Not a remake or remaster or rerelease of something old, but something inspired or influenced by something either popular or a cult classic. Also this could extend to hardware/tech too, not only media.
Metal Gear Rising
I would really enjoy a new comprehensive story-driven-but-still-strategic hybrid game like the 90s game Reunion. It was weird, stupidly hard and even unfair if you didn’t know where to go and when, but it’s also the most challenging game I ever completed without any hint book or walkthrough, ever.
Some of the music slapped, too.
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I am Imagineering a Dark Ride in my VR Theme Park that many have said is a spiritual successor of EPCOT’s Spaceship Earth in Walt Disney World.
Do non-fictional things count?
The game series Thief is the defining experience of satisfying gameplay for me, and there are not enough games like that. Stealth as a core mechanic, with the expectation and ability to entirely avoid combat and detection, a first person perspective for immersion, and a fascinating fantasy setting and story.
The closest to a spiritual successor is the Styx series, but it’s been a while since the last one was released, so I wish for another game like that.
Isn’t Dishonored somewhat of a spiritual successor?
Something like Baldur’s gate with good ol’ realtime with pause. Baldur’s gate 3 is a great game, but playing it feels like divinity and not baldurs gate
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
I printed out a 40 page gamefaq so I could 100% it as a kid, I liked exploring the multiplayer maps by myself 🥲 kinda liminal
SimEarth. Loved that game, but I want modern graphics and a better environmental model for other planets.
That game is awesome. I still boot it up every couple years.
I don’t even need great graphics, just use modern CPU power to ramp up the simulation complexity and that’s an easy buy from me. Probably won’t happen though, it was pretty niche even for it’s time. It wasn’t really even a game, just a piece of software that was fun to mess around with.
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and Dirty Bomb.
Great multi-player class- and objective-focused team shooters with great movement, respawn wave timer and reviving and healing. ET was very popular and has always been free. (etlegacy.com) Dirty Bomb is free to play and found only moderate success, had IMO bad monetization attempts, and was ultimately put into passive mode not being developed or maintained further, with monetization removed.
W:ET as a moddable quake game had a vibrant modding, server hosting, esport, and community scene.
I loved dirty bomb! Was alot of fun but couldn’t get my friends interested.
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There was a 1999 PC game called Drakan: Order of the Flame which was a pretty good time. Third-person action-adventure sword and sorcery that had some fun hidden secrets, a variety of weapons with different strengths, dragon riding… To expand on that, and probably make the protagonist a bit more realistically dressed, would be enjoyable
I remember playing the sequel when I was younger and remember having a blast. I don’t know of a good dragonriding / sword & sorcery game that’s come out in ages, so a remake of these games would be amazing.
Black & White 1 or 2. Game was basically made for VR but was released in 2001/2005 and was awesome. It could be huge if handled right with some AR elements.
Oh yeah, that would be a GREAT VR game!
Seven kingdoms. Late 90s RTS. I still play it and absolutely love it. It got overshadowed by C&C massively.
Thanks for the spontaneous nostalgia trip. I was playing it, or rather its sequel, in the 2000s after I got it from a magazine.
There’s a HD Version of Seven Kingdoms 2 on Steam. I think I might grab it.
The original is free and open source and has been upgraded if you prefer it
I still play this one. Just love it.
