THE PURGE
There is a ton of potential in a Purge video game. How about a timed experience like the single-player mode seen in Dead Rising? An open-world setting where all criminal activity, including murder, is legal for 24 hours. Within these 24 hours, you will find yourself trying to survive the night at all costs. Whether that be sticking to the side streets and avoiding danger, protecting people, or facing it head on, in classic kill or be killed fashion, as you come up with unique ways to survive.
The Purge will have all of the chaos of any Grand Theft Auto title, but with political intrigue and civilian unrest. Players will have fun creating their own scary masks that suit their personalities. You could customize your car to be discreet and blend into the night, or string bright lights around your car and ride out in style to make a statement to the other players. Your weapons can also be upgraded and fully customizable to suit your needs, either for effectiveness or just to make it look cooler.
The environments will need to be destructible. Out of ammo? Blast open the windows and raid a store. Of course, not everything needs to be so chaotic. Players who are opposed to giving into the game’s violent mentalities can hoard up the health kits and rescue civilians in need of saving.
If you really wanted to ramp up the intensity, how about adding some rogue-like elements into the mix? The addition of a “permadeath” system could spice up gameplay. A complete game over, forcing you to start again from scratch with the goal being to see how long you can survive. Now that would certainly shake things up and amp up the nerve-wracking tension in a game like The Purge.
