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by alas_141 1489 days ago
Gaming has been as big a part of my life as anything else, a few of the games I wish existed, or that I hope exist and just haven't happened across:

1. A true large scale battle game, kind of like what Hell Let Loose is, but for knights, samurai, spartans, Persian Immortals, and any number of other warriors throughout history. Each has their own skill tree and strategies, you can control troop movements on the battlefield, and become an individual warrior and enter the fray. You can pick a 'campaign mode' which consists of conquering surrounding civilizations, or make the setting a historically significant battlefield like Thermopylae.

2. A spy rpg, where you follow the life of a CIA case officer, or KGB operative. Kind of like what Sam Fisher did with Splinter Cell, but those games missed out on big aspects of spycraft, like developing assets and constructing a spy network for intelligence gathering.

3. A good surfing game. I love surfing and have done it most of my life, but I haven't happened across a video game that does a good job capturing what surfing is like. They either make the surfer impossible to unseat from their board, or make every wave teetering on the edge of wiping out. I know water physics are hard in games but I keep holding my breath a game studio gets it right.

4 comments

Number one is literally the Mount and Blade series. Go buy "Warband" on sale for a couple bucks and play through that sandbox and then start adding whatever mods you want
Seconding this. The late-game diplomacy is pretty weak. But the combat/warcraft components are top-notch.
Checked it out just now and pulled to trigger on it. Definitely what I was looking for in regard to the first.
#1 reminds me of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator[0]; it doesn't have skill trees or a meaningful campaign, but does let you spawn a ridiculous selection of units, possess them, etc.

0: https://store.steampowered.com/app/508440/Totally_Accurate_B...

Phantom Doctrine is the spy rpg you want
I will check it out. Thank you!
Is Alpha Protocol is somewhat of a spy rpg as you mentioned?
I played that one a bit, felt like another splinter cell to me. I will have to revisit