My Ben 10 Video Game Idea
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There was something that I realized that I haven't focused a lot of attention on for my Ben 10 video game idea and that's Gwen. I've discussed a lot about Ben but not that much on Gwen such as her limitations with her magic abilities. So here I go.
As I stated before, for my video game idea, I would rather maintain the canonicity of the Original Series and not the sequel shows. Therefore, again, Gwen is fully human here and her powers would be magic based.
Let's go further into Gwen's abilities. Gwen would be able to cast any type of magic and mana ability that she already knows and that players manage to unlock for her through the upgrade system. Gwen would also have a separate meter that would measure the amount of mana that she has left to be able to cast her spells with. Depending on how powerful the spell is will depend on how much of Gwen's mana will be used up. Her mana will also recharge slowly much like Ben's Omnitrix. There are various different spells that Gwen could use but that would be one hell of a list to go over and I would have to think more on which spells I would have Gwen use. Basically, here are a list of spells throughout the entire series to give an idea on how diverse and varied Gwen's magic abilities would be for my video game idea much like how diverse and varied Ben's aliens would be.
http://ben10.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Spells
I mentioned how an upgrade system for Gwen would involve the creation of Charms of Bezels that Gwen could use to improve her magic abilities. Well, let's bring back the Keystone of Bezel as well. The way that the Keystone of Bezel could work is well in a similar way to how it worked in the show. Since that in the episode "Tough Luck" ended with the Keystone of Bezel being very well drained of mana but still being functional, Gwen would have to supply the Keystone of Bezel with mana in order to get the full benefits of it. When charged enough, Gwen could activate the Keystone and have all of her natural abilities enhanced greatly just like in the show as well as making her magic abilities more powerful. To go into an overcharge-like state basically. This can be signified through the color of her magic aura. Blue would be the standard color of her aura just like in the Original Series. When the Keystone of Bezel is activated, it will change the color of her aura to the pinkish color that Gwen has in the sequels and that Charmcaster has in the Original Series. However, this would only be temporary and once all the mana is used up, the Keystone would deactivate and Gwen would have to recharge it again in order to use it again.
Much like how players can upgrade Gwen by unlocking more spells for her to use, she can also be upgraded to increase the capacity and recharge rate of her mana meter as well as decrease the amount of mana that each spell would use up as well as any other possible upgrades that could be made. There can also be upgrades to increase the power and effectiveness of Gwen's magic abilities. The Keystone of Bezel can also be upgraded to increase the effect that it provides to Gwen as well as also allowing other features such as a slower drain of the Keystone's mana storage and anything else that can increase Gwen's capabilities in combat without giving her too much power.
There are limitations to Gwen's magic and mana abilities, however, for the purpose of balance and challenging players, much like Ben with his Omnitrix. Like with Ben upgrading the Omnitrix, if Gwen doesn't have high enough skills to upgrade her magic abilities and unlock new spells, then there could be a chance that trying to upgrade her abilities could cause a side effect that can be either minor or dangerous for her and Ben. The same can go for a certain spell that Gwen managed to unlock but doesn't have enough skills to utilize it. Then there's using the spells themselves. If Gwen uses up too much of her mana when casting spells, then this could leave Gwen in an exhausted state and thus leave her vulnerable in battle. When exhausted, Gwen's natural abilities would be decreased. Her speed, strength, mobility, etc would be temporarily lowered and Gwen would be less capable of fighting her enemies, leaving her open to enemy attacks. This state of exhaustion would end once her mana recharges back up enough. With this feature, it will emphasize the importance of managing Gwen's mana and magic use during combat and exploration.
To counter the exhaustion state, players would have to recover the mana that Gwen used to cast spells. Again, her mana can recharge back slowly and upgrades can increase the capacity and recharge rate of her mana as well as decrease the cost of mana for each of Gwen's spells. Other ways that players can regain mana could involve certain Charms or capsules or something that Gwen can use to provide a quick replenishment of her mana. Players could also gain mana off of their enemies. Gwen could gain the ability to absorb mana from her enemies to refill her mana meter. Either players could absorb mana from enemies just enough to recharge some of Gwen's mana meter and Keystone of Bezel while also leaving enemies exhausted themselves and thus neutralize them in a non-lethal way or players could absorb all of the mana off of enemies and give Gwen a lot of mana to recharge her meter and Keystone but would result in those very enemies who were completely drained of their mana to die. This would factor into Ben's psychological and mental health and condition due to him witnessing Gwen killing enemies through absorbing their mana much like how other ways of killing enemies would also damage Ben's psychological and mental health and condition. There could be other methods for Gwen to regain her mana and avoid exhaustion but that's what I got so far at the moment.
As a quick note, since that part of upgrading Gwen's magic abilities could involve unlocking new spells for Gwen to use, the same can go with Ben and his Omnitrix where players can unlock new aliens for Ben to use through the upgrade system. Also, depending on how enemies are killed in the game could have different amounts of effects to Ben's psychological and mental health. More quick, painless, and/or merciful kills on enemies will have little impacts on Ben's psychological and mental health and condition. However, more painful, slower, and/or agonizing kills on enemies will have a much greater impact on Ben as well.
That should be it for a while at least. If anyone has any thoughts and opinions on these features, feel free to post them on this page.
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wow youve put alot of thought into this im impressed
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I always wanted a open world ben 10 game that was actually explorable instead of the secluded stage based ben 10 games.
10 Years Of Hero Time!!!!
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@Omni-Triforcer I think I've discussed everything that I wanted to talk about for my Ben 10 video game idea. There's likely going to be more features that I would probably discuss later on but yeah, I've pretty much covered everything. I'm currently trying to contact PlatinumGames to see if they're willing to give some advice and tips to help me further prepare for pitching this game to Cartoon Network. I provided a short and basic summary of this game to them. So far, I haven't got a response back for at least a week. I'll try again in a bit. One thing that I know is that if I'm going to go work with PlatinumGames on this Ben 10 game, I would have to learn Japanese to be able to communicate with the game developers and programmers there since that PlatinumGames is stationed in Japan. Other than that, as far as I know, that's the only obstacle that I'm facing. That is unless I didn't miss anything else. Again, I'll try contacting them again in a bit.
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@Tactical-Ochoa well you dont necesarilly have to learn japanese since they probably have translators for that
10 Years Of Hero Time!!!!
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@Omni-Triforcer Yeah true but still, it would help a lot. Then again, that's a major reason why I'm trying to contact PlatinumGames. To gather any further information that could help me to get this game green lit.
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although i wish you luck in this and i hope you do succeed im not sure they are allowed to take ideas from fans. Sorry to be a downer
10 Years Of Hero Time!!!!
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@Omni-Triforcer I'll see what happens.
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So, while I'm trying to contact PlatinumGames about my video game idea, Ben 10 OmniHero, and waiting for PlatinumGames to respond back on it, I thought that I would discuss which video games publisher I would find suitable and/or not suitable to publish this game.
Let's start with the companies that are definitely a "no" for publishing this game. Konami is obviously a no because...well, do I even have to explain why? It's simple. Konami is just one of the worst companies ever and definitely the worse company in the gaming industry. Just taking a look at what they've done in recent years shows why. Konami is a no.
Activision is also a definite no. The Call of Duty series has really gone under in recent years and I haven't even touched a single Call of Duty game since Black Ops 2. Activision focuses more on milking their best video game series's out till their completely dry as well as being more focused on making licensed games just to cash in on the popularity of the licensed works. The last game by Activision that was actually good was Transformers Devastation, which was made by PlatinumGames and PlatinumGames is also making a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game that is also being published by Activision. Yes, that looks good but PlatinumGames also made The Legend of Korra game published by Activision and that game wasn't really considered by many to be as good as their other works. Either way, Activision is a no.
What about EA? Hell no. Would I really want any of my game ideas to be published by a company that was marked as "Worst Company in America" two years in a row? Plus, there's all the other issues from EA such as the overly priced Season Passes that they advertise and EA's latest game, Star Wars Battlefront, being considered by many as absolute crap. EA is a no.
How about Bethesda? My Ben 10 video game idea has an open world focus to it and Bethesda had made and published some of the best open world games out there. Would they be a good choice? Well, unless I want this game to be an absolute glitchy mess, I'm going to pass on Bethesda. Bethesda is a no at the moment.
Square Enix? No. Again, recent history had me think otherwise. Most notably with their shady business practices such as the new and upcoming Deus Ex Mankind Divided game having a controversial pre-order system that was fortunately cancelled as a result of negative responses and the episodic approach that Square Enix is taking with some of their new games such as the upcoming 2016 Hitman. Square Enix is a no.
Capcom? Maybe. Capcom has had some shady business practices such as on-disk DLC being sold but recently, I've heard that Capcom has been improving bit by bit. Listening to their fans and customers and focusing more on making what the gamers want out of Capcom's games (Resident Evil being an example of this). Right now, I think Capcom is one of my best choices and recommendation to publish this Ben 10 game.
What about Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo? Well, I'd rather not have this game be exclusive to a specific platform. I'd rather want this game to be released on Xbox One, PS4, maybe the WiiU, and on PC as I would want for this game to cover many different gaming platforms so that many gamers that play on these platforms can have a chance to play this game. However, if I were to chose between these three companies, I would most likely pick Sony since that they do release some great PlayStation exclusive games.
Finally, I'm going to discuss the company that I believe would most likely be the ones that would end up publishing this game if it does get accepted by PlatinumGames and does get green lit by Cartoon Network and that's Warner Bros. Games. The thing is that Cartoon Network and WB Games are both under the same umbrella and that's the Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Here is my problem with WB Games and that's their treatment of PC ports for some of their games. In Batman Arkham Origins, there were many technical issues that the game faced yet WB Games publicly stated that they would not focus on fixing those issues because they rather prioritize making DLC content over fixing the issues with that very game that many gamers experienced. Batman Arkham Knight and Mortal Kombat X also had terrible PC launches and, like with Batman Arkham Origins, WB Games rather focus more on DLC than fixing those issues. They didn't even bother supporting the PC version of Mortal Kombat X anymore and WB Games would rather release the Mortal Kombat XL bundle game on consoles only. The cause behind these terrible PC launches for those very games is that WB Games had different and terribly picked teams of developers work on the PC port versions instead of the original developer team. If PlatinumGames does decide to take interest in making my Ben 10 video game idea, gets green lit by Cartoon Network, and is sent over to WB Games for publishing, then I would have to make sure that PlatinumGames make every platform version of this game and that each platform version gets equal support because I'd rather not have WB Games treat this game the same way that they treated Arkham Origins, Arkham Knight, and Mortal Kombat X.
On a further note, for the game itself, I was thinking of having somewhere around 10 planets for gamers to explore with maybe possibly more being added through updates and maybe some DLC content. As for the actual size of the area of exploration, that one is a little bit more tricky. I was thinking of having a range of 2 to 7 square miles for each area of exploration for each planet to have. Basically, the minimum size for each planet would be somewhere around the size of Batman Arkham Knight while the maximum size for each planet would be around the size of Afghanistan in Metal Gear Solid 5 The Phantom Pain. I'm not entirely sure of this map size range though as it would probably be open for discussion for a bit before I figure out what the appropriate map size for each planet would be but this is the range that I'm most comfortable with here.
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all good but for platform i would say nintendo since they always take care of there games but thats just me.
10 Years Of Hero Time!!!!
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@Omni-Triforcer As far as I know, the same goes with Sony as well. Either way, for me, I'd rather not go for having any of my game ideas be exclusive to one specific console only. I want to make sure that many gamers that play on various gaming platforms have the opportunity to play and enjoy this Ben 10 game. Go for a vast majority and not the minority or something like that.
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Well, I finally got a response back from PlatinumGames. They say that the minimum requirement would indeed be that I learn the Japanese language. Therefore, until I fulfill that requirement, then fill out a job application, and then get hired will I be able to work with PlatinumGames and hopefully get this game idea to be green lit. Until then, this game will have to wait. Looks like I got some work to do.
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well at least theres hope
10 Years Of Hero Time!!!!
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@Omni-Triforcer Well, again, all I have to do is to make sure that I learn to speak and understand Japanese. Might as well anyways for the sake of going into a career in Game Design considering that a major contribution to the gaming industry comes from Japanese game developers and programmers and whatsoever. Either way, I think it's great that the minimum requirement I need to work with PlatinumGames is to learn Japanese. Once I get pass that obstacle, I'm pretty much ready to try and get a position with them as a Game Designer. It might take a while but hopefully it doesn't take too long for me. Just have to make sure that I put a lot of work into preparing for this.
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That video game idea sounds awesome! I'll buy it in a heart beat.
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@Rexfan1333 Thank you. I'm making a plan to fulfill the requirements that I need to be able to apply at PlatinumGames for a position as a Game Designer. This basically revolves around learning the Japanese language which I'm hoping to be able to pull off somewhere between the beginning or end of Summer 2016. Might as well learn the language anyways since that I am planning on getting into the gaming industry and a major component of the gaming industry revolves around Japan and their involvement in it. Overall, if I can get a job as a Game Designer at PlatinumGames, I can hopefully get them interested enough to wanting to take my Ben 10 video game idea and make it into an actual game in the very way that I envision it to be as well as get it green lit by Cartoon Network. I got a lot of work to do basically but it's definitely a goal that I very much want to pull off.
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well the only problem with your game is that you want it based on the original series which would basically be like wanting to make a game about Generator rex or in better terms like marvel making a new amazing spiderman game when a reboot of spiderman is coming out. CN will want the game to revolve around the reboot ben since that is the one currently being shown and obviously cn is going to want to make a bunch of changes if they do green light it.
10 Years Of Hero Time!!!!
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@Omni-Triforcer yeah, sucks too because you know they might ruin it and make it a crappy cash-in game. (wish it could be made into a original title based on the series) I don't mind it being based on the reboot, but at least make it great or something.
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@Omni-Triforcer @Rexfan1333 Yeah. That's the one thing that I'm worried about the most. I don't think PlatinumGames would be that willing to give into CN's interference though because this is PlatinumGames we're talking about here. One thing to point out is that considering the type of game that I'm referring to (especially since that it's an open world game), it's likely going to take at least three years to make. If the reboot turns out to be good, then maybe my game idea would likely be shaped more to fit the reboot canonicity. However, if the reboot does bad, then maybe me and PlatinumGames could use that to our advantage to pressure CN to not to interfere at least not as much. It would be even better that if the reboot fails, then Man of Action would be able to play their cards right and be able to make the Ben 10 show that they truly want to make with little interference from CN. Heck, maybe even take the Ben 10 series away from CN and find a different network company that would give Man of Action better freedom. Really though, my game idea would better fit if it was based off of the canonicity that Man of Action was trying to build with Ben 10 Hero Generation. Either way, again, it's going to take at least a few years to make this game if PlatinumGames is working on it plus there's the time that it would have to take to convince CN to green light it, which could take a while depending on their interests. Therefore, depending on how well the reboot goes could depend on how my game idea would turn out as and if I can play my cards right, then we would get the Ben 10 game that I envisioned here.
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Well if theres a movie coming out i wouldn't doubt if they make a game about it
