Paulus Phen502
Molon Labe.
RUST415
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Posted - 2016.02.05 22:54:00 -
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If there is to be a future CCP must desire to make something great and for me as someone whose played games for 35 years I know the type of FPS I daydream about so here's a shortlist for CCPs consideration.
1. Procedural generation!!!!! If the current version of DUST had randomly generated map sockets, terrain, landscape, ect...I believe it would be the most unique game currently on console. The ability to play a different map each match based of a set of parameters would give any game a replayability unrealized in modern gaming. NO MANs SKY is doing this with an entire galaxy and the potential is there to make something groundbreaking even if it is far too early tech wise to make it an elaborate experience to me it would be worth it to have maps with small variation based on set parameters that allow small differences yet unique experiences for every player every game. This is the future of games in my mind with a neverending story set in everchanging enviroments.
2. Player customization!!! Seemingly the opposite of Procedural Generation, the ability to customize is probably the number one way to help players connect with their avatar and the setting itself. Role playing is ultimately what we do as gamers whether we are imagining ourselves as Batman or making our own unique jumpy, cloaked, Minmatar Commando. The abilty to customize how our suits look and even our clone itself would allow the new playerbase to put there own stamp on the game. I am me and you are you so why do we have to look the same when we play a game? This also can give revenue to a free to play game in the form of cosmetic customization. Being able to change weapon sights, muzzles, and things like silencers would also add a unique level of customization when in the DUST most of the changes were skill tree based.
3. Planetary Conquest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First, it allows for the most connection to EVE and the EVE universe. Second it need to be accessible to all while rewarding for those who invest time into it. The ability to change and save map and socket sites would be a serious plus as a map designer mode again would add to the immersive experience and makes sense with the lore. Like builiding your own titan or spacestation taking a continent and then rebuilding it to your designs would be amazing and really make your corp feel connected to it.
4. Ultimately aim for the stars and you may hit the moon. CCP doesn't have to prove anything to anybody ultimately but themselves. Why not try and make something amazing and take your time doing it? If you want to, the choice is yours. For all my frustration about this game, you made something near and dear to my heart. But you no longer owe it to the community to do anything, we will not be paying your bills or buying your Aurum. But if you find out who you are and who your employees are you may find something in your heart that calls you to greatness. Early DUST hinted at something special but life isn't always easy and for many reasons the game is now ending. IF CCP has a future in the FPS market it must be because of a burning desire not a little candle fire. Get mad, prove us wrong, prove the critics wrong, prove it to yourself, show your worth. But do it because you want to or don't do it at all. If your motives and desires are right you may find you make the future instead of being buried by the past.
"There's no stoppin' what can't be stopped, no killin' what can't be killed," King Willie Predator II.
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