Master of Magic
But should it be turn-based again or real-time?

What's REALLY interesting to me is how s****y most of the games that I remember being awesome on the NES truly are.

Take for example Battletoads. That game is insanely hard and bugging. Who would want to play a game like that anymore...

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1. Battletoads: Everyone loved Battletoads in the day. Where are they now? I think it has been about 15 years since the last game. Maybe today it would just seem like an TMNT rip-off?

Uhm, it would seem like that because that's what they were.

Ultima Online 2 and Dungeon Keeper 3 I was waiting for. Both have been in development and cancelled, so it's unlikely they are going to ever happen.

Going to third Dungeon Keeper 3 here. :) I still pick DK1 up approximately once every 18 months and play through the campaign. Sad thing it's very unsuitable for MP for both technical and design reasons (unlike DK2), but I prefer DK1.

There's really nothing stopping anyone from making a DK remake with a different name... Someone just got to get the hand out of the *** and do it. :)

There are some remotely similar games on the "dig a dungeon" theme (like the über-complicated Dwarf Fortress), but they're not that similar.

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What's REALLY interesting to me is how s****y most of the games that I remember being awesome on the NES truly are.

Take for example Battletoads. That game is insanely hard and bugging. Who would want to play a game like that anymore...

Hehe, memory is a selective bastard. Potentially because one's taste changes with age and also because we probably have higher expectations on today's titles (at least in terms of graphics/audio).

Also, in the case of old console titles, it should be kept in mind that the feeling of the game might not be truthfully captured on a PC emulator (due to different controls mainly).

I rountinely wonder why Mutant League hasn't had a comeback. I think it's mainly that the companies doing sports games are generally very PG and the companies doing M rated stuff don't touch sports. Getting both under the same roof would be tough. Plus, it'd likely get a lot of nasty media attention for "tricking your kids into playing a murder simulator by putting sports in the title". Cause you know, Mutant League turned me into a serial killer when I was kid.

Streets of Rage is just a bad idea. That game was never actually good. Sure I loved it as a kid, but there's lots of shit kids liked back then. Awful characters, awful controls, awful combat, awful design across the board. Aside from "Duke Nukem" style nostalgia it's got nothing going for it.

Plus, Clover/Platinum have tried modern day beat-em-ups twice. They both tanked horribly (God Hand, Mad World). It's just a bad idea unless you're going a) full-blown DMC-style action in which case why tarnish it with a crappy outdated license when you could be making Bayonetta 2 instead, or b) a little downloadable throwback in which case no one is really going to care.

The important thing is that we need more sequels. Not nearly enough sequels in the gaming world.

For what it's worth, i went back and played battletoads recently. Let's just say it hasn't aged well...

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There goes my dream of playing Snake Rattle n Roll on the virtual console.

I always wanted a sequel.

*sheds a tear*

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I think it's mainly that the companies doing sports games are generally very PG and the companies doing M rated stuff don't touch sports.

Really?

It seems that Electronic Arts has locked down contracts will all the major sports. FIFA, Tiger Woods/PGA, Madden/NFL, NBA Live, NHL, and more. They've got both franchise NASCAR and non-franchise Need For Speed. So they obviously touch sports.

Does anybody else even do significant sports simulations?



Electronic Arts also develops Mass Effect, Left 4 Dead, Dragon Age, and Crysis. If violence wasn't enough, they've got the highly sensual The Saboteur, and Dante's Inferno with the "lust" level of hell where you are attacked by mutated genitalia and undead creatures bound forever in sexual acts. Those are all "M" rated.