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They will link to your thermostat via bluetooth and/or http and turn the temperature down for the ice dungeon and up for the fire dungeon.
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Full dive technology where if you die while dived in you die irl.
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A fingerprint scanner that "reads" your fingerprint and procedurally generates parts of game to make it "unique to only you"
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smell-o-vision

s0nicfan posted...

A fingerprint scanner that "reads" your fingerprint and procedurally generates parts of game to make it "unique to only you"

that sounds kind of cool actually
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TeaMilk posted...

that sounds kind of cool actually

The odds of any 2 people having the exact same procedurally generated experience is so small that adding the fingerprint scanner only gives the illusion of uniqueness when simply generating the world once at the start and cloud saving it so you always get the same one has the exact same effect.
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Power Glove 2.0

Or something like that. I expect motion controls will come back at some point. Obviously a bit more sophisticated.
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Lootboxes to start the game. Pay $1 for a 1 in 4 chance to be able to play the game today.
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An electronically-controlled water gun that shoots you when your character gets wet
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Going for realistic instead of joking here. Games will probably be released one level (or equivalent) at a time, forcing you to pay in order to progress in the game.

Ic3Bullet posted...

Going for realistic instead of joking here. Games will probably be released one level (or equivalent) at a time, forcing you to pay in order to progress in the game.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_(video_game)#Episodes
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You can enter your own name, so NPCs will speak it in dialog as the name of your character.
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s0nicfan posted...

The odds of any 2 people having the exact same procedurally generated experience is so small that adding the fingerprint scanner only gives the illusion of uniqueness when simply generating the world once at the start and cloud saving it so you always get the same one has the exact same effect.

I know, but it still feels fun to me to have the random seed linked to something physical. Like the monster rancher games that would generate monsters from CD's, or that phone game that would make anime girls out of barcodes. It's more meaningful than a random string u share with others
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Firewerx posted...

You can enter your own name, so NPCs will speak it in dialog as the name of your character.

If they can ever pull this off convincingly, I would actually really like this. But right now it would be "Well hello there DeevsBroo."
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A device similar to an air freshener that allows you to smell everything your character does.
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Paragon21XX posted...

A device similar to an air freshener that allows you to smell everything your character does.

I would buy it. I was just playing a game where I was running through a flooded mine shaft and I was like two degrees away from being able to smell the odor of the musky, dusty mine and the coolness of the running water.
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Ambient lighting that darkens or lightens the entire room depending on the time of day in whatever game you're playing. Can also simulate lightning
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eston posted...

Ambient lighting that darkens or lightens the entire room depending on the time of day in whatever game you're playing. Can also simulate lightning

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boktai:_The_Sun_Is_in_Your_Hand
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Paragon21XX posted...

A device similar to an air freshener that allows you to smell everything your character does.

https://www.geek.com/games/resident-evil-7s-4d-vr-candle-will-let-you-smell-the-horror-1684573/
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Sex doll controller
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s0nicfan posted...

eston posted...

Ambient lighting that darkens or lightens the entire room depending on the time of day in whatever game you're playing. Can also simulate lightning

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boktai:_The_Sun_Is_in_Your_Hand

Ahead of its time for sure. Imagine if it hit during this Pokemon Go fitness thing
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Ads

Not even joking. We already see it in EA sports games. This bull shit about 'games as a service' will eventually deteriorate into mid-game ads, just like mobile games have.
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DevsBro posted...

Firewerx posted...

You can enter your own name, so NPCs will speak it in dialog as the name of your character.

If they can ever pull this off convincingly, I would actually really like this. But right now it would be "Well hello there DeevsBroo."

fallout 4 kinda did it. but only one character would actually say the name you put in so it seemed like a big waste of time on their part imo. think there was like 70+ names/words you could use and that robot in the beginning would actually say it.
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Controller that releases hallucinogens porously into your blood stream as your sanity meter decreases
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mooreandrew58 posted...

fallout 4 kinda did it.

I was pretty disappointed with Fallout 4 in this regard. Codsworth called me by my name, but everyone else called me "Blue" or "General". Makes you wonder why Bethesda went to that effort in the first place.
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008Zulu posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

fallout 4 kinda did it.

I was pretty disappointed with Fallout 4 in this regard. Codsworth called me by my name, but everyone else called me "Blue" or "General". Makes you wonder why Bethesda went to that effort in the first place.

yeah. assface or something like that being on the list of things he'll say was amusing though.
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Mistere Man posted...

Sex doll controller

There's already an onahole controller for Custom Maid 3D, so I could see it happening

mooreandrew58 posted...

DevsBro posted...

Firewerx posted...

You can enter your own name, so NPCs will speak it in dialog as the name of your character.

If they can ever pull this off convincingly, I would actually really like this. But right now it would be "Well hello there DeevsBroo."

fallout 4 kinda did it. but only one character would actually say the name you put in so it seemed like a big waste of time on their part imo. think there was like 70+ names/words you could use and that robot in the beginning would actually say it.

Yeah I think a couple of games have done this same thing where they just record the 100 or so most common names as individual lines but if your parents named you something stupid like mine did, you'll be excluded forever.
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008Zulu posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

fallout 4 kinda did it.

I was pretty disappointed with Fallout 4 in this regard. Codsworth called me by my name, but everyone else called me "Blue" or "General". Makes you wonder why Bethesda went to that effort in the first place.

VA is expensive. I hear it runs about $30/line, which if you wanted to do 100 names, comes to $3000 per instance of a character speaking the name. And that's without getting to hand pick your VAs like AAA games do.
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DevsBro posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

DevsBro posted...

Firewerx posted...

You can enter your own name, so NPCs will speak it in dialog as the name of your character.

If they can ever pull this off convincingly, I would actually really like this. But right now it would be "Well hello there DeevsBroo."

fallout 4 kinda did it. but only one character would actually say the name you put in so it seemed like a big waste of time on their part imo. think there was like 70+ names/words you could use and that robot in the beginning would actually say it.

Yeah I think a couple of games have done this same thing where they just record the 100 or so most common names as individual lines but if your parents named you something stupid like mine did, you'll be excluded forever.

Did your parents name you DevsBro?

DevsBro posted...

008Zulu posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

fallout 4 kinda did it.

I was pretty disappointed with Fallout 4 in this regard. Codsworth called me by my name, but everyone else called me "Blue" or "General". Makes you wonder why Bethesda went to that effort in the first place.

VA is expensive. I hear it runs about $30/line, which if you wanted to do 100 names, comes to $3000 per instance of a character speaking the name. And that's without getting to hand pick your VAs like AAA games do.

if they are just sitting there reading a list of names i'd work out a deal with them specifically on that part. say every 7 names counts as a line or something.
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TheBiggerWiggle posted...

Ads

Not even joking. We already see it in EA sports games. This bull shit about 'games as a service' will eventually deteriorate into mid-game ads, just like mobile games have.

ugh, the day all games have advertisements in them is the day... well, I'd better not say

granted, crossover games like SSB could be considered "ads" for the various other game series but come on
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HylianFox posted...

TheBiggerWiggle posted...

Ads

Not even joking. We already see it in EA sports games. This bull shit about 'games as a service' will eventually deteriorate into mid-game ads, just like mobile games have.

ugh, the day all games have advertisements in them is the day... well, I'd better not say

granted, crossover games like SSB could be considered "ads" for the various other game series but come on

I didn't mind the way final fantasy 15 handled it. but in street fighter V it can be a bit jarring.

in 15 other than this item existing (cup noodles) and seeing a billboard or vendor with the logo, there was like one sidequest revolving around it. and honestly I liked the sidequest so I let it slide.
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I don't mind product placement in games so much (how many beat-em-up games have Coca-Cola as a health item? a lot)

but once it gets to where the flow of the game suddenly stops and it's like 'ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM MIGRAINES? THEN TRY ZYLORBITOL!!!'

no, just no
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HylianFox posted...

I don't mind product placement in games so much (how many beat-em-up games have Coca-Cola as a health item? a lot)

but once it gets to where the flow of the game suddenly stops and it's like 'ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM MIGRAINES? THEN TRY ZYLORBITOL!!!'

no, just no

I remember being around a lot when a friend of mine would play this free to play mmo, but the trade off is whenever you where in town you'd be constantly hearing a commercial played on various tvs/radios through out the town, and for whatever reason it was the same old spice commercial on loop. I got so fucking sick and tired of that whistle tune.
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mooreandrew58 posted...

DevsBro posted...

008Zulu posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

fallout 4 kinda did it.

I was pretty disappointed with Fallout 4 in this regard. Codsworth called me by my name, but everyone else called me "Blue" or "General". Makes you wonder why Bethesda went to that effort in the first place.

VA is expensive. I hear it runs about $30/line, which if you wanted to do 100 names, comes to $3000 per instance of a character speaking the name. And that's without getting to hand pick your VAs like AAA games do.

if they are just sitting there reading a list of names i'd work out a deal with them specifically on that part. say every 7 names counts as a line or something.

But if you do that, you run into most of the same problems TTS has. No matter how your character says the rest of the sentence, they'll say the name the same way.

"Oh it's just DevsBro."
"I'll kill you, DevsBro!"
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DevsBro posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

DevsBro posted...

008Zulu posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

fallout 4 kinda did it.

I was pretty disappointed with Fallout 4 in this regard. Codsworth called me by my name, but everyone else called me "Blue" or "General". Makes you wonder why Bethesda went to that effort in the first place.

VA is expensive. I hear it runs about $30/line, which if you wanted to do 100 names, comes to $3000 per instance of a character speaking the name. And that's without getting to hand pick your VAs like AAA games do.

if they are just sitting there reading a list of names i'd work out a deal with them specifically on that part. say every 7 names counts as a line or something.

But if you do that, you run into most of the same problems TTS has. No matter how your character says the rest of the sentence, they'll say the name the same way.

"Oh it's just DevsBro."
"I'll kill you, DevsBro!"

if I did that, i'd make sure to write the script in such a way your name only ever gets said stand alone like. DevsBro.....we need to talk. and so on.
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mooreandrew58 posted...

DevsBro posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

DevsBro posted...

008Zulu posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

fallout 4 kinda did it.

I was pretty disappointed with Fallout 4 in this regard. Codsworth called me by my name, but everyone else called me "Blue" or "General". Makes you wonder why Bethesda went to that effort in the first place.

VA is expensive. I hear it runs about $30/line, which if you wanted to do 100 names, comes to $3000 per instance of a character speaking the name. And that's without getting to hand pick your VAs like AAA games do.

if they are just sitting there reading a list of names i'd work out a deal with them specifically on that part. say every 7 names counts as a line or something.

But if you do that, you run into most of the same problems TTS has. No matter how your character says the rest of the sentence, they'll say the name the same way.

"Oh it's just DevsBro."
"I'll kill you, DevsBro!"

if I did that, i'd make sure to write the script in such a way your name only ever gets said stand alone like. DevsBro.....we need to talk. and so on.

Which further limits you, really.
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DevsBro posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

DevsBro posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

DevsBro posted...

008Zulu posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

fallout 4 kinda did it.

I was pretty disappointed with Fallout 4 in this regard. Codsworth called me by my name, but everyone else called me "Blue" or "General". Makes you wonder why Bethesda went to that effort in the first place.

VA is expensive. I hear it runs about $30/line, which if you wanted to do 100 names, comes to $3000 per instance of a character speaking the name. And that's without getting to hand pick your VAs like AAA games do.

if they are just sitting there reading a list of names i'd work out a deal with them specifically on that part. say every 7 names counts as a line or something.

But if you do that, you run into most of the same problems TTS has. No matter how your character says the rest of the sentence, they'll say the name the same way.

"Oh it's just DevsBro."
"I'll kill you, DevsBro!"

if I did that, i'd make sure to write the script in such a way your name only ever gets said stand alone like. DevsBro.....we need to talk. and so on.

Which further limits you, really.

true but i'd rather have that, then lines sounding off.
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mooreandrew58 posted...

true but i'd rather have that, then lines sounding off.

Which is really just another flavor of the same solution in FO4.
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DevsBro posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

true but i'd rather have that, then lines sounding off.

Which is really just another flavor of the same solution in FO4.

my problem with 4s handling of it, is only that damn robot will actually say your name. and oddly shaun isn't a name he'll say despite i'm pretty sure he says the name referring to your son. I mean its not exactly uncommon for a father and son to have the same name.
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I remember creating myself in Madden once, and Al Michaels actually said my name, even though nobody in the NFL had the same last name as I. It felt awesome.

A scent radar would be cool
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A game that literally bends you over and fucks you in the ass and you have to open a paid lootbox for a chance to stop it.

Strider102 posted...

Full dive technology where if you die while dived in you die irl.

I'd play pubg
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A controller for our feet.
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RoboLaserGandhi posted...

A game that literally bends you over and fucks you in the ass and you have to open a paid lootbox for a chance to stop it.

what if you don't want to stop it?
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Tweeting for in game benefits(or because you're require to in the story)

Doubly so if this is for "anti piracy".
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mooreandrew58 posted...

HylianFox posted...

TheBiggerWiggle posted...

Ads

Not even joking. We already see it in EA sports games. This bull shit about 'games as a service' will eventually deteriorate into mid-game ads, just like mobile games have.

ugh, the day all games have advertisements in them is the day... well, I'd better not say

granted, crossover games like SSB could be considered "ads" for the various other game series but come on

I didn't mind the way final fantasy 15 handled it. but in street fighter V it can be a bit jarring.

in 15 other than this item existing (cup noodles) and seeing a billboard or vendor with the logo, there was like one sidequest revolving around it. and honestly I liked the sidequest so I let it slide.

I think Saints Row 2 had actual ads on some of the billboards around the city if you were online. Might've been a different game, but I distinctly remember getting so distracted by an actual ad (think it was for a movie?) that I crashed my car into a wall because I wasn't paying attention.
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I is smart posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

HylianFox posted...

TheBiggerWiggle posted...

Ads

Not even joking. We already see it in EA sports games. This bull shit about 'games as a service' will eventually deteriorate into mid-game ads, just like mobile games have.

ugh, the day all games have advertisements in them is the day... well, I'd better not say

granted, crossover games like SSB could be considered "ads" for the various other game series but come on

I didn't mind the way final fantasy 15 handled it. but in street fighter V it can be a bit jarring.

in 15 other than this item existing (cup noodles) and seeing a billboard or vendor with the logo, there was like one sidequest revolving around it. and honestly I liked the sidequest so I let it slide.

I think Saints Row 2 had actual ads on some of the billboards around the city if you were online. Might've been a different game, but I distinctly remember getting so distracted by an actual ad (think it was for a movie?) that I crashed my car into a wall because I wasn't paying attention.

yeah I never played online in those so I wouldn't no.

in SF V its jarring to me cause on the vs screen it pretty much covers the background and in some stages you just see the ad all over the place and it just looks off to me. the little ads popping up before a fight though instead of the blank white loading screen I actually kinda liked though since they where personalized to the game, like chun-li stretching or ken playing with mel.
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