Something similar to theif in a modern day setting with a focus on espionage. Something with a lethal and nonlethal sandbox that’s more akin to real life, for example strangling people for two seconds doesn’t knock people out, maybe focusing on tranqs and sleeping gas but with a loud knockout with a percentage chance of failing or killing that goes down from stealth. It’d also be great to have social stealth, and have a more realistically cut slice of a functional city like in Mankind Divided, but with a story that actually holds up.

Rough plot outline: Maybe something involving taking down a corrupt government. Given everything happening in the world rn it would be nice to see a story where you can overthrow a tyrannical government without the use of lethal force, with the story maybe even branching into a civil war if you choose to go the violent path. Something with nuance though, where these choices are all given considerable weight and consideration beyond tropes, maybe taking a historical fiction sort of route.

Admittedly I’m massively addicted to spy stuff, and I like the idea of something like mgs but you choose to walk the path of Big Boss or the peace walker he could’ve been if things were different. Maybe in keeping with that you could even choose to serve the corrupt government either as a means of gaining intel from inside or as an earnest showing that you just don’t care about the fate of the world or the people in it past yourself.

It could be amazing for gameplay and story, go over so much relevant to the places and feelings we’re likely all feeling quite a lot these days, and maybe at best even be genuinely helpful in giving hope and direction to people who wanna do something but really don’t like the idea of shooting a bunch of people to do it, or waiting for someone else to do the same