Games actually being able to be played fully offline is something I agree totally needs to come back.

The Arkham games were also pretty good with the recollection of the story. The load screens giving you the last few things that you've done in the story and what people said was a good idea.

Playing offline is a really great point that needs to be talked about more. Not everyone has access to high speed internet. And obviously that is a big reason why cloud gaming services like Stadia never took off. I really don't need to be ok the internet just to play a game I bought with my money. And also. Internet services is not all that affordable

I with everyone on the fully off line game. I’d also like to add that there should be a “new game plus” for most games. I’m sure not everyone wants to re-unlock skills/weapons again. Sometimes I want to play my games and feel like a complete bad ass from the get go.

The games that really hit me in a way that makes me remember them fondly and wish i could play them for the first time again are always single player games. They are so immersive and allow for so many stories to be told!

Secret dialogue options that are there just naturally are so amazing for immersion, I remember playing Skyrim and coming across a farm and talking to the owners and buying a horse, then hours later I come across a town on the opposite end of the map, go through a long quest line and find myself having to threaten someone for money, and guess what, they were a relative of the Farm owner, so I had the option to threaten their family which I never would of seen if I hadn't of been at that random farm on the opposite end of the map but since I did I got to go through that questline more easily and get the money without any difficulty. There're thousands of small interactions like that all over Skyrim! Such a fun experience to play through!

#5 is SUPER nicely implemented in Detroit: Become Human. not only you can go back and replay any section of the game you have already unlocked, you are also shown ALL the branching events in the scene (things you haven't done yet all blanks of course). so you can see all the possible unlockables and choices and consequences that you COULD have if you explore another time and do things differently. I absolutely love that!

For number 5, Darksiders used to do this so well. Amazing voice actor that would give a summary of the last few hours of the game when you load it up.. such an underrated series

One thing I would love to see more of, is to be able to re-do or re-visit the intro of games. There's so many games I put down and come back to later and it's so hard to re-learn moves, buttons etc. at higher difficulty.

Its been about 20 years since the Colony Wars games were released on the original PlayStation, and to this day I have not seen any flying game do a better job of providing situational awareness than it did with the holographic radar and leading sights that accounted for speed, distance, direction of the player, target, and rounds being fired. Those games were way ahead of their time.

i couldn't agree more with number 2, i've always said that disabling achievements is a fair trade off for using cheat codes. but disabling saves, that's just wrong.

What I love about Horizon Forbidden West is that the dialogue changes if you accidentally happen to clear out an enemies camp or pick up a certain item objective before the mission, Alloy will answer that she's been there or she have already pick up the item the NPC was looking for.

Quality over quantity apply for most single player games.

Not being able to play a single player game without internet is rly annoying. Had a few internet blackouts and those games rly screw my plans lol

7:15 *_Detroit: Become Human_* by Quantic Dream has this system where you can try out diffferent options within chapters, and you can see the branching of choices. It becomes more a hunt of "how can I do this?". And since there are over 40 different endings (scaling from best to worst, with lots of different options), it gives great replay-value. Btw, it's also on PC, not just Playstation 4. got it on Steam. Definitely try it out.

Something that I want in games is being able to skip walking sequences. For those who don't know what they are. They are basically sections where the game slows down your walking speed artificially to hear some dialogue or something. They can also be crawling sequences. Sometimes they are used to hide loading. But most times they are just poor substitutes for cutscenes. Literally. They are used so that the devs don't spend more money on cutscene animations and cinematography. There's nothing a walking sequence can do that a cutscene does better. But because they are technically gameplay, you can't skip 99% of them. And I hate it so much.

Darksiders 2 also did a great job of recapping what has happened up to the point you’re at, and they did it a long ass time ago.

For point number 1: even though Far Cry 6 failed at lot of parameters but one thing I loved about it is Dani singing with the radio. These kind of small details are what I look for in games.

I've personally really enjoyed games having more accessibility options. Though I don't use that many, sometimes they greatly improved games for me. For instance, being able to choose button mashing to a hold instead is nice. Sometimes being able to change the amount of time to hit a response to a QTE is nice. I am starting to develop dexterity issues due to tendenitis and my brain isn't as fast any more than that I'm started to end my younger years and hit middle age. I know QTE timing can be a factor in difficulty for levels and some might argue that being able to increase the timing is a way of cheating the difficulty, but I would argue that playing with mobility issues or slower reflexes due to aging is like playing with a debuff and being able to play with that extra buffer levels that playing field to that of a normal player (as if there is just a "standard player" out there when we're all different with varying degrees of mobility).

For the "pause during cutscenes" idea, yes. Absolutely, yes, but instead of just having the option to skip, or rewatch a cutscenes, we need the ability to skip the cutscenes, and, as most single player games these days have some kind of in-game lore "codex" the ability to simply go back through what would essentially be a transcript of the dialogue from the cutscenes. That way, if your quest log just says, go do (x), but in the dialogue you were told you also have to (y) and (z) before you can do (x), you can go back and re-read the dialogue to remind yourself to do (y) and (z). I say that because I have personally played RPGs before that have a similar, if not the exactly described system implemented with the added bonus that they actually highlighted relevant quest information in the codex in a different color text.

One little thing I personally like in games is when I see a map open up before I can look at said map. I love that immersion. That can go hand in hand with the note taking on the maps too.

Being able to replay missions is a huge feature that I imagine wouldn't be hard to program in. I'd love to see that more in future games

The fact that you have to watch every cut scene during ghost of tsushima is crazy not because you have have to watch each one but if you die after the cut scene it makes you watch it again without being able to skip it.

I'm pretty sure the channel has covered this before, but the menu/map/interface in dead space was pretty seamless and made sense in the world. That was one of the best that I can think of in terms of innovative maps.

I like that Project Zomboid makes you have to have a pen or pencil in different colors to write on your map with the corresponding color. And it's not a bad barrier to entry. There's pens so over the world. I think it's clever for this style of game.

The original Silent Hill trilogy had a great map system, the protagonist would actually draw on the map to show locked and unlocked doors, collapsed streets and more. What I hate the most is when games actually do have cheats but they punish you for using them. Not being able to get achievements with activated cheats is fine but I remember some games that really punished you for using cheats that were put in there by the devs. There was stuff like not being able to save anymore, basically ruining your whole progress in the game.

Honorable mention. Ghost of Tsushima’s method of guiding the player to destinations was superb. I have never in my life felt so liberated from staring at a map in open worlds and constantly checking where I’m going.

Something I would love to see make a comeback is difficulty sliders for different aspects of a game. The original System Shock has various difficulty options at the start of the game for Combat, Puzzles, Story and Cyberspace to customise at your own discretion.

My number one wishlist item for ALL games is the ability to replay the training missions or even the first hour of the game to refresh my understanding of the controls and the setting of the game. There are so many games that I love but can’t go back to because I simply can’t remember how to play them. Access to training missions / etc would solve this.

I'm watching your video rn and I completely agree with all of what you've said so far. Especially with loading up missions!!!!! I feel like some games don't have replay ability because they're lacking some of these features. Especially not being able to load up where you wanna go to. 😒

The thing where there’s a story recap/ previously on… type thing I agree with all of my yes. As a new dad with a 5 month old, full time job, and just started a business, time for games is slim to none and then add on top of it an extreme case of ADD with games where I’ll play for a while and then move onto another it becomes a cycle of, “I have no memory of this place”

Totally agree on having the option to replay cut scenes

Love the driver San Francisco shout out!! I absolutely adored that game and always felt it was underrated. I still play it occasionally to this day, such a great game!

The new ff7 remake has good section replay. As did ff15 Also episodic games like re revelations caught you up quite well when you came back to them

I really liked the "last time on..." function in Pokémon Fire Red/Leaf Green. It helped SO MUCH. I can go back to it now, years later, and know where to pick back up

In games with leveled loot, have an option like the Niohs, where you can make any piece of gear look like any other piece of gear you’ve collected, that way you can fully customize your look while taking the strongest kit.

Tactics Ogre (the timeline mechanics point) reminds of "Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Zeta Gundam" on the PS2. That was so fun to see what you could do to timelines. Like in normal canon characters that would not normally be there you could possibly save them and they join you or you make a secret foe and it goes and adds new challenges people love to see and try. And a couple funny encounters for sure X3

One I would include is the ability to continue the narrative with your choices made across games like BioWare does with mass effect and dragon age

The replay missions things is my most wanted feature in games. I absolutely love replaying my favorite missions over and over again. Sony exclusives still largely do it, but I wish some of my favorite series did it too, like the Yakuza series. One of the reasons why I absolutely love games like LA Noire or Uncharted 2 is because of this feature.

In Ghost of Tsushima, on Iki island after finishing one of the quests, after the dialogue was over with the character, before he walked away I decided it would be cool to bow... As I did that, the NPC reacted with "a samurai bowing to me, nobody would believe me" or something like that. And that was one of the coolest moments I've had with GOT.

One thing I want in open World game is realistic car driving, i.e. ability to control Clutch and Manual gear too. Car chase with realistic mode.... Oh my oh my. Another thing railway system and train yards with changeable switches. Most OW games look away from proper railway system (don't know why?). But trust me a proper railway system in an OW game will take the game to another level. Let it be small. But give us the opurtunity of riding, driving and messing.

As far as little interactions go, being able to retract Wolverine’s claws in X-men origins will always be a favorite.

Yes. The game summary in the witcher 3 was amazing. And the fact that it was from a 3rd person point of view is Even better.. Even the quest journals was from Dandelion's point of view. And it really doesn't take much time,.. its pretty much convenient instead of the silly game hints we get in a loading screen

Darksiders 2 also did the story recap thing on loading screens. Everyone seems to forget that game, even though it’s phenomenal and one of my favorite games ever made.

In regards to collectible hunting in games a couple recent games I liked how they did them was in the new Spiderman games, easy to find but satisfying with a reason to find them!

For contextual animations, Devil May Cry has a lot of instances where the cutscene changes depending on how you ever the scene. It can change if you run into the area, walk into the area, or jump into the area.

A good example is Elden Ring, where the cut scenes show the armor and weapon that you currently have equipped. So many games still show a default set.

A couple for me: - Changing a difficulty level mid-game. Annoying boss, lower a level, get past it, go back to the original level and move on. - Adjust a any console button or trigger to do what you want to get as much consistency as possible across games. Loading a preset would be awesome.

One thing i love in games is playing a true new game+, where you get to keep EVERYTHING that isn't story related, and i at least think that every game should have at least some kind of NG+... But even more so, i would love for more games to let me randomize different things! XCOM Enemy Within had a feature where you could randomize what skills your soldiers would get, unless they were tied to a specific class, like the Snipers Squadsight... So you could get a Sniper with not only the Sentinel and Oppertunist skills to make them amazing at overwatch, but you could also be very lucky and get Heat Ammo, doing increased damage to mechanical enemies! I would love to see features like this in more games, and all the developers would have to do is make a disclaimer saying "this might make the game act weird, but if you are okay with taking that chance, be our guest!" They don't have to go all the way and let us swap character models or anything, but just the ability to have things happen at random points, like getting spells and abilities at random levels instead of set ones, or make chests and loot drops be entirely made up of random items. Hell, it could even be a reward for finishing the game along side the NG+, so you get to play the game as intended for your first playthrough so the developers get to show you their story and gameplay as intended, but then the shackles are off if you wanna try it after that!

Deep Rock Galactic’s “map” is awesome to me. Theres a bit of a learning curve with it but once you orient yourself, it’s an intuitive idea i haven’t seen in many games.

Shooting games or RPG's that let you change the controller mapping to what you want. I love it when games do that. Especially on console, when a game has a completely different set up than all the other games of the same genre. Like a shooting game on PS.... aim_L2 , shoot _ R2, crouch is circle (so on) then you get a game that is, aim is now L1, throw a grenade is circle and shoot is R1 it screws with you and you really end up wishing you can change that because you keep throwing a grenade at a high level guy that you wanted to sneak past. So now not only do you have grenade damage but, that really high level guy knows you're there and pummels you into the ground.

Going off of #6, Sunset Overdrive allows you to buy maps of each the collectibles for each district. Yes it’s tedious to have to purchase all of those maps, but it’s nice that the option is even there.

For the accidental cut scene skip rather pressing buttons I always move the stick or mouse. Then the game would show which button it is to skip a cutscene so I don't accidentally press the skip button.

yeah, the offline thing came into play for me a few months back. lightning struck somewhere and blew up a major data point, meaning no internet till everything at that data point is replaced cause its fried. this stuff can take days to fix. now this is rare, like this is a first for me in my lifetime, but i thought fine, no internet i can catch up on some single player games. NOPE! drm required internet. so i had to do a mobile hotspot, just so i could play a single player game? like what the heck?????

I think you only mentioned GTA V one time in the video but almost every entry on your list is either fully in GTA V or it has similar elements or partially in it. I'm replaying the story mode right now on PS5 and havent touched the game since 360 version (im mindblown btw lol) and things like being able to pull every mission up just by pausing the game, seeing what you need to do for the medals (gold, etc) and just instantly going to that mission to replay it is amazing. At first i was nervous that it was going to force me to play the game from the mission i selected-on, however when you are done replaying it just puts you right back in the world wherever you initiated the replay. GTA V is truly one of the greatest and jam packed single player games I have ever played in my 25+ years of gaming. I am amazed this game is from 2013. I gave my dad my old 360 as well so he could play the story mode and even on that version in 2023 i am blown away by just how insane that game is from top to bottom. I honestly dont think some people realize just how incredible it truly is. GTA 6 has A LOT to live up to and idk how they will include the amount of features and map size, etc. in one game like the leaks suggest. Im so excited lol

A "Previously on" feature would be pretty nice for a lot of games, at least the more action-heavy ones, and maybe even the narrative-heavy ones like any Quantic Dream title. While it probably would be difficult to program a bunch of different cuts like what you'd see in a TV show, I could see something like just a highlight reel of whatever mission or story chapter you were previously playing, that way, you're caught up on the plot. And just for extra measure, the game can ask you with a prompt "Do you want to be refreshed on the story" or something to that effect, so that players don't have see it all the time if they're not too lost on the details.

Yes! Perfect analogy to bring back easily replayable levels. I would play AC Origins/Odyssey a lot more often if I could load up a story section again with my current gear.

Being able to switch from third-person to first-person in any game would be a brilliant idea

A lot of this stuff sounds minor on the surface, but with every entry, I realize that all of these details truly add up and are very noticeable when they are included.

Extra stories in optional activities and/or collectibles. The scattered notes in the tlou games are a good example, as are the side tales in Ghost of Tsushima, and the Valkyrie fights in GoW4

Honestly happy that driver San Francisco has been mentioned here. I wish it got a new game or something anytime soon

I've always wondered why more games don't have a way to write down custom notes or reminders, also. I always find myself listing things out on a piece of paper or a post-it notes while playing single-player games, almost like a "to-do list".

I decided to replay the 'Modern Warfare' campaign on the PS5 and realized that there were cut scenes I couldn't skip. I had to stop for a moment and remember what year I was in again.

Honorable mention to all the games that still allow split screen and LAN based multiplayer.

Language options, really appreciate games that let you toggle a different voice language and keep everything in subtitles and menu options in english. This make games for me more immersive, the recent one I played is Plague Tale and AC Unity, playing it in it's native french is just so good. Currently playing State of Mind in its native German language. I really don't mind reading through subtitles when watching foreign films so I kinda do it with games.

A definite yes for level select in games. I would like to also add "multiple save files" and/or "New Game+". I recently played Trek to Yomi and I was having a great time. I missed a collectable and finished the chapter. I then found out that there was no level select at all, and the only way to get the collectable to was to completely start over. And by starting over, I will have to delete my current save file. I finished the campaign because I hoped I could start over with my abilities to make getting the ones I missed easier, but no. I enjoyed the first playthrough, but the second became a slog because I also had to recollect the collectibles I had previously gotten.

Ghost of Tsushima easily has the most revolutionary feature in recent gaming with something as simple as the wind tell you where the story is taking you or your personal waypoint on the map. No need for a mini map or some giant arrow on my screen to direct me. Just one swipe of the track pad and the wind starts blowing to tell you which direction to go. Giving me more opportunity to see it's gorgeous world.

I don't know that it's a giant game, but BeamNG has a new interface in which the map does exactly what you describe, basically going smoothly from your current location and then zoom way way way out until you see the whole world as a map

Speaking on the last point you made, the #1 game for the small details that blew me away was Watch Dogs 1...I know it's an unpopular choice but after revisiting it on PS4 I realized how much of an underrated masterpiece that game was (minus the shitty dlc) it also made me all the more depressed to see just how much of that focus on minor details was taken out of the later games in the series, WD2 was bad for it and Legion can't hold a candle to either of its predecessors. Knowing that the series will now probably be over with the garbage entry that Legion was is so sad to think about. It also got me thinking that too many sequels prioritize new features while removing a lot of the ones from previous entries that made the series' great in the first place. AAA studios really need to cut that shit out. I'm looking at you, Ubisoft. 🙃

How about games or creators that made it easier for modders to mod their games. Take stardew valley for example. As massive game recoding patches came about, like the multiplayer patch that had him reprogram the entire game just to allow it ro work, he literally contacted a huge amount of modders and asked them how he could make it easier for the game to be moddable. Currently it's the highest modded indie game ever and has growing mod numbers almost comparable to skyrim.

Perfect list, Falcon🙂 I especially like the "Previously on...." thing. Trying to get back into a narrative driven game such as an RPG is tough on the memory after a couple of months! Also, a "So far on....." preview feature is good for people like myself, who play more than a few games simutaneously. I often rotate games daily, weekly, etc.- not just focusing on completing one game at a time...

I would LOVE if all my single player games had a "previously on..." feature. I have a really bad habit of jumping between games and starting new ones before finishing old ones. And by the time I get back to some of the big, RPG games, I get frustrated because I can't remember where I was or what I was doing when I last played it. I've restarted many games from the beginning due to this. Everything else you mentioned I also agree with. Especially the playing single player offline. If there's an issue with my internet, I should be able to still load up a single player game to pass the time.

One BRIILIANT feature EVERY YT vid should have: 1. Timeline!

I wish more games would have the Nemesis System from Shadow of Mordor.

2:31 me and my brother sat through the gta san andreas opening countless times as kids because we didn't have a memory card for our ps2. I can't tell how many times I heard: "Grove Street, home. least it was before I fucked everything up" lmao

A feature I would like to see is a kind of refresher course in the options for people who haven't played a game in a while. Similar to a recap for forgetting where you are in the story, but for forgetting the controls. Like, just a small bare bones level you can access from the menu that reacquaints your muscle memory with the controls. I think Assassin's Creed Brotherhood had something like this, where you could learn and practice all the moves again in VR from the menu.

14:28 THEY SCRAPED THAT IN GTA 5 YOU NEED TO AIM AND ENTER THE CAR TO ALWAYS ON ENGINE OR USE INTERACTION MENU

I’m here for my grain of salt 🧂… Edit: Nevermind…it’s Falcon 🦅…

THANK YOU I love when games have mission select there are so many games where I wish I could go back and play a certain mission there definitely needs to be more of it

I remember Force Unleashed let me not only pause during the cutscenes, but also access the menu, meaning I could focus on all the force upgrade junk before I decide “Story time, yeeeah.” It also let you automatically skip the cutscenes with a single button, which is great for when it gives you the option of replaying with all your stuff so that you can basically grind while making the story less inconvenient. Also no internet use.

Like Saints Row 2 you could get in cop cars etc.. and you could take on that roll in the game found that really cool wish open world could do that again just makes things more interesting 😉 😀

Every single RPG game should have the player's ability to climb on objects. If you're playing a game where you can only jump, then the game will be super tedious to deal with.

#5 and #9 are the ones I agree with most. I’m always afraid to press a button because I could miss an entire cutscene if it skips. Also, I don’t always have the opportunity to play games, so when I’m away for a while, it’d be nice to have something to remind me what’s happening in case I forget

Regarding #9, I think the one that did it best was MGS4. You could actually pause the game during a cutscene and that pause menu came with the option to skip it

New game plus It should be a thing in every game day one A loadout for different play styles And the ability to alter your gear’s look As much as I hate odyssey But the ability to change your armor’s looks is brilliant tbh Multi takedowns Suppressor for stealth takedown should be the norm And the ability to maneuver over any obstacle is increasingly becoming a must feature for me

0:04 Does anyone know what game is this?

Beside that, one I would love to see in more games is rewind feature of Total Overdose. Basically when you die in that game, you can rewind time to basically try doing things differently in last moments. Just long enough back so you can make the difference, but not too long, so it doesn't hog resources too much. At least for easier games or easy mode, I wish this would be an option. Another one I wish to see more is choice between more HUD heavy guided playthrough and more immersive lighter on HUD option, somewhat like Assassin's Creed Odyssey tried, but maybe even to higher extent and with more options of where you want more assistance. Also in way I sometimes wish games had more dynamic in how they allow you to approach stuff in terms of guidance, like way too many times it is that you either get a map an nothing, or you get exact map marker for NPC or door, but maybe more in lines of giving you general direction to town you are looking for, so you don't need to read all town names, but letting it up to you whether you want to find that NPC by talking to people, looking around,... and maybe update assistance based on that. Basically something in between that is not nothing and that isn't exact coordinate of someone you got just told is in that town. Especially annoying when you also get told town is in east, but really it is more north than east or even completely wrong... yeah, thanks games with wrong descriptions. :-D As for immersion one, I really miss time when physics and destructible environments were hot thing, I wish more games did the two in bigger extent. Like Crysis like destruction model, or Far Cry 2 lie realistic fire spread model,... I don't think Gravity Gun even needs a mention here. Not sure if this counts, but I wish it was dome more. All those things really can offer more dynamic play and sometimes creative ways of solving problems. I remember this guy playing Alyx and once his inventory filled, he picked up a bucket and put excess stuff into bucket he kept carrying with him. I mean sure you don't need it and it can be bit of chore, but also you can't deny it is really cool that you can do it and that you can have fun with it. Also for map, strategy game wise, Supreme Commander had really great idea about map in strategy game, where they allowed you to either zoom in to see every single unit or zoom out to see whole battlefield as full screen minimap. I wish more games did that, not just limit you how far you can zoom out. Though now, this is less relevant, since not many RTS games are made. But yeah, having Driver San Francisco way of doing whole map is really cool idea.

Re #1, there's a button combo you can do in Chivalry 2 that lets your flourish by spinning your weapon. Very cool. The animation differs slightly between weapons and it's a nice touch.

Every game needs vaulting and ledge grabs.

Great points nd content, Falcon Must have "Euphoria/Ragdoll whatev Physics" nd would definitely love to see more Parkour styles in new games

I love custom difficulty settings. And in RPGs this should be widen to how quest log works. Like you can choose if your journal contains every single detail you need to complete quest and you have guide markers leading you whole way, or quest log is just a hint and maybe a link to dialog log so you can refresh your memory.

For me, the animation are one of the most important things from the list. Even ACUnity is made so much better with the improved parkour animations compared to 3 and 4. Tomb Raider, Shadow of Mordor. GTA and RDR. Yeah, it may be a small thing comapred to gunplay, swordplay, magic, driving, but its the details that really stand out once you notice them and can made a good game into a great experience.

As someone with not much time for gaming anymore, i love games that narrates the last thing that happened when i load a save/level. I started playing Metro series and the first 2 games narrates what happened the las time before the level and it helps keeping track with the story

#5 getting a summary of the story so far is huge. I have never officially finished RDR 2 because I always get really close to the end. Like the last camp and then I always have to restart because I don't remember what the hell was going on. I even got to the point where I'm playing as John and had no idea why I was shooting people on a farm...and started over lol.

i agree with all of this. I'm glad that falcon wants a lot of immersive animation. if developers will hear this it will give more jobs on animators.

@gameranx I feel like Top 10 Games We Wish We Could Play For the First Time Again is a video that would be right up your alley.

New game plus is one of my favorite features, My gold standard for ng+ is ratchet and clank, not only do you keep your weapons and upgrades but you also unlock ludicrous additional upgrades that might take ng++ to fully unlock.

I've been playing a lot of metroidvania style games lately and something i would really like would be the ability to redo boss fights if you've beaten them before. Like some games give you rewards for beating a boss without dying your first time in a new game or for taking no damage and being able to replay them repeatedly so you can figure out their patterns without having to start a new game and work your way to that boss would be nice.

Another cool thing on the alternate animations discussion is in the newer Spiderman game depending on if you're swinging or not Peter will talk normal if you're standing or sound like he's actually doing an activity like swinging while he's talking. It's a small detail but one I never thought of until the game put it in there

The Crew 2 has an amazing map set as well. You can zoom out all the way and it's the normal flat 2D but if you zoom in to cloud level, you can see the actual terrain, and even the actual clouds moving.