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What are Gaming’s Current White Whales?
Pyro
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Almost a decade ago at E3 2015, we had a triple banger at Sony's Press Conference; The Last Guardian was revealed to still be alive, Final Fantasy VII Remake was announced to finally be happening and Shenmue came back from the dead.
I was never a regular GameTrailers viewer, but the group reactions to all of them were hilarious and something I rewatch every now and then:
View: https://youtu.be/eZYUq-jzLUg?feature=shared
What games could garner this type of reaction now?
Personally, I'm still excited for the KOTOR remake because Saber Interactive's excellent World War Z & W40K: Space Marine 2 in recent years. But I don't think the game's eventual re-reveal can be as jaw dropping as those because of their significance (though I'd love to be wrong).
GTA VI kinda is, from a sales perspective, but it's not like anyone thought we were NEVER getting a sequel to GTA V (the second best-selling game of all time).
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First Half Life, 3 screenshots
PlatypusDude
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I mean it has to be Half-Life 3 right? Been waiting almost 20 years for it. Know we got Alyx not that long ago, but still if you aren't a VR person it's been ages.
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Mother 3
ClickyCal'
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Okami 2 just did recently.
Soulflarz
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Nothing will be like E3 2015 ever again probably, that was truly the e3 of dreams.
You'd need a (non leaked) half life 3 and a few more crazy games. It's just not happening - that e3 was magical.
Roxas
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it's HL3 by a freaking landslide, but after that? I'd say... Bloodborne patch/PC version
Tom Nook Says...
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PlatypusDude said:
I mean it has to be Half-Life 3 right? Been waiting almost 20 years for it. Know we got Alyx not that long ago, but still if you aren't a VR person it's been ages.
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I regret to inform you the correct verbiage at this point is "over 20 years."
Anyway, not nearly as big of a deal but in the interest of offering up another idea, people have been waiting for a new F-Zero for nearly as long as HL3.
J_ToSaveTheDay
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Silent Hills with Kojima at the helm.
Amy Hennig working on a Star Wars game.
Phantasy Star Online coming to any contemporary console platform in a polished state.
Titanfall 3 single player campaign.
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J_ToSaveTheDay said:
Silent Hills with Kojima at the helm.
Amy Hennig working on a Star Wars game.
PSO coming to any contemporary console platform in a polished state.
Titanfall 3 single player campaign.
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Soulflarz
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I think the real notable thing was all 3 major games were things no one truly knew were coming - two were permanently begged for and one was vaporware for ages.
You'd probably yeah, need...F Zero, HL3, maybe MGSV with an act 3 off of the original intent? There's definitely things you could do, but I don't think any of them have been as actively begged for as hard as those where every few months someone begged for them.
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Silent Hills with Kojima at the helm.
Amy Hennig working on a Star Wars game.
Phantasy Star Online coming to any contemporary console platform in a polished state.
Titanfall 3 single player campaign.
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Great shout.
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Tom Nook Says... said:
I regret to inform you the correct verbiage at this point is "over 20 years."
Anyway, not nearly as big of a deal but in the interest of offering up another idea, people have been waiting for a new F-Zero for nearly as long as HL3.
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Hey Episode 2 was only 18 years ago. The Episodes were basically supposed to be HL3 once upon a time, until we never got Episode 3...
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It's really just Half-Life 3. Nothing else can be considered a white whale for the industry at large and certainly nothing that would be like a port or a remake.
Now for me personally it's Mega Man X9 but that's honestly like a white guppy in the grand scheme.
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ClickyCal' said:
Okami 2 just did recently.
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The implosion of Platinum and Kamiya recreating Clover, atop of Okami 2, was something I don't think anyone ever saw coming.
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Silent Hills with Kojima at the helm.
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Let it go buddy.
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Pyro said:
What games could garner this type of reaction now?
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A full brazilian only nintendo switch 2 like the one japan has
Every single part and game MUCH cheaper and affordable
That is literally the only thing
J_ToSaveTheDay
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Pyro said:
Let it go buddy.
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but... whale
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Beyond Good and Evil 2
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Not really a mainstream white whale but the concept of a action game that blends third person shooting and character action melee combat in equal parts in a seamless and satisfying way. There's stuff like Vanquish or TLOU or RE4/5/6 which lean kind of heavily on one or the other, and the actual attempts like Devils Third and Wanted: Dead are a bit of a mixed bag.
One day we'll get the game that makes you feel like John Wick I guess.
The big problem is that melee has to be very lethal or come with big iframes to justify doing it because otherwise you'll get shot out of your combo, meanwhile committing to ADS with highly aggressive melee enemies is also an exercise in frustration.
For all the shit people gave it Forspoken could do this quite well I guess but the learning curve with that game isn't the most pleasant nor does the game really push you do use its mechanics to a great extent. Maybe the answer is big fuck off projectiles and big fuck off melee attacks that you can easily cancel out of with little committment. More of a focus on using projectiles to set up melee and vice versa. I hear Transformers also combines melee and shooting pretty well.
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Everyone said the obvious ones so how about: Golden Sun 4.
Not that I'd really care after the mediocre Dark Dawn, but a new Golden Sun maybe with a 2D-HD type of graphics could be good.
They would need to actually give the game a FULL story this time, if they do another "Part 1 of 2!" then I'd skip it completely unless they guaranteed the sequel was coming before the first one released.
Banjo Kazooie Remake is one I feel like gets talked about quite a bit. Would love a Spyro/Crash type graphical upgrade.
Metal Gear Solid 4 ported to anything other than the PS3.
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Sonic Adventure 3 with a Chao Garden
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Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2
I hope it doesn't come out the same day as Half-Life 3
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Hl3 for major games
Xenogears remake developed by monolith
Ehoavash
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A pokemon game that actually looks AAA would be pretty mind blowing and break the Internet...
Where's to gamefreak finally catching up...maybe
super-famicom
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Bloodborne (Remaster) on PC
Souls Survivor
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I'd trade pretty much any potential game for a third Adam Jensen Deus Ex game. I will never fully recover from that cliffhanger otherwise.
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Minecraft 2
CountCorvinus
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rdaneel72 said:
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2
I hope it doesn't come out the same day as Half-Life 3
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I don't think Half Life 3 is coming out in October of this year.
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-Any good looking Castlevania 2d or 3d
-MGS6 developed by Koji Pro
-Metal Gear Rising 2
There's tons of smaller stuff like Megaman Legends 3 that would get a small but passionate fan base to lose their minds.
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Ehoavash said:
A pokemon game that actually looks AAA
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This was honestly gonna be my answer. Not just visuals, but the general polish/budget/game-feel of Zelda, but Pokemon.
That's the white whale I've been waiting for ever since the gamecube days.
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I'd have to go with the old reliables
Chrono Break
Xeno Perfect Works
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Bloodborne anything. Sequel , remake , remaster ..a muthafukin patch. Like damn yo..
J_ToSaveTheDay
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New Tomb Raider that somehow splits the divide in expectations for the character of Lara Croft. I get the feeling that this is doable with an aesthetic more in-line with the reboot saga but a tone more like John Wick and less survival-thriller.
Yappa
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New Nier game is getting in White Whale regions.
JaseMath
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For me?
Uncharted 5, directed by Amy Hennig
Titanfall 3
P.T., produced and/or directed by Kojima
Final Fantasy IX-R
MarcelloF
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Banjo-Threeie would probably be the biggest game in the past and next decade.
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Yappa said:
New Nier game is getting in White Whale regions.
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It's so frustrating that Automata inexplicably blew up and taro was like "ok only cameos and mobile now" 😫
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Star Fox Adventures 2
J_ToSaveTheDay
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I don't think that this is openly talked about, but I bet video games would go nuts over a single player Star Wars game where you actually play as a legacy character from the movies if it was a reputed studio making it.
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Skoje said:
I'd have to go with the old reliables
Chrono Break
Xeno Perfect Works
Valkyrie Profile: Hrist
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I agree that another Chrono game feels like it is forever a white whale.
Tom Nook Says...
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Atom said:
Not really a mainstream white whale but the concept of a action game that blends third person shooting and character action melee combat in equal parts in a seamless and satisfying way. There's stuff like Vanquish or TLOU or RE4/5/6 which lean kind of heavily on one or the other, and the actual attempts like Devils Third and Wanted: Dead are a bit of a mixed bag.
One day we'll get the game that makes you feel like John Wick I guess.
The big problem is that melee has to be very lethal or come with big iframes to justify doing it because otherwise you'll get shot out of your combo, meanwhile committing to ADS with highly aggressive melee enemies is also an exercise in frustration.
For all the shit people gave it Forspoken could do this quite well I guess but the learning curve with that game isn't the most pleasant nor does the game really push you do use its mechanics to a great extent. Maybe the answer is big fuck off projectiles and big fuck off melee attacks that you can easily cancel out of with little committment. More of a focus on using projectiles to set up melee and vice versa. I hear Transformers also combines melee and shooting pretty well.
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Kinda random but Enter The Matrix did a pretty good job of what you're talking about, at least going off my memory of playing it in 2003 lol.
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ArkhamFantasy said:
It's so frustrating that Automata inexplicably blew up and taro was like "ok only cameos and mobile now" 😫
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Kinda what happens when you're a glorified freelancer for square enix and platinum (a contractor) makes your game, no?
RRW
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Half Life 3
Bloodborne 2
Actual Silksong released date
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RRW said:
Half Life 3
Bloodborne 2
Actual Silksong released date
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?? Bloodborne 2 was announced with that hotel duskbloods game for Switch 2.
edit: The Duskbloods. That's Bloodborne 2 and if anyone is doubting that they don't know FROMsoft
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Stencil said:
?? Bloodborne 2 was announced with that hotel duskbloods game for Switch 2.
edit: The Duskbloods. That's Bloodborne 2 and if anyone is doubting that they don't know FROMsoft
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That like saying elden ring is dark souls 4. Multi-player focus game is not what I am looking for.
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Stencil said:
?? Bloodborne 2 was announced with that hotel duskbloods game for Switch 2.
edit: The Duskbloods. That's Bloodborne 2 and if anyone is doubting that they don't know FROMsoft
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As someone relatively familiar with how duskbloods came to be - it literally is not. This is just wrong.