You could do some sort of mixed genre. For example, one where you play a single character RPG-like, but sometimes are put in charge of commanding armies on the battlefield, FPS-like.

Yes it is possible but I have found some games like that have not really been the best. I suppose this is an idea:

You start off the leader of a nomad clan(this is all in first person view but with a RTS and RPG touch to it). YOu need to establish a base and start build houses and wells and start hunting for you people. First you build up the empire then send parts of your army to attack different opponents (clans i suppose). YOu can either stay at home build and designing or attend the battle in person to boast the moral of your men. Your army could be split into legions so that you could have part of you army fighting Player 1 and another part fight Player 2 and the last part defend the empire. The whole time you are in first person view but always playing the game like it is either a RTS or FPS all with a touch of RPG. IT is an idea yet to be expanded and choped and changed so what do you guys think?

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Original post by ZVFisher Yes it is possible but I have found some games like that have not really been the best. I suppose this is an idea: You start off the leader of a nomad clan(this is all in first person view but with a RTS and RPG touch to it). YOu need to establish a base and start build houses and wells and start hunting for you people. First you build up the empire then send parts of your army to attack different opponents (clans i suppose). YOu can either stay at home build and designing or attend the battle in person to boast the moral of your men. Your army could be split into legions so that you could have part of you army fighting Player 1 and another part fight Player 2 and the last part defend the empire. The whole time you are in first person view but always playing the game like it is either a RTS or FPS all with a touch of RPG. IT is an idea yet to be expanded and choped and changed so what do you guys think?

I HATE the idea,... :P but only because it is one of my many 'good' design ideas that I really want to see created with me getting the credit for it,... I just don't want to do the work, :P

in a second-person shooter, you'd have to control the main character through the eyes of the guy he is trying to shoot...

Okay, I'll bite (because I had this idea before anyway). However, it is a hybrid rather than a true "new" genre.

Life simulation/strategy/RPG

You play the son or daughter of a murdered Lord, and are too young to inherit. Your Uncle takes over your father's lands and jokingly grants you a pig farm on the outskirts of his lands near a hostile border as your only lands. The player must build up these lands by adventuring to build up a name that will bring in settlers. You must construct the village intelligently and grow it into a large holding.

Gameplay includes RPG combat on the outskirts of town (or defense of the town), construction of town, and interactions with all of the people who move into your town, as well as mini-games for all of the town industries. It is Harvest Moon with RPG combat and village building.

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Original post by Talroth Quote: Original post by ZVFisher Yes it is possible but I have found some games like that have not really been the best. I suppose this is an idea: You start off the leader of a nomad clan(this is all in first person view but with a RTS and RPG touch to it). YOu need to establish a base and start build houses and wells and start hunting for you people. First you build up the empire then send parts of your army to attack different opponents (clans i suppose). YOu can either stay at home build and designing or attend the battle in person to boast the moral of your men. Your army could be split into legions so that you could have part of you army fighting Player 1 and another part fight Player 2 and the last part defend the empire. The whole time you are in first person view but always playing the game like it is either a RTS or FPS all with a touch of RPG. IT is an idea yet to be expanded and choped and changed so what do you guys think? I HATE the idea,... :P but only because it is one of my many 'good' design ideas that I really want to see created with me getting the credit for it,... I just don't want to do the work, :P

Well then if we both like the idea we should work on it together, I reckon a game like that would have a great potential if done correctly.

Anyway dink I like your idea, it also could make a good game, again, if done right. I think the big problem with the ideas in this forum is that when people try to get a team together a heap of first timers join up to the team and nothing gets done because the still have to learn alot. Anyway thanks again for all your posts and ideas, i think i am getting somewhere now!