Rugby?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140870/Sensible_Blood_Rugby/

Or the slightly newer Rugby Sevens '23

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2324680/Rugby_Sevens_23/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I'd had a go at the blood rugby one, but it didn't quite work out for me for some reason. The sevens one looks promising - even though it's Union instead of League, I love a career mode - and it's on sale. Thank you :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I'd love to see another franchise attempt a kart racer. Bloodborne kart was super popular and Mario Kart could use some real competition.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

More of a genre, but I'd like to see survival horror (like Alan Wake and Silent Hill) as walking simulators or similar. No combat, just atmosphere and story.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The worst part of the Alan Wake games (at least for me) is the combat. I'd be happy to ditch those for less of that.

I think SOMO actually patched in a mode that stripped out all combat for that exact reason.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

SOMO?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Probably means Soma.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories comes close. You walk around searching for your daughter, piece together what happened and occasionally run away from monsters. My first Silent Hill game and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I want a Half-Life anime.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

survival horror lego game set in the alien franchise

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I'll admit that's a new concept for me. However there's one major challenge:

Lego games and horror go together like peanut butter and antifreeze. Just the very concept of melding Lego and something that's supposed to be scary removes the scary from the scary half. They're just too silly, I think the only fear Lego can make work is being barefoot around them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

This idea reminds me of what I'd imagine the mishmash of games styles you could put together in Game Dev Story would be like.

For me it's Cyberpunk Racing. Not quite to F-Zero or Wipeout but right before. With the customization level and style of that great NFS run from Underground to Most Wanted 05.

And I'd damn sure want the FMV story scenes! Feed that into my veins.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

A live action zombie apocalypse TV show featuring... Steve! ...but with mods like Botania and Create.

He's a modern forestry engineer/lumberjack who accidentally looks an enderman in the eyes. In the act of defending himself he knocks the strange block held by the enderman right into the hands of an Allay who then goes around picking up more of them, inadvertently assembling them into a portal which opens when the enderman's blood spills into it.

He awakes in a field full of mystical flowers and a book (journal) on a pedestal that tells him he's not the first human to end up here with information about how to harness the power of the flowers and the materials of the world to maybe build a better life for himself and any villagers he may come across.

His duty is to...

Survive

"Hurry! They will appear after dark!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Death Stranding crossed with a rail simulator like Run8. Journey across the land, restoring rail infrastructure and reviving long-dead industries!