Do you guys think a game like this exists?

[DanWhite]

 You start with your character on a open world, you gather materials, buy your house somewhere and then you go make money somehow.
In this world there would villages, cities, kingdoms and all sorts of people around so, once you gain some money maybe you can contract some mercenaries to fight
for you and then perhaps conquer a small village so you can rule it and expand from there, managing diplomatic situations and so

[FliP0x]

Sounds like a SA:MP server.

 

Otherwise Minecraft sounds also very similar to what you explained.

 

State of Decay 2 also sounds very similar to your explanation (mostly the part about acquiting a house, expanding, getting more houses, managing diplomatic situations with other groups etc).

 

 

[DanWhite]

5 minutes ago, FliP0x said:

Sounds like a SA:MP server.

 

Otherwise Minecraft sounds also very similar to what you explained.

 

State of Decay 2 also sounds very similar to your explanation (mostly the part about acquiting a house, expanding, getting more houses, managing diplomatic situations with other groups etc).

 

 

I was thinking more of a medievial setting, also no minecraft if possible. State of decay I'm not familiar with, might be interesting

[FliP0x]

2 minutes ago, DanWhite said:

I was thinking more of a medievial setting, also no minecraft if possible. State of decay I'm not familiar with, might be interesting

It's a modern zombie survival game, but ticks most of what you described.

 

As for a medieval setting, there could be a medieval RPG with some RTS elements.

How about Skyrim? You start by gathering materials, you eventually get a house and can upgrade it, you can get more houses. There are plenty of different villages, you can hire mercenaries and there definitely is diplomacy involved too.

[DanWhite]

1 minute ago, FliP0x said:

It's a modern zombie survival game, but ticks most of what you described.

 

As for a medieval setting, there could be a medieval RPG with some RTS elements.

How about Skyrim? You start by gathering materials, you eventually get a house and can upgrade it, you can get more houses. There are plenty of different villages, you can hire mercenaries and there definitely is diplomacy involved too.

Yeah there's skytim but there isn't quite the freedom I would like there as well, I was thinking about a "start humble, get to be ruler/king/emperor/add important tittle here" but that seems too unrealistic

[mariushm]

It's probably not what you want, but a part of what you want could be satisfied .. Fallout 3 and Fallout 3 New Vegas 

You start poor, with barely anything and unskilled and you gain weapons and armors and improve your skills as you explore a completely unknown territory to you and do quests and so on.  In new vegas karma also plays a huge role, you can be idolized or hated by various factions, you could be attacked on sight if you wear armor that belongs to a faction that's hated by the faction you're trying to interact with or people may not talk to you or be less helpful / less open  if you don't lower your gun or if you have low speech skills..

Fallout 4 is more streamlined, more linear, less choices and less consequences for your actions but I guess it would also work.

 

Could also try that Truck driver simulator game with lots of versions and addons... you start with practically nothing, with a truck transporting merchandise and with the money you earn you can buy your own garage and trucks and hire drivers and all that crap. 

 

OpenTTD for transport tycoon game .. start with a bank loan and make transportation routes, trains, buses etc ... 

 

[191x7]

This war of mine

Stranded Deep

TES IV Oblivion

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

[xAcid9]

Sound like MMO. 

>Start with nothing
>Slowly lvl up, making money and friends

>Create a guild and invite/hire people to join

>Conquer territory/castle in Guild vs Guild or World vs World

>Become "king" of GvG/WvW/PvP

[maartendc]

6 hours ago, DanWhite said:

 You start with your character on a open world, you gather materials, buy your house somewhere and then you go make money somehow.
In this world there would villages, cities, kingdoms and all sorts of people around so, once you gain some money maybe you can contract some mercenaries to fight
for you and then perhaps conquer a small village so you can rule it and expand from there, managing diplomatic situations and so

-Like some others have said, sounds like Skyrim or Oblivion to me.

-Or perhaps an MMO (Final Fantasy XIV?).

-Or perhaps survival games (Day Z, the Long Dark, ARK)

-Or perhaps something like Fallout 4 or Fallout 76. In Fallout 4, apart from the main story,  you can gather resources and build things, explore, build bases, "conquer" enemy bases. etc. (but not medieval setting).

-Also sounds a bit like mobile games like Clash of Clans. This focused on resource gathering, building and diplomacy in a Medieval setting. Perhaps not what you had in mind.

 

Really depends on which of the traits you mention you find more important. If the resource gathering, building, etc. is more important to you, you are talking more about survival games (online or offline) or something like Fallout 76. If the setting or the combat and party members are more important, sounds like an MMO, but this will have limited building and freedom. Skyrim etc. are good for the setting but more focused on the storyline, not freedom. Real diplomacy... that sounds more like a strategy game or something like Civilization, Anno, or Total War series.

 

I dont think a game exists EXACTLY like you describe.

[QuantumSingularity]

Tbh sounds exactly the old Lineage 2... well everything, except for the house. Everything else though WAS there - grinding like a bitch for adena, paying other players to buff you, hiring other players to protect you or protect your fort, conquering kingdoms and small towns with huge political influence. Clans and allies being build to support each other with thousands of members. To this day i haven't see a single game with such complex political system as the one old Lineage 2 Chronicle 5 used to have.

But as cool as all of this sounds it's exactly the reason why these games don't exist anymore - people just can't be bothered anymore to progress slowly. Especially teens, who are the main targeted population. Every single game i've played since that has some elements of that, but in a very tiny part. It's mostly aimed to get you maxed out level in about a week, hooked to the game and then simply BUY stuff from the developer, instead of grinding for it.

[DanWhite]

21 hours ago, QuantumSingularity said:

Tbh sounds exactly the old Lineage 2... well everything, except for the house. Everything else though WAS there - grinding like a bitch for adena, paying other players to buff you, hiring other players to protect you or protect your fort, conquering kingdoms and small towns with huge political influence. Clans and allies being build to support each other with thousands of members. To this day i haven't see a single game with such complex political system as the one old Lineage 2 Chronicle 5 used to have.

But as cool as all of this sounds it's exactly the reason why these games don't exist anymore - people just can't be bothered anymore to progress slowly. Especially teens, who are the main targeted population. Every single game i've played since that has some elements of that, but in a very tiny part. It's mostly aimed to get you maxed out level in about a week, hooked to the game and then simply BUY stuff from the developer, instead of grinding for it.

 That sounds amazing! what I wanted is something that actually felt like a life of sorts, that the choices that you made mattered for how you wanted to progress and if you kept playing you could get to an important position depending on what you choosed to do, but I guess thats not very attractive for players

[DanWhite]

On 4/4/2022 at 5:47 AM, mariushm said:

It's probably not what you want, but a part of what you want could be satisfied .. Fallout 3 and Fallout 3 New Vegas 

You start poor, with barely anything and unskilled and you gain weapons and armors and improve your skills as you explore a completely unknown territory to you and do quests and so on.  In new vegas karma also plays a huge role, you can be idolized or hated by various factions, you could be attacked on sight if you wear armor that belongs to a faction that's hated by the faction you're trying to interact with or people may not talk to you or be less helpful / less open  if you don't lower your gun or if you have low speech skills..

Fallout 4 is more streamlined, more linear, less choices and less consequences for your actions but I guess it would also work.

 

Could also try that Truck driver simulator game with lots of versions and addons... you start with practically nothing, with a truck transporting merchandise and with the money you earn you can buy your own garage and trucks and hire drivers and all that crap. 

 

OpenTTD for transport tycoon game .. start with a bank loan and make transportation routes, trains, buses etc ... 

 

Thanks for the recommendatons, all of those sound nice, probably will give them a try later

[Soag]

Mount & Blade?

[AbsoluteWoo]

Sounds like Animal Crossing.

[Vishera]

13 hours ago, Soag said:

Mount & Blade?

This,You start with nothing,you can roam around freely,make a name for yourself.

Build your own army,buy businesses,build your own kingdom or just be a roaming mercenary.

All Mount & Blade games are like that,I have M&B Warband and M&B With Fire and Sword - same game,different eras.

Though Bannerlord is the newest entry,but i don't have that one.

[cretsiah]

On 4/4/2022 at 5:15 PM, DanWhite said:

 You start with your character on a open world, you gather materials, buy your house somewhere and then you go make money somehow.
In this world there would villages, cities, kingdoms and all sorts of people around so, once you gain some money maybe you can contract some mercenaries to fight
for you and then perhaps conquer a small village so you can rule it and expand from there, managing diplomatic situations and so

if your not just limited to medieval version you can get a space style version of this......  except its not houses but big ships

 

X2 - The Threat

X3 - The Reunion

x3 - Terran Conflict

- all = massive time syncs

- from small light fighters to aircraft carriers and battleships, as well as freighters,  stations, HQ,

-  your decisions could ruin your capacity to expand your empire.

- starting options = someone else's lacky, receiver of the oldies run down ships (not exactly but sounds cooler - Humble merchant), or broke assassin 

[Grindy]

That sounds basically exactly like Mount & Blade (2) from what I have heard about it.

[DanWhite]

On 4/6/2022 at 1:21 PM, AbsoluteWoo said:

Sounds like Animal Crossing.

Don't have a switch:(