Couldn't agree more.

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It has been 10 years since any major development in this area. The amount of power from PCs now could utterly redefine it.

On consoles I doubt it but PC needs this. Eventually some weirdo will try and compete and make a steam with porn games and it will be an incredible battle.

I would but I gots no money.

Gauntlet Legends multiplayer was so much fun. It pains me not to see online multiplayer for this classic!

Need For Speed Most Wanted U has a co-op mode... The co-driver mode allows you to change weather, traffic, daytime/nighttime, your car, color as well as help control direction and speed.

I would love to have an updated version with couch co-op, so much fun having friends over for an evening.

As fun as that sounds...I actually want to race against a friend. Like I could for years in the genre.

Some have pointed out JRPGs and I would love to see my favorite genre go back to glory days of PS1/PS2 era.

I feel like the hack 'n slash genre is in need of a comeback, since 2010 it's been a tough time for fans of the genre with both quality and quantity going down.

In 2010 we had God of War III, GoW: Ghost of Sparta, Castlevania: LoS, Dante's Inferno, Darksiders, Bayonetta - Amazing year.

In 2011 we had nothing worth noting - Shit year.

In 2012 we had a poorly received NG3 and Darksiders 2. - Bad year.

In 2013 we had GoW: Ascension, DmC and Metal Gear: Revengeance - Decent year.

In 2014 we've just had the disappointing Castlevania: LoS2 so far with Bayonetta 2 coming later this year - Bad year so far.


The genre needs to be reinvigorated, I think we need more new IPs in the genre since NG, DMC and Castlevania are practically dead, Bayonetta 2 is probably going to flop and the future of Darksiders is iffy.

God of War 4 is a given, I'd also like to see Heavenly Sword and Dante's Inferno get sequels but I want some new western AAA IPs in this genre too.

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new KoF with quality of Arc System fighting game looks...

i always like Kof series but too bad its graphics just doesn't look impressive at all, really wish Arc System bought this IP and revamp it...

The polygons

I agree with 2D beat 'em ups I used to love Double Dragon and Final Fight!

Another thing I'd like to see come back is a score mechanic. A lot of the replay value in the old games were from improving at the game and achieving a new high score. Trying to get a new high score gave you urge to play it over and over again. A lot of the single player campaigns most people want to run through them and once they're finished they don't have the urge to come back to it again. I think with an arcade/score mechanic would be great in creating more replay value in single player campaigns. Somethin like Housemarque does with their games have a multiplier that builds up and it goes down when you take damage.