like i said. a GTA style free roaming, sand-box style game. the game would be narrated through cinematics, i myself prefer 3rd person, but if it's like oblivion, you should be able to change from one perspective to the other. now, just to make it clear, i'm now just throwing ideas into the open. For the other characters, they should be done with either copmouter controlled AI (i've seen some awesome AI in some games) or via on-line gaming... whaddya think?