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A sequel to max payne 2 and another mgs game

I had an epiphany whilst driving a few days ago.

I have always encountered at least a few militant Native Americans who say something like "when we take back our land...".

Let's say they did.

An apocalyptic event occurs--lets say a world-altering nuclear accident on the West Coast, just for an example.

North America has been depopulated except for the East Coast--it's say back to the original 13 as they existed in the 1750s. So, Virginia essentially ends at the Blue Ridge, Maryland at Frederick, Pennsylvania at Carlisle, etc... Except for isolated pockets of civilization all over the country.

Native American tribes have reclaimed much of the continent, etc.

You, as the player, are smack dab in the middle of everything. Let's say you start in the decaying ruins of a rust-belt city.

In this setting, the game would be very much like the feel and setting of STALKER, without the radioactive mutants and stuff--because the nuclear accident took place on the West Coast.

You have wild dogs and various small factions of humanity and native tribes.

You can move from this city to anywhere in North America--deeper into the West to find the nuclear accident site (although here you would encounter radiation and mutant monsters and stuff) or go East and visit the settlements on the coast.

There would be all sorts of factions with inter-tangling relations between them. One faction might be a part of another--like a regiment of an army: you aren't a member of Army A, you're a member of Regiment 1 or, even lower, Company Z. You'd be able to do any number of career-type paths or do odd jobs or be a beggar or whatever.

The game would really have no "point" except to do what you want. If you choose certain paths, it could result in an endgame scenario--like you advance so far in a legislature that you become Emperor of North America and then there isn't much else for you to do--you wouldn't dare walk around with your subjects because you'll probably be killed by them--besides order people around and then wait.

The focus, though, should be on the frontier. I really want this to be fluid and violent and unorthodox like the first few years of the French and Indian War, but with modern weaponry.

But your game would change quite a bit depending on where you choose to spend your time--if you go West, you'll battle mutants and do FPS stuff; if you go East, you'll do RPG stuff...

I'm just spit balling here.

O_O er good idea...

I'm all ideas, but no ability or enthusiasm to execute.

If an executive of a game developing company is reading this, I'll be your idea man for cheap.

Lol if only E.P.I.C. was reading.

I think I would make a series of RPG's with tons of playing time and cinematics. Sort of like a 2000 hour playthrough on each with millions of things to do. Swords and Magic as weapons. Also with online play like Runescape.

Well, the game I've wanted to create for so long is coming out: Fallout 3. So it's all good with me.

I thought of a kind of MMO sports game. Take baseball for example. Imagine being able to make your player, his position, etc. And being able to put a team together and playing against other teams and basically everything like real baseball. Or you could do this with another sport. I think it's a pretty good idea.