OT: 2005 Games

[brianeyci]

I could see some system working with drag down boxes.

Maybe player-added content keeping it alive, or professional modellers and a MMORPG style game (hey, you have to pay for quality).

I'm not sure that it could be a game though. More like a huge chat room where people waste their time and spend time designing their buildings/rooms. Maybe some game concept of "credits" could be built into the system. The more you interact with other people, the more credits you get, and you can buy better 3d models and build a better place to show off.

The key would be stunning graphics, and the ability to add EVERYTHING. From picasso pictures, bedsheets, individual books, even cockroaches and rats should be in it. Special items like a computer that you could interact with, etc., could also be incorporated for some interactivity.

Oh, and did I mention avatars? Designing yourself to look the way you want? This kind of game could sell, and could ruin a generation of teenagers/break up marriages.

<edit> Oh and it doesn't have to be limited to a modern setting, what would sell it would be the unique environments you could create for people to explore, like the inside of a spaceship, a dark dank dungeon crawling with scary sounds, etc </edit>

Brian

[deccan]

Sounds like Sims Online.

[AMF]

aiken said:
Next year should be definitely named as the Year of Strategies:
GalCiv II: ...Did I miss some interesting game which will be published next year?

If you're a fan of the old SPI games, you might want to check this place out:

www.hexwar.com

Has put many of the old SPI games into a PBW format, much like SE4, so you play against other humans. If you liked SPI, it's a real godsend.

Alarik