The Gamer's Quarter

[captaincabinets]

The next generation of consoles is now current: hardware, for the moment, seems pretty stable.

It's time to see some very minor innovations in the games themselves. Things which would not exactly set the world on fire and take years of tech demos and grand Will Wright visions. Things that could slip under the radar, but be a definite step forward on the treadmill of gaming pleasure.

For me, I would like to see games finally recognise that I have already put "the" at the start of my group/guild name, or "Mr." at the start of my character name. So I don't get:
"It looks like the The VLAS is ready to go adventuring!", or,
"Can you fetch me an item, mr. Mr. T?"
That's all I want.

Well chime in with your teeny tiny innovations, ladies and germs. I do not want to see anything from the Narrative and Games thread.
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Why am I being boiled into a bright red lobster by this little kid?

[helicopterp]

I want supposed "action" games not to require me to stop playing to access menus to determine what actions I'll be making. I want to have my moveset available to me at all times without stopping play.

I am very upset with Odin Sphere for not conforming to that desire.
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Like you thought you'd seen copter perverts before. They were nothing compared to this one.

[Intentionally Wrong]

[helicopterp]

We should also publicize the fact that it isn't very good, even when sheep plants are so much fun to grow.
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Like you thought you'd seen copter perverts before. They were nothing compared to this one.

[Dracko]

I want hybrid genres not to be so awkward any more.
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"This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!"

[FortNinety]

Maybe this doesn't count, and maybe people are sick and tired of hearing about it, either from me or other people, but there's a scene in Mega Man Legends where you're walking around the town square or something and can kick around a can on the street. If you kick it in such a way that it gets tossed aside, like behind a booth (there's people with booths set up, like a fair, to sell stuff and the such), you get congratulated for helping to clean up the streets. I always thought that was neat...

[D-A-I-S]

(note that repeatedly kicking the can into the bakery for money will eventually turn Megaman's armor darker and darker and cause the doors of houses you listen to tell you about how much of an asshole you are. it is one of several ways to give Megaman a "bad" reputation).

[Harveyjames]

That sounds great!