Yeah, I probably made this thread, pushing my zombie idea already, but whatever. This forum is dry right now.

Remember guys simplicity is a virtue. If it's overly complex, it's a bad idea. Forget about the story (I'm looking at you, JRPG fans) only the gameplay mechanics.

Zombie Trail

Using the game mechanics of Oregon Trail, you create a zombie survival game. You travel alone or with a group of people through the ruins and wilderness of the USA, in order to reach a military base that houses the last survivors of North America. On the way you meet other survivors and adopt them (but you want to make sure they're not infected), and you'll lose people on the way. You can try to forage malls and gunshops, haggle with others. You can encounter slums and fortresses that are composed of people who made their own settlement (sorta like Indians). Instead of hunting, you'll sometimes be forced to do a rail shooter mini game where if you fail you may get somebody infected, or yourself even.

Pretty much it's Oregon Trail, but with zombies. So that's why it's simple (using an already succesful formula) and I think fun (in a cool context).

Now who wants to be a Banker?

this is a good idea for a thread. i'll comeback later.

flight of the fire fly is a traditional turn based RPG

considering it's an RPG you should know where this is going. a fancy sword swigging lunatic with a cross bow, a guy with a battle ax, a female archer that will eventually master the elements, a chick with a book of spells, and summoning abilities and the most powerful sorcerer to ever live take on an even more powerful evil sorcerer.

combining there abilities is key with a ever changing environment this would be one of the best RPG'S ever made.

Can you elaborate on "combining there abilities" and "ever changing environment"?

Couldn't somebody just come to this thread and steal your ideeas?

I can see it now: Zombie Trail, a game by Activision.

Does anyone own the rights to the Orgeon Trail brand? Now that MECC is gone?

And I don't have the time or capital to do it, so nah. Doubt a lot of gamers will want to play a Zombie Trail. There'll be some hype around it, but it won't sell as much as the hype is.

it's more like an active RPG. you have action type control's like uncharted. a platformer when your not  fighting involving puzzles. the environment can be very traitorous and hazardous.

any 2 or more abilities can be put together for a devastating attack from 1 or more characters. being able to chose the characters and abilities is key. 

even with  the characters that can summon demons. even the archer with the elements abilities can summon warriors of the elements and combine that with other summoners to summon other demons. choosing which way you want to combine the powers to come up with different combinations and demons.  

Sounds sorta like Demon's Soul, although you say it's a Turn Based.

It'll be cool if you can combine things like, say, an archer (who has a bonus against flying targets) and a mage who uses fire to take down some kind of flying ice monster.

I'll love to see a SRPG that's really focused on group combat and terrain. So you can put your archers on top of a hill, group pikemen together, flank enemies with cavalry, etc. You can set up enemies to ford a river and do electric attacks (like Bioshock), and to slow them down. You can make them fight an uphill battle.

If you're in a desert, wind attacks causes low visibility. Etc.

wow that sounds cool to! are you getting LBP2? it just might be possible to make said ideas. you turned my idea into another game.

Alright, I suck at this but...

My game revolves around a premise simpler than drinking toilet water, you just dance. No accuracy, no cleaver game mechanics, you won't even see yourself playing on the TV screen. Waggling yourself around like a crackhead in a strait jacket is not only recommended, but vital. My idea is to essentially make a glorified light show whose only purpose is to annoy the living fuck out of pets trying to fall asleep on the couch after you mindlessly left the stupid thing on!!!!!! Oh yea, I forgot to mention that along with the light show, it'll have a selection of overplayed pop songs for listening displeasure.

I don't have a name for this atrocity because let's be honest, it doesn't deserve one. And I've also concluded that the only audience willing to dish out cash for this thing is mentally challenged rodents and Leo-j.

So there you have it folks! I bet no sane person would ever consider this piece of $#!%

EDIT: Hmmm... that's strange. I just got a call from Ubisoft...