| World War II: The Shooter; An idea a friend and I at work tossed around | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 18 2014, 07:35 AM (231 Views) | |
NewtypeS3
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Apr 18 2014, 07:35 AM Post #1 |
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While waiting for a phone call at work, a friend and I both got into a discussion about Duke Nukem Forever and everything that had happened between the announcement and release of Duke Nukem Forever (See here for the list). When we saw that the entire Medal of Honor franchise spawned and died before DNF was released, we realized something. We missed World War II shooters. Admittedly, they did go away for a reason. We figure that more time has been spent playing World War II shooters in the late-1990s and early 2000s than was actually spent fighting World War II, and if one was to play every Normandy mission from the various World War II shooters subsequently, they'd be playing Normandy for longer than the actual battle happened. But at the same time, there was always something simple and fun about them - and less conceptually frightening than fighting terrorists in Fakistan, as the current shooters tend to love. So we realized the best thing one could do to a WWII shooter: have fun with it. Imagine: The game starts with the invasion of Normandy. Some soldiers in the opening cutscene snark about how it feels like they've been fighting the war "forever," others just get nervous about the mission. Finally, with great fanfare, the soldiers move forward onto the beach and the Invasion of Normandy begins proper... ...only for gigantic bipedal Nazi tanks to begin tromping down the slopes of Normandy, spinning chainguns and weilding flamethrowers, ripping into the invading troops. Or how about an aerial mission, where it's traditional dogfighting with WWII planes... ...and then the Nazi Battle Zepplins, flanked by jet-engine pterodactyls take the field. You're one of the many, many Russian troops moving in to help defend Stalingrad. Things are relatively calm, the regular Nazi troops have been pushed back for now... ...and then swastika-branded demons begin flooding through the city streets. Yes, that's right. Nazi stereotypical scienct-fiction mad science and the stereotypical Nazi occultism, brought into video games for a rediculously awesome ride. And the final boss? Zombie Mecha-Hitler. Who else wants to see this game made? |
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| Necropenguin | Apr 18 2014, 07:46 AM Post #2 |
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I think the one where the Nazis brought back dinosaurs and turned them into engines of war was the pinnacle of Second World War gaming. |
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NewtypeS3
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Apr 18 2014, 08:00 AM Post #3 |
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What game was that? Because I must play it one day. |
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| ZetaStriker | Apr 18 2014, 08:29 AM Post #4 |
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It's Like You're Carrying the Weight of the World~
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Probably Dino D-Day. I haven't played it yet, but it looked like stupid fun. Also:
That's actually exactly what happened in the last session of Weird World I played in. |
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CyborgZeta
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Apr 18 2014, 08:36 AM Post #5 |
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Code: Kirin!
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I liked WWII shooters because I like the guns from that period. The M1 Garand, Mosin-Nagant, Kar98k, MP40, Thompson...classics, really. |
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| Imperial | Apr 18 2014, 09:19 AM Post #6 |
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I'm sure you'd need to give the PC some equivalent to level the playing field and saturate the game with maximum WTFery. On America's side, how about some pseudo-scientific stuff like Tesla coil lightning guns? Microwave rifles that shoot heat "bullets" to dehydrate bad guys to death? Sonic pistols that stun enemy units and make them lurch around haphazardly because there equilibrium is shot to hell? Power ups that give you increased speed and endurance at the expense of making your visuals and sound go wonky because your PC is tripping balls as a nod to the US military experimenting with psychedelics? (Never mind that those projects wouldn't get started until after WW II) On the Russian front, why not use domesticated war polar bears? A body so soaked in vodka you can use your breath as a flamethrower as long as you have a lighter in your inventory? Lethal snowballs that explode to shoot ice shards in every direction instead of regular, boring metal shrapnel? Special melee kills if you equip a hammer and/or sickle to your hand-to-hand slot as a Russian PC? |
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NewtypeS3
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Apr 18 2014, 09:35 AM Post #7 |
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Man, that'd be nothing short of awesome. For some reason, my brain's defaulting to Japanese Mysticism and bizarre swordfighting techniques if we were to expand to the pacific theater. |
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| GaoZetaGar | Apr 19 2014, 01:37 PM Post #8 |
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Well considering the irl WW2 had some crazy ideas that were actually being worked on at some points by all sides... I'll name drop a few for an example. A Giant Carrier made out of Ice and wood dust. A Vortex Gun. Pigeon guided missiles. Cat Bombs. Rocket Helicopters with rocket engines spinning the blades. An actual bonafide Flying saucer. So on... Jesus, an game with all of this shit plus more of those insane weapons would be great. Also needs what ifs and alter the course of history. Something like Ruse, Secret weapons of Normady, medal of honor, and all those random ww2 games rolled into one super game would be amazing. |
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| Marik_K | Apr 19 2014, 01:42 PM Post #9 |
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Nautical Robot Stand Invading Your Bathroom
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I want to be an Imperial Samurai walking on the waves and Iai slicing aircraft carriers in two. Shit would be fucking cash. |
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| ZetaStriker | Apr 19 2014, 01:56 PM Post #10 |
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I want transforming aircraft carriers, ala Trenched, in the Pacific. I could also see a nearly immortal flag-bearer being on the American side to counter the samurai, given the fame of the flag raising photo on Iwo Jima. Maybe it can be MacArthur himself. XD The Japanese Zero fighters should have to have bladed wings too, so they can do the kamikaze thing without blowing up. Would also fit with a samurai theme in a way. |
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NewtypeS3
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Apr 19 2014, 05:18 PM Post #11 |
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Why do I imagine this hypothetical game now being done by Platinum Games? Because I think they could capture the crazy we so desire. |
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| Hiromu Shinbo | Apr 20 2014, 06:17 AM Post #12 |
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Wasn't this the take that the Kinect Steel Battalion tried to do? Mecha-tanks in WWII? Or was it WWI? Also, a friend and I had a similar discussion about shooters in this era too. Aside from that Sniper game that's still releasing, the saturation of "Modern" and now semi-futuristic Black Ops-focussed FPS games are getting tiresome. I miss using the "simple" Kar98 and Thompson sometimes. My contribution (although not FPS) would be Japanese Zeroes with bladed wings. Make it happen! |
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