A couple of old favorites of mine that I wish would make a reappearance in the all too predictable world of FPS games, the annual, nominally rehashed spots titles, and the new but not too different than the last game I loved so much sequels...
and...
Trapt (Kagero: Deception series)
Two really cool titles that you need to dust off your PS2 for if you haven't already enjoyed them! :)
Robot Alchemic Drive is a great idea, and a title that should not be missed by fans of 70's-80's (and beyond) Japanese Mecha anime/manga or fans of the infamous Godzilla/Gojira movies! You play the part of a young mecha pilot who controls a giant robot from a distance via REMOTE CONTROL, fighting off invaders looking to destroy or otherwise take over the Earth. One really cool aspect of the game is that you need to keep your "pilot" in a safe place (i.e. on the top of a building that will not end up getting trashed in the battle!), so if nothing else, it's something different, and adds a bit of a frantic element to the game as you start to scramble to get away from the destruction, all the while fighting to keep your mecha functioning! Also, who hasn't wanted to play a game that allows you to fire your giant mecha fists across a cityscape and have them slam into your enemy?... :)
It surprises me that Trapt (Kagero: Deception) hasn't made it into the current generation of console games. The idea is a sadist's dream, and there's a lot of fun to be had in luring bad guys invading your castle into a series of traps! The traps can be linked together, allowing you to construct combo attacks based on the timing of trap activation. Sometimes the game feels like a high stakes version of Home Alone, especiaily when you drop an empty vase on some poor guys head, and he wanders onto a spring loaded panel in front of an enormous fireplace big enough to park a truck in, containing a blazing fire... Bear trap at the bottom of a set of stairs, with giant flaming boulder rolling down from the top of the stairs... Getting the idea yet? At the end of each wave, you can go back and examine your enemy's profiles, and enjoy the fruits of your labour when you read the cause of death of each intruder. Such a fun game. :)
Also, a PS1 title I'd love to see an HD remake/re-imagining of...
Silent Bomber is still a favorite of mine, and would work really well on iPhone/iPad, and especially as an XBLA or PSN game. There are so many REALLY BAD PSN/XBLA titles out there, and yet Silent Bomber is sitting there, fading into obscurity, and yet even now, it would quickly become a favorite among this new generation of gamers.
Now to drain another couple hundred hours into Skyrim (says the guy who dislikes safe sequels...) :P