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[Egan_BW]

I was thinking about the "wimp mode" mod for SOMA, and it made me think about applying the idea "what if you could talk to the monsters" to a game like Amnesia. Where you can either just run and hide from the monsters, or you can try to convince them not to eat you. Naturally, you won't have time to do this if the monster can see you and is actively chasing you, so you'll have to talk from hiding. But if you talk, the monster will be able to locate you by sound. So you'd have to balance the concerns of talking to the monster and staying hidden.
Alternatively, you can just hide and run and try to kill the monsters using the environment.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Dark Souls III Mac Port.

[crazyabe]

Dark Souls III Mac Port.

Never going to Happen.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Dark Souls III Mac Port.

Never going to Happen.

A man can dream.

[RAM]

I was thinking about the "wimp mode" mod for SOMA, and it made me think about applying the idea "what if you could talk to the monsters" to a game like Amnesia. Where you can either just run and hide from the monsters, or you can try to convince them not to eat you. Naturally, you won't have time to do this if the monster can see you and is actively chasing you, so you'll have to talk from hiding. But if you talk, the monster will be able to locate you by sound. So you'd have to balance the concerns of talking to the monster and staying hidden.
Alternatively, you can just hide and run and try to kill the monsters using the environment.

But what if you don't want to convince the monster to change its intended diet? What if you would rather scurry around the room giggling menacingly from a dozen different dark corners at random?

[PTTG??]

I want Braid + Nuclear Throne. But then I just generally wish I could rewind time at will...

[Egan_BW]

I was thinking about the "wimp mode" mod for SOMA, and it made me think about applying the idea "what if you could talk to the monsters" to a game like Amnesia. Where you can either just run and hide from the monsters, or you can try to convince them not to eat you. Naturally, you won't have time to do this if the monster can see you and is actively chasing you, so you'll have to talk from hiding. But if you talk, the monster will be able to locate you by sound. So you'd have to balance the concerns of talking to the monster and staying hidden.
Alternatively, you can just hide and run and try to kill the monsters using the environment.

But what if you don't want to convince the monster to change its intended diet? What if you would rather scurry around the room giggling menacingly from a dozen different dark corners at random?

Then you'd eventually get to the monster who also wants to do that, and become locked in a very strange and creepy duel.

[Rethi-Eli]

A game where you act as a God to a civilization.

Not one of those games with goals of anything, where you get limited resources or have to make sure your followers don't die.

Just a simulation-esque thing where you can do nearly anything, all in ASCII-style like DF.

[itisnotlogical]

I wish there were some sort of roguelite game based on Elevator Action. It's held up incredibly well for such a simple, even downright primitive arcade game, and could serve as a pretty strong foundation for a modern action game. The NES port is still one of my favorite NES games.

[Gunner-Chan]

If you don't mind emulation have you tried Elevator Action Returns? It's a bit different but it's pretty much an updated version.

[FallacyofUrist]

A game where you act as a God to a civilization.

Not one of those games with goals of anything, where you get limited resources or have to make sure your followers don't die.

Just a simulation-esque thing where you can do nearly anything, all in ASCII-style like DF.

I wish. Arcen Games made something like that, but it's still pretty restricted and it has graphics.

[WillowLuman]

Something like the recent Ace Combat games, but instead of planes it's How To Train Your Dragon.

[ductape]

Twisted Metal, local-multiplayer, modern PC version.

Just mod Rocket League already, will you?

[itisnotlogical]

I wish there was an RPG that wasn't so much a linear story as a web of interacting events that a proactive player can take part in. Like Majora's Mask, but over a week or two as opposed to three days, and without the reset mechanics.

The way you cheat and don't have to deal with a combinatorial explosion is to have it advance in terms of routes and branches like a visual novel, but have it running on a timer as opposed to entirely player-driven. Fill the space between junctures with a Bethesda-like daily routine, and have some in-universe way to give the player a notification when some important choice expires or becomes available.

[AzyWng]

You make it sound a little like Dead Rising with its scoops and messages having a timer and eventually expiring. There are also scoops that only activate once certain survivors are rescued/if certain scoops are completed. Maybe take that and adapt it to an RPG?