I guess I'm not as original and creative as I'd like to be, but ever since I read Hyperion I've been tinkering with an idea of a game featuring a Shrike-like, looming terror. For anybody not familiar with Shrike, I strongly suggest doing some reading, but the basic premise is a creature that passes through time and space as effortlessly as we blink our eyes. And has four arms and is covered in long spikes that pierce through anything, making it a nasty opponent to say the least.
However, what I'd really like from a game is to explore the depths of humanity, to delve into more mature subjects than just survival or having fun. Unfortunately, this is not what game studios want to do, and that is why I think games have such a juvenile and immature reputation. So, I want a game that offers deep emotions and causes me to question myself as a human, a game that is like a good book or a movie that you want to experience again to find out those layers of the story you missed the first time.
I guess what all this means is that the game should either have a crapload of scripted events that change in reaction to the actions of the player, or an incredibly good AI with regards to NPC actions, reactions and emotions. Not going to happen anytime soon, I reckon, but what the heck, I will always have my dreams and they are way better than anything real anyway!
