Blow up Sydney Instead.
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Snip. Actually if you ask the people who made fallout, Mad Max was a massive massive influence on the game. Even more so on Fallout three, but even the first one contains a rather massive amounts of influence and shout outs to it. Unlike Mad Max or the Fallout games however, an Aussie version would likely be massively different.phelan511 said:
With things such as the butch Crocodile Dundee style clichés being used rather then the 50's Atomic Punk setting. And rather then robot users, there would be a far larger number of beast tamers. Instead of Death Claws and Mirelurks, we would likely have Land Sharks, Aligator/Man hybrids, and of course a bloodthirsty, nastier version of Dropbears.
Not to mention hundreds of different poisonous snakes and spiders to replace scorpions and cazadores. Of course, I'm not sure how humans would have survived, but Meh. It was the power of their Man-Co Moustaches.
If you don't care, why did you even post at all in this topic?Ranorak said:
Have you played any of the games. They have a very specific use for humanity, that requires them to capture a large number alive and intact. Possibly breeding them to get more as well.Caligulas.dog said:
Which the reapers don't really care about. All the population is on the east coast, which is what the reapers want.RhombusHatesYou said:
Because to me, and I think many others, it's not even New York.Sucal said:
It's just some random city.
Hell, if they named the city from {PROTOTYPE] Sydney, I wouldn't feel any different about it.
Topics like this are not only for people that agree or disagree with the OT.
Some people, like me, don't see the problem at all.
Does that mean I need to keep quiet?
I just have 2 things to say about this thread:
1- Yes, people might have started moaning about New York after Yahtzee, but Yahtzee works more like a trigger (saying it's OK to moan about it) rather than a leading nitpick. Choosing New York as a disaster place is a bland design choice. People can't usually complain about blandness, until they are pointed out what they are missing. That is just how people work.
2- To elaborate on point 1: dear Sucal, Sydney would be an awesome place to start a post apocalyptic shooter. I would definitely buy your game!
1- Yes, people might have started moaning about New York after Yahtzee, but Yahtzee works more like a trigger (saying it's OK to moan about it) rather than a leading nitpick. Choosing New York as a disaster place is a bland design choice. People can't usually complain about blandness, until they are pointed out what they are missing. That is just how people work.
2- To elaborate on point 1: dear Sucal, Sydney would be an awesome place to start a post apocalyptic shooter. I would definitely buy your game!
Actually Sydney was shown at the end of Independence Day, as one of the cities the aliens targeted. Doesn't change your point at all, just pointing that out for the sake of it.Droppa Deuce said:
It DOES get to be annoying that the USA is almost exclusively the target of invasion forces, which doesn't really make all that much sense to be honest. I mean look at the resources the world relies on, the oil comes from the middle east and the uranium comes from Canada and Australia. In fact, Australia is one of the world's biggest resource exporters. It would make sense to attack there, unless you make up some contrived maguffin ore that the aliens need which is only found in the US...
See Halo 2 and 3's (Very short) earth sections. Halo 2 had you fighting in New Mombassa, and Halo 3 had you fighting inside MT Killamanjaro and Voi.Wayneguard said:
As for the topic at hand, yes, more...exotic locations for earth invasions would be nice.
Don't know about the being destroyed part but people (including me) have been moaning about it for a while. Hey look yet another game/movie set in New York, woop di do.drbarno said:
As interesting as New York is, it would be good to have a change for once. If you insist on sticking with well known US cities you could try LA or Miami. How about Vegas or Washington DC? They haven't been used in a oh wait.
OP I'll give ya one reason why they cant set mass effect in Bondi. Bondi council won't fix the parking so there's enough room for the Normandy. Also Bondi folk don't even like Aussies from out west how do you think they're going to handle aliens.
Australia isn't at the center of geopolitics. I agree though, New York is heavily overused in games and movies.
Why can't more take place in LA?
Thank you, captcha. "ndowee gases." I'm going to integrate this into my personal lexicon.
"How do you feel about Sydney as an alien battleground?"
"Meh. Ndowee gases."
Why can't more take place in LA?
Thank you, captcha. "ndowee gases." I'm going to integrate this into my personal lexicon.
"How do you feel about Sydney as an alien battleground?"
"Meh. Ndowee gases."
Or the war could be set on Antarctica! With a lame Unobtainium-fueled plot! Plenty mindscrew to make it look like it isn't actually stupid and is even thought-provoking! Like questioning the basic mechanics of video games! Etc!
Or maybe make an actually good game.
Or maybe make an actually good game.
How about a game set in a ruined Death Star?
After all, its the size of a planet, you can jam a lot of content there.
After all, its the size of a planet, you can jam a lot of content there.
Whats ironic about this topic is that a movie like The Matrix was filmed in Sydney but due to the nature of the Matrix itself had to be protrayed as a generic anywhere city.Lost a chance for the city to shine there.
Still if it comes down to destruction=drama then theres just not enough juicy stuff to destroy in Sydney.
Though aliens can feel free to wipe Kings Cross off the map anytime.
Still if it comes down to destruction=drama then theres just not enough juicy stuff to destroy in Sydney.
Though aliens can feel free to wipe Kings Cross off the map anytime.