Here’s a game concept that will NEVER see the light of day:

It’s a 3D Fighting game featuring characters from both consoles (As well as some more “retro” characters).

The fight style and flow are time and character based.

Confused? Sigh…

The fight style changes over time though phases:
*Hand-to-Hand
*Hand Weapons
*Projectile Weaponry

For example for the first 30 seconds is a hand to hand brawl (or hand to drill).

After that, 20 seconds of Bladed, Melee, or club weapon specific to the character, for example; Dr. Freeman will put out a Crowbar and the Xenomorph will use its tail to stab.

If you made it this far, you will get to use projectile weapon(s) specific to the character, Like Leon S. Kennedy will put out his oh so famous hand gun and Big Daddy will have a Powerful (but slow firing) rivet gun.
The Damage resistance of each character will be will reflected by the characters attire and where the damage is taken on the characters body. For example, Hitting Marcus Fenix in the chest won’t do much good, but kicking him in the face will damage him more.

However, some characters just can’t be damage by hand to hand combat (Big Daddy comes to mind) while others are a bit “sensitive” to scuffles (Like Johnny Napalm). You have a pick somebody is a bit mismatched with their opponent (Old Snake vs. Nemesis) for the hand to hand portion, you best to try to avoid, counter and sidestep until you can get to a phase that better suits you.

e.g. in the next phase Old Snake gets CQC knife and Nemesis get to whip his rocket launcher around in a slow but fierce manner.

The stages have obstacles that combatants can use for cover, jump over and (for bigger characters) run through. Some characters can climb (or scale) walls and ceilings. For instance, Xenomorph can cling to ceilings; Altaïr and other capable characters can scale walls for escape and/or get a vantage point for ranged weapons.

There you go, it’s a shame really. Oh well…

P.S. Bonus points for everyone who can name all the Fighters.