Idea Pot

[Previsionary]

Since there's been a lack of mods lately, and the old boards had one for awhile, I figured I'd start it back up so people can shout out their ideas and perhaps motivate someone else (or even get help with an idea *wink*). I guess I'll start with an idea I know I won't be doing anytime soon, if ever.

The New Marvel Knights

Characters:

   1. Blade
   2. Human Torch
   3. Storm
   4. Gravity
   5. Thor
   6. Wondra
   7. Spider Woman
   8. Ronin

Plot:

    * The New Marvel Knights are loose-knit group of heroes started, oddly enough, by Johnny storm. Johnny drags Storm into the heart of New York to, surprisingly enough, check out a new museum that's just been built in the fan 4's honor. However, when they reach the museum, they realize that Skrulls were escaping from a portal located deep within the museum. Meanwhile, a few blocks away, Blade occupies himself with killing and destroying rampaging zombies from a hell dimension. Ronin, while pursuing Spider-Woman in secret, is attacked by ninjas and fears that the hand is after her again. Spider-Woman helps her out and reveals that the skrulls are up to no good and things might be more involved than they can ever imagine. Eventually, Thor is drawn into the battle when one of the lost souls he is searching for is kidnapped by a high-ranking skrull and a powerful zombie fights him off. With the help of Gravity and Wondra (who happens to be in the right place at the wrong time), thor is able to drive the zombies off. The trio discover that the zombies are connected to the skrulls and decide to contact the fan 4 for help. Thor, on the other hand, doesn't stick around.
   
    * The Marvel Knights now consist of Wondra, Johnny, Storm, and Gravity as they try to piece together what's going on. Johnny has the idea that the skrulls found a dimension where they were able to dominate the zombies and use them in their plans. Storm + Gravity are pleasantly surprised by his suggestion. Meanwhile, Ronin and Spider-Woman are being pursued by ninjas and end up having to fight off Blade (who seems remarkably stronger). It is revealed to be a zombie skrull (whom are much stronger than their regular kin) and the pair are relieved when the real Blade appears on the scene followed shortly by the Marvel Knights. They all join together, Blade reluctantly, and promise to fight off the skrulls (whom seem much smarter and dedicated than usual).
   
    * Thor finds the lost spirit and prepares to convert it before he is attacked by Loki, who seems much more aggressive than he usually is. Thor finds that he's being overpowered by Loki and his group of skrulls and regretfully retreats to the Fan4 building. He explains his situation to the others and they set out to deal with Loki their selves.
   
    * In the final chapter, it is revealed that the skrulls have infiltrated several people on Earth and they're becoming a viable threat again. The Knights decide to head back to the museum and battle off the super skrull and destroy the remaining earth zombies. In the end of the story, the heroes learn that their battle isn't done and they need to alert the others and be careful of everyone they meet from now on.

Yeah, the story is slightly contrived, convoluted, and blah...but it's amazing how it fits into current Marvel fairly well. Should I be scared or happy about that? :P

[doctorchallenger]

The plot is nomore convoluted thanany comic book story.  regardless it sounds like a fun play.

I'd love to see a mod based in the Freedom Force Universe during its "golden Age".  Obviously  the Golden Age characters from FFVTR could be used, or any Liberty Bay characters based on that time period.  There are also a couple of  characters from Second Stringers Unite (http://www.geocities.com/secondstringersunite/) that could be used as well (with proper permissions).  I'd like it to play like a GA JSA story, where each individual character has to take on the bad guy by him/herslf first, before the climax in which the team comes together to finally defeat the foe.

Just a thought.

[BentonGrey]

Geez, I've got so many ideas that I may never have time to make.....well, just for starters, the beginning of a Hawkman campaign.

[spoiler]·   Issue #1
o   Start on Thanagar, chasing Byth Rok, who can shape change
§   Thanagar is a peaceful world with a violent past
§   Byth was using stolen science to grab wealth and power, mention that he had developed a quiet following
§   Start out at Thanagarian market (or museum)
·   Halt attack by great creatures (defend civs)
·   Interrogate one, learn it is a Thanagarian and learn where they are headed
§   Secluded spot in Thanagarian countryside where you face more of Byth's gang
·   Search the loot collected there, find scientific equipment from Talon Labs
§   Travel to Talon Labs where security bots attack
·   Defeat them to reach Dr. Avik and get the back story on Byth
·   He is the lab assistant, and he is a budding politician, a political agitator advocating military expansion and xenophobia
§   Challenge Byth in a rally at the heart of town, civilians attack, but Byth transforms into giant monster
·   Fight and he escapes to earth via stolen ship
·   Issue #2
o   Land in Midway City, covertly contact Commissioner Emmnet
§   Seeking Permission to pursue Byth
·   As they talk, a MCPD member bursts in and declare that a monster is robbing the bank
·   The Hawks spring into action and the startled P.C. gives them permission
·   They make the choice to use primitive weapons because they don't want Thanagarian tech falling into Earthen hands
§   The bank heist is interrupted in the getaway, and Byth makes a break for it after cursing Hawkman and Girl
·   May change forms twice in fight (absorb surrounding material to heal?)
·   Eventually he gets away
§   Pursue him into the wilds (he uses tricky forms)
·   Disable his ship
§   Returns to town bent on destruction, turns into giant-dragon-like form and tries to destroy town
·   Once you defeat him, ship him back to Thanagar, where he states, "I will be welcomed as a hero by those with vision!"
[/spoiler]

[Lunarman]

Well, one day in the distant future I hope to finish my mod off.

so far I'm on the second level of the second chapter but I just don't have time to really sit down and work at it. I might set myself a goal in the christmas hols and do an hour a day at least.

I've also got to release the first few missions so I should get that done too.

[yell0w_lantern]

I've got about 3 to 5 pages of notes for a campaign which mashes together characters from Marvel, DC and Mighty Crusader comics. There's and open-ended format with small story arcs beginning in the 1940s and extending into the Silver Age. Everything from Nazi bashing, foiling demons, battling aliens, fighting robots, warring gangs, and bizarro clones will make an appearance. Look for some Giffen/DeMatteis character interaction at times too.

[Previsionary]

Some good ideas so far. I'm shocked that this very opinionated community doesnt have more mod ideas, and mods in general, running about. Come on gangers, share your thoughts. :P

Benton:

[spoiler]Your hawkman idea seems interesting, but it looks like it'd take quite the time to pull of just because it looks like it'd need new maps, objects, and skins/meshes. One can dream though, right? ^_^[/spoiler]

I will admit that I was originally going to do a buffy based mod before I did crisis and I considered it again by the time I took on Exiles, but syn talked me out of that idea and Tommy came out with pics of his so I quickly dropped the idea.

[BentonGrey]

Well, I just need to collate my notes and type them up, but I've got volumes upon volumes of ideas, ha.  As far as the Hawkman one, Prev, you're right, it would take a bit.  However, I'm pretty sure I can use existing things for Byth and company, and the only new content I need is the maps, which I'm hoping someone will take on one day.  If they do, I'll tackle Hawkman myself once I finish a few other things.

[catastrophe]

a Revamp of FF1, with a more gritty storyline and style and a change of meshes and skins.

and some new catchphrases, Jeepers! just doesnt sound right :P

ill probably never get to make it as i got the skills of a slug when it comes to modding and mapping  :thumbdown:

[USAgent]

I'm a sucker for cross universe mods, I love 'em! Great Hunt, Exiles, Crisis.   I would love to see the Freedom Force universe interact with DC/Marvel universes.  That would be my #1 choice. 
My #2 choice would be a mod that I actually started long time ago until I realized how time consuming it would of been.  A Marvel 2nd teir mod, the story would be the main (popular) characters are all off earth for whatever reason and its up to the obscure 2nd stringers to save the day, I had visions of it centering around the Great Lakes Avengers with other no-names joining in.  It probably wouldnt be a very popular mod since the characters arnt too popular, but thats the way I like them.

Another idea that has been brought up before (by Taskmaster) would be to base mods off the old TSR Marvel RPG Modules from the 80's-90's, which I would also love because I think I played everyone of those games back in the day.

[Mystik]

I'm working on 2 mods simultaneously one marvel and one dc

my marvel plot-  magneto declares war on all nations with a beaten ironman cap & thor on display. meanwhile doom and his masters of evil capture reed richards and destroy baxter building- after a battle with the x-men ,magneto  abruptly agrees to trade the avengers for jean grey. dont wanna spoil the rest but its called Marvel War so you kno where its going

I have scripts written for my dc mod but my indecisiveness on what era to base it on (which gl ? flash ? or robin? for example)   has prevented me from truly starting the grunt wok                   

[lmalonsof]

More ideas (and some WIP):

A marvel mod about the begginings of the Avengers
A mod about Harry Callahan (God save Clint)
A mod about THE A TEAM

I have more silly ideas...

[murs47]

I've got ideas, lots of 'em....

There's that one story I wrote up and sent to you a looooooong time ago where Tony Stark is the President and Weapon X went rogue. 'Member? Oh, you 'member!

An X-Men mod.

A Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps mod.

A Red Hood(Jason Todd) mod.

I'll post some more in-depth details on all soon.

[Previsionary]

I've got ideas, lots of 'em....

There's that one story I wrote up and sent to you a looooooong time ago where Tony Stark is the President and Weapon X went rogue. 'Member? Oh, you 'member!

An X-Men mod.

A Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps mod.

A Red Hood(Jason Todd) mod.

I'll post some more in-depth details on all soon.

Of course I remember that idea. It's still in my pm box somewhere. *gasps* Another X-mod? I can clearly say they're like one of the best represented teams in the FF universe with all the mod treatment they've received over the years...but:

I had ideas to continue the X-men classic mod up until the end of the brotherhood arc (just before the avengers crossover) at one point but I didn't find an Unus skin nor a namor first appearance skin (same goes for blob too actually). I never got around to it and I doubt I'd want to do it now. However, I was considering an idea with another member, so we'll see what comes of that.

I also planned on doing a mini GL (hal or kyle) mod before deciding to expand the exiles plot to 6 core missions. I could never really think of an idea that fit into 2 missions though because I'm not a big GL fan. I will say that I was thinking of including Star Sapphire or Black Hand.

Also, the one I regret never being made was my ultimates/avenger plots and I blame Beyonder for he chose another mod idea over this one. That's right, you can all blame him for the no Avengers love. While, I didn't have an ultimates plot all lined up for lack of ultimate villain skins, I had 3 avenger outlines that still sit on my hard drive to this day. Obviously if I do find the urge to ever create a long story based mod again, the avenger tie-in to Crisis/Exiles would be my pick and it's based on the original New Avengers team.

And finally, to end this post with more talk about things I won't get to, I also had this nice DC's Big Three mod planned out that focused solely on DC's trinity and them being trapped in a different reality with a smart Solomon Grundy (before DC brought him back as smart in January? The outline was written in November of 06) and a strong, yet inept bizarro. Basically, it was a story explaining why DC's finest was MIA during all of Crisis.

So yeah, before I lost interest in modding, I had this whole storyline planned out (like a comic ironically) that would end my tenure as a modder...but I figured 12 mods was better and even rather than stretching it out to an odd 15 mods. :P

[wickerman]

If my kids ever get off my case I may actually have time for some modding.

I'm making progress on Metal Storm 2, but I also have a few other WIP and some undeveloped ideas.

The WIPS:

- A 3 mission JLU mod for my 5 year old based on the episode 'This Little Piggy'  unfortunately, lacking pigs in FFVTTR, I am going to have to call it 'Chicken Little'.  The Plot is mostly the same with some creative license to make it more fun to play - Circe turns Wonder Woman into a Chicken (PIG) and Batman, Bwana Beast and Zatana have to find a way to help her.  It's my son;s favorite episode, so I kinda did the mod to be funny.  It will likely never be released - it needs a lot of work to be release-worthy - but hey you never know.

- NightDawn - a Metal Storm mini mod where creatures from the Void - the dimension from which Darksol gets his powers - blanket the earth in their energy stealing darkness and invade.  Darksol is the only one unaffected and has to find a way to defeat them himself before the living darkness kills every living thing on the planet.


Ideas that will probably never see the light of day:

- A Green Lantern/Wonder Woman team up my nephew has been begging for.  The plot centers around the JL's defeat at the hands of Mongul and Metallo during which Superman is kidnapped.  With the rest of the team's powerhouses out of action, John and Diana have to discover the connection between the 2 villains and find Superman before it is too late.

- A mod set in Gotham where Batman is absent on a long term JL assignment.  Robin is sorely pressed when the Joker and Scarecrow team up in a plot to draw out the absent Batman.    Tim calls on Oracle who assigns the Birds of Prey to help.  This one is for my niece who wants 'girl power'.

- Metal Storm vs X-men in  a classic 'no mind control', 'no mistaken identity' fight due to ideological differences.  My plan would be to construct the mod so that you can pick sides as you play.  There would be a few X-men missions, a few MS missions and then you pick your preferred side for the slugfest between them.

[UnkoMan]

I  had about fifty million mod ideas, and just as many false starts. They all dealt with original characters, although one did take place in the FF universe.

That one was about a sort of international team of b-list superheroes who banded together to free FF from a city that had come to life and taken control of the populace. At the end of the mod, the heroes would form their own official team. It was originally going to just be three missions, but got expanded upon... then got scrapped when I realized, once again, that I have no clue how to mod. (plus it takes way too long)

The other ideas had similar themes of b-list heroes who couldn't quite make it to the big leagues banding together. It really is my favourite type of super hero story, as far as classic tales go. Plus, the characters are so much more fun and silly that way.

Oh, and one of the ideas had a super intelligent purple gorilla as the "main" enemy (in the vein that Nuclear Winter is FF's "main" enemy).

[GogglesPizanno]

That one was about a sort of international team of b-list superheroes who banded together to free FF from a city that had come to life and taken control of the populace.

I like it!
As fun as Marvel and DC mods are, I still have a soft spot for more stuff in the FF universe.

I always dabbled around with the idea of Moving the FF universe into more modern times, starting with the funeral of Minute Man as a launching off point for a new revamped FF team started by adult versions of Liberty Lad and Sea Urchin. Its a basic premise that a lot of people have thrown around before, but I think its a classic kind of superhero storyline.

As for the mainstream stuff, I had been working on a "re-imagining" of the old 80's Marvel comic Strikeforce Morituri, but ran into issues when my scripting eyes were bigger than the FF Engines stomach (Curse you inability to reload DAT files after game has loaded!!!).

And I have always wanted to do a New Universe mod (yes, THAT new universe)

[catastrophe]

I  had about fifty million mod ideas, and just as many false starts. They all dealt with original characters, although one did take place in the FF universe.

That one was about a sort of international team of b-list superheroes who banded together to free FF from a city that had come to life and taken control of the populace. At the end of the mod, the heroes would form their own official team. It was originally going to just be three missions, but got expanded upon... then got scrapped when I realized, once again, that I have no clue how to mod. (plus it takes way too long)

The other ideas had similar themes of b-list heroes who couldn't quite make it to the big leagues banding together. It really is my favourite type of super hero story, as far as classic tales go. Plus, the characters are so much more fun and silly that way.

Oh, and one of the ideas had a super intelligent purple gorilla as the "main" enemy (in the vein that Nuclear Winter is FF's "main" enemy).

I always dabbled around with the idea of Moving the FF universe into more modern times, starting with the funeral of Minute Man as a launching off point for a new revamped FF team started by adult versions of Liberty Lad and Sea Urchin. Its a basic premise that a lot of people have thrown around before, but I think its a classic kind of superhero storyline.

I love these ideas, if you guys ever want to pick this up id gladly help with skins or ideas or whatever, except modding as i got no skill in that area  <_<

[Jakew]

I was fiddling with an Invincible mod ... but I had zero time to work on it, plus I eventually ran out of character models (or close approximations I could kittbash ... for my own use). It loosely followed the comics. If anyone wants to use these ideas for their own mod for release to the FF community, feel free.

* Invincible preventing a bank robbery by Titan and some thugs.
* Invincible preventing a bank robbery by the Mauler twins.
* Invincible and Omniman fighting a Flaxan invasion of the city and minimising human casualties (with Flaxans targeting citizens).
* Invincible and Atom Eve preventing several human bombs from detonating around the city and knocking out key buildings.
* Atom Eve and Invincible battling the Lizard League in an underground lair.
* Invincible team's up with Savage Dragon/Super Patriot/Brit to fight giant baddies / Freedom Force aliens in the desert, snow, etc.
* Invincible vs Omni-Man in two rounds, in city then snow.

And that was a far as I managed to fiddle .... unfortunately, not many characters for the Invincible universe got skinned/meshed/skoped. I would have loved to try and do a Dupli-Kate, Shrinking Ray and RexSplode vs Lizard League to  prevent the launch of nuclear warhead race-against-time level.

[Previsionary]

BUMP!

I'm surprised that more people aren't posting ideas and such. With ezscript and the like, ideas should be pouring out and being made like some type of exotic soup.... Analogy aside, you never know what could happen.  ;)

Anyway, to contribute to the thread, I was planning out another FR mod (while effectively ignoring my other ideas) and this is the basic outline:

The Valiant: Revisted

Heroes:

1) SHJ
2) Figure Fan
3) Artemis
4) Auridian
5) PP
6) Clown Prince
7) Super Cracker
8) Premonitioner

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WIP Story
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A what-if story featuring a team that never made it out of the concept stage but each wore their own spiffy team uniform and sported their own back story. Each member had a reason for joining the team, but when those reasons are stripped and the heroes find themselves in a new world...will they be so quick to return to the lives they've lived in their own times?


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Missions
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Mission 1- Land of Light

The Valiant team finds themselves mysteriously warped into (main universe) FR, present day, and are shocked by the changes. Prem immediately wants to stay since he spawned from this time...but he made a promise to the valiant to help save their world. A new start isn't always so easy to make...especially when hellbots are chasing you down.

Mission 2- No more evil?

The Valiants are shocked to find the hellbots in this world, but they notice that Hellscorp and Volt are hardly a threat in this time. Volt is actually a hero...talk about culture shock. However, all is not well when the team is presented with the threat of Sharkmen.

Mission 3- A world as we knew it

The heroes are still shocked by the world they now inhabit and each one of them has to make a decision. Return home...or stay in a world where their counterparts already live. But it's a different story for Prem...he's already returned home once and now he looks totally different from how he did so many years ago...and is that a clone? Call in Hamster, stat!

Mission 4- Disband? Not us!

How truly dedicated are the valiant towards their goal of maintaining world order when they no longer exist in their version of hell? Not very much as rifts begin to form between the team at an increasing rate. Breaking friendships is a great time for a demon to spawn and feed on their negativity.

Mission 5- Time Rupture

The heroes of 2 timelines come face to face and battle it out for dominance. Thanks to the ever so tricky Randy, the heroes of both universes are battling for permanent inhabitance in present day FR.

Mission 6- So...it's over?

The Present day heroes reign superior...or do they? Randy traps the heroes all around the city in an attempt to bring about his own apocalypse. The AOH/V heroes won't stand by and allow that to happen...again. Finally joining together in unity, the team lay waste to Randy's plan. They now know what they must do...be a shining force against Volt and Hellscorp in their own timeline.

Obviously this idea deals with some elements of an old FR event that really didn't take off, though some fiction were produced, and iirc, it came about a month after Villains Reborn (2006). Though, it would make quite the interesting little story. :P

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

And finally I post something.

If Liberty Bay were ever to get finished, I was dreaming of a semi-sequel that would have you playing the LB villains, including several that would not be featured in the main LB mod.

Dinosaur would be the main character, who hired or recruits other villains to finally defeat LB and FF.

Many of the heroes they encounter would be ones you can see as having "minions."  So The Ant with his giant ants, Microcosm with enlarged microorganisms, Blue Defender with the police, and Goo with a bunch of teenage vigilantes, and so forth.  Probably also SWAT forces, the army with tanks, and maybe some advanced anti-supervillian police forces.  Throw in some villain vs. hero boss fights in as well.

Prestige would be replaced by money.  Hiring optional villains would cost maintenance money, as well as most of the ones who join automatically.  Optional villains would leave if they don't get paid.  As a result there would be a LOT of secondary goals providing more funds, stuff like heists, steal objects, and such.  Winning missions would also yield terrory which would provide a constant per turn income.

In addition, thanks to a trick I accidentally discovered to make base levels interactive, maybe a strategic element could be added, where you could hire thugs to protect your territories and assets and assign villains not on missions to aid them.  Heroes and police would raid you behind the scenes, making it important to hire enough help.

The truth is, I'll never have a chance to do it.  Anyone else who is interested is welcome to, however.

[catastrophe]

ah Liberty Bay, best mod made.

imo at least

[detourne_me]

my mod wishlist:
1. An Afghan Ant Mod, set in his universe
2. A Hellboy Mod - I've been slowly planning it....with appearances by The Goon and Frankie

[Mystik]

1. An Afghan Ant Mod, set in his universe

i second this request

[Previsionary]

ah Liberty Bay, best mod made.

imo at least

Cat, this is a thread for sharing and commenting on ideas, not a thread for opinions/reviews on existing mods. So, if your post doesn't really have anything to do with an idea posted (commenting on, etc) or you're not sharing an idea, please refrain from posting. An angel will thank you.

my mod wishlist:
1. An Afghan Ant Mod, set in his universe

I thought AA was gonna do this awhile ago, actually. I remember him asking for help with a project but there was never really a follow-up. I'm assuming he got too busy.

[pizza99]

I just got EZMod and I was thinking of all
sorts of ideas.

1. Deadpool I have a clone problem. Deadpool fights clones of himself while
he figures out who is crazy enough to clone him.

2. Cable & Deadpool team up with Cannonball and Syrin to stop Mr.Sinister from
gaing the future knowledge from the computers on Providence.

3. Captain America and the Avengers. The old arcade game turn Freedom Force Style.

4. ultimate Batman. A ultimate version of Batman.

My ideas are not very concrete I'll take any help or advice.

[Previsionary]

BUMP:

No long outline this time, but the idea of a small FR team up mod (similar to Heroes United or those unreleased FR ff1 mods) has been gnawing at my mind lately. I dunno, I just think it'd be cool to see a lineup of

• Phantom Eyebrow
• Premonitioner
• Supercracker
• Kommando (or Ren, Bujin, Billdamn, any melee/weapon user really)
• Beyonder
• Chuckles

going after some big foe. It's not even about their powers really, but I can just imagine how their (our?) personalities would play off each other in dialogue and such.  *shrugs*

On the DC front, I'd just like to see a massive green lantern mod. When I say massive, I mean...MASSIVE. :P Just think, a mod featuring some of the top GLs [Kyle, Hal, John, Alan, Guy, etc] taking on some global type of threat. Who's gonna get to work on the script and have it made? I'm looking at all of you...especially Benton.

[BentonGrey]

Haha!  Hold your breath Prev!  I've got tons of my own work to get through first, including a couple pages of notes on GL stories. ^_^

[The_Baroness]

1.- A mod with some of the not so used  and iconic characters from FF... and expand more in this universe.

2.- Another idea would be to make a follow up to the second game and maybe find a way to bring alche-miss back, some villains return, a few new ones may appear. I also second the idea of a GA mod in the FF universe

3.- With so many original characters would be nice to see more mods set on original universes

4.- Would also like a mod with the freeroaming system

From the DC and Marvel universe...

5.- Punisher mod, with Daredevil as an ally/enemy, Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D.

6.- Deathstroke mod against many heroes from DC universe, maybe doing some dirty sabotage or stealth missions

and now a silly idea that would need too much work to be doable but.. anyway... how about making a COH like mod... telling stories from some of the heroes there... would love to play with Back Alley Brawler, Manticore and others... and the freeroam system would work great here

[UnkoMan]

Baroness, that reminds me... I had made a few random FF universe villains since I was planning to write a couple stories expanding their universe.
The majority would have focused on Blackbird. How she is sort of a loner, and only a FF reserve member. One part in paticular has her beat the hokey Double-Back, who would later team up with the more powerful Narwhal. That would prompt an appearance from some FF members. They ask her if she will reconsider joining full time. She declines again. Later on she gains her biggest nemesis, who I was thinking of calling "Moon Face." In day he is a law abiding citizen, maybe even a lawyer, but by night he becomes a psychotic killer, carving cresent moons into his victims. Yeah, sort of dark, but that's the sort of vibe I got from the character. Like an early Batman figure.

[The_Baroness]

I like that ideas and Blackbird is a very interesting character that i would really love to see more, and i do like a gritty and darker tones, specially when dealing with villians. I know that is not  the vibe that FF gave back in the day but.. adding Tombstone well... that was certainly gritty and dark