Konami game wishlist

[Twin-Skies]

I like their Guitadora (Guitarfreaks/Drummania) and Bemani franchise, and they're still going strong. Besides their mainstream franchises such as Suikoden, MGS, and Castlevania, I'd like for them to breath new life into some of their poorly received and lesser known titles.

A pretty much dead Konami franchise I wish they'd remake properly would be the Air Force Delta series, which if done correctly, could lead to epic scale fights on the level of Namco's Ace Combat. The main strength of AFD is the diversity and the uniqueness of each aircraft. Like in Ace Combat, your jet can have dozens and dozens of missiles. Unlike AC, an aircraft's endurance is more pronounced, and each aircraft's role (Anti-Air, Anti-Ground, Multirole) truly make a difference in battles. Some aircraft will take up to 5 missiles to bring down while some will just take 3. Ground targets also a real threat and not just cannon fodder, which contrasts to AC series where you'll need 3 missiles at most to bring an enemy aircraft down and usually just 1 for ground targets. What I didn't like are the often unreal and impractical weapon systems developed by your enemies (A fixed, single barrel railgun that fires 5 projectiles ala shotgun, the size of a city that is used to shoot down aircraft for example) and the seemingly useless allies you have in battle. It didn't help that the graphics for this PS2 game look like a last generation PS1 game. In addition, the story is pretty dull and the characters are not really that interesting IMO. A sequel that would redeem this old franchise could have the possibility of competing against the Ace Combat series if done correctly.

Steel Lancer Arena International (SLAI) could have the potential to become a true alternative to Armored Core if they focused more on the gritty aspect of mecha games.

Another Contra game done right. The last good Contra game I played was Contra III: The Alien Wars for the SNES (Contra: Shattered Soldier came close, but it was a little too difficult for me). I hear Contra 4 was good, but too bad I don't own a DS

I second SLAI. The storyline for the game was actually more immersive for me than AC.