My Idea for a game:

[smearyllama]

I was hiking today, and I thought of this:

Ok, so the idea of the game is to be an Elder Scrolls style action/ RPG. The twist is that it's set in feudal Japan, and the combat isn't first person, it's 3rd person Devil-May-Cry style combat: fast paced and stylish, but more grounded in reality than DMC. You play as a ronin making a pilgrimage across the land. It's inspired by/ set in the universe of Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo comics.

Edit: There's a minor survival element to it, where you have to gather food and find safe places to sleep. The overarching plot involves... delivering a bonsai to a lord on the other end of the island. Your companions consist of a courier (who carries the bonsai of peace),
a warrior monk setting out to find the clan of ninjas who destroyed his temple, and ninja woman who scouts out locations for you. The leveling system is similar to any other RPG, but you gain experience based on being honorable or not. ie: You gain skills and abilities from being honorable (solving disputes with a minimum of violence, helping citizens), but on the flipside you gain strength and power fro corrupt actions.
What do you think of it? Any ideas that could make it better?

 

[hittite]

All I can say is: zombies. Every game is better with zombies.

 

[smearyllama]

All I can say is: zombies. Every game is better with zombies.

Huh. There is a minor supernatural element in the comics...

 

[ShatterPalm]

Pretty good, but just making a pilgrimage cross country seems a little too simple. The idea for the game is good, but all I can say is that it's vague. You haven't given any info on the characters, the weapon choice, inventory system, or much of a plot for that matter. Flesh it out a bit, man.

 

[Pegghead]

Maybe rather than just being entirely grounded in a series of comics it's just some random type samurai going across feudal Japan. Maybe he's...outrunning a plague of lycanthropy that's sweeping Japan and the root cause of the problem is a lycanthropic sorceror that's cast a spell of eternal midnight. Your ultimate goal is to make your way to his...I'unno, palace and eliminate him. Along the way you've gotta quest for the survivors and do battle against the many werewolves you face.

Now that's a game I'd buy.

 

[smearyllama]

Pretty good, but just making a pilgrimage cross country seems a little too simple. The idea for the game is good, but all I can say is that it's vague. You haven't given any info on the characters, the weapon choice, inventory system, or much of a plot for that matter. Flesh it out a bit, man.

Welcome, my friend, to the escapist. I'll add the other stuff now.

 

[Wintermoot]

All I can say is: zombies. Every game is better with zombies.

Huh. There is a minor supernatural element in the comics...

maybe you can make a Zombie stage or make zombies apear on grave yards at night
OT: maybe adding historical elements such as a harbor where you can buy non-japanese weapons like regular swords or kungfu swords