What dormant major license could follow Spider-Man PS4’s lead and become a AAA juggernaut?
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I can't imagine Naughty Dog doing a good job on something so stylistically quick and combat focused
Harry Potter, LOTR, Game of Thrones have so many RPG opportunities
My dream game, really excited to see what they are making.
My dream game, really excited to see what they are making.
It really is calling out for a KOTOR-style "reboot", maybe not an RPG but they could just take the IP and put it in a new/old iteration of the Matrix
Isn't that already rumored to be in production now? Or did that project quietly die out?
Reminds me of something I thought of a while ago but in wrestling. Take the Tiger Mask IP and make it like what you describe. Add some choices like making friends or turning into a heel.
Either make the character Tiger Mask himself or a whole new character you create in the same universe (or a tiger mask user that you create yourself).
It doesn't count. It had a tiny budget, rushed production, and was restricted to size limitations on Xbox Arcade back then.
I really don't think you could make a Watchmen action game. It's just not really what that story is about.
Well also any Watchmen game would suck. What would you want? Cosplaying Rorschach's cryptofash fantasies?
I want Catwoman level of combat animation in a CGI quality late 20th century NYC. Is that so much to demand?
No, but I wouldn't want a Watchmen game based around a violent gameplay loop. Watchmen deserves more than surface level adaptation that is only looking at visual aesthetics
Does EA still have the Harry Potter license? Sorry if dumb question, but I haven't played a HP game since the PS2/GCN days.
Watchmen doesn't work with that kind of 'cool' combat. Did you see the film? Yuck.
Ninja Turtles. There is so much potential for this if in the right hands and given a good budget. I really wish those rumors of Rocksteady tackling it after Arkham Knight had been true.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
A talented studio (for example, Rocksteady) making a TMNT game with a huge budget could be amazing.
Ducktales
A large scale Ducktales game would be cool as hell too. The last games are from 2013, one of which being remake of the original DuckTales, while the other is a mobile game.
A 3D adventure game in which you play as different characters in multiple chapters, each on a treasure hunt, with all storylines finally coming together in a big climactic ending would be incredible.
Tarzan
Insomniac did sliding with Sunset Overdrive, and swinging with Spider-Man... just sayin'
A talented studio (for example, Rocksteady) making a TMNT game with a huge budget could be amazing.
- Different sections for different turtles
- A complete sewer system you can freely navigate (either for a shortcut or to escape your enemies)
- Good mix of stealth sections and combat
- Usagi Yojimbo appearance/cameo
Ducktales
A large scale Ducktales game would be cool as hell too. The last games are from 2013, one of which being remake of the original DuckTales, while the other is a mobile game.
A 3D adventure game in which you play as different characters in multiple chapters, each on a treasure hunt, with all storylines finally coming together in a big climactic ending would be incredible.
Tarzan
- Sliding on tree branches
- Swinging from vines
Insomniac did sliding with Sunset Overdrive, and swinging with Spider-Man... just sayin'
watchmen is not about the glorification of vigilante violence, that's the snyder film. in fact, the HBO series dunks pretty hard on the snyder film with the Hooded Justice film.
I'd love another Blade Runner game. But of course the source IP there isn't exactly a huge mainstream thing in the first place... but I think a new game there could be reasonably successful.
edit - Star Trek games, please! With the IP getting revived with multiple shows on TV, surely we might get a revival in game development around that. Again though...probably not likely to be AAA juggernaut territory.
edit - Star Trek games, please! With the IP getting revived with multiple shows on TV, surely we might get a revival in game development around that. Again though...probably not likely to be AAA juggernaut territory.
Centurions
I actually thought Avalanche Studios was working toward something like this with the JC3 DLC. Would be an awesome premise for a game for sure, LOTS of work though since you'd need land, sea, and air gameplay/levels
It is gorgeous, but that's all.
Swing and a miss for understanding the source material. Basically made all the same mistakes the Watchmen copy cats did. Absolute fucking travesty.
Gold Box remakes, let's go!
Chronocles is my fav but anything would be cool lol
I can't believe there's barely anything out of it. -_-
I don't see why Sony couldn't pump a ton of money into making a new open world Getaway game, with a massive movie tie in. Not set in London, but somewhere else.
They could put a Vice City spin on it, set it in the 80's, get some big names to act in it, get it all pop culture like. Then.. make the game.
Imagine a PS5 exclusive open world game built from the ground up using the SSD, basically with all the first party magic you know they can muster.
They could put a Vice City spin on it, set it in the 80's, get some big names to act in it, get it all pop culture like. Then.. make the game.
Imagine a PS5 exclusive open world game built from the ground up using the SSD, basically with all the first party magic you know they can muster.
^ Some of my picks from a previous similar thread — Blade is *perfect* video game material.
John Wick is a good pick (and I'd be shocked if we didn't see a AAA dev take a shot at it (pun partially intended) next gen) — but I see your "Naughty Dog John Wick" and raise you a "Naughty Dog Mission Impossible". It would be the perfect "second team" project as much of their Uncharted experience would transfer very well, while first team works on their own IP.
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Harry Potter: Four Houses
Everyone is a mage or wyvern rider/quidditch player in my run anyway.
It's what everyone has wanted for like a decade. We want Bully but more magical and in Hogwarts.
Not a fan of the John Wick from Naughty Dog ideas, the game needs a badass, almost perfect shooting mechanic, and the last thing that I think when somebody tells me "Naughty Dog" is their shooting mechanics.
It needs to be more Max Payne 3 and less Uncharted, a 3D version of Hotline Miami honestly would be perfect. And if I could choose, it would be third, not first, person. Plenty of great first-person shooters out there, third-person ones are lacking.
This though, this is an insanely good idea. Mission Impossible is all about the spectacle and the setpieces, something Naughty Dog excels at.
It is rare to read an idea here that fit so perfectly like this one.
It needs to be more Max Payne 3 and less Uncharted, a 3D version of Hotline Miami honestly would be perfect. And if I could choose, it would be third, not first, person. Plenty of great first-person shooters out there, third-person ones are lacking.
This though, this is an insanely good idea. Mission Impossible is all about the spectacle and the setpieces, something Naughty Dog excels at.
It is rare to read an idea here that fit so perfectly like this one.
Naughty Dog utilize too many shoot outs for an IM game. Making a game of just set pieces sounds expensive unless it was super short.
Monolith's job postings were for a next-gen AAA sci-fi game using the nemesis system, so... kinda?
I would absolutely fucking love this, but I don't know if we'd get it. Part of me would love to see the Sony pictures team + Lord & Miller have a heavy involvement in order to make it feel "right" but the other part would prefer they were 110% focused on the sequels instead so they live up to Spider-Verse.
...in the meantime though, I'd just settle for Insomniac adding some of Spider-Verse Miles' flavour into their version of him to make him cooler for SM2.
John Wick needs a shooting / targeting system like one of the later Splinter Cells (Blacklist?) to feel "right" imo.
I don't really agree with that but ok. Ethan is fucking bad guys over the entire movie, and even then I think ND can make decent slower paced parts too (the last of us had a few).
An Iron Man game that's part Ace Combat, part Armored Core, and part Arkham seems like an easy no brainer.
Lots of high flying fast paced ranged combat, a huge focus on parts/build variety/armour customization, with a detailed and fun open-world to explore with lots of nifty secrets and easter eggs.
Lots of high flying fast paced ranged combat, a huge focus on parts/build variety/armour customization, with a detailed and fun open-world to explore with lots of nifty secrets and easter eggs.