I don't know. I'm at that stage in the development of my game where the initial enthusiasm has passed and programming the game is just a chore. I need a good big game I can throw myself into to refresh that enthusiasm. Because right now I've got that feeling of overall boredom and disinterest about my game.
My favorite type of game is fantasy RPGs, so if I play a fantasy RPG I'll definitely feel inspired and enthusiastic again. But the problem is that I would feel inspired to make a fantasy RPG, rather than the game that I am currently working on. For that reason, I have been avoiding playing fantasy RPGs, because I need to focus on finishing the science fiction game before I go an start a fantasy one.
Strictly speaking, my game is at such an early stage of development that it could easily turn into any number of different games (such as a fantasy stealth game). All I have in the game right now is basic character movement (they're not even characters yet, they're still just cubes) and basic enemy AI (how they detect you, no combat AI yet). But even if I do switch to making a fantasy stealth game (so that I could get the proper inspiration from playing fantasy RPGs), it wouldn't change anything about what I'm specifically working on right now (human character 3D model and the beginnings of a level editor).
So I think the big decision I have to make is: stick with playing random stealth/science fiction games that I have varying degrees of interest in, or switch to playing fantasy RPGs that I know I will have complete %100 interest in. Either way, it won't change what I'm working on right now in my game (it's really more of a shell of a game right now). It's just a matter of inspiration at this point.
I don't know. I can't make up my mind. What do you, the good people of The Game Creators forum, think?
Anyway, here's some of my thoughts on the games you guys have suggested so far (I actually wrote this part of the post before I wrote the above part of the post, but whatever):
Quote: "Crusader is a great futuristic dystopian science fiction game."
The gameplay looks sort of fun, but the story seems to not be worthwhile. Story is equally as important as gameplay for me, and without a character like Duke Nukem (which is the only thing that makes the Duke Nukem games worth playing, since there have been plenty of shooter games with better gameplay) the Crusader games don't look very appealing to me.
Quote: "take a look at frozen synapse if you haven't already. I really enjoyed it"
That look really cool. I might give that a try.
Quote: "C-12 Final Resistance
Metro 2033
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
the thief series..."
I had never heard of C-12 Final Resistance, so I looked it up on Wikipedia and it said that it was Playstation only. That's a no-go for me. Metro 2033 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. look interesting. The Thief games are good, but I've already played them.
Quote: "The penumbra games, not exactly sci fi but some really good stealth
same goes for Amnesia the dar descent, but that's the opposite of sci fi"
Penumbra and Amnesia look awesome, but I don't think they would be very good inspirations for my current game. I'll play them some time in the future when I'm making a game that is more similar to them.
Quote: "XenoSaga Episode I"
Looked it up on Wikipedia. Playstation only. It's also anime-ish which isn't my style.
Quote: "Not sci-fi at all but stealthy: Prisoner of War. I really enjoyed it, it's quite underrated."
I watched some videos of it on Youtube, and it looks okay. The character animations are kind of cheesy, and the setting (WWII) is a bit over-used. But the gameplay looks okay.
Quote: "For science-fiction stealth/shooting games play Chronicles Of Riddick."
Again, I watched videos of it on Youtube, and it looks okay. It seems to have a Bioshock-ish feel to the gameplay.
Quote: "It's like Deus Ex with a unhealthy dose of 'what the hell did these guys smoke'."
Looks pretty good. Whoever is playing the game in the video on their site abuses ironsights a bit too much, but the diversity of gameplay elements makes it look like a really interesting game.
All right you primitive screwheads, listen up...
