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This is not strictly "a" game idea, but bare with me and see what you think....
While lying awake last night, hands sweating in anticipation for the arrival of GTA3 the next morning, my wee little brain got to thinking.
At the time the only thing to rival my eagerness to play GTA3 was my eagerness to play Tony Hawks 3. Unable to sleep, I started to browse through lsat months OPSM2. I looked at the GTA3 review, reconfirming my good choice of GAD prize, then flipped to the Tony Hawks 3 preview. I noticed that in both articles, the writers seemed to be talking about "huge gameplay areas". The scale of "Liberty City" seemed to be huge and it seemed that the size of Tony Hawks 3 levels was "far greater than that of THPS2"
Both games and their large scale cities were flowing through one another in my mind. Suddenly I had a beautiful mental image of skating around the burning, crime riddled Liberty City. Then it hit me! A new viewpoint on the "gaming world" and a far more literal interpretation.
I'm not sure exactly how it would work, but the basic idea is this; a massive (and I mean bigger than anything we've seen as yet), completely on-line, multi format, multi player city!
Not a game as such, just a place that people go to game.
Within the city would be a crime circuit that you could work your way up GTA3 style, also the oppurtunity to infaltrate the self same crime syndicate and try to take it down Max Payne style.
But wait, there's more. Perhaps you've no interest in the seedy underworld of this CG city. Perhaps you'd prefer to get in the fastest car you can get hold of and street race against others who want to do something similar.
Oh but wait, I'm still not done. Perhaps the world of crime or the world of late night street racing for money are not your cup of tea either, no problem. Just pick up your skateboard and take to the streets, Tony Hawks style. Of course while you're out there you'll have to watch out for other on-line gamers racing their cars at ludicrous speeds and make sure you don't run into a young crook on his way to the top that just might beat you senseless if you cross him.
What's that? Skating not your thing? Well why not try to arrange a nice street fight or join a boxing club? If pugilisms your thing, there's pleanty on offer!
This would be just one big CG Game world, with almost everything on offer within the city. Whatever sort of past time takes your fancy, hopefully it'll be on offer on line. All the various happenings would mesh, not from a plot-line view of course, just that they'd be happening within the city at the same time.
It would be a living, breathing city with almost all characters being controlled by humans and aside from a few interesting paths to follow (like the crime world) it would be completely non linear - do what you want, when you want!
Ok, so this isn't likely to happen tomorrow, technology has still got a bit further to come.
But seriously, what do you think?
While lying awake last night, hands sweating in anticipation for the arrival of GTA3 the next morning, my wee little brain got to thinking.
At the time the only thing to rival my eagerness to play GTA3 was my eagerness to play Tony Hawks 3. Unable to sleep, I started to browse through lsat months OPSM2. I looked at the GTA3 review, reconfirming my good choice of GAD prize, then flipped to the Tony Hawks 3 preview. I noticed that in both articles, the writers seemed to be talking about "huge gameplay areas". The scale of "Liberty City" seemed to be huge and it seemed that the size of Tony Hawks 3 levels was "far greater than that of THPS2"
Both games and their large scale cities were flowing through one another in my mind. Suddenly I had a beautiful mental image of skating around the burning, crime riddled Liberty City. Then it hit me! A new viewpoint on the "gaming world" and a far more literal interpretation.
I'm not sure exactly how it would work, but the basic idea is this; a massive (and I mean bigger than anything we've seen as yet), completely on-line, multi format, multi player city!
Not a game as such, just a place that people go to game.
Within the city would be a crime circuit that you could work your way up GTA3 style, also the oppurtunity to infaltrate the self same crime syndicate and try to take it down Max Payne style.
But wait, there's more. Perhaps you've no interest in the seedy underworld of this CG city. Perhaps you'd prefer to get in the fastest car you can get hold of and street race against others who want to do something similar.
Oh but wait, I'm still not done. Perhaps the world of crime or the world of late night street racing for money are not your cup of tea either, no problem. Just pick up your skateboard and take to the streets, Tony Hawks style. Of course while you're out there you'll have to watch out for other on-line gamers racing their cars at ludicrous speeds and make sure you don't run into a young crook on his way to the top that just might beat you senseless if you cross him.
What's that? Skating not your thing? Well why not try to arrange a nice street fight or join a boxing club? If pugilisms your thing, there's pleanty on offer!
This would be just one big CG Game world, with almost everything on offer within the city. Whatever sort of past time takes your fancy, hopefully it'll be on offer on line. All the various happenings would mesh, not from a plot-line view of course, just that they'd be happening within the city at the same time.
It would be a living, breathing city with almost all characters being controlled by humans and aside from a few interesting paths to follow (like the crime world) it would be completely non linear - do what you want, when you want!
Ok, so this isn't likely to happen tomorrow, technology has still got a bit further to come.
But seriously, what do you think?
I am the Tarrant wrote:
Do you
> get the urge to skate Liberty city? Or is it just me and my crazy mind?
Definetly! When me and my mate first saw a screenshot for it we said "it would be good if you could nick a skateboard!" It would also double up as a nice weapon!
Do you
> get the urge to skate Liberty city? Or is it just me and my crazy mind?
Definetly! When me and my mate first saw a screenshot for it we said "it would be good if you could nick a skateboard!" It would also double up as a nice weapon!
Nice idea. I like the idea of being able to skate through a nice realistic city, and not a street thats littered with half pipes! (as in tony hawk)
This is not strictly "a" game idea, but bare with me and see what you think....
While lying awake last night, hands sweating in anticipation for the arrival of GTA3 the next morning, my wee little brain got to thinking.
At the time the only thing to rival my eagerness to play GTA3 was my eagerness to play Tony Hawks 3. Unable to sleep, I started to browse through lsat months OPSM2. I looked at the GTA3 review, reconfirming my good choice of GAD prize, then flipped to the Tony Hawks 3 preview. I noticed that in both articles, the writers seemed to be talking about "huge gameplay areas". The scale of "Liberty City" seemed to be huge and it seemed that the size of Tony Hawks 3 levels was "far greater than that of THPS2"
Both games and their large scale cities were flowing through one another in my mind. Suddenly I had a beautiful mental image of skating around the burning, crime riddled Liberty City. Then it hit me! A new viewpoint on the "gaming world" and a far more literal interpretation.
I'm not sure exactly how it would work, but the basic idea is this; a massive (and I mean bigger than anything we've seen as yet), completely on-line, multi format, multi player city!
Not a game as such, just a place that people go to game.
Within the city would be a crime circuit that you could work your way up GTA3 style, also the oppurtunity to infaltrate the self same crime syndicate and try to take it down Max Payne style.
But wait, there's more. Perhaps you've no interest in the seedy underworld of this CG city. Perhaps you'd prefer to get in the fastest car you can get hold of and street race against others who want to do something similar.
Oh but wait, I'm still not done. Perhaps the world of crime or the world of late night street racing for money are not your cup of tea either, no problem. Just pick up your skateboard and take to the streets, Tony Hawks style. Of course while you're out there you'll have to watch out for other on-line gamers racing their cars at ludicrous speeds and make sure you don't run into a young crook on his way to the top that just might beat you senseless if you cross him.
What's that? Skating not your thing? Well why not try to arrange a nice street fight or join a boxing club? If pugilisms your thing, there's pleanty on offer!
This would be just one big CG Game world, with almost everything on offer within the city. Whatever sort of past time takes your fancy, hopefully it'll be on offer on line. All the various happenings would mesh, not from a plot-line view of course, just that they'd be happening within the city at the same time.
It would be a living, breathing city with almost all characters being controlled by humans and aside from a few interesting paths to follow (like the crime world) it would be completely non linear - do what you want, when you want!
Ok, so this isn't likely to happen tomorrow, technology has still got a bit further to come.
But seriously, what do you think?
While lying awake last night, hands sweating in anticipation for the arrival of GTA3 the next morning, my wee little brain got to thinking.
At the time the only thing to rival my eagerness to play GTA3 was my eagerness to play Tony Hawks 3. Unable to sleep, I started to browse through lsat months OPSM2. I looked at the GTA3 review, reconfirming my good choice of GAD prize, then flipped to the Tony Hawks 3 preview. I noticed that in both articles, the writers seemed to be talking about "huge gameplay areas". The scale of "Liberty City" seemed to be huge and it seemed that the size of Tony Hawks 3 levels was "far greater than that of THPS2"
Both games and their large scale cities were flowing through one another in my mind. Suddenly I had a beautiful mental image of skating around the burning, crime riddled Liberty City. Then it hit me! A new viewpoint on the "gaming world" and a far more literal interpretation.
I'm not sure exactly how it would work, but the basic idea is this; a massive (and I mean bigger than anything we've seen as yet), completely on-line, multi format, multi player city!
Not a game as such, just a place that people go to game.
Within the city would be a crime circuit that you could work your way up GTA3 style, also the oppurtunity to infaltrate the self same crime syndicate and try to take it down Max Payne style.
But wait, there's more. Perhaps you've no interest in the seedy underworld of this CG city. Perhaps you'd prefer to get in the fastest car you can get hold of and street race against others who want to do something similar.
Oh but wait, I'm still not done. Perhaps the world of crime or the world of late night street racing for money are not your cup of tea either, no problem. Just pick up your skateboard and take to the streets, Tony Hawks style. Of course while you're out there you'll have to watch out for other on-line gamers racing their cars at ludicrous speeds and make sure you don't run into a young crook on his way to the top that just might beat you senseless if you cross him.
What's that? Skating not your thing? Well why not try to arrange a nice street fight or join a boxing club? If pugilisms your thing, there's pleanty on offer!
This would be just one big CG Game world, with almost everything on offer within the city. Whatever sort of past time takes your fancy, hopefully it'll be on offer on line. All the various happenings would mesh, not from a plot-line view of course, just that they'd be happening within the city at the same time.
It would be a living, breathing city with almost all characters being controlled by humans and aside from a few interesting paths to follow (like the crime world) it would be completely non linear - do what you want, when you want!
Ok, so this isn't likely to happen tomorrow, technology has still got a bit further to come.
But seriously, what do you think?