The game you've always wanted to play that doesn't exist

[hellfish6]

If CIG and Roberts deliver at least 80% of what they promise in Star Citizen, it would be the game of all games.  It's fun now as a buggy alpha, but feels like it's just scratching the surface of what it could be.

Hasn't that been in development for, like, a decade now? And wasn't it excessively funded? WTF happened?

[Skoop]

It's still going, like DCS, a constant work in progress.  At buggy Alpha state, it's still better than all space sims.  So just imagine how it'll be when they get to 70% completion.  Like DCS, the reality is, it'll never be done, they'll just keep adding new stuff forever.

[Father Ted]

If CIG and Roberts deliver at least 80% of what they promise in Star Citizen, it would be the game of all games.  It's fun now as a buggy alpha, but feels like it's just scratching the surface of what it could be.

Hasn't that been in development for, like, a decade now? And wasn't it excessively funded? WTF happened?

It's a ridiculously ambitious project.  Punters loved the vision that the devs were pushing (and who wouldn't?) and so threw money at them.  Unfortunately masses of money does not necessarily equal ability to turn visions into playable games.  Yet they've said that given the dosh they will produce this behemoth, so I guess they've got to keep trying.

Obvs. that's just my opinion.

[marnetromburg]

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[FlickJax]

An RPG with an intelligent AI that could make up responses as you play as a DM would :)

[Father Ted]

Is it me or does the OP pretty much describe Shadow Empire?

[Thomm]

I always wanted to play an AAA gunner on a  warship in the pacific in WW2.

To see if I could actually hit anything.

Best regards,
Thomm

[Pete Dero]

I always wanted to play an AAA gunner on a  warship in the pacific in WW2.

To see if I could actually hit anything.

Best regards,
Thomm

You can actually do that in Pacific Storm Allies even it is not the main focus of the game.

(https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/10/11/pacific-storm-review)
There's an action mode that allows you to jump into and out of direct control of any friendly aircraft in the tactical battles. Once in the cockpit, you'll have full control of the craft and can dogfight with enemy fighters, intercept enemy bombers or launch your own bombs and torpedoes at enemy ships. The action mode also allows you to man the AA guns on any ship in your fleet.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/11260/Pacific_Storm_Allies/
ENGROSSING WORLD WAR II ACTION AND STRATEGY - Diplomats, strategists and fighter jocks will all have a place in the game; seize the day from behind a deck gun, in a plane's cockpit, or as an admiral in the fleet's strategic planning room.


This is an older game (2007 !) but if you decide to get it you should also get this mod https://www.pacificfury.net/   https://www.pacificfury.net/pacific-storm-allies-1-8

[Toonces]

Somebody already mentioned it previously, but my dream game would be something like War in the Pacific, with the ability to drill down to the tactical level - think exporting a tactical battle to something like Carriers at War, and then drilling futher down to a sim like Silent Hunter or IL-2.

What's frustrating is that I don't think it would even be that hard to implement if the proper files could be assembled and exported from WitP into a scenario format compatible with the sim's single mission mode.

On a happier note, I think Task Force: Admiral and Seapower both have the opportunity to achieve a 90% solution of other dream games I want. 

[Pete Dero]

Somebody already mentioned it previously, but my dream game would be something like War in the Pacific, with the ability to drill down to the tactical level - think exporting a tactical battle to something like Carriers at War, and then drilling futher down to a sim like Silent Hunter or IL-2.

And how long do you think such a campaign would take  :hide:.

[SirAndrewD]

Full sensory body suit VR Kate Upton encounter.

[jamus34]

Full sensory body suit VR Kate Upton encounter.

Immediately followed by a full bodysuit VR chestburster

[Geezer]

Total War Warhammer 40K.  The only game I would ever need.

[SirAndrewD]

Total War Warhammer 40K.  The only game I would ever need.

Give GW/CA enough time and that one will likely come to pass. 

BFG Armada II is pretty danged close.